A four star apartment block on Le'mac Church Road in Greater Nairobi, kitted out for people who want a kitchen and a parking space rather than a lobby. It sits well outside the centre, so a car decides whether it works for you. Without one, the address is a problem.
01What it is
City View Apartment Nestled in the Heart of NBO lists apartments rather than rooms, and the kitchen is the point: oven, microwave, refrigerator, dishwasher, toaster, washing machine, plus crockery and water. The rest of the list is the ordinary furniture of a serviced flat: desk, fan, TV, telephone, iron and board, hairdryer, bidet, shower, WC, sheets and towels changed under housekeeping. Building services cover 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, express check in, lifts, luggage storage, laundry and dry cleaning, free wifi and free car parking with a garage. There is a fitness centre, indoor and outdoor pools, a spa, tennis, squash, table tennis, bowling and mini golf. Two things thin the list: the restaurant and coffee are the only food on site, and the leisure inventory reads like a resort brochure rather than a Nairobi block.
For a stay of several days, that combination is workable. You cook for yourself, park the car, and use the pools and gym when the day is done. City View Apartment Nestled in the Heart of NBO is for people with their own transport and a reason to be in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre, and for families who want family rooms and a kitchen. It is not for a first trip built on walking to the centre. The area is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so you eat in or drive out.
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 City View Apartment Nestled in the Heart of NBO if you want a self-catering apartment with parking in Greater Nairobi rather than a central hotel room. 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 View Apartment Nestled in the Heart of NBO?+
It is on Le'mac Church Road in Nairobi, in the Greater Nairobi area. It stands 3.91 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The streets there are narrow and shaded, and the shops are still one-family wide.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps. The property offers free car parking and a garage, and it is 4.51 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line. Without a car you depend on rides for everything, because the quarter is a daytime one and empties in the late afternoon.
What facilities does the property list?+
Apartments with a full kitchen, washing machine, desk, TV and bathroom, plus free wifi, 24 hour front desk and security, lifts, laundry and dry cleaning, and free parking. There is a fitness centre, indoor and outdoor pools, a spa, tennis, squash, table tennis, bowling and mini golf. Restaurant and coffee are the only food listed.
How do I check whether an apartment is free?+
Look at the listing for the dates you have in mind. Availability, apartment size and what is included are shown per date, and most rooms can be cancelled free when you book through app.impt.io. Nothing on this site carries a price; you confirm that at the point of booking.
