Diamond Plaza Apartments is a 3 star apart-hotel off Masari Road in Parklands, north of the centre. The kitchen in the room is what decides it: this suits a longer stay by car, not a short walk to the office.
01What it is
Diamond Plaza Apartments lists the full apart-hotel set: rooms with a kitchen, kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus bath or shower, towels, toiletries and slippers. There is free wifi, a 24 hour front desk, housekeeping, laundry service, lifts, secure parking and a garage. Food and drink run to a restaurant, bars, breakfast and special diets, and the leisure list covers a gym, outdoor pool, kids pool, sauna, steam room, spa and massage. The list is thin on the ordinary things: no clear statement of how many rooms have a balcony, how the apartments are laid out, or what the immediate block offers on foot.
For someone staying at Diamond Plaza Apartments, that adds up to a base that works when you have a car and a reason to be in Parklands rather than the centre. The apartment kitchen, the parking and the long list of on-site services cut the daily friction; the casino, banquet space and salon point to a building that handles groups and longer bookings. It suits families, people on extended stays, and anyone who wants to arrive, park and eat without leaving the compound. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step out of the lobby into the Central Business District.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 22 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 sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers, on the edge of the centre in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten quarters, not the one you are sleeping in. Treat it as a base you travel in and out of: anything in the CBD means a crossing by car rather than a walk from your door.
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the grid, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin, and the Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge. The fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, Museum Hill is the next rise beyond, and the street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, to be crossed by car. The quarter itself lies 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Diamond Plaza Apartments through this site and the terms are fixed 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 Diamond Plaza Apartments?+
It is on Masari Road in Parklands, Greater Nairobi, north of the centre. The site measures it at 2.1 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on a car rather than a walk for the centre.
What does the property actually list?+
Apartments with a kitchen, kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus free wifi, a 24 hour front desk, housekeeping, laundry service, lifts, free car parking and a garage. There is a restaurant, bars, breakfast, a gym, outdoor pool, kids pool, sauna, steam room, spa and massage.
Can you walk into the Central Business District from here?+
It is a long walk. The site puts the property 2.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 36 minutes on foot in a direct line. The area is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car.
How do you check availability for Diamond Plaza Apartments?+
Availability is shown through app.impt.io, where you can see the rooms open for your dates and book. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and checking dates costs nothing, so it is worth comparing against anything else you are considering in Greater Nairobi.
