A 3 star suite property on United Nations Crescent in Gigiri, north of the centre. The deciding fact is that this is a car address: the site's own line for the area is 'A transport edge rather than an evening one. Cross it by car.'
01What it is
Tara Suites lists the practical set: a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, a garden, a terrace, a restaurant, breakfast, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage, a safe, a meeting room and concierge. It is wheelchair accessible and has cribs and a playground, so families are provided for. The list runs thin on two points: pets are not allowed, and one entry simply reads 'Surcharge', which tells you only that something costs more, not what.
What that adds up to at Tara Suites is comfortable, enclosed and quiet, with the garden, playground and free parking doing most of the work. It sits at United Nations Crescent in Gigiri in Greater Nairobi, 5.31 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 5.97 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 75 minutes on foot in a direct line. Suits people with a car who want a calm, walled base; not people who want a lively central address on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0321 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs. Of those ten quarters, Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest, and it is still a separate place: the northern edge of the grid, where the city loosens and the roads north begin. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that is the quarter's own measure, not a walk from your door.
Treat the location as the wider city. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out, and after dark this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge and the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, which makes the quarter best for early markets, and the walk up to the National Museum, if you are already there. Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. You are not.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Tara Suites is worth booking early if you want the garden side, since the property runs at fifty rooms or fewer. 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 exactly is Tara Suites?+
On United Nations Crescent in Gigiri, in Greater Nairobi, north of the central business district. It is 5.31 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Gigiri is a diplomatic quarter, so plan on arriving and moving around by car rather than on foot.
What does Tara Suites have on site?+
A restaurant and breakfast, free wifi, free car parking, a garden, a terrace, a 24 hour front desk, concierge, luggage storage, a safe, a meeting room, laundry and dry cleaning. It is wheelchair accessible with cribs and a playground. Pets are not allowed. One listed entry is a surcharge, with no detail on what it covers.
Can I walk from Tara Suites into central Nairobi?+
It is 5.97 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 75 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the direct line is not the route you would actually take. The area around the property is a transport edge rather than an evening one. A car is the sensible way in and out.
What does the guest score mean?+
Tara Suites carries a guest score of 4.4 out of 5 from 68 reviews, so a small but consistent run of recent guests has rated it well. Treat that as a general signal about the stay rather than a detailed breakdown, since the number of reviews is modest.
