A one-bedroom apartment on Argwings Kodhek Road, in a ridge of new concrete built around cars and conference rooms. It suits you if you want a kitchen, a balcony and a parked car at the door, and you accept that everything else in the evening is a drive away.
01What it is
Cozy Modern 1BR Apt in Lavington Kilimani is a 4 star apartment a short way off Argwings Kodhek Road, inside City Oasis Gardens Apartments. The listing carries a full kitchen with a refrigerator, a balcony, a garden and a playground, so it works as a base for a family or a longer stay rather than a single night. Practical items are covered: free wifi and internet access, free car parking, housekeeping and laundry service, iron and board, towels, toiletries, slippers, a shower and a WC. There is a TV, a smoke detector, non smoking rooms, and 24 hour security. Where the list is thin is in the things a hotel normally supplies without asking: there is no restaurant, no bar and no gym on the facilities sheet, and no reception desk is mentioned.
What that adds up to for you is a self-contained flat in a part of Greater Nairobi that was laid out for the car and the conference room. Cozy Modern 1BR Apt in Lavington Kilimani gives you the kitchen, the parking and the quiet, and asks you to bring your own arrangements for meals out and evenings. The street is new concrete on a ridge, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. It suits a driver, a small family or anyone on a longer stay who would rather cook than order. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step out of the door into the centre of things.
02The supplier's photographs
0324 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 if the kitchen and the free parking are what you actually need, rather than a lobby. 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 Modern 1BR Apt in Lavington Kilimani?+
It sits on Argwings Kodhek Road, inside City Oasis Gardens Apartments, in the Lavington and Kilimani part of Greater Nairobi. That puts it 5.75 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 72 minutes on foot in a direct line, and well outside the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the apartment actually provide?+
A kitchen with a refrigerator, a balcony, a garden and a playground, plus free wifi, free car parking, housekeeping and laundry service. Bedrooms are non smoking, with towels, toiletries, slippers, a shower and a WC. There is no restaurant, bar or gym listed, so plan meals yourself.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
The address is in Greater Nairobi rather than the Central Business District, so you are not walking to meetings. It is 4.32 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The area is built for the car, and after dark you take a ride for anything beyond the hotel bars.
How do I check availability for the dates I want?+
Look the property up on app.impt.io and enter your dates there. The site shows what is open and lets you book directly. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a date while you settle your plans.
