An apartment in Kilimani, a new concrete quarter on a ridge where you keep a kitchen and a car space. It suits self caterers and anyone here for a conference. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot, since the halls shut in the late afternoon.
01What it is
Exquisite Urban Apartment in Kilimani by The Manna Stays is a four star serviced apartment property on Kilimani Road, and its list is built around living rather than sleeping. You get a kitchen with a microwave and a refrigerator, a washing machine, an iron and board, a safe, a TV and free wifi. There is a balcony or patio, a bath and a shower, towels, toiletries and slippers, a fan, lifts, free car parking and 24 hour security with smoke detectors. Cleaning and laundry are listed. The list is thin on the things a hotel would add: no restaurant, no bar, no pool, no gym, no airport transfer, and no indication of how the apartments are laid out.
What that adds up to at Exquisite Urban Apartment in Kilimani by The Manna Stays is a place you treat as a base rather than a resort. You cook, you wash, you park, and you leave. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, so the property's own parking and security matter more here than they would elsewhere. Book it if you want space, a kitchen and a guaranteed parking place while you work in the northern or western business addresses. Do not book it if you want to step out of the lobby into the centre, or if you want dinner and a bar in the building.
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 the kitchen and the parking are the point of your stay rather than the room itself. 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 Exquisite Urban Apartment in Kilimani by The Manna Stays?+
It sits on Kilimani Road in Kilimani, part of Greater Nairobi. That is 4.08 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 5.43 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 68 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What does the apartment actually include?+
A kitchen with microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, iron and board, a safe, TV, free wifi, a fan, a balcony or patio, a bath and shower, towels, toiletries, slippers, lifts, free car parking, 24 hour security and cleaning. There is no restaurant or bar listed, so plan meals around the kitchen or elsewhere.
Can I walk into the city centre from here?+
You can, in the sense that Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 5.43 km away, which is 68 minutes on foot in a direct line. In practice this quarter is built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Take a car.
How do I check availability and book?+
Booking runs through app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates and cancel free on most rooms. There are no rates printed on this site, so the booking page is where you confirm what is available for your stay.
