A serviced studio on the fifteenth floor of Roseville Apartments in Kilimani, with a pool, a gym and a kitchenette. What decides it is the car: you are on a ridge built for driving, and the city is a ride away.
01What it is
1506 Budget Studio SQ Gym Pool Office Lounge is a 3 star studio apartment on the fifteenth floor of Roseville Apartments in Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi. The list covers the working stay: air conditioning, free wifi, a TV, a kitchenette and a washing machine, so you can cook and do laundry rather than eat out. There is a gym in the building, an outdoor pool, a garden and a terrace, and free car parking, which matters more here than the pool does. Non smoking rooms and pets allowed are both listed. Where it is thin is the hotel side: no restaurant, no bar, no reception desk, no room service, nothing that runs to a schedule.
What 1506 Budget Studio SQ Gym Pool Office Lounge actually is, then, is a self contained flat in a residential tower, not a hotel with staff on call. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. That suits someone with a car or a driver, staying more than a night, who wants to cook and park and treat the tower as a base. It does not suit anyone hoping to walk out to dinner, or to see much of Nairobi on foot from the door.
02The supplier's photographs
0315 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: 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 sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one direct if you want the flat itself rather than hotel service, and confirm the gym and pool before you commit. 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 this studio?+
It is on the fifteenth floor of Roseville Apartments in Kilimani, part of Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The site puts it 3.44 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line, so plan on a car or a ride rather than a walk.
What facilities are listed?+
Air conditioning, free wifi, a TV, a kitchenette and a washing machine, plus a gym, an outdoor pool, a garden, a terrace and free car parking. Non smoking rooms and pets allowed are listed too. There is no restaurant or bar, so the kitchenette covers your meals.
Can I walk into central Nairobi from here?+
Not comfortably. The site measures it at 3.44 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the area is built for the car. The nearest quarter this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, 1.79 km away. Take a ride for anything after dark.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Availability and dates are handled through app.impt.io. Most rooms at this property can be cancelled free, so book and then change your mind if plans move. No prices appear on this site, so check the booking page for what applies to your dates.
