A walled leisure complex on Mokoyeti Rd E, out on the ridge. Two pools, a spa, a gym, a garden and restaurants on the grounds. It suits drivers and conference groups; it does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of a lobby into the centre.
01What it is
Stedmak Gardens And Recreation Centre is a 3 star property on Mokoyeti Rd E, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. The list is long on leisure: an indoor pool, a swimming pool, a spa, a fitness center, a garden and a terrace, plus bars, a restaurant and room service. Practical items are covered too: free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, laundry service, a safe, a cot, non smoking rooms, TV, breakfast and dinner. Where it thins out is around travel: the centre is reached by shuttle service, and the entry carries no detail on how often it runs.
What that adds up to is a place built to keep you inside it. You sleep, eat, swim and train without leaving the grounds. Greater Nairobi here is 9.34 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 117 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Stedmak Gardens suits drivers, families and conference groups. It does not suit anyone who wants the Central Business District on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0325 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 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 this one if the facilities list, not the address, is what sells it. 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 Stedmak Gardens And Recreation Centre?+
It is on Mokoyeti Rd E in Greater Nairobi, not in the Central Business District. It sits 7.45 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The centre itself is further out, so plan on the shuttle service or a car.
What facilities does the property list?+
Pools indoor and out, a spa, a fitness center, a garden, a terrace, bars, a restaurant, room service, breakfast and dinner. Practical items include free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, laundry service, a safe, a cot, non smoking rooms and TV.
How do you get into the centre from this side of Nairobi?+
The entry lists a shuttle service, though it does not say how often it runs, so ask before you rely on it. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 9.34 km from here, which is 117 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street itself is built for the car.
What does the guest score mean?+
Stedmak Gardens And Recreation Centre carries a guest score of 4.2 out of 5 from 4223 reviews. That is a solid, well used mid market property rather than a luxury one, and the volume of reviews means the score reflects a settled pattern rather than a handful of stays.
