Self-contained apartments in Fourways Junction Estate, with kitchens and a long facilities list, on the transport edge of Greater Nairobi. It suits longer stays by car and fails anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the centre.
01What it is
Elegant Serene furnished and Serviced apartment is a four star apartment block at Fourways Junction Estate in Greater Nairobi. The list runs long and mostly domestic: kitchen, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, washing machine, iron and board, housekeeping, cleaning and laundry service, which is what you want if you are staying for weeks rather than a night. There is air conditioning, a fan, a desk, a TV, a safe, a balcony, a patio, a garden, a terrace and a picnic area, plus free wifi and free car parking with a garage. The thin part is the rest of the building: a restaurant, bars, a bar or snack cafe, a pool bar, a fitness center, an indoor pool, a sauna, a spa, a beauty salon, a banquet room and a shuttle service are all listed with no detail behind them, so treat the list as a list and not as a set of promises.
What that adds up to for a stay at Elegant Serene furnished and Serviced apartment is a self-catering base with a full kitchen and a washing machine, which changes the arithmetic of a long trip. You cook, you wash, you park the car, and the apartment carries the day. The transport setting is the other half of the verdict. This is a transport edge rather than an evening one, which you cross by car, and the street there is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. Suits drivers and long-stay guests who want space and a kitchen. Does not suit anyone without a car, anyone here for the centre at night, or anyone who wants to walk out to dinner.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 30 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. 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 it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book this one if you want a serviced apartment with a kitchen and parking rather than a hotel room, and book it knowing you will be moving around Greater Nairobi by car. 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 Elegant Serene furnished and Serviced apartment?+
It is at Fourways Junction Estate in Greater Nairobi, well outside the central business district. The site measures it at 8.05 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 101 minutes on foot in a direct line, and it is closest to the Ngara and Globe quarter.
Is it a hotel or an apartment?+
It is an apartment block, and it is listed as four star. The units come with kitchens, ovens, microwaves, refrigerators, toasters and washing machines, so you can cook and do laundry rather than eat out for every meal. A front desk runs around the clock and there is security on site.
What is the area around it like?+
The street there is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and the site's own line is that you cross it by car. Do not expect to walk out to restaurants or bars.
How do I check availability for a stay?+
Availability changes by date and by apartment size, and this site does not hold live room counts. Put your dates in through the booking link on this page and the confirmation will tell you what is open for the nights you want. Nothing is charged until a room is confirmed.
