A one bedroom apartment with its own kitchen and balcony on Kienjeku Road in Ngara, 0.46 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe. With parking and a lift it works for a self catering stay, but the street outside is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so decide by whether you have a car.
01What it is
Cozy 1BR with Kitchen Balcony and Wi Fi near CBD is a three star apartment on the eighth floor of City View House on Kienjeku Road. The list is strongest on the things a longer stay needs: a kitchen with a microwave and a refrigerator, a bathroom with a shower, a WC and a bidet, towels, sheets, toiletries and slippers, an iron and board, a TV, free wifi, a balcony, non smoking rooms and lifts. Free car parking is listed and so are pets. The list is thinner on services: there is no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no pool and no reception desk mentioned, so anything beyond the apartment itself is yours to arrange.
What that adds up to is a self contained flat rather than a hotel with staff around it. Cozy 1BR with Kitchen Balcony and Wi Fi near CBD lets you cook, wash and park without leaving the building, which suits someone staying several nights or working from the flat, and suits pet owners because pets are allowed. It does not suit anyone who wants a lobby, a bar downstairs or a doorman, and it does not suit a first trip where you would rather be walked through the city. The area is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. Come with a car, or be ready to take one everywhere.
02The supplier's photographs
0323 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Ngara and the Globe
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the CBD, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. A flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does: that is the street feel here, and it holds all day. 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 quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line. Early markets and the walk up to the National Museum are what this quarter is best for.
After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The halls and market stalls shut, and the roundabout turns into a place you pass through, not a place you linger. This suits you if you want the fruit market at first light or a base on the northern side of the centre. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on foot, and it does not suit a trip built around being out after dark.
Read the whole of Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book this one directly for the nights you want, because the whole point is having the flat to yourself rather than a room in a serviced block. 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 apartment in Nairobi?+
It sits on Kienjeku Road in the City View House building, on the eighth floor, and the listing gives 0.46 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe. That puts you on the north east side of the central business district, which is a working transport quarter rather than a place where people spend the evening.
How do you get to the central business district from there?+
The Kenyatta Avenue and Moi Avenue junction is 1.1 km away, which is 14 minutes on foot in a direct line. In practice this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so the sensible way to cross it is by car rather than on foot after dark, and the listing includes free car parking.
What is in the apartment itself?+
A kitchen with a microwave and refrigerator, a bathroom with a shower, a WC and a bidet, towels, sheets, toiletries and slippers, an iron and board, a TV, free wifi, a balcony, non smoking rooms and lifts. There is no restaurant, bar or gym listed, so plan to cook or eat out.
Can you check whether it is free for your dates?+
Availability and free cancellation are shown when you book through app.impt.io, which is where this property is listed. Pets are allowed and parking is included, so note both when you look, and check the apartment rather than a room type, since the whole flat is what you are taking.
