Somerset Westview Nairobi is a four star apartment hotel in Kilimani, on the ridge above the centre. The kitchens and the distance from Kenyatta Avenue are the two facts that decide it for you. Suits longer stays and families. Not for anyone who wants the Central Business District on foot.
01What it is
Somerset Westview Nairobi lists what an apartment hotel should. The rooms carry kitchens with a dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus air conditioning, a desk, iron and board, safe, bathrobe, slippers and toiletries. On site you get free wifi, free car parking, a restaurant and bars, a business centre, a fitness centre, a sauna, a steam room, an outdoor pool, a garden and a terrace, with a playground and cots for children, a 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security, and wheelchair access. It is thin on nothing that matters, though the listed dining is limited to a restaurant and bars, and Kilimani is built for the car, so a car or a shuttle matters here.
For a stay, Somerset Westview Nairobi is a self contained base rather than a place to step out of. You cook, you use the pool and the fitness centre, you keep the children in the playground, and you take the shuttle or drive when you need the centre. It suits families, longer stays, and anyone in Nairobi for meetings on this side of town, including conference and banquet groups. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk to the Central Business District, and the after dark choice nearby is hotel bars and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 26 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 Somerset Westview Nairobi directly if you want the apartment setup and the pool rather than a room in the centre. 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 Somerset Westview Nairobi?+
It is on Nyangumi Road off Lenana Road in Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 2.5 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 3.64 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 46 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What does the property list for longer stays?+
The rooms have kitchens with a dishwasher, washing machine, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus iron and board, a safe and air conditioning. On site there is free wifi, free car parking, a restaurant, bars, a business centre, a fitness centre, a sauna, a steam room, an outdoor pool and a garden.
Do I need a car to stay in Kilimani?+
It helps. This is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Parking is free on site and there is a shuttle service, so you are not stuck, but you are not walking into the centre either.
What does the 4.7 out of 5 guest score mean?+
It is a strong score from 432 reviews, and it fits a property that does the apartment and leisure list well. Read it as a sign that guests get what the listing promises, not as a claim about the neighbourhood, which is quiet and car dependent.
