A three star apartment block on the ridge above the centre, on Kasuku Road off Jabavu Lane. The deciding fact is the kitchen: this is somewhere you stay for several nights, feed yourself, and leave by car, not a base for walking into the middle of town.
01What it is
Alba Garden is a three star apartment property on Kasuku Road, off Jabavu Lane, and the list is the list of somewhere you stay for a stretch rather than a night. The units are apartments with a kitchen, an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator and a washing machine, which matters more here than any of the extras. There is free car parking, a lift, non smoking rooms and a cot. A balcony and a patio give you somewhere to sit. Bathroom, WC and shower, with towels, sheets and toiletries, and an iron and board. Coffee is listed. Slippers and a TV are listed. A swimming pool is on the list. Note where the list thins: there is no restaurant and no bar named, so any food and drink in the evening comes from the apartment or from elsewhere.
What that adds up to is simple. Alba Garden is self contained but not self sufficient. If you are in Nairobi for days or weeks and want your own kitchen, your own washing machine and a parking space for a car, the property covers that. If you are in the centre for a short stay and want to step out of the door into the middle of the city, it does not. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark the tone is hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Alba Garden suits people with a vehicle, work on the ridge, and a reason to settle. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out into the centre in the evening.
02The supplier's photographs
0325 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 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 Alba Garden directly if you are settling in for several nights and need a kitchen and a parking space, rather than a room in the middle of the city. 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 is Alba Garden?+
On Kasuku Road, off Jabavu Lane, in Greater Nairobi. It is 3.3 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 42 minutes on foot in a direct line. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community. It sits on a ridge, and the street is built for the car.
What does Alba Garden actually have in the rooms?+
Apartments with a kitchen, oven, microwave, refrigerator and washing machine, plus a private bathroom with shower, WC, towels, sheets and toiletries. There is an iron and board, a TV, coffee, a cot, a balcony and a patio. Free car parking and lifts are part of the property.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps. Free parking is listed, and the address is off Jabavu Lane in Greater Nairobi, where the street is built for the car. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you plan to walk out in the evening, this is the wrong end of the city.
The guest score is 5 out of 5. Is that reliable?+
It comes from two reviews, so treat it as a hint rather than a verdict. A perfect score from a small number of stays tells you nobody has complained loudly, not that the place is proven. Read the facilities list instead, and decide whether an apartment with a kitchen suits your trip.
