A three star house with its own garden in Thome, north of the centre and reached by car. What decides it is the drive: you get parking, a kitchen and space, but you give up the centre. Suits families, long stays and anyone with a vehicle. Does not suit a car-free visit.
01What it is
The White House in White House Thome garden estate is a three star property in Thome, out in Greater Nairobi. The list is built for a household rather than a single night: a kitchen and kitchenette with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and washing machine, a garden, balcony, cots and high chairs, and free car parking on site. Rooms carry a desk, TV, radio, towels, toiletries, bathrobe, shower and WC, with carpeting and a bidet. Free wifi runs through the building, there are lifts, and pets are allowed. Where the list thins out is anything hotel-like: no restaurant, no bar, no lounge, no airport transfer and no gym or pool.
For a family or a long stay, The White House in White House Thome garden estate adds up to space, a working kitchen and a car parked behind a gate, which is more than most of the centre offers at this level. The trade is location. You are 8.26 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 104 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the street around it is a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does. After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. Book it if you have a vehicle and want room; skip it if you plan to walk into the CBD.
02The supplier's photographs
0329 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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book The White House in White House Thome garden estate if you want a kitchen, a garden and parking rather than a room in the middle of the city. 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 White House in White House Thome garden estate?+
It is in Thome, in Greater Nairobi, north of the centre. It sits 7.56 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The address on file is Thome White House, Nairobi, and the setting is a garden estate rather than a city street.
What does the property list for guests?+
A kitchen and kitchenette with oven, microwave, refrigerator and washing machine, plus a garden, balcony, cots, high chairs and free car parking. Rooms have a desk, TV, radio, towels, toiletries, bathrobe, shower and WC, with carpeting and a bidet. Free wifi, lifts and pet-friendly rules complete the list.
Can you walk from here into the city centre?+
The property is 8.26 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 104 minutes on foot in a direct line. The area after dark is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. Treat a vehicle or a ride as part of staying here rather than an extra.
How do you check availability?+
Availability and room types are checked through app.impt.io. The property has twelve photos on file and a free cancellation option on most rooms, so you can look at the layout before deciding. No prices are published on this site, and no rates are quoted here.
