A four star self-catering apartment on Ngong Road, in a new concrete block built for cars and conference traffic rather than for walking. The pool, the kitchen and the parking decide it: this suits you if you are driving in and feeding yourself, and not if you want the centre on foot.
01What it is
Fenns Cozy Apartment Ngong Road is a four star apartment at Serengeti Homes Bongo, on the eighth floor, and its list is built around staying in and looking after yourself. There is a kitchen with an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator and a toaster, a washing machine, an iron and board, and a laundry service if you would rather not. The living space gives you a balcony, a desk, a TV, a fan, free wifi and internet access, with towels, slippers, a bathroom, a shower and a separate WC. Building facilities cover 24 hour security, a safe, a smoke detector, first aid, lifts, family rooms, non smoking rooms, free car parking and a shuttle service, and the block has an outdoor pool. The list is thin on food and drink beyond coffee, and there is no restaurant, bar or gym named.
What that adds up to at Fenns Cozy Apartment is a base for someone who wants an apartment rather than a hotel: you cook, you wash, you park, you swim, and the desk and wifi carry a working day. The address sits at 6.11 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 77 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 4.51 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Suit yourself to it if you have a car or use the shuttle and your business is on this side of town. Do not book it if you want to walk out to dinner, or if the centre itself is the point of your trip.
02The supplier's photographs
0335 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 Fenns Cozy Apartment directly if you want an apartment with a pool and parking on Ngong Road, and confirm the dates before you plan around them. 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 Fenns Cozy Apartment Ngong Road?+
It is at Ngong Road Serengeti Homes Bongo, 8th floor, in Greater Nairobi. The site puts it 6.11 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 77 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 4.51 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the apartment actually include?+
A kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, iron and board, and a laundry service. Inside there is a balcony, desk, TV, fan, free wifi, towels, slippers, a shower and a separate WC. The building lists 24 hour security, a safe, a smoke detector, first aid, lifts, family rooms, free car parking, a shuttle service and an outdoor pool.
Can I get into the centre from here without a car?+
Not comfortably. The street is built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you are not driving, plan on the shuttle service or on taking a ride into the centre rather than walking it.
How do I check availability?+
Go through app.impt.io, where most rooms here can be cancelled free and your booking is confirmed there. If you are weighing up dates or room types, check the listing before you commit, since family rooms and non smoking rooms are both listed and availability varies.
