A studio apartment on the ridge at Kilimani, listed with a kitchen, a pool, a gym and a laundry, and a front desk that does not close. The deciding thing is the car: without one you are relying on rides, because the quarter you are closest to is Upper Hill, not the central grid.
01What it is
305 Budget Studio SQ Gym Pool Office Lounge is an apartment-style address in Roseville Apartments Kilimani, rated four stars. Its list is heaviest on the mechanics of living rather than hotel service: a kitchen, kitchenette, microwave, oven, refrigerator, toaster, washing machine, iron and board, housekeeping, laundry and dry cleaning. The building side gives a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, lifts, free parking, a business centre, a fitness centre and an outdoor pool with a kids pool. Rooms hold a desk, a safe, a shower, a WC, towels, sheets, a hairdryer, toiletries, a TV and wifi, with free wifi across the property. Where the list thins is food and drink: restaurant, bar and room service appear, but so do breakfast, lunch and dinner as separate lines, and the leisure entries run from archery to a night club without detail. Treat the longer tail as unverified.
For the right person 305 Budget Studio SQ Gym Pool Office Lounge is a self-contained base: you cook, you wash clothes, you park the car, you work at the desk, and you use the pool and gym at the end of the day. That suits someone in Nairobi for weeks rather than a night, or a family, since family rooms and babysitting are listed. It does not suit a visitor who wants the centre at the door. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark the guidance is blunt: safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Choose it for the apartment, the parking and the long stay, not for the address.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 44 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
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 305 Budget Studio SQ Gym Pool Office Lounge for the apartment kitchen and the free parking rather than for a central location, and confirm the studio layout you are getting 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 305 Budget Studio SQ Gym Pool Office Lounge?+
It is at Roseville Apartments Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi. It sits 3.44 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 1.79 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually provide?+
The useful entries are the apartment ones: a kitchen, kitchenette, microwave, oven, refrigerator and washing machine, plus housekeeping, laundry and dry cleaning. The building lists a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, lifts, free parking, a business centre, a fitness centre and an outdoor pool with a kids pool.
Can I manage without a car here?+
It is possible but not convenient. The property lists car rental, bike rental and a shuttle service, and the street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. After dark the site's own line is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown when you book through app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free. Allocate your own dates there and the site confirms what is open; it is the same place you book, so there is no separate enquiry step.
