South Suites is a four star apartment-style hotel in South B, part of Greater Nairobi rather than the centre, and the kitchen is what decides it. If you want to cook for yourself and you have a car, it works. If you want the Central Business District on foot, it does not.
01What it is
South Suites is a four star property in South B, and the list reads like a serviced apartment rather than a hotel room. You get a kitchen or kitchenette, an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator and a toaster, with coffee provided. There is air conditioning, a desk, a TV, a safe, an iron and board, and non smoking rooms. Bathrooms come with a bath, a shower, a WC, toiletries, towels, a bathrobe and slippers, and the floors are carpeted. Free wifi, free car parking, lifts and a 24 hour front desk are listed. Housekeeping and first aid are covered, and there is a market in the building or beside it. The list is thin on anything social: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no pool.
What that adds up to is a self-contained stay. At South Suites you can land, shop, cook and sleep without leaving the building, and the free parking and 24 hour desk mean late arrivals and a car are both manageable. The trade is location. The address sits in Greater Nairobi, so you are not walking to meetings in the centre, and the street itself is a wide industrial strip of sheds, unlit in stretches after dark, which the site's own note puts plainly: daylight only, and a car back. Book South Suites if you are driving, staying a few nights, and want a kitchen and quiet. Do not book it if you want the Central Business District, hotel bars, or a walkable evening.
02The supplier's photographs
0334 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 The Railway Quarter. They sit just outside the ten quarters this site covers, on the edge of the centre, and The Railway Quarter is only the nearest of the ten. What that means in practice is that you are in the wider city, not in the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The nearest quarter is the southern edge of the centre: wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift, and the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue; the quarter is 0.89 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 12 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is best for the museum, and for understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches. Daylight only, and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Book South Suites if the kitchen and the free parking are the point of the stay, and check the cancellation terms before you commit. 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 South Suites?+
The address is South Suites, South B, on the seventh floor. It sits in Greater Nairobi, not in the Central Business District. The listed distances are 3.77 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 48 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.92 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
Does South Suites have kitchens in the rooms?+
Yes. The property lists a kitchen or kitchenette, an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator and a toaster, with coffee provided. That makes it a self-catering stay rather than a room with a kettle. There is also a market listed, so you can buy food without going far.
What does getting into the centre from South B involve?+
You should plan on a car. The site's own note on the street says it is industrial and unlit in stretches, daylight only, and a car back. The address is in Greater Nairobi, so the Central Business District is not a walk you want to make at night.
How do I check availability at South Suites?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you book the room. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a booking while you sort out transport. The 24 hour front desk means a late arrival is workable once the booking is confirmed.
