A four star two bedroom apartment in Kileleshwa, on the western ridge. The deciding factor is that you need a car: it sits 5.13 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 65 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the evening is hotel bars or a ride.
01What it is
The apartment is a two bedroom, four star unit on Oloitoktok Road in Kileleshwa, and the list is stronger on self-catering than on service. You get a kitchen and a kitchenette, a washing machine, free wifi, and a TV. Outside there is a balcony, a terrace and a garden, and the building has a swimming pool and a well equipped gym. A car space is included with free parking. Bathroom and internet access are listed. What is missing is the hotel scaffolding: no restaurant, no bar, no airport transfer, no breakfast line.
That combination decides the stay. This is a flat for a small group or a family who want to cook, wash clothes, swim and train without leaving the compound, and who have a car to do it from. The address is residential, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the centre. The trade you are making is space and quiet for distance and a driver's routine, and if you cannot drive or be driven here, the arithmetic does not work.
02The supplier's photographs
0314 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 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 this one if the apartment, the gym and the parking matter more to you than being inside the centre, and check the layout against your group 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 apartment in Nairobi?+
It stands on Oloitoktok Road in Kileleshwa, on the western ridge of Greater Nairobi. That is 3.78 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street is new concrete built for the car and the conference room.
What facilities are actually in the building?+
A swimming pool and a well equipped gym, plus free car parking and free wifi. The apartment adds a kitchen, a kitchenette, a washing machine, a TV, a balcony, a terrace and a garden. There is no restaurant, bar or breakfast service on the list.
Can I stay here without a car?+
It is possible but awkward. The apartment is 5.13 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 65 minutes on foot in a direct line. After dark this part of the city is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Budget for lifts rather than steps.
How do I check availability?+
Open app.impt.io and look up the two bedroom apartment on Oloitoktok Road in Kileleshwa. You will see the dates that are open and whether free cancellation applies. Booking through that page also handles the CO2 removal and the credit that comes back to you.
