A two bedroom apartment in Greater Nairobi, set up for people arriving or leaving by air or rail, with a kitchen and secure parking. The distance from the centre decides it: this is not a base for walking the city.
01What it is
Cj Suites Executive 2Br Near Jkia And Sgr is a four star apartment letting in Five Star Gardens Phase I, on the ground floor. The listed facilities are those of a self contained flat rather than a hotel: kitchen, oven, microwave, refrigerator, bath and shower, WC, towels, sheets, slippers and toiletries. There is free wifi, a safe, an iron and board, a TV and non smoking rooms. Outside the unit you get free car parking, 24 hour security, a garden, a smoking area, a barber and beauty salon, bars, a market and laundry service. Wheelchair accessible, pets allowed, first aid and room service are also listed. The list is thin on anything that makes a stay feel serviced, and there is no restaurant of its own.
What that adds up to is a flat with a guard and a parking space, in a part of Greater Nairobi that empties at night. Cj Suites Executive 2Br Near Jkia And Sgr sits 13.75 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 172 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 12.64 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. If you have a car and a reason to be near the airport or the rail terminal, the kitchen and the parking do the work. If you want to step out into the Central Business District, this is the wrong address.
02The supplier's photographs
0335 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book this one only once you have decided that Greater Nairobi rather than the centre is where you want to be. 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 the apartment?+
It is at Five Star Gardens Phase I, Ground Floor M1, in Greater Nairobi. That is 13.75 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 172 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is not in the Central Business District.
What is in the apartment itself?+
A kitchen with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, a bathroom with bath, shower and WC, and towels, sheets, slippers and toiletries provided. There is free wifi, a safe, a TV and an iron and board. Non smoking rooms are available.
Can I walk into the city centre from here?+
No. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 12.64 km from Muthurwa and the east markets. Treat a car as necessary, and note the area is closed, dark and not a place to be after dark.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search, and you book through app.impt.io. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so you can hold a date while you sort out your plans.
