Criseli Stays is a four star apartment property on a ridge in Greater Nairobi, built for people arriving by car with work in the centre or Upper Hill. It suits long stays and conference travel. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out to restaurants and bars after dark.
01What it is
Criseli Stays lists apartment units with a kitchen or kitchenette, microwave, oven, refrigerator, toaster and washing machine, so you can feed yourself and do laundry without leaving the building. There is free wifi, free car parking, a lift, a desk, a safe, non smoking rooms, and housekeeping with laundry and dry cleaning service. The list also carries a fitness centre, a garden, a terrace, a picnic area, a playground, a restaurant, a market, a shuttle service, express check in and twenty four hour security. It runs long on facilities and short on anything that tells you what the rooms are actually like.
What this adds up to is a practical apartment base rather than a hotel with a scene. Criseli Stays sits in Greater Nairobi, 3.5 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the street itself is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. After dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Book it if you want space, a kitchen and parking, and you are driving to your meetings. Skip it if you want to step out of the lobby into the city.
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 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
Criseli Stays is an apartment property rather than a room-only hotel, so book the unit type that matches how long you are staying and whether you will cook. 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 Criseli Stays in Nairobi?+
It is at Alina Ridge Apartments in Greater Nairobi, 2.84 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It is not in the central business district, so plan on a vehicle for the centre, Upper Hill and anywhere in the evening.
What does the property actually list?+
Apartments with a kitchen or kitchenette, microwave, oven, refrigerator, toaster and washing machine, plus free wifi, free car parking, lifts, a desk, a safe, non smoking rooms and housekeeping. It also lists a fitness centre, garden, terrace, picnic area, playground, restaurant, market, shuttle service and twenty four hour security.
What is getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi like?+
The address is 3.5 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line, so walking is not the practical option. The street there 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.
How do I check availability for Criseli Stays?+
Availability is checked and held through app.impt.io, which is where the booking is made. Have your dates and the number of people ready, and pick the apartment layout that matches your stay. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the terms shown at booking are the ones that apply.
