A three star apartment style hotel on Kuwinda Rd, out on the new concrete of Greater Nairobi, built for people who arrive by car and want a kitchen rather than a lobby. The kitchenette decides it: stay here if you are working a long stretch and driving yourself, look elsewhere if you want the centre on foot.
01What it is
The Cycads Suites is a three star property on Kuwinda Rd with a facilities list that leans residential. Rooms come with a kitchen or kitchenette, microwave, oven, refrigerator and coffee, plus a desk, air conditioning, a fan, a balcony or patio and a TV. Bathrooms run to a shower, WC, bidet, towels, toiletries, bathrobe, slippers and a hairdryer. The list also carries free wifi, free car parking, 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, housekeeping, laundry service, iron and board, safe, family rooms, non smoking rooms, a garden, a terrace and a smoking area, with car rental, concierge and shuttle service for getting out. Thin spots: the golf course listing is not a course you walk to, and special diets, copy and first aid are desk services rather than room features.
What that adds up to at The Cycads Suites is a self catering base in Greater Nairobi, set for the car and the conference room. You park free, you cook if you want to, and the front desk and security run around the clock, which matters when the surrounding streets go quiet after dark. The trade is location: the property sits at a distance from the centre, so you are not walking to meetings or dinner in the CBD. The Cycads Suites suits longer stays, families, and anyone driving in for work at a fixed address nearby. It does not suit a first visit built on the centre, or anyone without a car.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 16 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 The Cycads Suites direct through the link below if you want the kitchenette and the free parking confirmed together. 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 The Cycads Suites?+
The Cycads Suites is on Kuwinda Rd in Nairobi, in Greater Nairobi. It sits 8.07 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 9.93 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 125 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on arriving by car, not on foot.
Does The Cycads Suites have kitchens?+
Yes. The property lists a kitchen or kitchenette, microwave, oven, refrigerator and coffee, so you can self cater rather than eat out every night. The rest of the room is built for a longer stay: desk, air conditioning, fan, balcony or patio, TV, bathrobe, slippers and a hairdryer.
What is the area around Kuwinda Rd like?+
It 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. The property has free car parking, car rental, a concierge and a shuttle service, which is how you get to the centre and back.
How do I check availability at The Cycads Suites?+
Use the booking link on this page to see what is open for your dates and to confirm a room. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the booking runs through app.impt.io. The 24 hour front desk can then handle arrival, laundry, iron and board, and shuttle arrangements.
