A three star apartment hotel on Gatundu Road in Kileleshwa, on the ridge where new concrete has gone up for the car and the conference room. Whether it is right for you comes down to one thing: whether you plan to drive. If you do, the list is workable.
01What it is
Emilia Hotel Apartments lists the equipment of a working hotel: a 24 hour front desk, lifts, free car parking, luggage storage, a business centre, a concierge and a lounge, plus a restaurant and a terrace, laundry service, a fitness centre, entertainment activities and wheelchair access. It holds a three star rating. The thin part is the shape of the stay: there is no kitchen or apartment detail in the list despite the name, only a surcharge line and a dining room, so you may want to ask what an apartment here actually contains before you settle on it.
For someone staying here, that adds up to a car based, formal week. Emilia Hotel Apartments is in Greater Nairobi, well away from the centre, so the 24 hour front desk and the parking matter more than the lounge does. It suits a business traveller with a vehicle and a schedule, and it does not suit anyone who wants the Central Business District, or the Upper Hill quarter, on foot at the start of the day. What it does not offer is a reason to step outside in the evening.
02The supplier's photographs
0314 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
Emilia Hotel Apartments is car dependent and predictable, so book it when your days are planned around a vehicle and you want the practicalities settled in advance. 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 Emilia Hotel Apartments?+
It is on Gatundu Road in Kileleshwa, in Greater Nairobi. The site measures it as 3.52 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It stands on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room, so most trips out are by vehicle.
What facilities does Emilia Hotel Apartments list?+
The list covers a 24 hour front desk, lifts, free car parking, luggage storage, a business centre, a concierge, a lounge, a restaurant, a terrace, laundry service, a fitness centre, entertainment activities and wheelchair access. It is a three star property. The list is practical rather than generous, and worth reading closely for what it leaves out.
How do you get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
Emilia Hotel Apartments sits 4.35 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 55 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street is built for the car, so most people staying here drive or take a ride. It is not a base for walking to the Central Business District.
What does the guest score mean?+
Emilia Hotel Apartments holds 4.7 out of 5 from 124 reviews. That is a strong score across a small number of reviews, and it points to a property that does the basics well rather than one that surprises anyone. It is a working hotel on a car built ridge, and the score reflects that.
