A three star studio on Mama Wahu Road in Racecourse Gardens, west of the centre in Greater Nairobi. It suits people coming by car, and people who want a pool and a kitchen more than they want the Central Business District at the door.
01What it is
Cosy Studio with a Swimming Pool Free Parking is a three star property on Mama Wahu Road, Racecourse Gardens. The list is honest about being a studio: a kitchen and a kitchenette, a refrigerator, a bathroom with a shower, WC, towels, toiletries and slippers, a TV, a balcony, and free wifi. The building adds the things that matter to a longer stay and a car: free parking, lifts, a garden, a fitness centre, non smoking rooms, wheelchair access, and the pool the name promises. What the list does not carry is staff or service: no restaurant, no bar, no breakfast, no reception desk described anywhere. You cook, or you go out.
What that adds up to is a self contained base rather than a hotel with a lobby you sit in. Cosy Studio with a Swimming Pool Free Parking gives you the pool, the gym, a kitchen and a parking space, and leaves the eating and drinking to the neighbourhood. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. This suits a driver or a couple with a car, and anyone booked into a studio for several days. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of a lobby into dinner, or who came for the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0323 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 this one directly if you have a car and want a kitchen, because the free parking and the studio layout are the whole point. 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 this studio?+
On Mama Wahu Road at Racecourse Gardens, in Greater Nairobi rather than the Central Business District. It is 8.42 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 106 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 6.87 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on a vehicle.
Is there parking, and do I need a car?+
Free car parking is listed, along with lifts and wheelchair access, so the building assumes you drive. Given the position west of the centre and the after dark situation, safe and dull with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else, a car makes the stay work. Without one you are dependent on rides.
Can I eat and drink at the property?+
The list gives you a kitchen and a kitchenette, a refrigerator, a garden, and nothing about a restaurant, bar or breakfast. Cosy Studio with a Swimming Pool Free Parking is set up for self catering, so you buy food and cook, or you take a ride out to eat.
How do I check availability and what does the pool cost?+
Dates and availability are checked through app.impt.io, where the free cancellation terms and the pool, gym and studio are all set out. There are no prices printed on this site, so the booking page is where you see what a stay comes to. Pets are allowed, so mention them when you book.
