A three star place out on a ridge in Greater Nairobi, built around parking, a conference room and a computer room. The deciding fact is the distance: if you want the centre on foot, this is the wrong address.
01What it is
Zaburi Place lists its facilities plainly: a computer room, free car parking, a garden, a terrace, housekeeping and a laundry service. The three star rating sits about right against that. Parking, laundry and daily housekeeping are the ones a visitor actually uses, and the terrace and garden are the extent of the public space. The list is thin where hotels usually pad it out: there is no restaurant named, no gym, no room service, and nothing resembling a business centre beyond the computer room. That is the whole of it.
What that adds up to at Zaburi Place is a quiet, car dependent place to sleep and work, not a base for seeing Nairobi. The ridge outside is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room, and the evenings are safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Suits a delegation or a contractor with a vehicle and a meeting on this side of the city. Does not suit anyone who wants the Central Business District on foot, or an evening that walks.
02The supplier's photographs
036 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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Zaburi Place directly if your business is on this ridge and you have a car, and not otherwise, because the wrong side of the city is hard to fix after arrival. 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 Zaburi Place?+
It is at 29 Silanga Road in Nairobi, out in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. It sits 9.91 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on arriving by car or by ride, not on foot from the Central Business District.
What facilities does Zaburi Place have?+
A computer room, free car parking, a garden, a terrace, housekeeping and a laundry service. Parking and laundry are the useful ones for a working stay. There is no restaurant, no gym and no room service on the list, so plan meals elsewhere or in the hotel bar.
What is it like getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
Zaburi Place is 11.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 148 minutes on foot in a direct line. The surrounding streets are built for the car and the conference room. Take a ride into town for meetings, and take a ride back in the evening.
How do I check availability at Zaburi Place?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search on app.impt.io, where you book and where free cancellation applies to most rooms. Nothing is held without a confirmed booking, so check the dates you need before you arrange the rest of the trip.
