A three-bedroom apartment on Othaya Road, north west of the centre, with a gym and a play area. It lists wifi and parking. The place to weigh up is the address: Greater Nairobi, out along the ridge, and a car makes it work.
01What it is
The Amazing 3bed Apartment With gym and Kids Play Area is a three star property on Othaya Road in Greater Nairobi, and the name sets out the shape of it: three bedrooms, a gym, and somewhere for children to play. Two facilities are listed: free wifi and free car parking. That is the whole of the list, and it is thin. There is nothing about a restaurant, a bar, a pool, a desk, laundry or an airport run, so you should not assume any of them. Twelve photographs are on file, which is enough to see the rooms and the shared areas but not enough to settle questions the list leaves open.
What that adds up to depends entirely on how you arrive and who comes with you. The Amazing 3bed Apartment With gym and Kids Play Area sits 5.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 66 minutes on foot in a direct line. It also sits 4.05 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street itself 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. The play area and the gym matter if you have children or want to train without leaving the building. Good for families and small groups with their own transport, and for anyone whose business is on that ridge. No good at all for a visitor who wants the centre on foot, who wants restaurants and bars at the door, or who needs an airport transfer arranged.
02The supplier's photographs
032 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book the Amazing 3bed Apartment With gym and Kids Play Area directly if you want the three bedrooms and the parking, and check the room list before you commit. 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 the Amazing 3bed Apartment With gym and Kids Play Area?+
It is on Othaya Road in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 5.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 66 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is 4.05 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What facilities does the apartment list?+
The listed facilities are free wifi and free car parking. The name also gives a gym and a kids play area, so three bedrooms plus those shared spaces are the shape of it. There is no restaurant, bar or pool on the list, so plan meals and evenings elsewhere.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
Yes, arrange one. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Free car parking is listed, so you have somewhere to leave a vehicle.
How do I check availability and book?+
Go to app.impt.io, enter your dates, and see which of the rooms are open. Most rooms can be cancelled free. If the three bedrooms are the reason you are booking, confirm the room type on the listing before you pay.
