A four star business hotel on Jakaya Kikwete Road in Upper Hill, with a guest score of 4.3 from 2610 reviews. It suits conference and corporate travellers; it does not suit anyone who wants to be on foot in the centre after dark.
01What it is
The Heron By Sarovar Portico India is a four star property on Jakaya Kikwete Road in Upper Hill. The list leans corporate: 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, business centre, concierge, express check in, meeting and banquet space, currency exchange and car rental. Rooms carry air conditioning, desk, safe, TV, telephone, bath and shower, with housekeeping and laundry. Food runs to a restaurant, a bar or snack cafe, breakfast, buffet, room service and special diets, and the leisure list is unusually full: outdoor pool, fitness centre, spa, sauna, steam room, massage, yoga, garden and terrace. Family rooms, a cot and wheelchair access appear. The list is thinner on practical detail for drivers, and no airport transfer time or shuttle route is given.
What this adds up to is a hotel designed around work rather than around wandering. The Heron By Sarovar Portico India sits 0.89 km from the centre of Upper Hill and Community, so the office and conference addresses of that quarter are close. The city centre is not: Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 1.93 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 25 minutes on foot in a direct line, and after dark the advice is a ride anywhere else. Book it if your days are meetings in Upper Hill and your evenings are hotel bars or a car. Do not book it if you want to walk out of the lobby into Nairobi's street life.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 42 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Upper Hill and Community
Upper Hill and Community sits on the western ridge, 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. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. That suits people here to work and people who want their evening contained. It does not suit anyone expecting street life outside the door. The streets are built for the car and the conference room, so plan to move by vehicle once the working day ends.
Read the whole of Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
This is the rare Upper Hill address where the fitness centre, pool and spa give the evenings somewhere to go without leaving the compound. 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 Heron By Sarovar Portico India?+
It is on Jakaya Kikwete Road in Upper Hill, 0.89 km from the centre of Upper Hill and Community. That puts it among the corporate and conference addresses of the quarter. The city centre is not on the doorstep, so plan on a vehicle for anything beyond Upper Hill.
What does the hotel actually have on site?+
A 24 hour front desk and security, business centre, banquet rooms, restaurant and bar, outdoor pool, fitness centre, spa, sauna, steam room and massage. Rooms have air conditioning, desk, safe, bath or shower, and family rooms and wheelchair access exist. The list is strongest on work and wellness facilities.
Can you walk from the hotel into central Nairobi?+
Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 1.93 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 25 minutes on foot in a direct line. The area after dark is summed up as safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Treat a car as the normal way in and out.
What does the 4.3 guest score mean here?+
It is an average from 2610 reviews, so it reflects a large number of stays rather than a handful. It suggests a property that broadly delivers on its four star claims. Read the score as a general signal, not a guarantee about any single room or date.
