Summerdale Inn is a three star hotel on Gandhi Avenue in Greater Nairobi, a short distance from the Central Business District and the nearest of the quarters this site covers. It suits conference and business travellers who want parking, a lounge and a desk, and it does not suit anyone expecting to walk out into the evening.
01What it is
Summerdale Inn lists the working kit in full: a 24 hour front desk, a business center, a meeting room, lifts and a concierge. Connectivity is covered by free wifi and free internet access in the lounge. There is a restaurant, a bar, breakfast, a lounge, shops and a casino on site, plus dry cleaning, laundry, an ATM, a safe and smoking area, with free car parking and a spa. Of the list, the thin points are the surcharge line and a wheelchair accessible note with nothing behind it.
For someone staying at Summerdale Inn, that adds up to a self contained house built around work and the car. Free parking and a meeting room make it easy to arrive, park and hold a session without leaving the building, and the business center covers the printing and desk work a trip like that generates. Leisure is in the building or a ride away, not on the doorstep, and the spa and casino on the list are what the house offers instead of a street. Summerdale Inn suits the conference and business traveller whose day is indoors. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre, its halls and its evening trade within a walk.
02The supplier's photographs
0323 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: 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 sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Summerdale Inn is worth booking directly if your days here are built around the meeting room and the car park, and you can cancel most rooms free. 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 Summerdale Inn in Nairobi?+
It stands on Gandhi Avenue in Greater Nairobi. The site puts it 1.72 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 2.62 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 33 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What facilities does Summerdale Inn have?+
It lists a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, a business center, a meeting room, a restaurant, a bar, breakfast, a lounge, a spa, a casino, shops, dry cleaning, laundry, an ATM, a safe, lifts and a smoking area. The building is listed with a wheelchair accessible note and a surcharge line that the facts do not explain.
Is Summerdale Inn close to the Central Business District?+
No, it sits in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The site's own line is that this is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and that after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Plan on a vehicle for anything in the centre.
What does the guest score for Summerdale Inn mean?+
The property carries a score of 4.1 out of 5 from 1045 reviews, with twelve photos on file. Treat that as a solid but not exceptional house, consistent with what the facility list supports: rooms and services that work for a business stay rather than a leisure one in the middle of town.
