A three star apartment block on Stima Lane in Greater Nairobi, kitted out for longer self-catering stays rather than a night or two. The apartments, the kitchen and the laundry decide it: this suits people who want their own space and their own cooking, and it does not suit anyone who wants the centre on the doorstep.
01What it is
Acacia Luxurious Apartments is a three star apartment property on Stima Lane in Greater Nairobi, and the list of what comes with it is long and domestic. Apartments come with a kitchen or kitchenette, an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator, a toaster, a sink, a washing machine, an iron and board, a safe, a desk, a sofa bed, a cot, a television, towels and toiletries, and the rooms are carpeted and non smoking. The building has lifts, free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security, with housekeeping, cleaning, laundry, dry cleaning, express check in, first aid and shuttle service listed. Some entries are thin or clearly drawn from a broader facility catalogue and say little about a stay here.
Taken together, that adds up to an apartment you run yourself rather than a hotel that runs it for you, and the verdict follows from that. Acacia Luxurious Apartments suits a longer stay, a family, a small group or anyone working from a desk and cooking their own meals, with the parking and the round the clock front desk doing the practical work. It does not suit someone who wants to step out into the centre: the shops and offices you would walk to are some way off, so you will lean on the car or the shuttle. Book it for the apartment, not the address.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 10 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 Acacia Luxurious Apartments if you want the apartment and can live with the run into the centre. 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 Acacia Luxurious Apartments?+
It is on Stima Lane in Greater Nairobi, outside the central quarter itself. It stands 3.99 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 50 minutes on foot in a direct line, so most people staying here will drive or take the shuttle rather than walk in.
Do the apartments have cooking and laundry facilities?+
Yes. The listed facilities include a kitchen or kitchenette, an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator, a toaster and a sink, plus a washing machine, an iron and board, and laundry and dry cleaning service. That combination is what makes the property work for a longer stay.
Is it close enough to walk into the centre?+
The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 3.45 km from Biashara Street and City Market. The streets around the quarter are a daytime affair and empty in the late afternoon, so plan on the shuttle service, the car parking or a ride rather than a walk.
How do I check whether an apartment is free?+
Availability is shown through the booking link on this page, and the front desk runs round the clock if you need to ask about a specific apartment. Because these are self-catering units rather than standard rooms, it is worth checking the dates you want before you commit.
