A one bedroom apartment in Donholm, east of the centre, with its own kitchen and a balcony. Decide by the address: it works if your business is on this side of the city and you drive, and it does not work if you came for the centre. The streets here close early and empty.
01What it is
Cozy Sleek One bedroom around Caltex Donholm Nairobi is a three star self contained apartment at Gatonye Court, in Donholm, in Greater Nairobi. The kitchen is the substance of it: oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, and a kitchenette as well, so you cook rather than eat out. The living space has a TV, a DVD player, a CD player, a radio, carpet underfoot, and a balcony. The bathroom has a shower, a WC, towels and toiletries, and there are slippers. Wifi and internet access are listed, and parking. The list is thin on service: cleaning appears as a line, not a daily promise, and there is no restaurant, bar or gym on it.
Cozy Sleek One bedroom around Caltex Donholm Nairobi suits a longer stay more than a night. A kitchenette, a fridge and an oven change what a week costs and how it runs, and free parking changes whether this address is usable at all. You reach the centre with a car or a ride; the site puts it 6.64 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 7.87 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 99 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street does not hold after dark. This suits a self caterer on the east side, and not a visitor who wants the centre underfoot.
02The supplier's photographs
0327 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the useful fact it is: you are staying in the wider city, not in the CBD, and anything in the centre means travelling in and out for it. Muthurwa itself is the wholesale edge, where the market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line.
That edge has its own texture: trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, so mornings only. Nothing about the quarter makes it a base, and the hotels this page lists are not in it. They are for people who want the wider city and accept the journey in whenever the centre calls.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book Cozy Sleek One bedroom around Caltex Donholm Nairobi if the address is the reason you chose it, and check availability before you fix the rest of the trip. 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 is at Gatonye Court, in Donholm, in Greater Nairobi, on the east side of the city rather than in the Central Business District. It sits 6.64 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 7.87 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 99 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Can I cook for myself here?+
Yes. The apartment lists a kitchen and a separate kitchenette, with an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator and a toaster. Pans and utensils are not itemised in the supplier's list, so ask about those before you plan a shop. Free parking and free wifi are also listed.
What is the area around the apartment like?+
Busy in the morning and shut in the evening. The streets there are trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. After dark the area is closed, dark and not a place to be, and this site's line is mornings only. Plan your day around that.
How do I check availability for these dates?+
Search the dates you want through app.impt.io and the rooms still open will show against them. Bookings are confirmed there, and most rooms can be cancelled free. The apartment has nine photographs on file, so look at those before you commit to a longer stay.
