A three star property on United Nations Avenue, well outside the centre and built around the car. It gives you a garden, parking and a kitchenette, and asks that you accept Greater Nairobi as your base. That is the one thing that decides whether it is right for you.
01What it is
The Pearl Cage Gigiri Near US Embassy lists free wifi, free car parking, a garden, non smoking rooms, a kitchenette, a refrigerator, a TV, a shower, a WC, towels, slippers, an iron and board, and internet access. Those are the useful things: a small self catering setup, somewhere to park without a fight, and a garden rather than a lobby. The list is thin beyond that. No restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer, no laundry. This is a 3 star property and the facilities read like one.
What that adds up to is a base for someone who is driving and does not need the hotel to entertain them. The Pearl Cage Gigiri Near US Embassy sits on United Nations Avenue, 5.12 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 64 minutes on foot in a direct line, so you are not going to walk into the centre on a whim. It suits people with business in the north and around the UN, and anyone with a car who wants a garden and a fridge. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot, and it does not suit anyone who wants the hotel to feed them.
02The supplier's photographs
0316 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
Book this one only once you have decided that Greater Nairobi is the right side of the city for your stay, because the location is the whole decision. 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 Pearl Cage Gigiri Near US Embassy?+
It is on United Nations Avenue C15 in Greater Nairobi, in the north of the city. It is 4.41 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The setting is a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does.
What does the property actually have in the room?+
A kitchenette, a refrigerator, a TV, a shower, a WC, towels and slippers, with an iron and board available. Non smoking rooms are listed. There is free wifi and free car parking, plus a garden. There is no restaurant or bar on the list.
Can I walk into central Nairobi from here?+
It is 5.12 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 64 minutes on foot in a direct line. The area is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and the advice is to cross it by car. This is not a base for walking to the centre.
How do I check availability and hold a room?+
Availability and room types are shown through app.impt.io, where you complete the booking. Most rooms can be cancelled free. Nothing is charged until you go through that page, and the property takes no direct bookings through this site.
