Orchid Homes
Location: Gigiri Court, Nairobi, 44038, Nairobi, KE
Star Rating: 3 Stars
Property Type: Guest houses
About this Property
Recreational Opportunities
Take advantage of the outdoor pool and bicycles available for rent during your stay at Orchid Homes. Whether you prefer a leisurely swim or an adventurous bike ride, we've got you covered.
Comfortable Accommodations
Relax in one of our 9 air-conditioned rooms featuring LCD televisions and complimentary wireless internet access. With amenities such as showers, complimentary toiletries, and daily housekeeping, you'll feel right at home.
Convenient Location
Situated in Nairobi's Gigiri area, Orchid Homes is just a short distance away from attractions like Karura Forest and United Nations Office at Nairobi. Explore the nearby Village Market or take a relaxing stroll in the lush surroundings.
Book your stay at Orchid Homes now to experience the perfect blend of comfort and convenience during your visit to Nairobi.
Important Information
- No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
- Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.
- Contactless check-in and contactless check-out are available.
Policies
Check-in: 12:00 PM - anytime
Check-out: 10:00 AM
Instructions: This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply). Guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation. To make arrangements for check-in please contact the property at least 24 hours before arrival using the information on the booking confirmation. Guests must contact the property in advance for check-in instructions. The host will greet guests on arrival.
Amenities & Facilities
- Free WiFi
- 24-hour front desk
- Terrace
- Garden
- Luggage storage
- Designated smoking area
- Wheelchair accessible
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Television in common areas
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Free self parking
- Airport transportation - pickup (surcharge)
- Pool sun loungers
- Mosquito nets
Rooms Available
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Junior suite with living room & bathtub
1 Queen Bed
450-sq-foot room with garden views
Layout - Separate sitting area
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 32-inch LCD TV with satellite channels
Food & Drink - Kitchenette with microwave, electric kettle, and free tea bags/instant coffee
Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains and bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, bathtub or shower, free toiletries, and towels
Practical - Desk and iron/ironing board (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Air conditioning
- Kitchenette
- Desk
- Microwave
- Private bathroom
- Satellite channels
- Electric kettle
- Toilet paper
- Bottle of water
- Daily housekeeping
- Separate sitting area
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
- Free tea bags/instant coffee
- Soap
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Family Room with Bathtub
1 King Bed
377-sq-foot room with garden views
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 32-inch LCD TV with satellite channels
Food & Drink - Electric kettle, free bottled water, and free tea bags/instant coffee
Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains and bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, bathtub or shower, free toiletries, and towels
Practical - Desk and iron/ironing board (on request); rollaway beds (surcharge) available on request
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Air conditioning
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Satellite channels
- Electric kettle
- Toilet paper
- Bottle of water
- Daily housekeeping
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- Bedsheets provided
- Free tea bags/instant coffee
- Soap
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Deluxe king room with balcony and Jacuzzi
1 King Bed
431-sq-foot room with pool views
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 32-inch LCD TV with satellite channels
Food & Drink - Electric kettle, free bottled water, and free tea bags/instant coffee
Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains and bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, bathtub or shower, free toiletries, and towels
Practical - Desk and iron/ironing board (on request); rollaway beds (surcharge) available on request
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 3 (3 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Air conditioning
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Satellite channels
- Electric kettle
- Toilet paper
- Bottle of water
- Daily housekeeping
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- Bedsheets provided
- Free tea bags/instant coffee
- Soap
-
Deluxe Queen with Bathtub
1 Queen Bed
230 sq feet
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 32-inch LCD TV with satellite channels
Food & Drink - Electric kettle, free bottled water, and free tea bags/instant coffee
Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains and bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, bathtub or shower, free toiletries, and towels
Practical - Desk and iron/ironing board (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Air conditioning
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Satellite channels
- Electric kettle
- Toilet paper
- Bottle of water
- Daily housekeeping
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
- Free tea bags/instant coffee
- Soap
-
Standard Single room
1 Twin Bed
130 sq feet
Layout - Bedroom
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 32-inch LCD TV with satellite channels
Food & Drink - Electric kettle, free bottled water, and free tea bags/instant coffee
Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains and bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and towels
Practical - Desk and iron/ironing board (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 1 (1 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Air conditioning
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Satellite channels
- Electric kettle
- Toilet paper
- Bottle of water
- Daily housekeeping
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
- Free tea bags/instant coffee
- Soap
-
Standard Double room
1 Double Bed
180 sq feet
Layout - Bedroom
Internet - Free WiFi
Entertainment - 32-inch LCD TV with satellite channels
Food & Drink - Electric kettle, free bottled water, and free tea bags/instant coffee
Sleep - Blackout drapes/curtains and bed sheets
Bathroom - Private bathroom, shower, free toiletries, and towels
Practical - Desk and iron/ironing board (on request)
Comfort - Air conditioning and daily housekeeping
Need to Know - No rollaway/extra beds available
Non-Smoking
Max Occupancy: 2 (2 Adults)
- Shower
- TV
- Air conditioning
- Desk
- Private bathroom
- Satellite channels
- Electric kettle
- Toilet paper
- Bottle of water
- Daily housekeeping
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Free WiFi
- No rollaway/extra beds
- Bedsheets provided
- Free tea bags/instant coffee
- Soap
Guest Reviews
- Lillian (8/5): - Convenient location to the embassy
- Nathaniel (10/5): - Great staff. Very helpful and kind. Great breakfast. Had reliable hot water. Comfortable beds. Drawbacks: hard towels and no space heaters in cold season.
