Sparkle Residency is a four star hotel on Langata Road in Greater Nairobi, set on new concrete built for the car and the conference room. It suits drivers and people here for meetings. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the centre of Nairobi.
01What it is
Sparkle Residency lists the full working kit of a business hotel: a business center and computer room, free wifi and internet access, a 24 hour front desk with express check in, and free car parking. Rooms come with a desk, a safe, a TV, a fridge, a microwave and a kitchen or kitchenette in some cases. There is a garden, a terrace and a picnic area, and the hotel takes pets. Some listed items, the dishwasher, the washing machine and the DVD player, are the sort of thing that appears on a room inventory without being in every room, and the list does not say which rooms get what.
For a driver or a conference visitor, Sparkle Residency does the job the ridge was built for: you park, you sleep, you work. The hotel sits in Greater Nairobi, 6.25 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 79 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 4.36 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Sparkle Residency suits people with a car or a shuttle, and it does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 20 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 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 Sparkle Residency if you are arriving by car and your day is already planned around the ridge. 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 Sparkle Residency?+
Sparkle Residency is on Langata Road in Nairobi, in the Greater Nairobi area. It is 6.25 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 79 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the nearest quarter this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, 4.36 km away.
What does Sparkle Residency list for guests?+
The list runs to a business center, free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, room service, laundry and dry cleaning, a garden, a terrace, a picnic area and a playground. Rooms have a desk, a safe, a TV and a fridge, and some have a kitchen or kitchenette.
Can I walk into central Nairobi from Sparkle Residency?+
On the site's own measure the centre is 79 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the street here is built for the car and the conference room. After dark it is hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Plan on a car or the shuttle service.
How do I check availability at Sparkle Residency?+
Availability and room types are shown when you book through app.impt.io. The hotel lists a 24 hour front desk and express check in, so a late arrival is workable, and free car parking means you can bring a vehicle.
