A three star one bedroom on TRM Drive, out in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. The list covers the basics and stops there. What decides it is your car: with one, this works as a base; without one, the street outside is a transport edge and nothing else.
01What it is
Cosy one bedroom at TRM Drive is a three star property on TRM Drive in Greater Nairobi, not in the Central Business District. The facilities it lists are practical rather than generous: free wifi, free car parking with parking alongside it, a safe, laundry service, cleaning, non smoking rooms, and bars on site. That is close to the whole of it. There is no kitchen, no gym, no airport transfer and no restaurant in the list, and no guest score is held for this property, so there is nothing to tell you how previous stays went.
What that adds up to at Cosy one bedroom at TRM Drive is a plain, self contained place to sleep with your car parked and your bags locked up, on a street where a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does set the tone. It suits a driver who wants Greater Nairobi and a room that does the minimum well. It does not suit anyone relying on walking or public transport into the centre, and it does not suit a visitor who wants the halls, the offices and the evening bars of the CBD on the doorstep.
02The supplier's photographs
038 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book this one only once you have sorted how you will get around, because the room itself is not the deciding factor 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 Cosy one bedroom at TRM Drive?+
It is on TRM Drive in Greater Nairobi, outside the Central Business District. The site records it as 10.03 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 126 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 9.33 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually provide?+
The listed facilities are free wifi, free car parking along with parking, a safe, laundry service, cleaning, non smoking rooms, and bars. There is no kitchen, no restaurant and no gym in the list. The list is thin, and it is mostly the things a driver needs rather than the things a holidaymaker wants.
Is this a good base for the city centre?+
It depends entirely on your car. The street itself is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and the advice for crossing it is by car. With a vehicle the centre is reachable; without one, the location in Greater Nairobi makes a CBD based stay a poor fit.
How do I check availability for this one bedroom?+
Use the booking link on this page to see the dates that are open and to confirm a room. Cancellation terms and the full booking process are shown there before you commit. Nothing is held until a booking is confirmed, so check the dates you need first.
