A four star apartment property on Trm Drive in Greater Nairobi, listed with kitchens, balconies and parking rather than hotel polish. The distances decide it: you need a car here, and you need to be staying more than a night or two.
01What it is
Bfd Serene Suites Trm Drive is an apartment complex on Trm Drive, listed at four star, and the list leans domestic: kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, sink, water, plus sheets, towels, toiletries, bathrobe, slippers, hairdryer, iron and board, and a safe. You also get free wifi, internet access, a TV, radio and video, a balcony, carpeted rooms, non smoking rooms, a shower and a WC. Security is 24 hour with smoke detectors, first aid and security features. Parking is free, there is a bar or lounge, a barber or beauty salon, laundry, dry cleaning, housekeeping and cleaning, express check in, and a shuttle service. The list is thin on the things a hotel usually sells: no restaurant, no gym, no pool, no meeting rooms, no airport desk. Bike rental, bowling and horse riding are listed, which tells you the list was written for a general audience rather than for this street.
What that adds up to at Bfd Serene Suites Trm Drive is a self contained flat rather than a serviced hotel room. You cook, you wash, you keep your own hours, and the building handles security, cleaning and parking. It sits in Greater Nairobi, 10.2 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 128 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 9.52 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. This suits someone in Nairobi for weeks, with a vehicle and their own routine, and it does not suit a first time visitor who wants to walk out of the lobby into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 10 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Bfd Serene Suites Trm Drive if you want an apartment base in Greater Nairobi and you already have the car question settled. 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 Bfd Serene Suites Trm Drive?+
It is on Trm Drive in Greater Nairobi, at the Rans Apartments address. It is not in the central business district. It sits 9.52 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 10.2 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 128 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Is this a hotel or an apartment?+
It is listed as an apartment property at four star, not a full service hotel. You get a kitchen or kitchenette with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, and the usual linen and toiletries. There is no restaurant, gym, pool or meeting room on the list, so plan to eat in or go out.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
Yes. The property is on a transport edge rather than an evening one, and the street itself is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. Parking is free and there is a shuttle service, but the sensible assumption is that you are driving or being driven.
How do I check whether Bfd Serene Suites Trm Drive has space?+
Availability and room types are shown when you open the property on app.impt.io, and you book there directly. Cancellation terms are listed there too, and most rooms can be cancelled free. There are no rates on this page: the booking page carries whatever is current.
