A three star address on Maua Cl in Westlands, offering free Wifi and little else on the record. The deciding thing is location and independence: it sits in Greater Nairobi, away from the quarter, so you want your own transport and no interest in being walked to dinner.
01What it is
Sherry Homes Maya Ibr is listed as a three star property on Maua Cl in Westlands, in Greater Nairobi. The one facility on file is free Wifi, and that is the whole of it. No restaurant, bar, gym, pool, parking, airport transfer or breakfast appears on the list. A coffee maker in the room and a kettle are not stated, so assume nothing beyond the connection. Twelve photos are on file, which is enough to see the rooms but not enough to promise a view, a balcony or quiet at night. If you need a hotel with a kitchen, a shuttle or a reception that never closes, this list does not answer you, and you should ask before you commit.
What that adds up to is a plain, self catering style base in a part of the city that is not the centre. Sherry Homes Maya Ibr suits a traveller who has their own transport and treats the room as somewhere to sleep and work, rather than a place to spend the evening. It does not suit anyone expecting a concierge, a restaurant downstairs or someone to arrange their day. The distance to the centre is real: it is 3.17 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 40 minutes on foot in a direct line, and closer still to the market side at 2.65 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Westlands has its own life, but it is not the quarter.
02The supplier's photographs
031 facility the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Sherry Homes Maya Ibr directly if the Westlands address and the free Wifi are what you need, and confirm the room details before you travel. 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 exactly is Sherry Homes Maya Ibr?+
It is on Maua Cl in Westlands, in Greater Nairobi rather than the central business district. The listing places it 2.65 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Westlands is its own commercial area with offices, shops and restaurants.
What facilities does the property list?+
Free Wifi is the only facility on file for Sherry Homes Maya Ibr. There is no listed restaurant, bar, pool, gym, parking or airport transfer, and no breakfast is stated. Treat the list as thin and ask the property directly about anything you need for your stay.
Getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi, what does that involve?+
You are outside the central business district, so plan on a vehicle or a ride rather than a stroll. The listing puts Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue 3.17 km away, which is 40 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the market side closer. Do not expect to walk everywhere.
How do I check availability and book?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search through app.impt.io, which handles the booking for this property. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a room while you arrange transport. Confirm the details you care about, such as Wifi and access, before you commit.
