A serviced apartment block on Batians Lane off Argwings Kodhek Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre itself. The thing that decides whether it suits you is a car: it sits 3.57 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 45 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the area is built for driving.
01What it is
Batians Peak Serviced Apartments is a three star serviced apartment property off Argwings Kodhek Road, on the Greater Nairobi side of the city rather than in the Central Business District. The list leans towards longer stays and working visits. Apartments come with air conditioning, an oven and a toaster, which matters if you intend to feed yourself rather than eat out every night. There is a gymnasium, a garden and a terrace, a restaurant, a bar and lounge, a breakfast room, a business centre with copying and printing, meeting and conference rooms, a banquet space, a concierge and a reception area. Twenty four hour security, lifts, car parking, wifi, laundry service, a launderette, a luggage room, currency exchange, babysitting, room service and wheelchair access are all listed. Smoking rooms and a smoking area are available alongside non smoking rooms. The list is thinner on the detail that matters once you are in the room: the facilities block gives no kitchen inventory beyond the oven and toaster, no bedding or apartment size, and no indication of what the serviced element includes day to day.
What that adds up to is a practical base rather than a city centre address. Batians Peak Serviced Apartments puts you 2.03 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and that is the useful fact about it. 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. If you are in Nairobi for meetings in Upper Hill or at a hospital or conference nearby, and you would rather have an apartment with a kitchen and parking than a room in the centre, this is a reasonable fit. If you want to walk out of a lobby into the Centre, or if you are relying on your feet for everything, it is the wrong choice.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 8 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: 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 sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Batians Peak Serviced Apartments if you want a serviced apartment with parking and a kitchen outside the centre, and check availability against your dates 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 exactly is Batians Peak Serviced Apartments?+
It is on Batians Lane off Argwings Kodhek Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the Central Business District. It sits 3.57 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 45 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat it as a car-based address, not a walk-to-everything one.
What does the property actually list?+
Three star serviced apartments with air conditioning, an oven and a toaster, plus a gymnasium, garden, terrace, restaurant, bar and lounge, breakfast room, business centre, meeting and conference rooms, banquet space, parking, wifi, laundry, luggage room, currency exchange, babysitting and wheelchair access. Twenty four hour security and lifts are listed.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps a great deal. The street 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. Parking is listed, and the property sits 2.03 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
How do I check availability?+
Go to app.impt.io and enter your dates at Batians Peak Serviced Apartments. The listing shows what is free for that window. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a booking while you sort out the rest of the trip.
