A four star apartment on Silanga Close in Karen, with a full kitchen, a garden and free parking. It suits a self-catering stay where you have a car, and it does not suit anyone who wants to walk into the centre.
01What it is
Arabella Ember Fully Equipped Boho Chic Apartment in Karen is a four star apartment, and its list is strongest on the long stay. You get a kitchen and a kitchenette, an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator and a toaster, so you can cook rather than eat out. There is a bath and a separate shower, a WC, towels, sheets, slippers and toiletries, an iron and board, a desk and free wifi. There is a safe, a smoke detector, 24 hour security, free car parking, a garden and access for wheelchairs. The list is thin on what a short stay usually wants: no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no airport transfer, and the golf course is the one leisure item on it. Twelve photographs are on file, so ask for them before you decide.
What that adds up to for someone staying here is a quiet, self-contained base in Karen that runs on your own schedule. The apartment is carpeted and non smoking, with a smoking area outside, and laundry service and cleaning are listed, so a longer stay is practical. It suits a family, a couple or a group who will shop and cook, keep a car in the free parking and treat the apartment as a place to return to rather than a place to spend the day. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot, or a lobby, a bar and a restaurant downstairs. The address is residential, so plan around the car.
02The supplier's photographs
0334 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 this one directly if the kitchen and the garden are the reasons you are coming, and check the photographs before you confirm. 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 the Arabella Ember apartment?+
It is on Silanga Close in Karen, in Greater Nairobi. Karen is a residential quarter south west of the centre, built low and green, and the property sits on that side rather than in the Central Business District. You need a car or a ride to reach the shops and restaurants.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
A full kitchen with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus a kitchenette. The bathroom has a bath, a shower, a WC, towels and toiletries. There is free wifi, a desk, a TV, an iron and board, a safe and a smoke detector. Free car parking and a garden are listed.
How far is it from the centre of Nairobi?+
It is 12.43 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 156 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is 10.55 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Treat the car as part of the stay.
How do I check availability for my dates?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io when you book. The listing itself carries no live calendar on this page, so put your dates in there and confirm before you make any other plans around the trip. Most rooms can be cancelled free.
