Alba Garden is a three star one bedroom apartment on Kasuku Road, on the ridge outside the centre, with a gym and a pool. The deciding thing is the car: it is built for driving, not for walking into town.
01What it is
Alba Garden is a three star one bedroom with a kitchen and a kitchenette, so you can eat in rather than go out. It lists a fitness centre, a swimming pool, free wifi and internet access, free car parking and a lift. It also lists a washing machine, a TV, luggage storage and non smoking rooms. A bathroom is listed but nothing is said about how many, and no sizes, views or bed counts appear. For a three star, the facility list is fuller than most.
What that adds up to is a place built around the car. Alba Garden sits 3.5 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.14 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. It suits a self driving conference stay and anyone who wants a gym and a pool on site. It does not suit a walker or anyone expecting the centre on the doorstep. The pool is not evidence of coast, the city is landlocked and high.
02The supplier's photographs
0315 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 for the apartment with the gym and the pool, not through a listing that hides which unit you get. 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 in Nairobi?+
It is on Kasuku Road in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge outside the centre. It stands 3.5 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.14 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does Alba Garden list for guests?+
A one bedroom with a kitchen and kitchenette, a fitness centre, a swimming pool, free wifi and internet access, free car parking, a lift, luggage storage, a washing machine, a TV and non smoking rooms. A bathroom is listed, though the number of bathrooms is not stated. Nothing is said about room sizes or views.
Can I walk from Alba Garden into the centre?+
You can, but plan for it. The Ridge address is made for the car and the conference room, and the direct line into the city is long on foot. If you do not drive, count on arranging rides, especially in the evening, when the area is quiet and the hotel is not a base to wander from.
How do I check if Alba Garden is available?+
Go to app.impt.io and put in your dates. It shows what is open at Alba Garden and lets you book the apartment with the gym and the pool. Most rooms there can be cancelled free, and the booking runs through that site rather than by phone.
