Cedar Serene is a 3 star apart-hotel on Kiambu Road, on the transport edge of Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. What decides it is the kitchen: self-catering units with free parking suit a driver or a longer stay, and the location on a flyover, roundabout and market road does not suit anyone hoping to walk to the city.
01What it is
Cedar Serene lists apartments rather than only rooms, and the useful part of that for a longer stay is the kitchen, kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, iron and board, and housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and dry cleaning to go with them. Rooms are carpeted and non smoking, with a shower, WC, towels, toiletries, hairdryer and safe. Cedar Serene also lists free wifi and internet access, a bar, a market, a chapel, lifts, room service, free car parking, 24 hour security and a shuttle service. The list thins out where it matters for leisure: the golf course and bowling are the only named pastimes, and there is no restaurant. Some entries are supplier noise rather than facilities: aerobics, a barber and beauty salon, and bathroom and water tell you little.
Cedar Serene is a practical address rather than a scenic one. Kiambu Road, Tsavo Sunset sits at a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does, and the after-dark note is blunt: this is a transport edge, cross it by car. Cedar Serene suits a driver with business in the north of the city, a family or a group who want a kitchen and free parking, and anyone who values 24 hour security and a chapel on site over a walkable location. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step out of the lobby into the centre. The centre is not near here. Cedar Serene is 8.96 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue.
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 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 Cedar Serene early if you need the apartment units with kitchens, because that is the part of the list that earns its place. 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 Cedar Serene in Nairobi?+
Cedar Serene is on Kiambu Road, Tsavo Sunset, in Greater Nairobi rather than the central business district. The site puts it 8.15 km from Ngara and the Globe, the nearest of the ten quarters covered here, and the street itself is a flyover, a roundabout and a market.
What does Cedar Serene have in the rooms?+
The listed units are apartments, with kitchen or kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, iron and board, plus carpeting and a non smoking rule. Bathrooms come with shower, WC, towels, toiletries and a hairdryer, and there is a safe, a TV and free wifi.
Is Cedar Serene walkable to the city centre?+
No. The site measures it 8.96 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 113 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the area is a transport edge where you cross by car. Treat Cedar Serene as a base for driving, not for walking into town.
How do I check what is free at Cedar Serene?+
Check availability and the unit type through app.impt.io before you commit, since apartments and standard rooms carry different facilities. The property lists free wifi, free car parking, 24 hour security and a shuttle service, so confirm the shuttle and parking at the point of booking.
