A three star guest house out on Dagoretti Road in Karen, eighteen kilometres or so west of the centre, on new concrete built for the car and the conference room. What decides it for you is whether your Nairobi days belong in Karen, not in the Central Business District.
01What it is
Spurwing Guest House lists a wide spread of facilities for a three star property: free wifi, a business centre, a restaurant, a bar and snack cafe, breakfast, buffet, lunch and dinner, room service, laundry, housekeeping, luggage storage, a safe and wake up service. Rooms come with bath or shower, bathrobe, hairdryer, toiletries, towels, slippers, desk, fan, TV, coffee, minibar, refrigerator, microwave, kitchen, iron and board, cot and sofa bed. There is a garden, terrace, patio, picnic area, fireplace, jacuzzi, massage, lounge, banquet room and smoking area, plus bike and car rental, a shuttle, golf course, horse riding and wheelchair access. The list is thin on one thing: it is not a walkable address, and nothing here replaces a car.
What that adds up to for someone staying at Spurwing Guest House is a self contained stay in Karen rather than a base for the centre. The guest house sits 14.3 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 179 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 12.71 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street 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. It suits people with business or family reasons to be in Karen, the golf and riding set, and anyone who wants quiet and space. It does not suit a visitor whose Nairobi is the Central Business District.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 31 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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: 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 lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Spurwing Guest House if your reason for being in Nairobi sits in Karen rather than the centre, and check the room types against the facilities list 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 is Spurwing Guest House in Nairobi?+
It is at 326 Pollmans Court on Karen Dagoretti Road, in Greater Nairobi. The guest house is 14.3 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 179 minutes on foot in a direct line, so it is a car address rather than a walking one.
Can I stay at Spurwing Guest House without a car?+
The guest house lists car rental and a shuttle service, but the street is built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Without a car or a shuttle booking you will be dependent on rides for everything.
What facilities does Spurwing Guest House have?+
It lists free wifi, a business centre, restaurant, bar, breakfast, buffet, lunch and dinner, laundry, room service, garden, terrace, jacuzzi, massage, banquet room, bike and car rental, shuttle, golf course, horse riding and wheelchair access. Rooms list bath or shower, bathrobe, hairdryer, toiletries, desk, TV, minibar, refrigerator and kitchen.
How do I check availability at Spurwing Guest House?+
Availability and room types are shown when you book through app.impt.io. The guest house lists family rooms, non smoking rooms, cots and sofa beds, so check the room you pick against what you need before you confirm the booking.
