A two bedroom serviced apartment in a new concrete block on a ridge in Greater Nairobi, built for the car and the conference room. The kitchen is the reason to book it and the location is the reason to think twice.
01What it is
Cozy home away from home TWO BEDROOM is a three star apartment let, and the list reads like a flat rather than a hotel room. There is a kitchen with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, an iron and board, a safe, a desk, a TV, air conditioning, carpets, and a bathroom with a shower, WC, toiletries and towels. Building extras cover free wifi, free car parking, lifts, 24 hour security with smoke detectors and other security features, cleaning, laundry service, a shuttle service, non smoking rooms, family rooms, and a barber and beauty salon, with a market nearby. Where the list is thin: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no pool, and no airport desk. It is a self contained flat in a residential block, and nothing on the list pretends otherwise.
For the right visitor, that combination works well. Cozy home away from home TWO BEDROOM suits families and small groups who want two separate bedrooms and their own kitchen, and anyone in Nairobi for a stretch of weeks rather than a night or two, when cooking and laundry matter more than a lobby. The car parking and the ridge setting make it easy if you have your own transport. It does not suit a first time visitor who wants to walk out to restaurants and bars in the evening. The street feel 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.
02The supplier's photographs
0335 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one if you want a flat with two bedrooms and your own kitchen rather than a hotel room, and read the cancellation terms 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 home away from home TWO BEDROOM?+
It sits at Sandalwood Gardens A302, on the third floor, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the central business district itself. The address is 3.55 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 45 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.04 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the apartment actually include?+
Two bedrooms, a kitchen with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, air conditioning, a desk, a safe, a TV, and a bathroom with shower, WC, toiletries and towels. The building adds free wifi, free car parking, lifts, 24 hour security, cleaning, laundry service, a shuttle service and family rooms. There is no restaurant or bar on the list.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps. The setting is a ridge built for the car and the conference room, with free parking on site, and the area after dark is safe and dull, so evenings mean hotel bars or a ride somewhere else. If you plan to walk to dinner and back, this is not the right base for you.
How do I check whether the apartment is free for my dates?+
Availability and the booking terms sit on the booking page rather than on this page, since the flat is let as a whole and dates move quickly. Check the calendar there for the two bedroom unit, and confirm the cancellation conditions before you commit, because they vary by rate.
