Beauty salon · Kahawa Wendani, Ruiru
Wakim Salon is a neighbourhood beauty salon listed in Kahawa Wendani, on the Ruiru side of Nairobi. There is no published price list and no call centre — just a straight conversation about your hair before you travel.
Start here
You do not need to know the name of a style to get a useful answer. Pick the route that matches where you are right now.
Braids, a trim, colour, a weave, or something for an occasion. The services page lists the requests the salon is most often asked about — and what to confirm before you commit.
Go to servicesWords fail in the chair. The styles page collects reference images of the looks people ask for most, with honest image credits, so you can show rather than describe.
See reference stylesBuild a short request with your name, your contact and what you want done. Nothing is booked automatically — you send it yourself through the salon's Google Maps listing.
Request an appointmentStraight answers
Wakim Salon does not have its own website, and the public listing is short. Rather than fill the gaps with guesses, here is the split.
If you need any of the items in the right-hand column, the questions page explains how to ask without wasting a trip.
Before you travel
Build a request in under a minute. You will get a copyable message with everything the salon needs to answer you properly.
02 / Services
Wakim Salon is listed as a beauty salon, but it does not publish a service menu or a price list. Everything below is a request you can make — the salon confirms what it can actually do, how long it takes and what it costs.
A trim to tidy the ends, or a full restyle that changes the shape. Most salons cut wet or dry depending on your hair type, and the difference matters if you wear your hair natural.
Ask about: whether they cut wet or dry, how much length you can afford to lose, and whether they shape after washing.
Box braids, cornrows, twists and similar protective styles. Sitting time is the big unknown: it depends on length, thickness and the size of the parting, so ask before you clear a whole afternoon.
Ask about: whether hair is included or you bring your own, the size options, the sitting time, and how tight they braid at the hairline.
Sew-ins, closures and added length. The result depends heavily on the hair you supply, so be clear about what you are bringing or buying.
Ask about: which methods they use, whether you can bring your own hair, and what happens if the hair you bought does not match.
Full colour, touch-ups or a change of shade. Colour on previously treated hair is a different job from colour on virgin hair, so mention your history up front.
Ask about: the products used, whether a patch test is needed, and how they handle colour on relaxed or previously coloured hair.
The everyday appointment: a proper wash, some conditioning, and a finish that holds. Useful before an event or as a reset between protective styles.
Ask about: deep conditioning or steam options, the products used, and how long a wash-and-finish takes.
Weddings, graduations, church events and photoshoots. Occasion work is usually booked around a fixed date, which changes how far ahead you need to ask.
Ask about: how far ahead to book, whether they travel to you, and whether a trial run is possible.
A shorter, calmer appointment for a child — usually a wash, a trim or simple braiding. Not every salon takes young children, so it is worth asking rather than turning up.
Ask about: the ages they take, the quietest time of day, and whether a parent stays alongside.
The listing is categorised as a beauty salon rather than a hair salon alone, so nails, brows or makeup may also be available. We cannot confirm which of these the salon offers, so this one is a straight question.
Ask about: nails, brows, lashes or makeup — and whether they are done in-house or by someone the salon works with.
Honest limits
Four things decide whether an appointment works out. None of them are published, so each one needs a direct answer from the salon.
03 / Signature styles
There are no published photographs of Wakim Salon's own work, and we will not pretend otherwise. What follows is a set of reference images for the kinds of looks people ask for most, so you have something concrete to point at.
Point, don't describe
Each image is a reference, not a promise. Show it to the salon, then ask what it would take to get your hair there.
Make the photo useful
A phone photo taken in good light beats a hundred saved screenshots from someone else's hair type.
All photographs on this page are reference images from Unsplash, used under the Unsplash License. They were not taken at Wakim Salon and do not show the salon's premises, team or clients. Where a remote image fails to load, a coloured placeholder with a written label is shown instead. If you would like your own photographs credited or removed, contact the salon through its Google Maps listing.
04 / The studio
A short, factual page rather than a story we cannot back up. Here is what is publicly known about Wakim Salon, how this site came together, and what you should ask us instead of assuming.
On the record
Every line below comes from the salon's public Google Maps listing. Nothing has been added.
Why this site exists
A Google Maps pin tells you a salon exists. It rarely tells you what to ask, how to prepare, or what to bring. This site fills that gap without inventing a menu, a price list or a set of opening hours that might be wrong.
