Astoria 1BDR is an apartment on Mbaazi Avenue in Greater Nairobi, with a pool, a gym and a kitchen, in a new concrete quarter built for cars and conferences. The kitchen and washer matter if you are staying more than a night or two. The residential address is the deciding fact if you want the centre on foot.
01What it is
Astoria 1BDR is a four star apartment rather than a hotel room, and the list leads with the things that make that true: a kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus laundry service, an iron and board, and cleaning. There is a balcony, a patio and a garden with a picnic area, an indoor pool and a swimming pool, a fitness center, a lounge, lifts, and a 24 hour front desk with express check in and luggage storage. Rooms are carpeted and non smoking, with a smoking area elsewhere, and come with towels, sheets, toiletries, slippers, a TV, a shower and a WC. Banquet space and shuttle service are listed. It is thin on detail: no room types, no view, no internet, no parking.
For a stay, Astoria 1BDR reads as a serviced apartment in a quarter of new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. The pool, gym and kitchen suit a longer stay or a family, and the balcony, patio and garden give you somewhere to sit that is not the bedroom. The address is the catch. This is Greater Nairobi, and the centre is a trip rather than a stroll: the property sits 5.29 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It suits someone with a car or a reason to be on this ridge, and it does not suit a visitor who wants to walk out of the lobby into the Central Business District. For that, stay in the centre and treat this as a base for the rest of the city.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 1 more on the supplier's own record. 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 Astoria 1BDR directly if you want a kitchen and a pool on this ridge rather than a room in the centre. 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 Astoria 1BDR?+
It is on Mbaazi Avenue in Greater Nairobi, on new concrete on a ridge. That puts it 6.72 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 84 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 5.29 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
Is this a hotel or an apartment?+
The listing is for an apartment, and the facilities follow: a kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, with laundry service, an iron and board, and cleaning. There is also a 24 hour front desk, express check in and luggage storage, so it runs closer to a serviced apartment than a staffed hotel.
What is on the property for a longer stay?+
Astoria 1BDR lists an indoor pool and a swimming pool, a fitness center, a lounge, a balcony, a patio, a garden and a picnic area. Rooms are carpeted and non smoking, with towels, sheets, toiletries, slippers, a TV, a shower and a WC. Banquet space and shuttle service are also listed.
How do I check availability and book?+
Use the booking page at app.impt.io to see live availability for Astoria 1BDR and confirm a room. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a date while you settle your plans. If the pool, gym and kitchen are what you need, book there rather than through a general search.
