A four star apartment block in Kilimani, on the ridge south west of the centre, built around a pool, a gym and a kitchen of your own. It suits anyone staying several nights who wants space and quiet. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of the door into the centre.
01What it is
Comfy Studio Pool & Gym Kilimani sits in Alba Garden Apartments on Kasuku Road, off Lenana Road, and the listing is mostly about the apartment itself rather than the building around it. You get a kitchen and kitchenette with a microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, an iron and board, a desk, a safe, a TV and a sofa bed, plus a bath, a shower, towels, toiletries, a bathrobe and slippers. The wider facilities include an outdoor pool, a kids pool, a pool bar, a fitness centre, a spa, a garden, a terrace, a games room with darts and table tennis, a playground, a market, a barber and beauty salon, a bar or snack cafe, a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, housekeeping, laundry, room service, luggage storage, a concierge, currency exchange, car rental, a shuttle service, express check in, lifts, free wifi, free car parking and a garage, with smoking areas, non smoking rooms and wheelchair access. It is thinner on restaurants and on the ordinary street level shops and services a visitor might expect on the doorstep, because this is a residential ridge and not a shopping quarter.
What that adds up to at Comfy Studio Pool & Gym Kilimani is a self contained stay. You can cook, wash clothes, work at a desk, swim, train, sit in the garden and let the front desk handle a taxi or a shuttle, and the security is there around the clock. The trade off is position. This is 3.5 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line, so the centre is not a stroll, and the neighbourhood itself shuts down in the evening. It suits longer stays, couples, families and anyone working in Kilimani or Upper Hill who wants an apartment and a car. It does not suit a first time visitor who wants to walk out into the city, or anyone relying on the street for food and company after dark.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 32 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: 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 sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Comfy Studio Pool & Gym Kilimani if you want an apartment with a pool and a gym rather than a hotel room, and check the apartment type before you commit because the kitchen and laundry setup is the reason to be here. 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 Comfy Studio Pool & Gym Kilimani?+
It is in Alba Garden Apartments on Kasuku Road, off Lenana Road or Jabavu Lane, in Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi. The listing gives Block A, House 804. It is on the ridge south west of the centre, in a residential area built for cars and offices rather than for walking.
What is there to do at the property itself?+
The outdoor pool, the kids pool and the pool bar, the fitness centre, the spa, the garden and terrace, and the games room with darts and table tennis. Apartments have a kitchen or kitchenette, a washing machine, a TV and a desk. A barber and beauty salon, a market and a bar or snack cafe are also listed.
Can I walk into central Nairobi from here?+
It is 3.5 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line. The nearest quarter this site covers is Upper Hill and Community at 2.12 km. Most people staying here use a car or a shuttle, and the property lists both car rental and a shuttle service.
How do I check availability for Comfy Studio Pool & Gym Kilimani?+
Availability and apartment types are shown when you search through app.impt.io, which is where bookings for this property are handled. You can cancel most rooms free, and the listing covers the four star rating, the pool and the gym so you can compare against other Kilimani apartments.
