A four star apartment block on Muthithi Road in Greater Nairobi, with a pool, a kitchen and secure parking. Its distance from the centre is what decides whether it works for you: fine if you have a car, less so if you are on foot.
01What it is
Capital M Emerald Line by YourHost Nairobi is a four star address on Muthithi Road, and the list it publishes is the list of a serviced apartment rather than a hotel. You get a kitchen with a microwave, a refrigerator and a toaster, a coffee maker, a TV, free wifi, an iron and board, toiletries and towels. There is an outdoor pool, a terrace, a lift, free car parking and a shuttle service, plus 24 hour security, smoke detectors, a safe and a choice of non smoking rooms and family rooms. Housekeeping, laundry and dry cleaning are listed. Where the list is thin: no restaurant, and no bar or room service among the facilities.
What that adds up to is a self contained base: you cook, you park, you come and go on your own schedule, and the building handles security and cleaning. Capital M Emerald Line by YourHost Nairobi suits a family, a couple or a longer stay by someone with a car, or a business traveller who wants a kitchen and quiet rather than a lobby. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step out of the door into the centre. This part of Greater Nairobi is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them.
02The supplier's photographs
0330 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book direct if you want the apartment type confirmed before you arrive, since a kitchen and a lift are the reasons most people choose this block. 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 Capital M Emerald Line by YourHost Nairobi?+
It stands on Muthithi Road in Greater Nairobi, within the Capital M Residences address. It is 2.74 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 35 minutes on foot in a direct line. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Biashara Street and City Market, at 2.21 km.
Can you cook in the rooms, or is there a restaurant?+
The property lists a kitchen with a microwave, a refrigerator and a toaster, plus a coffee maker, so self catering is the intent. No restaurant, bar or room service appears in the facilities, so plan to eat in or go out. Cleaning, laundry and dry cleaning service are listed if you would rather not do it all.
Is it practical without a car?+
The block is on Muthithi Road in Greater Nairobi, not in the centre itself, and it lists a shuttle service alongside free car parking and a lift. If you intend to walk everywhere, treat the distance into the centre as the deciding factor. The surrounding quarter is a daytime one: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them.
How do I check whether a room is free?+
Availability is shown on app.impt.io, where the room types and dates are listed for this property. Check the dates you want there before arranging anything else, and confirm that the apartment you are shown includes the kitchen, parking or family room you need, since the block offers several.
