A three star hotel on Langata Road, on the new concrete ridge south west of the centre. It is built for people arriving by car and for meetings, not for walking to the sights. If you need the Central Business District on foot, this is the wrong side of the city.
01What it is
Stedmak Suites is a three star property on Langata Road in Greater Nairobi. It lists a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, breakfast, a restaurant, a bar, meeting room, garden, terrace and picnic area, plus laundry, dry cleaning, luggage storage, babysitting, a safe, a smoking area and wheelchair access. Several lines carry a surcharge, so the list is broader than it first looks. What is missing is the city itself: no shuttle or transport is listed, and nothing puts you within walking distance of the centre.
For someone staying here, the property works if the day is planned around the car and the conference room. Stedmak Suites gives you parking, a desk to work from, a place to eat and meet, and a garden when the day ends, all inside one compound. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out to Kenyatta Avenue, the markets or the museum on foot. The address is 14.14 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 177 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 12.35 km from Upper Hill and Community. Stay here if your business is nearby or you have a vehicle and a driver. Do not stay here if your trip is the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0319 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 Stedmak Suites if your days are on this side of the city, and check your dates 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 Stedmak Suites?+
Stedmak Suites is on Langata Road in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built for cars and conference rooms. It is 12.35 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and it is 14.14 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 177 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What does Stedmak Suites list?+
The property lists a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, breakfast, a restaurant, a bar, a meeting room, a garden, a terrace and a picnic area, with laundry, dry cleaning, luggage storage, babysitting, a safe, a smoking area and wheelchair access. Several lines carry a surcharge, and no shuttle or transport is listed.
Can I walk into central Nairobi from there?+
Not usefully. The address is 14.14 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 177 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the roads out here are built for cars rather than pedestrians. After dark the area is quiet: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
What does the guest score mean?+
Stedmak Suites scores 4.1 out of 5 from 230 reviews. That is a solid three star showing, with most reviewers finding the listed facilities present and the stay workable. It does not promise central Nairobi, and the score should be read against a car based, conference oriented property rather than a city centre hotel.
