A serviced apartment block on Chania Ave in Greater Nairobi, built for longer stays and for people with a car. The listing runs to full kitchens, laundry and parking rather than hotel service, and the setting is a ridge of new concrete where you drive to dinner. That is the whole decision.
01What it is
Greenpath Residence lists apartments rather than rooms, and the facilities follow that: a kitchen or kitchenette with an oven, microwave, refrigerator and sink, a washing machine, iron and board, and a cleaning service behind it. You get air conditioning, a balcony, a bath or shower, a WC, towels, sheets, slippers and toiletries, plus a TV, telephone, safe and free wifi. The building adds lifts, free car parking, a garden, a bar, a jacuzzi and a sauna, with non smoking rooms and first aid on the list. It is a four star address, and the list is strongest on the things a self-catering stay needs and thinnest on the things a hotel day is made of: no restaurant, no room service, no gym, no airport transfer, and nothing said about a desk or a workspace.
What that adds up to is a place that works when the apartment is the point. You shop, you cook, you wash clothes, you park the car downstairs, and you use the sauna or the bar without leaving the building. Greenpath Residence suits a family or a small group on a longer stay, someone on a project in Upper Hill or the centre who wants a kitchen and a washing machine, and anyone arriving with a vehicle. It does not suit a short leisure trip built around walking to restaurants and bars, because 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. If you want the centre on foot, stay nearer the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 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 Greenpath Residence directly if you want an apartment with a kitchen and parking rather than a hotel room, and check the dates you need before you commit. 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 Greenpath Residence?+
It is on Chania Ave in Greater Nairobi, in the new concrete ridge development rather than the historic centre. The site measures it at 3.88 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 49 minutes on foot in a direct line, so you should treat a car or a ride as part of the plan rather than an option.
What do the apartments actually include?+
Each apartment is set up for self-catering. The list covers a kitchen or kitchenette with oven, microwave, refrigerator and sink, a washing machine, iron and board, air conditioning, a balcony, a bath or shower, towels, sheets, toiletries and free wifi. The building adds lifts, free car parking, a garden, a bar, a jacuzzi and a sauna.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
You drive or take a ride. The property sits 2.34 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the area is built for the car. After dark the street is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else, so arrange transport rather than expecting to walk out.
How do I check availability and cancel if plans change?+
Availability and dates are shown when you book through app.impt.io. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so the cancellation terms are set out at the point of booking. Confirm the dates and the apartment type you want there, since the property lists apartments rather than standard hotel rooms.
