A three star studio block on Kigwathi Road in Utawala, out in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. Parking, a shuttle and wheelchair access are what it lists. The distance from the centre is the whole decision: if your business is downtown, this is the wrong side of the city.
01What it is
Airport Transit Studio Apartments lists three facilities: free car parking, a shuttle service, and wheelchair accessible access. For a three star property the list is short, and there is no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no pool on it. If you are driving yourself, the free parking is the one item that matters, because parking in the centre is the thing you would otherwise be paying for and hunting for. The shuttle covers the movement this location forces on you. The wheelchair accessible line is worth confirming in detail before you book, since one line in a facility list is not a specification.
For someone staying here, Airport Transit Studio Apartments is a base for a car, not a base for the centre. Kigwathi Road sits in Utawala, in Greater Nairobi, and the property is 13.77 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 173 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is 12.61 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It suits drivers, people with business on the eastern side, and anyone who wants their vehicle parked safely. It does not suit a visitor who wants to walk out into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
033 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book this one only once you have decided the Utawala location works, because the parking and the shuttle are the reasons to be here and neither helps you if your days are in 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 Airport Transit Studio Apartments?+
On Kigwathi Road in Utawala, a Greater Nairobi address rather than a central one. The property sits 13.77 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 173 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on a vehicle for anything in the centre.
What does the property actually provide?+
Free car parking, a shuttle service, and wheelchair accessible access, at a three star listing. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on the facility list, so treat the room as your base and expect to travel for meals and evenings.
Is it practical without a car?+
The shuttle service is the item to ask about, since the location works against you on foot. The nearest quarter this site covers is Muthurwa and the east markets, 12.61 km away, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Confirm shuttle details before booking.
How do I check availability?+
Go through app.impt.io, where you can see which rooms are open for your dates and cancel free on most of them. Availability and the room type you want are best settled there before you commit to the Utawala location.
