Apartments, not rooms, on a ridge west of the centre, with a pool, a gym and secure parking. It suits you if you have a car and a reason to be in this part of Nairobi; it does not if you want to walk to the office.
01What it is
Cityscape Haven Kileleshwa is a four star apart-hotel at 47 Othaya Road, and what it lists is mostly self-catering weight: a kitchen or kitchenette with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, iron and board, and separate rooms with a bathroom, shower, WC, towels and toiletries. There is free wifi, free car parking, 24 hour security, lifts, cleaning and laundry service, non smoking rooms, a smoke detector and first aid. Leisure runs to an outdoor pool with a pool bar, a gymnasium and fitness centre, a garden, a terrace, a playground and a smoking area. The list is thin in two places: there is no restaurant or bar of its own beyond the pool bar, and no desk or business centre given.
For someone staying here, Cityscape Haven Kileleshwa adds up to a self-contained apartment on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, with the kitchen doing the work a hotel restaurant normally would. That makes it a fit if you are driving, staying more than a night or two, and want to cook and do laundry rather than eat out. It is a poor fit if you are on foot: Greater Nairobi is the setting, the address is a residential ridge, and the centre is a ride, not a walk. It is also wrong for anyone who wants street life at the door, because after dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Cityscape Haven Kileleshwa only once you have settled how you will get to and from the address each day. 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 Cityscape Haven Kileleshwa?+
It is at 47 Othaya Road in Kileleshwa, on the ridge west of the centre. It sits 5.15 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 65 minutes on foot in a direct line. That line is the point: this is a driving address.
Is it close to the Nairobi CBD?+
Not close enough to walk in practice. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 3.99 km from Upper Hill and Community. From there into the centre you are looking at a ride, and the area gives you little reason to be out on foot after dark.
What does the property actually have?+
Apartments with kitchens or kitchenettes, ovens, microwaves, refrigerators and washing machines, plus free wifi, free parking, 24 hour security, lifts, a gym and an outdoor pool. There is no restaurant or business centre listed, so plan meals and work around the apartment.
How do I check availability?+
Check dates and apartment types through app.impt.io, where you can see what is free and cancel most rooms without charge. Nothing on this page carries a price, so compare the options there against what you need the apartment to do for you.
