A three star serviced apartment block on Muchai Drive, on the ridge above Ngong Road. The list is practical rather than charming: twenty four hour front desk, free wifi, free parking, a business centre, lifts and wheelchair access. Whether it suits you comes down to one thing. If your day is conference rooms and your evenings end early, it works. If you came for the centre after dark, it does not.
01What it is
Golf View Serviced Apartments lists the things a working stay needs and little else. There is a twenty four hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, a business centre, lifts, luggage storage and wheelchair access. For eating and sitting about there is a restaurant, a lounge and a terrace. Bedrooms come with sheets, towels, TV and water, and there is an outdoor pool plus a kids pool, a smoking area and a shuttle service. Some items carry a surcharge, and the list is thin on anything else: no gym, no spa, no airport transfer detail, and nothing that tells you how the apartments themselves are laid out.
What that adds up to is a functional base rather than a destination. Golf View Serviced Apartments sits on a ridge built for the car and the conference room, and the property matches its surroundings: you arrive, you park, you work, you sleep. It suits someone in Nairobi for meetings in Upper Hill, or a family that wants a pool and space without being in the middle of things. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the city. For that you take a ride, and you take it after dark rather than walking.
02The supplier's photographs
0320 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Upper Hill and Community
Upper Hill and Community sits on the western ridge, not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
It 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. That suits people here to work and people who want their evening contained. It does not suit anyone expecting street life outside the door. The streets are built for the car and the conference room, so plan to move by vehicle once the working day ends.
Read the whole of Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Golf View Serviced Apartments if your days are fixed around Upper Hill and you would rather drive than walk to 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 exactly is Golf View Serviced Apartments?+
It is at 1103 Muchai Drive, off Ngong Road, in the Upper Hill and Community area. That puts it 1.41 km from the centre of Upper Hill and Community, and 3.22 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 41 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What facilities does the property list?+
A twenty four hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, a business centre, lifts, a restaurant, a lounge, a terrace, luggage storage, an outdoor pool, a kids pool, a smoking area, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. Rooms have sheets, towels, TV and water. Some listed items carry a surcharge.
Is it easy to get into the centre of Nairobi from here?+
Not on foot, and not as a stroll. This is a ridge built for the car and the conference room, so the practical answer is a vehicle, whether that is your own, a shuttle or a ride. After dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
How do I check availability at Golf View Serviced Apartments?+
Check dates and room types on the booking page, since apartments and rooms are not all the same shape and the listed facilities do not say how each one is laid out. Booking through the site also tells you which cancellations are free and which items carry a surcharge.
