A 4 star suite hotel up Kathini Avenue in Nyari, part of Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The thing that decides it: you need a car, because the nearest quarter this site covers is 7.51 km from Ngara and the Globe.
01What it is
Trademark Suites at Enaki Town lists a full run of four star facilities. Air conditioning, free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk and 24H security cover the basics. Food and drink run from a restaurant, a bar and snacks to breakfast, breakfast in room, lunch, buffet and special diets. There are two pools, an indoor and an outdoor, plus a kids pool, a gymnasium, a fitness center, a spa, a sauna, a steam room and massage. Rooms have a kitchen or kitchenette items: microwave, oven, refrigerator, toaster, coffee and water. Family rooms, babysitting, laundry, dry cleaning, concierge, currency exchange, car rental and shuttle service round it out. The list is thin on nothing obvious, though a lift and wheelchair access are the only nod to step-free movement.
What that adds up to is a self-contained suite hotel for people who arrive by car and stay put, or drive out. Trademark Suites at Enaki Town gives you parking, a kitchen, a pool and a gym, and the quiet of a residential avenue off Redhill Road. It does not give you the centre: this is Greater Nairobi, 8.07 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 101 minutes on foot in a direct line. It suits families, long stays and anyone with a vehicle. It does not suit a visitor who wants to walk to offices, bars or meetings.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 36 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 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 Trademark Suites at Enaki Town if you want a suite with parking and a kitchen outside the centre. 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 Trademark Suites at Enaki Town?+
On Kathini Avenue off Redhill Road in Nyari, Greater Nairobi. It is 7.51 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street there is a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does. It is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car.
What facilities does the property list?+
A 4 star list: air conditioning, free wifi, free car parking, 24 hour front desk, 24H security, restaurant, bar, breakfast, room service, indoor and outdoor pools, kids pool, gymnasium, fitness center, spa, sauna, steam room, massage, family rooms, babysitting, laundry, dry cleaning, concierge, currency exchange, car rental and shuttle service.
Can I walk into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
Not sensibly. The property is 8.07 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 101 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the route is a transport edge. A car is the practical answer, whether you drive, take the shuttle service or use car rental. The site says cross it by car.
What does the guest score mean?+
It holds a score of 4.7 out of 5 from 99 reviews. That is a high average from a small sample, which tells you most recent stays went well but that the picture rests on fewer than a hundred people. Read it as a good sign, not a guarantee, and check the facilities against your own needs.