A three star studio property on Waiyaki Way, built for self-catering and long stays rather than a night in the centre. The deciding factor is the address: it is well outside the business district, so you need a car or a ride for everything.
01What it is
Be My Guest Studio is a three star apartment-style property on Waiyaki Way in Greater Nairobi. The list leans domestic: kitchen, kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, dishwasher, iron and board, bathrobe, slippers, towels and toiletries, with housekeeping, cleaning and laundry or dry cleaning behind them. Free wifi and internet access are listed, as are a fitness centre, massage, a restaurant, breakfast, a bar or snack cafe, a night club and a barber or beauty salon. Where the list thins is on the front desk side: the reliable constants are 24 hour security, security features, a safe, a smoke detector, non smoking rooms and an ATM, with currency exchange and a shuttle service named and little else. The golf course entry sits oddly beside a city address and should not be taken as a reason to book.
What that adds up to for you is a base for a stay of some weeks rather than a night, and one that assumes you have a car or will use rides throughout. Be My Guest Studio gives you a kitchen and a washing machine's worth of support services, which is what a long stay actually needs, and quiet, ordinary security instead of a lobby scene. It is 14.84 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 186 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 13.89 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street there is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Book Be My Guest Studio if you want space, a kitchen and your own transport. Do not book it if you want to walk to meetings, museums or dinner in the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 6 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 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 when the kitchen and the long-stay services matter more to you than the address, and check the apartment type before you commit since the facilities list covers a range of units. 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 is Be My Guest Studio?+
The address is Waiyaki Way, in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. It is 13.89 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so treat it as a car-first base rather than a walkable one.
Can I cook for myself there?+
Yes, if your unit matches the list. Be My Guest Studio names a kitchen, a kitchenette, a microwave, a refrigerator and a dishwasher, plus an iron and board, towels, toiletries, a bathrobe and slippers. Ask which of these are in the specific apartment you are booking, because the list covers a range of them.
What is around it after dark?+
The site's own line on the area is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. The property lists a restaurant, breakfast, a bar or snack cafe and a night club on site, which covers an evening without leaving, and anything beyond that means arranging transport.
How do I check availability?+
Availability for Be My Guest Studio is shown through app.impt.io, where you enter your dates and see which apartments are open. Confirm the unit type, whether a kitchen is included, and the cancellation terms before you finish, since the facilities list covers several configurations.
