Serviced apartments on a ridge in Greater Nairobi, close to the government quarter and built around the car. The kitchen decides it: if you are staying more than a night or two, this works, and if you want the centre on foot, it does not.
01What it is
Sherry Homes West suites is a 3 star apartment property on Kisauni Rd in Greater Nairobi. The listed facilities are the shape of a self contained stay: a kitchen or kitchenette with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a bath as well as a shower, air conditioning, a desk, a balcony and carpeting. Coffee, water, towels, toiletries, slippers and an iron and board are listed, along with housekeeping, cleaning and laundry service. The list is thinner on the hotel side: bars and a barber or beauty salon are named, and room service appears without hours or a menu. There is no restaurant.
What that adds up to is an apartment for someone who wants to cook, park and settle rather than be served. Free car parking and a garage are listed, which fits the street, and lifts, 24 hour security, a safe, smoke detectors and security features matter where the streets carry no evening life. The trade off is the address. This is Greater Nairobi, not the Central Business District, and if your days are built around offices on Kenyatta Avenue or Moi Avenue you are committing to a car or a shuttle each way. Sherry Homes West suites suits longer stays, families and anyone with business at Upper Hill. It does not suit a first visit built on walking the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 7 more on the supplier's own record. 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 Sherry Homes West suites directly if you want an apartment rather than a hotel room, and check the unit type before you commit, because kitchen, kitchenette and balcony are listed separately and not every room necessarily has all three. 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 West suites?+
Kisauni Rd, in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge above the city. It is 2.53 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 32 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 1.69 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Both are real walks, and not flat.
Do the apartments have kitchens?+
The listing includes a kitchen, a kitchenette, an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator and a toaster, which is what separates this from a hotel room. Balcony, bath, shower, desk, air conditioning and carpeting are also listed, though unit types vary, so confirm the specific apartment when you check.
Is there parking?+
Yes. Free car parking and a garage are listed, along with lifts, 24 hour security, security features, a safe and smoke detectors. The street itself, new concrete on a ridge, was built for the car and the conference room, so having your own vehicle makes the location considerably easier.
What is the area like after dark?+
Safe and dull. Hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. That is worth knowing before you choose: the evenings are quiet, so plan on the bar here or a taxi out. Upper Hill and the centre are close, but neither is a walk you would want to make late.
