A three star villa property on Jabavu Rd in Hurlingham, on the ridge side of Greater Nairobi. The deciding fact is the car: parking is free and listed, and nothing else here carries you to the centre, so bring or arrange your own transport or look elsewhere.
01What it is
Sheema Villas lists five things and no more: free car parking, housekeeping, multilingual staff, a smoking area, and a surcharge, which is a charge line rather than an amenity. That is the whole inventory. No restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer, no laundry, no meeting room despite the conference country it sits in. The three star rating fits a small property with the basics covered. Twelves photos are on file, so you can see the rooms before you commit. Treat the thinness of the list as the honest description of Sheema Villas rather than a gap in the record.
What that adds up to is a quiet, car dependent base on a ridge in Hurlingham, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. The street is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Sheema Villas suits someone with a vehicle, a driver, or business on this side of the city who wants parking, housekeeping and staff who speak more than one language. It does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre or expecting dinner, a bar or company on the doorstep.
02The supplier's photographs
035 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Sheema Villas if you have settled your transport, because nothing about the booking itself will arrange a car for you. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. Every confirmed booking removes one tonne of CO2, at no extra cost to you. Five percent of what you pay comes back as IMPT credit, out of the hotel commission rather than added to your bill.
Facts on this page come from the booking supplier's record: star class, address, photographs and facility list. Guest scores come from verified stays. Nobody from this site has stayed here; the quarter copy around it is this site's own.
06Questions
Where is Sheema Villas in Nairobi?+
It is on Jabavu Rd in Hurlingham, in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built for cars and conference rooms. It sits 2.07 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and is reached by road, not on foot.
What facilities does Sheema Villas actually have?+
The listed facilities are free car parking, housekeeping, multilingual staff, a smoking area and a surcharge line. There is no restaurant, bar, gym or meeting room on the list, so plan meals and meetings elsewhere. Parking is the one facility that makes the property work.
Can I walk from Sheema Villas into the central business district?+
The property is 3.48 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a long walk on a car oriented ridge with little street life. Most people staying at Sheema Villas arrange a vehicle, a driver or a ride into the centre.
How do I check availability at Sheema Villas?+
Availability and room details are shown through app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates and confirm a booking. Twelve photos of Sheema Villas are on file there, so you can look at the rooms before deciding, and most rooms can be cancelled free.
