An executive one bedroom on Westlands Road, the west of the centre rather than the centre itself, with a full kitchen, parking, a pool and a gym. It suits someone who wants an apartment and will drive in. It does not suit anyone on foot, or anyone who wants the City Market quarter on the doorstep.
01What it is
This Executive 1 bedroom in Westlands is a four star apartment rather than a hotel room, and the list reads like one. There is a kitchen and a kitchenette, an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator, a washing machine, an iron and board, a safe and a desk, so a longer stay can be run from inside it. Rooms are carpeted, air conditioned and non smoking, with a balcony, a terrace, sheets, towels, toiletries, slippers and a hairdryer. The building adds free wifi, free car parking, lifts, a fitness center, an outdoor pool with a pool bar, and wheelchair access. The list is thin where it matters to some: no dining or breakfast, no bar beyond the pool, no airport transfer, no workspace or meeting rooms.
What that adds up to for someone staying at this Executive 1 bedroom in Westlands is a self contained apartment with the building's pool and gym doing the work of hotel facilities, and your own kitchen doing the work of a restaurant. The balcony and terrace give you somewhere to sit that is not the room, and the desk and free wifi give you somewhere to work. The catch is the location. This is Greater Nairobi, not the CBD, and the City Market quarter sits 3.08 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. You want this place if you are driving, parking on site and treating the centre as a place to go to. You do not want it if you plan to walk to meetings, or if you want the halls and shops of the centre around the corner.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 3 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
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. 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. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book this one if you want the apartment and the parking together, because the free car parking is what makes the Westlands Road position work, and check the kitchen and laundry items you need against the list 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 the Executive 1 bedroom in Westlands?+
It is on Westlands Road in Nairobi, in Greater Nairobi rather than the Central Business District. It sits 3.67 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 46 minutes on foot in a direct line. The centre is a drive from here, not a stroll, so plan around transport.
What does the apartment actually include?+
A one bedroom with a kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator and washing machine, plus a desk, safe and iron and board. The building lists free wifi, free car parking, lifts, a fitness center and an outdoor pool. There is no restaurant, no breakfast and no bar other than the pool bar.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps. Free car parking is listed, and the centre is not within walking range for a normal day of meetings. If you intend to walk into the CBD, this is the wrong side of the city for you. If you are driving, the parking removes the main problem with the position.
How do I check availability and book?+
Availability and room details are shown through app.impt.io, where you complete the booking. Most rooms here can be cancelled free. Check the apartment features you need, such as the kitchen, washing machine and non smoking rooms, against the listing before you confirm.
