A three star apartment block on a Westlands close, with kitchens and parking and a lift, which is the point of it. What decides whether it is right for you is whether you want to be in the centre on foot; this is Greater Nairobi, and the quarter you are reading about goes quiet in the late afternoon.
01What it is
Grandeur Cityview Apartments lists the practical set: air conditioning, free wifi and internet access, a kitchen, a TV, a shower, lifts, non smoking rooms, and parking. It also lists breakfast, bars, laundry service, dry cleaning service and luggage storage, and it states plainly that pets are not allowed. What is thin is the rest of it. There is no restaurant of its own beyond breakfast, no gym, no workspace, no airport transfer, and nothing here suggests a front desk that runs around the clock. The three star rating fits that list: everything you need to run a stay, nothing you would book the place for.
For someone staying at Grandeur Cityview Apartments, that adds up to an apartment rather than a hotel room, which matters if the trip is a week or longer and you would rather cook than eat out every night. The kitchen and the laundry service carry most of the weight. The trade is location and mood. This is Greater Nairobi, and the quarter it serves is a daytime quarter where the halls shut in the late afternoon, so you are not booking a base for walking the centre in the evening. It suits longer stays, drivers, and anyone who wants a quiet block with parking. It does not suit a first visit built on being in the middle of things on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0315 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. 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. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Grandeur Cityview Apartments if you want an apartment with a kitchen and parking in Westlands and do not need the centre at your door. 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 Grandeur Cityview Apartments?+
It is on Sherry Homes Westlands Close, in Nairobi, listed under Greater Nairobi. That puts it outside the central business district rather than in it, so plan for a vehicle rather than a walk into town. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 2.37 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What facilities does the property list?+
Air conditioning, free wifi and internet access, a kitchen, a TV, a shower, lifts, non smoking rooms, and parking. It also lists breakfast, bars, laundry service, dry cleaning service and luggage storage. Pets are not allowed. There is no restaurant beyond breakfast, no gym and no workspace listed, so treat the list as practical rather than full.
Is it close enough to walk into the city centre?+
The address is listed as 2.95 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 37 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a straight line rather than a route. The quarter it serves is a daytime quarter, and the halls shut in the late afternoon, so most people staying here would use a vehicle for the centre.
How do I check availability for Grandeur Cityview Apartments?+
Use app.impt.io. Availability and room types sit there rather than on this page, and most rooms can be cancelled free. If you need a kitchen, a lift or parking in particular, check that the room you pick includes it before confirming, since the facilities listed cover the property rather than every unit.