How we'd like to work
Kahawa Wendani sits on the eastern edge of Nairobi, next to Ruiru — a busy trading area rather than a quiet back street. That matters for planning: build in time for traffic and confirm the exact pin before you set off.
The Plus Code in the listing is the most precise locator available, so it is worth copying it into your maps app rather than relying on a street name.
05 / Appointments
Fill this in and you will get a short, copyable message you can send to the salon. Nothing is booked automatically — Wakim Salon has no published phone number or email, so the request is yours to send through the Google Maps listing.
The Google Maps listing is the only verified contact route we have. It carries the salon's pin, its reviews and any contact buttons the salon has enabled.
No phone number and no email address are published in the details we have. If you find one that works, please use it — and treat any number you see elsewhere with caution.
Nothing has been booked. Copy the message below, then open the salon's Google Maps listing and use the contact options there — or show the message when you arrive.
06 / Beauty guide
Practical, general guidance for getting a better salon visit — written for anyone, not only for Wakim Salon's clients. Nothing here describes this salon's products, prices or techniques, because those details are not published.
The groundwork you do at home decides how comfortable the next few weeks are.
Colour is the service where the gap between the reference photo and reality is widest.
If a style hurts, that is information, not something to endure.
Most of the work happens after you leave the chair.
You are allowed to ask what is going on your hair and scalp.
Build a request with your details and what you want to know. It takes a minute and gives the salon something specific to reply to.
07 / Questions
Some of these have a clear answer from the public listing. Others genuinely do not, and we would rather say so than guess. Where an answer is missing, there is a way to ask.
Not published. For anything that takes more than a few minutes — braiding, colour, weaves — it is safer to ask first than to travel and wait. Use the request form to prepare a message.
Opening hours are not published in the details we have, so we cannot state them. Please check the salon's Google Maps listing on the day you plan to visit, or contact the salon through that listing before travelling.
Unknown, and it depends heavily on the style. Occasion work and long braiding sessions usually need more notice than a trim. Ask when you send your request and the salon can tell you what is realistic.
No cancellation policy is published. Ask the salon directly when you make contact so you know where you stand.
There is no published price list. Price in a salon like this usually depends on the style, your hair length and thickness, and whether hair or products are included. Send a reference photo, your hair length and what you want done, and ask for a figure.
Not confirmed. Some salons take young children, some do not. Ask before you bring a child along.
Very likely possible, but not confirmed. Ask when you send your request, and mention the brand and quantity so the answer is useful.
The business is listed as a beauty salon rather than a hair salon alone, so it is a fair question — but we cannot confirm which of these services are offered. Ask directly.
The full address, coordinates and a map link are on the Visit & contact page. The listing's Plus Code is the most precise way to find the salon.
Not published. The surrounding area is a busy trading neighbourhood, so ask about parking when you make contact, and allow extra time either way.
We do not have verified route information for the salon, so we will not invent it. Your maps app will route you to the coordinates on the visit page.
No phone number is published in the details we have. The Google Maps listing is the verified contact route — it will show any call or message buttons the salon has enabled.
None is published. The request form builds a message you can send through the listing instead.
Not published. Payment methods, deposits and whether card is accepted are all things to confirm directly before your appointment.
No social profiles were found in the listing details we have. If you come across an account claiming to be Wakim Salon, verify it through the Google Maps listing first.
Send the question along with your request. A specific question gets a specific answer.
08 / Visit & contact
One address, one pin and a short list of what to confirm before you set off. Everything on this page comes from the salon's public listing.
QXV5+7FJ, Kahawa Wendani,
Ruiru, Kenya
Latitude -1.2068125 · Longitude 36.9586875
Listed on Google Maps as “Kahawai wendani, Ruiru”.
Use the coordinates rather than a street name. Kahawa Wendani is a busy trading area, and a Plus Code drops you at the exact point.
Not published. No opening hours appear in the salon's public listing, so we will not print a guess that could send you across Nairobi for nothing.
Check the Google Maps listing on the day, or send a request through the form and ask what time suits.
Phone: none published.
Email: none published.
Social: no profiles found in the listing details.
The Google Maps listing is the only verified contact route we have. If the salon later publishes a number, that listing is where it will appear first.
Before you travel
Two minutes on your phone saves a wasted afternoon.
It takes a minute to build, and it gives the salon everything needed to answer you properly.