A furnished two bedroom apartment on Riverside Drive, west of the centre and nearer Westlands than the CBD. The gym and the parking decide it: this suits you if you have a car and want room to spread out, and not if you want to step out of a lobby into the centre.
01What it is
The listing for Furnished 2Br Riverside drive with Gym Behind Riverside square Mall 2 minutes to Westlands is short. It names free wifi, free car parking, parking in general, and pets allowed, and it carries a four star rating. There is a gym, as the name says, and the two bedrooms are furnished. There is no restaurant, no bar, no room service and no reception desk mentioned, and the twelve photos on file are the only other thing known about it. Treat this as a serviced flat rather than a hotel with staff on call.
What that adds up to for Furnished 2Br Riverside drive with Gym Behind Riverside square Mall 2 minutes to Westlands is a self contained stay on Riverside Drive, on the western side of the city, in Greater Nairobi. You park, you let yourself in, you use the gym, and you keep a pet with you if that is what you need. The wifi is free and the parking is free, which between them remove two running costs. It suits a driver, or someone staying more than a night or two who wants a second bedroom. It does not suit anyone without a car who plans to spend the days on foot in the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
034 facilities the supplier lists
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 Furnished 2Br Riverside drive with Gym Behind Riverside square Mall 2 minutes to Westlands if the space and the parking are what you are after, and check the listing before you commit because the facility list is thin. 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 on Riverside Drive in Nairobi, in the Greater Nairobi area. That puts it west of the central business district, 4.21 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 53 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is also 3.58 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What is actually listed at the property?+
Free wifi, free car parking, parking, and pets allowed, and it is a four star property with two furnished bedrooms and a gym. There is no restaurant, bar or room service in the facts on file. Ask the property directly about anything you need beyond that list before you book.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps. The apartment is out on Riverside Drive rather than inside the centre, and the free parking and the gym are the two facilities the listing leads on. Without a car you are relying on rides into the city, since the centre is not on the doorstep and the walk in is a long one.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and the free cancellation terms are shown on the booking page at app.impt.io. The property lists free wifi, free car parking, parking and pets allowed, so if you are bringing a pet or a car, confirm both when you check. There are twelve photos on file to look through first.
