Trinity Gardens is a four star at House No 7 on Kilimani Road, in the new concrete up on the ridge. It is for people whose Nairobi day happens in offices and meeting rooms and who will take a car to it. The location decides it: this is not a base for walking into the centre.
01What it is
Trinity Gardens is a four star at House No 7 on Kilimani Road. The list is the standard one for that class: every room air conditioned, carpeted and non smoking, with a bathroom, bath, shower, WC and toiletries, plus towels, slippers and a bathrobe. There is free wifi and internet access, a television, a kitchen with a microwave and refrigerator, coffee, water, cleaning, and 24 hour security. Free car parking and a garden are listed, and pets are allowed, which sets Trinity Gardens apart from most of what sits in this part of Nairobi.
What that adds up to is a serviced apartment more than a hotel, and a place built around arriving by car. Free parking is the tell. The kitchen and the refrigerator are the second tell: you can feed yourself here rather than leave for every meal, which matters because the street is not one you would set out into on foot for dinner. Trinity Gardens suits a driver, a family, a longer stay, or someone in Kilimani on business. It does not suit anyone planning to walk to the centre, and it does not suit anyone who wants the evening to happen at the door.
02The supplier's photographs
0326 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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community 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. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Trinity Gardens if you have a car and a reason to be on the ridge rather than 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 Trinity Gardens in Nairobi?+
It is at House No 7 on Kilimani Road, in the wider Nairobi area. That puts it 5.6 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 70 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 4.02 km from Upper Hill and Community, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does Trinity Gardens actually list in the rooms?+
Air conditioning, carpeting, a bathroom, a bath, a shower, a WC, toiletries, towels, slippers and a bathrobe are all on the list, along with a television, a kitchen, a microwave, a refrigerator, coffee and water. Free wifi, internet access, non smoking rooms, cleaning and 24 hour security are listed too.
Can I walk from Trinity Gardens into the centre of Nairobi?+
You can, but the address is 5.6 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 70 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the street is built for the car. Most people staying here plan on a vehicle. Free car parking is listed, so arriving with one is straightforward.
How do I check availability and cancel a room at Trinity Gardens?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search, and most rooms here can be cancelled free. Booking runs through app.impt.io, which also handles the cancellation. If the dates you want are not showing, that means they are not open for booking at that time.
