A four star apartment-style stay on Plainsview Road in South B, inside Greater Nairobi rather than the centre, with kitchens, parking and round the clock security. The thing that decides it is the car: without one, you are stranded, and at night the surrounding streets give you nothing.
01What it is
Attic Place South B lists what a longer stay or a working trip needs inside the room: a kitchen and kitchenette with oven, microwave, refrigerator and sink, a desk, free wifi and internet access, a TV with pay per view and video, towels, sheets, toiletries, slippers, an iron and board, and a safe. The building covers the practical side with 24 hour security and security features, free car parking, lifts, housekeeping and cleaning, laundry and dry cleaning, breakfast, and non smoking rooms. Wheelchair accessible rooms are listed. The list is thin on the working side of the centre: no business centre, no meeting rooms, no restaurant beyond breakfast, no airport transfer, and nothing about the road outside. Four star here is a facilities grade, not a location one.
For the person staying at Attic Place South B, that adds up to a self contained base where you eat in, work at the desk, and leave by car. The distance matters more than anything on the list. Attic Place South B sits 4.53 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.65 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That is Greater Nairobi, not the daytime quarter, and the streets there are wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here. It suits a driver with business in South B or the industrial belt who wants parking, a kitchen and quiet; it does not suit anyone counting on walking to meetings in the centre, and it does not suit a first trip built around the city core.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 2 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 the centre. They sit well outside it, in the inner suburbs, past the ten quarters this site covers. The nearest of those quarters, for orientation only, is The Railway Quarter, on the southern edge of the grid, and that is as close as the connection goes. You are in the wider city here. Anything in the CBD means travelling in and out, so plan the day around that rather than around a short step from your room.
The Railway Quarter itself is wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here, the museum, and understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift; the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches, so keep it to daylight and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Book Attic Place South B if you have confirmed your own transport, because a room here without a car is a room in the wrong place. 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 Attic Place South B?+
It is on Plainsview Road in Greater Nairobi, not in the Central Business District. It stands 4.53 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.65 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually list?+
Rooms come with a kitchen or kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, desk, wifi, TV with pay per view and video, safe, iron and board, towels and toiletries. The building lists 24 hour security, free car parking, lifts, laundry and dry cleaning, housekeeping and breakfast. Rooms are non smoking, and wheelchair accessible rooms are listed.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
Plan on not doing that, especially after dark. The area is industrial and unlit in stretches, so it is a daylight only place and you want a car back. If your business is in the CBD or around the Railway Quarter, staying here means treating every trip as a drive.
How do I check availability?+
Check dates and room types through app.impt.io. Cancellation terms are shown when you book, and most rooms can be cancelled free. If you need parking, a kitchen or wheelchair access, state it at the time of booking, because the property lists these but not in every room.
