A four star apartment on Westlands Road, in the western part of Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre itself. The kitchen is the thing that decides it: if you want to cook for yourself, this works, and if you want the Central Business District under your window, it does not.
01What it is
The Elegant and comfy apartment in Westlands Nairobi is a four star apartment, and the list of what it holds is a long one. It has a kitchen with an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator, a toaster and a coffee maker, plus a washing machine for longer stays. There is free wifi, free car parking, a lift, a TV, a fan, an iron and board, and a hairdryer. The bathroom comes with a shower, a WC, a bidet, toiletries, towels and slippers. The list is thinner on the outside of the building: a balcony, a terrace and an outdoor pool appear, but nothing describes a restaurant, a bar or any staffed service, so you should read the apartment as self-contained rather than serviced.
What that adds up to depends on how you plan to spend your days. The Elegant and comfy apartment in Westlands Nairobi gives you a base that runs itself: you cook, you wash, you park the car, and you come back to a flat rather than a room. Westlands Road sits in Greater Nairobi rather than in the quarter itself. That suits anyone here for business or a longer stay, who has a car or is content to arrange transport into town. It does not suit someone who wants to step out of the lobby and into the office, the market or the bank, and it is not the place for anyone who wants the centre's streets at the door.
02The supplier's photographs
0333 facilities the supplier lists
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. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Booking this flat is worth doing directly, because the apartment is the main thing on offer and there is no front desk to sort a problem out after you arrive. 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 the Elegant and comfy apartment in Westlands Nairobi?+
It sits on Westlands Road, in the western part of Greater Nairobi. That is outside the Central Business District rather than inside it, so plan on getting into town by car or by other transport rather than walking out of the building and straight into the office quarter.
Is this apartment self-catering?+
Yes. The list includes a kitchen with an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator, a toaster and a coffee maker, and there is a washing machine as well. There is no restaurant or bar on the list, so you should expect to sort out your own meals and your own laundry.
How far is it from the centre of Nairobi?+
It is 1.53 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It is also 2.07 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 26 minutes on foot in a direct line. The central quarter you are closest to is a daytime quarter, and the halls shut in the late afternoon.
How do I check whether the apartment is free?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you can see which dates are open and confirm a booking. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a date while you settle your plans, and the booking goes through the site rather than through a separate hotel enquiry.
