A four star serviced apartment on Wood Avenue, built in the new concrete of the ridge and aimed at the car and the conference room. Come here with your own kitchen in mind and a set of wheels, and it is straightforward; come here for street life within walking distance and it is not.
01What it is
Executive modern luxury retreat residencies with unmatched luxury facilities with breathtaking city views is a four star address on Wood Avenue in Greater Nairobi, and the list it publishes is a residential one rather than a hotel one. You get a kitchen and a kitchenette, a washing machine, a television, a bathroom and a balcony or terrace. Parking is free and there is a swimming pool. Where the list runs thin is service: there is nothing about dining, nothing about a desk or reception, nothing about how a longer stay is cleaned or supplied. This is the profile of a serviced apartment, not a hotel with staff standing by.
What that adds up to is a self contained base on a ridge where the surrounding streets were laid out for cars and conference traffic, which is exactly how Executive modern luxury retreat residencies with unmatched luxury facilities with breathtaking city views behaves. Under this site's reading, the area is safe and dull after dark: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. It suits a business traveller or a family staying several nights who wants to cook, park and do laundry, and who will take a car to everything. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of the door into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0310 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Executive modern luxury retreat residencies with unmatched luxury facilities with breathtaking city views for the apartment set up rather than for hotel service, and check the listing 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 this property in Nairobi?+
It is on Wood Avenue in Greater Nairobi, a new concrete ridge built for the car and the conference room. It sits 4.29 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.75 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Neither is a comfortable walk with luggage.
What facilities does it list?+
It lists a kitchen and kitchenette, a washing machine, a balcony, a terrace, a bathroom and a television, plus free car parking, parking generally, and a swimming pool. It is a four star property in a residential rather than hotel style, so the published list covers the apartment itself and the parking, and says nothing about dining, reception or daily servicing.
Can I walk into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
The direct line to Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 4.29 km, which this site puts at 54 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the area itself is built for the car. After dark the immediate surroundings are hotel bars and little else, so plan on rides or your own vehicle rather than on foot.
How do I check availability?+
Availability is confirmed at the point of booking through the link on this page, and most rooms can be cancelled free. Because this is a serviced apartment rather than a staffed hotel, sort out what you need for your dates, whether that is parking, the pool or the kitchen and laundry, before you confirm.
