Orchid Homes — Hotel in Nairobi

Stayed here for 2 nights in march 19. The two ladies that work there are lovely , nice smiles and friendly. The outside of the hotel looks fairly nice too.

The biggest problem with this hotel is the multitude of dogs barking outside at night. On both nights we have had what sounds like 20 dogs having a fight. It's relentless too. It stops for 5 minutes then starts again all throughout the night. Have had no sleep at all here. There is no air-conditioning in the rooms, the windows can't be left open because of the dog noises and mosquitos. Why can't you fit mosquito nets or get Aircon. The price you pay for the room is expensive so I expected Aircon.

The bathroom is awful. The shower is terrible and frankly dangerous. Live wires and an impossible to control water temp. The shower head which is fixed is worse than rain.

Room generally dirty and broken.

The only positives are the two lovely...

very nice location, immaculate garden, friendly staff, very clean. Having said that, I was housed in a very small room made out of what looked like the former garage, ground floor looking over parked cars. Bathroom across a public hallway, no mirror for shaving. The block included another bedroom, separated by a thin plywood partition, every sound coming through. To get to the room you need to traverse the kitchen, laundry room and back courtyard. The sliding door to the bedroom jammed every time. The rooms in the main building may be charming, but I can only judge mine, which was quite sub-standard. Clearly these are some extra rooms that have been tacked on, but they damage the image of the...

Two friends from South Africa surprised us with a visit. Our house was full with other visitors, so we booked them into one of the nearby B & Bs, Orchid Homes, that seemed to have good reviews. They were booked for three nights, but they have fled this morning after the first night to another establishment. Here's what they texted to us just now: ||"Our bathroom toilet fell apart- the seat and top were unhooked... there were a pair of [someone else's] shoes under the bed... the mozi net was falling down over our heads, and the window didn’t open... It was a comedy of errors! The shower didn’t function... for a place that charges $120 per room that’s interesting to say...