A three star studio in Racecourse Gardens, west of the centre and away from it. The pool, the kitchenette and the free parking decide it: this suits you if you are driving and want room to cook, and it does not suit you if you want the Central Business District on foot.
01What it is
Cozy Studio with a Swimming Pool is a three star property at Racecourse Gardens Apartments, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. The list covers the practical end of a stay: an outdoor pool and a garden, a terrace and a balcony, free wifi and internet access, free car parking, a kitchenette, a TV, a safe, an iron and board, toiletries and a private bathroom with WC. Breakfast is listed, cleaning and laundry service are listed, rooms are carpeted and non smoking, and pets are allowed. Note where the list thins: there is a bar on site and little else in the way of food and drink beyond breakfast, and no fitness room, no airport transfer and no business centre are given.
What that adds up to is a self contained base. At Cozy Studio with a Swimming Pool you can cook, park without paying again, swim, and wash clothes without leaving the grounds. The location is the decision. The property sits 7.28 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 8.78 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 110 minutes on foot in a direct line. It suits a driver in Nairobi for meetings or a longer stay who wants quiet evenings and a kitchen. It does not suit anyone hoping to walk to the Central Business District or to treat the centre as the hotel's backyard.
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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: 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 lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Cozy Studio with a Swimming Pool directly if your dates are firm and you want the pool and parking confirmed 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 is Cozy Studio with a Swimming Pool in Nairobi?+
It is at Racecourse Gardens Apartments, in Greater Nairobi, outside the Central Business District. The site puts it 7.28 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 8.78 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 110 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What facilities does Cozy Studio with a Swimming Pool list?+
An outdoor pool, garden, terrace and balcony, free wifi, free car parking, a kitchenette, a TV, a safe, an iron and board, a private bathroom with WC, toiletries, carpeted non smoking rooms, breakfast, cleaning and laundry service. Pets are allowed. There is a bar on site but nothing else listed for meals beyond breakfast.
What is getting around from Greater Nairobi like?+
The street here 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. You will want a car or a driver for the centre. The property lists free parking, which is the practical answer.
How do I check availability at Cozy Studio with a Swimming Pool?+
Enter your dates on this page and the site shows what is open at the property for that period, including whether the studio and the pool are available. Booking runs through app.impt.io, most rooms can be cancelled free, and you do not need to call ahead.
