A three star studio in Racecourse Gardens, on the ridge where Greater Nairobi builds its concrete. It is a self contained apartment with a kitchen, a desk and a parking space, and it decides itself on one thing: you have a car, or you do not.
01What it is
Classy Studio Apartment racecourse Gardens is an apartment, not a hotel room, and the list reads that way: a kitchen with an oven, a refrigerator and a sink, a desk, a bath as well as a shower, a WC, towels, toiletries and slippers. There is free wifi and free car parking, a terrace, a garden, a TV and a minibar. The building also lists a swimming pool, a sauna, a jacuzzi and bars. Where the list is thin: no restaurant, no reception worth the name, no laundry, and nothing you could call a neighbourhood to walk into.
What that adds up to is a base for someone with business on this ridge, at a conference or in an office park, who wants a kitchen and a parking space rather than a lobby. Classy Studio Apartment racecourse Gardens suits a self driving visitor staying several nights, and it suits anyone who wants a pool and a sauna at the end of a working day. It does not suit a first time visitor who wants the centre on foot, and it does not suit anyone without a car.
02The supplier's photographs
0325 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 Upper Hill and Community, 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 Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Classy Studio Apartment racecourse Gardens if you are driving and your business is on the ridge, and check the apartment type before you commit. 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 Classy Studio Apartment racecourse Gardens?+
It is at Racecourse Gardens Apartments in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge of new concrete. It stands 8.71 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 109 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 7.18 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the apartment include?+
A kitchen with an oven, a refrigerator and a sink, a desk, a bath and a shower, a WC, towels, toiletries and slippers. Free wifi, free car parking, a TV, a minibar, a terrace and a garden. The building adds a swimming pool, a sauna, a jacuzzi and bars.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
The street was built for the car and the conference room, and free parking is one of the few things the property lists without qualification. Walking into the centre from this ridge is not realistic for a daily commute, so a car decides whether this address works for you.
How do I check availability?+
Go to app.impt.io and search the dates you want. Availability, apartment type and any room restrictions show there, and the booking is confirmed on the spot. Cancellation terms are set out before you pay, and most rooms can be cancelled free.