- yacob (10/5): - I had a great time. Very clean place and great location in the Gigiri area close to thd UN and the US embassy.
- Charlotte (10/5): Very pleasant place! - Very friendly staff, very clean and comfortable guest house, beautiful garden and pool.
- SIRE (8/5): - Poor internet connection and Orchid is not providing transport to its guests
- Shaheer (8/5): - Very friendly and accommodating staff.
- Taylor (10/5): Feels Like Home! - Returning to Orchid Homes felt like returning home! A simple but lovely guest house, location is ideal for access to the UN Compound, and an easy walk to Craft Centre or Village Market. Wifi works well, staff is friendly, rooms are clean.
- Frederick (8/5): - The staff were helpful and very courteous.
- Travis (8/5): Very quiet - A nice old mansion, very quiet. The pool was too cold to swim in.
- Verified traveler (4/5): - My wife and I are seniors. They gave us a room in the attic. Two flights of stairs with no lift and no help. The room had no internet and we did not want to go down again to complain. There is no phone in the room. It was freezing and no heating.
- Verified traveler (2/5): Appalling room in charming villa - Turning a villa into a hotel makes every room unique--but our room (Sage, on the ground floor) was appalling. Just in front of the reception, the restaurant and the hotel entrance door, the room's door has no noise insulation, making every conversation between the hotel personnel and guests sound like inside the room. When guests start making breakfast and checking out at 6am in the morning, it's impossible to sleep. The cherry on the cake? The room's door has a glass that cannot be shaded or covered, making it possible for people on the stairway in from of the room to look directly into the room (over the bed!). More: lapidated bathroom with a tiny sink and no mirror--the sliding door had no handle on the inside making it impossible to close. Mattress very uncomfortable. No hotel sign from the road whatsoever, not even on the doorbell, the guard on duty was not present when we come and we had to call the property to be sure to be at the right address. I truly hope that the other rooms are better (the villa is really nice) but a normal hotel cannot have guests play Russian roulette on room selection!
- Verified traveler (10/5): - Everything was fine only the tv had no signal. It had all the apps but i guess it was just the weather condition because it happens. But i was there for business so it was good and quiet
- Verified traveler (10/5): - Great place to stay I enjoyed my vacation. I will recommend my friends
- Verified traveler (2/5): Orchid has room to improve! - Hosts phone etiquette quite unreceptive...felt like it was an interruption...! I stayed at a another location opposite the sites location address...not what i had seen on the site. At check out, she insisted i had not made a payment. She was clueless, and after a hectic 20 min or so...she confirmed the payment had hit her account. WIFI unavailable, TV buffered all the while, couldn't work. Water heater is disfunctional...a very unpleasant experience.
- Verified traveler (6/5): - The place was clean but not very private. The receptionist on site kept knocking at the door and intruding. Otherwise, it's a cute little place.
- Verified traveler (10/5): - All of the staff were amazing and so helpful to our family! Would highly recommend staying here if traveling with kids.
- Verified traveler (6/5): - Small room (Sage) with dilapidated bathroom. Beautiful main hall and living roon. Nice pool area out back, too bad it's weedy. Nice breakfast room and service.
- Verified traveler (8/5): - Maggie is super friendly. The staff is efficient and great.
- Verified traveler (10/5): - Great and convenient place to stay in Nairobi. Agnes and Maggie were stellar!
- Natalie (10/5): - This property feels like home, not like a hotel. The rooms are very clean, and the staff extremely friendly - in addition to being wonderful cooks!. The property is very well located in Gigiri - walking distance to UN and shops. This is my second stay. I come regularly to Nairobi and have tried many hotels/B&B/homes around Gigiri. This is my best find and I will stick to it in the future. There is nothing that I disliked about the property.
- Verified traveler (4/5): - Due to flight delays I was only able to stay one night instead of the two nights I originally booked. I called the hotel and told them this as soon as I was aware I couldn’t get there for my original check in date. I was told “no problem we will cancel your first night”. They have charged me for two nights even though I was only there one.
- Verified traveler (10/5): - The friendliness and commitment of the staff involved they were really very nice and worthed to be mentioned. I felt like I was at home.
- Bryan&Joy (10/5): - Orchid Homes was like a home away from home. It was quiet, peaceful, clean, relaxing, and homey. The staff were great and accommodating for breakfast hours, kitchen use, printing, and just overall friendly. We stayed a week after adopting our son from Burundi and it gave us a secluded calm safe place to spend the week while we had medical and visa appointments! Walking distance from the IOM clinic, Village Market Mall, and US embassy. Pool and yard were great for relaxing and playtime! If you don't want the hustle and bustle and cost of a big fancy hotel, this is your place! Amazing!
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