A two-bedroom apartment in Greater Nairobi, listed at four star, with a kitchen, a pool and a gym in the building. It is a functional base for families and longer stays. The deciding fact is the address: you are outside the centre here, so this suits you only if you are not in town for the centre itself.
01What it is
2 bed Apt stunning views in the heart of Nairobi is listed at four star, and the facilities read like a serviced apartment block rather than a hotel. A kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator, dishwasher and washing machine. Free wifi, a desk and a safe. An indoor pool, a kids pool, a spa, a fitness centre, a garden and a yoga space. A restaurant, banquet and business centre, 24 hour front desk, concierge, express check in and luggage storage. The list is thin on the detail you would want before booking: no room count, no floor plans, no indication of what the view actually looks at, and parking is simply listed, twice, without saying whether it is on site or how it is allocated.
For someone staying here, 2 bed Apt stunning views in the heart of Nairobi is a self-catering flat in a managed building, and it works best for a family or a small group staying several days who want to cook and do laundry. The distance is the deciding fact. This address sits 4.51 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line, so the centre is not on your doorstep. It suits people who are working, visiting family or treating the apartment as a base. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of a lobby into the middle of Nairobi.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 13 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book this one if you want space, a kitchen and a pool rather than a hotel room, and if you have thought about how you will get into the centre and back. 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 apartment?+
It is at Le'mac 11 in Greater Nairobi, a short distance outside the central business district. Biashara Street and City Market, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, is 3.9 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan how you will cover that ground before you commit.
What is in the apartment itself?+
Two bedrooms, a full kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and dishwasher, plus a washing machine, iron and board, towels, sheets and toiletries. The building lists free wifi, a desk, a safe, lifts, a 24 hour front desk and free car parking, so the practical side of a longer stay is covered.
Is there a pool or gym?+
Both are on the listed facilities: an indoor pool, a kids pool, a fitness centre, a spa and a yoga space. There is also a garden and a picnic area. The list does not say whether any of these are shared with other residents, or whether you need to book a slot.
How do I check availability?+
Use the booking link on this page. Bookings go through app.impt.io, most rooms can be cancelled free, and the confirmation is what triggers the rest. Dates, apartment size and length of stay are the things to have ready, since this is a two-bedroom unit and it is not a hotel with interchangeable rooms.
