A three star apartment block on Diani Road in Greater Nairobi, a car first ridge of new concrete and conference rooms. The facility list is short and practical: wifi, parking, laundry, a microwave and a fridge. It suits you if you have a car and business to do, and does not if you want the centre on foot.
01What it is
Delight Apartment SF1 lists the basics and little else: free wifi, free car parking, laundry service, luggage storage, a microwave, a refrigerator, a TV and multilingual staff. There is a smoking area, and one listed item is a surcharge, which tells you some extras sit outside the room rate. The list is thin on the things that decide a longer stay: no kitchen beyond a microwave and fridge, no workspace mentioned, no gym, no restaurant, no airport transfer. Parking is the strongest entry here, and it is the one that matters most in this part of the city.
What Delight Apartment SF1 adds up to is a plain, functional stop on a ridge built for the car and the conference room. If you are driving in for meetings, the free parking, the laundry and the fridge cover the practical side, and the multilingual staff help if you are arriving from outside Kenya. If you are on foot, the geography works against you: the block is in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre, and the nearest quarter this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, 4.16 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Take it for a car based stay with a specific reason to be on this ridge, not for a walking base.
02The supplier's photographs
0310 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 Delight Apartment SF1 if you are arriving with a car and a fixed reason to be on this ridge, since the free parking is the clearest thing the property offers. 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 Delight Apartment SF1?+
It is on Diani Road in Nairobi, inside what this site calls Greater Nairobi rather than the central business district. It stands 5.66 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 71 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the nearest of the ten quarters covered here is Upper Hill and Community.
What facilities does the property actually list?+
Free wifi, free car parking, laundry service, luggage storage, a microwave, a refrigerator, a TV, multilingual staff and a smoking area. One entry is a surcharge, so some things fall outside the room rate. There is no restaurant, gym or full kitchen on the list.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
The area is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, so driving suits it better than walking. There is free parking on site. After dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride needed for anywhere else. Without a car, the distance into the centre becomes the problem.
How do I check availability for Delight Apartment SF1?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates before you commit. The property is a three star apartment block with twelve photos on file here. If parking and a fridge matter more than a central address, it is worth a look.
