A one bedroom apartment on Ngong Road in Greater Nairobi, with a kitchen, a washing machine and parking. The deciding fact is the location: this is a place you drive from, not a place you walk out of into the centre.
01What it is
Cosy 1Bedroom Ngong Road is a 3 star apartment on the ninth floor at Enkang Ngong Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. The listed facilities are practical rather than decorative: a kitchen and a washing machine, which is what separates an apartment from a hotel room, plus free wifi, internet access, a TV, lifts, non smoking rooms, a balcony and free car parking on site. That is the whole of the list. There is no restaurant, no gym, no pool, no airport transfer and no reception desk described, and nothing about how the rooms are serviced or how often. If you need those things, this is not the property for you.
For the right visitor, Cosy 1Bedroom Ngong Road does the useful part well. A kitchen and a washing machine mean you are not eating out or sending laundry away, and parking means the car is dealt with. What you accept is the location: the address is 6.91 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the surrounding area is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It suits a driver with business on this side of the city. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0311 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 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 Cosy 1Bedroom Ngong Road directly if you have a car and want a kitchen rather than a hotel bar. 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 Cosy 1Bedroom Ngong Road?+
It is at Enkang Ngong Road 9Th Floor C905, in Greater Nairobi. The site measures it as 8.49 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 107 minutes on foot in a direct line. It sits outside the centre, so plan on driving rather than walking in.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
The listed facilities are a kitchen, a washing machine, a TV, free wifi and internet access, a balcony, lifts, non smoking rooms and free car parking. There is no restaurant or similar on the list. Treat it as self catering accommodation rather than a serviced hotel.
What is the area around it like after dark?+
The site's own line is that it is safe and dull, with hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The street itself is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. Nothing here is set up for walking out in the evening.
How do I check availability and book?+
Use the booking link on this page to see current availability at Cosy 1Bedroom Ngong Road and confirm a room. Most rooms here can be cancelled free. The booking is handled through app.impt.io, and confirmation comes back to you directly.
