A three star rooftop studio on Ngong Road, in Enkang Apartments at Race Course, built around a kitchen and a parking space. Whether it works for you comes down to one thing: if you are driving yourself and want to cook, it fits; if you are on foot and here for the centre, it does not.
01What it is
Anmeg Deluxe Rooftop Studio Apartment is a three star self catering studio, and most of what it lists is the kit for living in rather than a hotel. There is a kitchen and kitchenette with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and sink, a balcony and a terrace, free wifi, free car parking, a lift, a TV, and non smoking rooms. The sleeping side is thin on detail: towels, slippers and toiletries are named, the shower and WC are named, and that is about all you get. Treat the list as a working studio, not a serviced hotel.
For someone staying here, that adds up to a base for a self contained stay. The kitchen means you eat in, which matters in a part of Nairobi where the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, Upper Hill and Community, sits 8.25 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The address is 9.84 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 124 minutes on foot in a direct line, so you are not walking into the centre for dinner. The area 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. Anmeg Deluxe Rooftop Studio Apartment suits a driver with business on this side of town who wants a kitchen and a parking space. It does not suit anyone planning to walk to the centre, or anyone who wants a bar and a restaurant in the lift lobby.
02The supplier's photographs
0324 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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: 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 lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Anmeg Deluxe Rooftop Studio Apartment for the kitchen and the parking, and confirm your dates before you commit to the ridge. 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 Anmeg Deluxe Rooftop Studio Apartment?+
It is on Ngong Road, at Enkang Apartments in Race Course, in Greater Nairobi. That is away from the centre rather than in it, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room, so plan your days around driving rather than walking out of the door into town.
Does the studio have a kitchen?+
Yes. The listing includes a kitchen and kitchenette with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and sink, so you can cook for yourself rather than depending on restaurants. There is also a balcony, a terrace, a TV, free wifi and free car parking, with towels, slippers and toiletries provided.
Can I walk from the studio into central Nairobi?+
It is not a walk you would want to make. The property is 9.84 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 124 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the roads here are built for cars. Arrange a ride or drive yourself instead.
How do I check whether the studio is free for my dates?+
Check availability through app.impt.io, where the rooms and dates are listed. If the rooftop studio is open for your nights, book it there and keep the confirmation. Cancellation terms are shown with the room before you commit.
