A serviced one bedroom apartment in a new concrete block off Ole Dume Road, with a kitchen, a pool, a garden and a private cinema. It is a self contained base on the ridge, and the thing that decides it is whether you want a residential quarter rather than the centre.
01What it is
Elegant Lavington 1Bed with Pool Private Cinema & Garden is a four star apartment property at Ole Dume Road Royal Oak Residency, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre itself. The list is honest about being an apartment: a kitchen and kitchenette with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, iron and board, and a safe, so you can cook and do laundry rather than live out of a bag. There is a balcony and a patio, a garden, a swimming pool, and a private cinema. Inside you get free wifi, a TV with pay per view, a radio, a shower, a WC, towels and slippers, carpet underfoot, lifts, wheelchair access, non smoking rooms and free car parking. Where it is thin: no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no workspace are listed, so nothing here feeds you or gives you a desk.
What that adds up to is a place that assumes you have a car and your own company. The pool, the garden and the cinema are the sort of things you use on an evening in, and the kitchen is there for the nights you do not go out. It suits a couple or a single traveller on a longer stay, or anyone who wants a residential address and a parking space. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out to dinner in the centre, or who is in Nairobi to be in the middle of it.
02The supplier's photographs
0331 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 this one if you want the apartment and the parking, not a city centre location, because everything here is set up for a self contained stay. 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 apartment?+
It sits at Ole Dume Road Royal Oak Residency, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the Central Business District. It is 5.41 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 68 minutes on foot in a direct line, so you should think of it as a separate quarter and plan on a vehicle.
Does the apartment have its own kitchen?+
Yes. The listed facilities include a kitchen and a kitchenette with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus a washing machine and an iron and board. That makes the apartment work for a longer stay where you feed yourself rather than eat out every night.
What can I do on the property itself?+
The listed facilities give you a swimming pool, a garden, a balcony and patio, and a private cinema, with free wifi, a TV with pay per view, a radio and non smoking rooms. No restaurant, bar or gym is listed, so plan meals and exercise elsewhere.
How close is it to the rest of the city?+
Of the ten quarters this site covers, it is 4.01 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest. That tells you how much the apartment sits apart from the centre. Check availability and dates through the booking link to see what fits your trip.
