A three star hotel at South C Shopping Centre on Muhoho Avenue, in the ridge country above the centre. The listed facilities cover the basics and a car park, and the location decides it: if you have a car or a driver, it works, and if you plan to walk into the centre, it does not.
01What it is
Sir James Hotel lists what a working stay needs and not much more. There is a 24 hour front desk, breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, laundry service, multilingual staff, a restaurant and bars, plus a smoking area. Two entries tell you how to read the rest: a surcharge is listed, and so is the smoking area, so ask what the extra charge covers, and ask for a non smoking room if that matters. The list is thin on anything beyond the functional, and no pool, gym or shuttle is claimed. The three star rating fits that: a straightforward commercial hotel rather than a resort.
For the stay itself, Sir James Hotel works as a base for a car and a schedule. You park free, you eat on site, you can arrive late, and there is a restaurant and bar for the evening. What you do not get is a quarter to wander. The address is in South C, 1.94 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the surrounding streets are built for vehicles and conferences: new concrete on a ridge, hotel bars after dark, and a ride anywhere else. Suits business travellers, conference attendees on four wheels and drivers breaking a long trip. Does not suit anyone planning to see the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0310 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 Sir James Hotel if you want a car based, three star base with parking and a late desk rather than street life. 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 Sir James Hotel?+
At South C Shopping Centre on Muhoho Avenue, in Greater Nairobi. It sits 1.94 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 2.82 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 36 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on a vehicle rather than a walk.
What does Sir James Hotel list?+
A 24 hour front desk, breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, laundry service, multilingual staff, a restaurant and bars, and a smoking area, with a surcharge among the listed items. No pool, gym or shuttle is claimed. The free parking is the entry that matters most here.
What is it like getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
You go by car. The site's own line on the area is that it is safe and dull after dark, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. The streets around the property are built for the car and the conference room, so treat every trip out as a vehicle journey rather than a stroll.
What does the guest score mean?+
The property has a score of 4 out of 5 from 4 reviews. That is a small sample, so read it as a handful of satisfied stays rather than a settled reputation. The rating of three stars is the more reliable guide to what you get.
