The giraffes cottages restaurant and bar is a 3 star property on Koitobos Rd in Greater Nairobi, with a garden, a lounge, an outdoor pool and free parking. The one thing that decides whether it is right for you is that you will be arriving and leaving by car or shuttle, not on foot.
01What it is
The giraffes cottages restaurant and bar lists the practical core of a working hotel: a 24 hour front desk, luggage storage, dry cleaning, free wifi and free internet in the lounge, free car parking, a garden, a lounge, an outdoor pool and wheelchair access. A shuttle service is listed, which matters on this street. The gaps are telling: no restaurant hours beyond the name, no gym, no business centre, no airport transfer detail, and no room-level description at all. The list is broad but shallow, and you should treat the pool and the garden as the whole of the leisure offer rather than the start of one.
What that adds up to for someone staying here is a car-based, low-friction stay. The giraffes cottages restaurant and bar sits in Greater Nairobi on a street described as new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The property suits people who want parking, a desk, a pool and a shuttle, and who will take a car to eat or meet. It does not suit anyone hoping to walk out to the centre, or anyone who wants the city at the door.
02The supplier's photographs
0312 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 directly through the link below, and check the shuttle and parking details before you commit, because this property assumes you are arriving by vehicle. 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 The giraffes cottages restaurant and bar?+
It is at 66 Koitobos Rd in Nairobi, in the area this site calls Greater Nairobi. It is 11.19 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That placement matters more than the street address: you are on the ridge, not in the centre.
What facilities does the property actually list?+
The listed facilities are a 24 hour front desk, dry cleaning, free internet in the lounge, free wifi, free car parking, a garden, a lounge, luggage storage, an outdoor pool, parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair accessibility. There is no business centre, no gym and no detail on the restaurant beyond its name.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
No. The property is 13.09 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 164 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on a car or the listed shuttle service instead. The street itself is built for the car, and after dark there is little within walking distance.
How do I check availability?+
Use the booking link on this page. You can see which rooms are open and which can be cancelled free before you confirm. The 24 hour front desk means arrival times are less of a problem than at smaller places, but you should still book ahead if you want the shuttle.
