A serviced studio apartment on Suswa Road, north of the centre, with a full kitchen, laundry and secure parking. The deciding fact is the location: this is Greater Nairobi, not the CBD, so you want a car or a shuttle, not a walk into town.
01What it is
Cozy Corner Chic Studio Haven is a 4 star apartment property rather than a hotel, and the list is built around that: a kitchen and kitchenette with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, iron and board, and a separate bathroom with shower, WC, bidet, hairdryer, towels and toiletries. There is free wifi, a desk, a TV with video, a radio, a safe, a fan, a sofa bed and a patio, plus free car parking, 24 hour security, cleaning, laundry service, breakfast, express check in, luggage storage and a shuttle service. The thin parts are the ones a hotel guest would notice first: no restaurant of its own, no gym, no pool, no meeting rooms, and the bars on the list are the kind you find in the building rather than a bar this place runs.
What that adds up to at Cozy Corner Chic Studio Haven is a self contained base for someone who is staying a while, cooking some of their own meals and keeping their own schedule, with a car parked inside the gate. It suits contractors, relocating families and anyone working across the north of the city who wants a kitchen and laundry more than they want a lobby. It does not suit a first time visitor whose whole trip is the CBD on foot, or anyone who wants dinner and a drink downstairs without leaving the compound. The street settles it: a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 6 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 sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers, on the edge of the centre in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten quarters, not the one you are sleeping in. Treat it as a base you travel in and out of: anything in the CBD means a crossing by car rather than a walk from your door.
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the grid, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin, and the Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge. The fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, Museum Hill is the next rise beyond, and 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 after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, to be crossed by car. The quarter itself lies 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Cozy Corner Chic Studio Haven if your trip is built around a car and a kitchen, not around walking into the centre; the booking terms are worth knowing before you commit. 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 Cozy Corner Chic Studio Haven?+
It is on Suswa Road in Greater Nairobi, the northern side of the city rather than the central business district. The site puts it at 3.28 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 41 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat it as a drive in rather than a walk.
What is in the studio itself?+
A kitchen or kitchenette with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, iron and board, and a bathroom with shower, WC, bidet, hairdryer and toiletries. There is also free wifi, a desk, a TV, a safe, a fan, a sofa bed and a patio. Linen and towels are provided.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
By car or by the shuttle service the property lists. The site describes this as a transport edge rather than an evening one, and advises crossing it by car. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Ngara and the Globe, at 2.65 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
How do I check availability and book?+
Use app.impt.io, which lists this property and handles the reservation. Bookings can be cancelled free in most cases, and the terms are shown before you confirm. Check dates against your own travel plans, since the studio model here suits longer stays better than a single night.
