A five star hotel in Gigiri, attached to The Village Market, north of the centre and off the walking map. It suits drivers, longer stays and business travellers who want their facilities on site. It does not suit anyone planning to walk into the CBD.
01What it is
Tribe Hotel is a five star property on Limuru Road at The Village Market in Gigiri. The list is long and mostly practical: free wifi and free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, concierge, luggage storage, dry cleaning and laundry, a business center, meeting room and banquet space, lifts, wheelchair access, and a safe. For eating and drinking there is a restaurant, bars, a cafe and a lounge. For recovery there is a fitness center, an outdoor pool, a sauna, a steam room and a spa. There is also a gift shop, shops, a barber and beauty salon, a library and a babysitting service. Where the list is thin is on the destination itself: shuttle service and surcharge are all you get on getting anywhere, and the street address is the whole of the local detail.
What that adds up to at Tribe Hotel is a self-contained property north of the centre. The market next door gives you shops and food without a drive, and the hotel covers most of what a working week needs without leaving the grounds. Against it: the address is one of the ten quarters this site covers, but not a quarter you can walk into, and the area after dark is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. Book Tribe Hotel if you are driving, working in Gigiri or staying long enough to want the pool, spa and laundry. Skip it if you want to be on foot in the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 2 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 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 Tribe Hotel as a base for the northern side of Nairobi, not as a way to be in 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 Tribe Hotel?+
It is on Limuru Road at The Village Market in Gigiri, in Greater Nairobi. That is 6.49 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 82 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat it as a car address. The market is the immediate surroundings.
What does Tribe Hotel have on site?+
A restaurant, bars, a cafe and a lounge, an outdoor pool, a fitness center, a sauna, a steam room and a spa, plus free wifi, free car parking, a business center, meeting and banquet rooms, laundry, a gift shop, shops and a barber and beauty salon.
Can I walk from Tribe Hotel into central Nairobi?+
No. It is 5.82 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, and after dark it is a transport edge crossed by car.
What does the guest score mean at Tribe Hotel?+
It is 4.6 out of 5 from 2953 reviews, a large sample from past guests. Read it as consistent satisfaction with the property and its facilities rather than as a claim about the location, which is the part most likely to divide people.
