A four star apartment in City View House, on the Ngara side of the centre, with a kitchen, a balcony and a terrace. It suits anyone staying a week or more who wants to cook and keep their own hours. It does not suit anyone who wants the middle of the city on the doorstep after dark.
01What it is
City Nest Honey Pie Apartment is a four star apartment in City View House, and what it lists is mostly the practical sort of thing: a kitchen and a kitchenette, free wifi and internet access, a television, and non smoking rooms. It also lists a balcony and a terrace, which is more than most places at this level offer. The list is thin on services, though. There is no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no room service anywhere on it, so you are not choosing this for what the building does for you.
What that adds up to is a self contained flat rather than a hotel, and that is the decision. City Nest Honey Pie Apartment works if you are in Nairobi for a stretch and want to cook, wash clothes and come and go on your own schedule. It does not work if you want a bar downstairs, someone to carry your bag, or the centre of town right outside. Ngara and the Globe is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car.
02The supplier's photographs
039 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Ngara and the Globe
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the CBD, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. A flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does: that is the street feel here, and it holds all day. 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 quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line. Early markets and the walk up to the National Museum are what this quarter is best for.
After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The halls and market stalls shut, and the roundabout turns into a place you pass through, not a place you linger. This suits you if you want the fruit market at first light or a base on the northern side of the centre. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on foot, and it does not suit a trip built around being out after dark.
Read the whole of Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book City Nest Honey Pie Apartment if you want a kitchen and your own front door rather than a hotel floor. 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 City Nest Honey Pie Apartment?+
It sits in City View House, in the Ngara and the Globe area rather than in the Central Business District itself. It is 0.47 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe. The centre of the city, Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, is 1.1 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 14 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
The listed facilities cover a kitchen and a kitchenette, free wifi and internet access, a television, a balcony, a terrace, and non smoking rooms. That is the whole list. There is no restaurant, bar, gym or room service, so plan on eating in or going out for meals.
Is Ngara and the Globe a good area to stay in?+
It is a transport edge rather than an evening one. There is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. That makes it useful for getting in and out of the city, and quiet in the evening. Cross it by car after dark rather than on foot.
How do I check availability for City Nest Honey Pie Apartment?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search your dates on app.impt.io, which is where this property is booked. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so you can hold a set of dates while you sort out the rest of your trip.
