A four star one bed condo on Mandera Road in Greater Nairobi, with a heated pool, a kitchen and a washing machine. It suits a longer stay where you cook and drive yourself, and it does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot.
01What it is
Charming cosy one bed condo with heated pool lists a full apartment rather than a hotel room: a kitchen and kitchenette with oven, microwave, refrigerator and washing machine, plus iron and board, hairdryer, towels, toiletries, slippers and air conditioning. The building adds a heated outdoor pool with a pool bar, fitness center, games room, table tennis, garden, terrace, patio and playground, and it runs a restaurant, bar, lounge, room service, business center and banquet space. The list is thin in one direction: a chapel and a golf course appear among the facilities, but nothing in the facts says either is on site, so treat them as unconfirmed.
What that adds up to is a self contained flat with resort style shared spaces, set away from the centre in Greater Nairobi. Charming cosy one bed condo with heated pool works if you have a car, free parking is listed, and if you want coffee in your own kitchen and a swim at the end of the day. It does not work if your plan is to walk out into the city: the streets around here are a daytime quarter, and the halls shut in the late afternoon.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 22 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
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. 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. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book this one if you want the apartment and the pool rather than a lobby, and check the exact building name on your confirmation before you travel. 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 this condo?+
It is on Mandera Road, at Moon Valley Dubai Style Apartments, in Greater Nairobi. It sits 4.03 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 51 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.41 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What is actually in the apartment?+
A one bed unit with a kitchen and kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, washing machine, iron and board, hairdryer, towels, toiletries, slippers, air conditioning, a fan, a desk and a TV. The building adds a heated outdoor pool, pool bar, fitness center, games room, table tennis, garden, terrace, restaurant, bar and lounge.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
Realistically, no. It is four kilometres and change from the middle of the city, and the area around it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. Plan on driving or taking a car, and note that free parking is listed.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Check live availability through app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free. The listing is a four star one bed condo, so confirm the unit and the building on your booking before you pay, and keep the confirmation with you for the front desk.
