A three star apartment block in Roysambu, off Thika Road, with kitchens, lifts and free parking. It is the kitchen and the parking that decide whether it suits you: self caterers with a car, yes; anyone expecting to walk into the centre, no.
01What it is
Affordable Luxury Thika road lists apartments rather than rooms, and the kitchen side is the fullest part of the list: a kitchen, a kitchenette, a microwave, a refrigerator and water. Bathrooms come with a shower, a WC, towels and slippers. There is free wifi and internet access, a desk, a TV, an iron and board, carpeted floors, lifts, non smoking rooms, family rooms, a terrace and bars. Parking is free and on site. The list is thin on the things that make a stay feel served rather than self run, so expect to look after yourself.
What that adds up to is a self contained base for a longer stay rather than a hotel for a night. Affordable Luxury Thika road suits families and small groups who want to cook, park a car and come and go on their own schedule, and it suits anyone whose business sits along the Thika Road side of the city. It does not suit a visitor whose trip is the centre: the address is 9.47 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the area is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car.
02The supplier's photographs
0326 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book this one if you want an apartment with a kitchen and free parking on the Thika Road side of the city, and book it in advance because family rooms and non smoking rooms go first. 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 Affordable Luxury Thika road?+
It is in Roysambu, in the Royal Surburbs Tsavo part of the address, on the Thika Road side of Greater Nairobi. The site measures it at 10.16 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 127 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on arriving by car.
Does it have kitchens and parking?+
Yes. The property lists apartments with a kitchen, a kitchenette, a microwave, a refrigerator and water, plus a shower, a WC, towels and slippers in the bathroom. Parking is free and on site, and there is a lift, a desk, an iron and board, and free wifi.
Can I stay here without a car?+
It is possible but awkward. The street there is a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, which you cross by car. A car makes this address much easier.
How do I check availability?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where the rooms and apartments at Affordable Luxury Thika road are listed. Book early if you need a non smoking room or a family room, since those are the categories most likely to fill first.
