A serviced apartment block on a ridge in Greater Nairobi, built for people arriving with a car and a reason to be somewhere else. The parking and the lifts decide it: if you are driving to meetings, it works. If you plan to walk into the centre, it does not.
01What it is
Soho Apartment Kirichwa is a 3 star property on Kirichwa Rd in Greater Nairobi. The listed facilities are practical rather than generous: free car parking and parking, lifts, wheelchair access, cleaning, and an outdoor pool. For a visitor the car parking and the lifts matter most, because the building sits on a ridge laid out for vehicles, and the lifts make the upper floors usable. The pool is the one item that is not strictly functional. Where the list is thin is in anything resembling service beyond cleaning: no restaurant, no bar, no workspace, no shuttle, nothing that would let you spend an evening on site.
What that adds up to is a base, not a destination. Soho Apartment Kirichwa suits someone who is in Nairobi for a conference or a work posting, has a car or is happy to arrange rides, and wants a self contained flat with secure parking at the end of the day. It does not suit anyone planning to walk to meetings in the centre, or anyone who wants the hotel to provide the evening. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
036 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Soho Apartment Kirichwa once you have settled how you will get to and from it each day, because that decides whether the address works 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 Soho Apartment Kirichwa?+
It is on Kirichwa Rd in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge of new concrete above the city. It sits 4.74 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 60 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.25 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What facilities does the property list?+
Free car parking and parking, lifts, wheelchair access, cleaning, and an outdoor pool. There is no restaurant, bar or workspace on the list, so plan on eating and working elsewhere. The parking and lifts are the two that matter most in daily use here.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
Practically, yes. The building is on a ridge laid out for cars, and the surrounding streets offer hotel bars and little else within walking distance. With a car the parking is free and the location works for driving to meetings. Without one you are arranging rides for everything, including the evening.
How do I check availability at Soho Apartment Kirichwa?+
Availability and room types are shown through app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates and complete the booking. The property has seven photos on file to look through before you decide, and most rooms can be cancelled free.
