A one-bedroom apartment with a king bed at Enkang Apartments on Ngong Road, in Greater Nairobi. It is a self-catering flat, not a hotel, so whether you want to cook and keep your own hours decides it. If you want staff, a lobby and the centre on foot, look nearer Kenyatta Avenue.
01What it is
The property is a three star one-bedroom apartment, titled for a king bed, in Enkang Apartments on Ngong Road. The list is strongest on the practical mechanics of living: a kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and coffee, a washing machine, iron and board, towels and toiletries, a bathroom and a separate WC. There is free wifi and internet access, a TV, a CD player and video, a balcony, lifts and non smoking rooms. A fitness center, twenty four hour front desk and luggage storage round it out. Where the list is thin is anything beyond the flat itself: no restaurant, no bar, no pool, no grounds, and nothing that turns the building into a place to spend an evening.
What that adds up to depends on how you use it. The Fully equipped 1BR Apt W Prime Location King Bed works for a longer stay, a work trip where you want your own kitchen and your own hours, or two people travelling by car who would rather not eat out every night. The twenty four hour front desk and luggage storage mean late arrivals are workable. It suits less well anyone without a car, anyone who wants the museums, offices and hotel bars of the centre within a walk, or anyone expecting hotel service. 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.
02The supplier's photographs
0324 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 the Fully equipped 1BR Apt W Prime Location King Bed directly if you want the flat and the kitchen rather than hotel service, and confirm the king bed and the balcony are the ones you are being shown. 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 this apartment?+
It is at Enkang Apartments on Ngong Road, in Greater Nairobi. By the site's own measure it is 4.01 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 51 minutes on foot in a direct line. For the ten quarters this site covers, it is 2.29 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of them.
What does the apartment itself include?+
A kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and coffee, plus a washing machine, iron and board, towels and toiletries, a bathroom and a separate WC. There is free wifi, a TV, a CD player and video, a balcony, lifts and non smoking rooms. Do not expect a restaurant, a bar or a pool.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. After dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. The centre is not on your doorstep, so plan on driving or taking a ride for dinners and meetings.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and free cancellation for most rooms are shown when you book through app.impt.io. Confirm the king bed, the balcony and the dates you want before you commit, since this is a single apartment rather than a hotel with many identical rooms.
