A four star apartment block off Chiromo Lane in Westlands, with kitchens, a pool, a gym and a spa on the list. The thing that decides it is the address: this is Westlands, not the Central Business District, so it works if the centre is a daytime errand and fails if you want to step out of a lobby into it.
01What it is
GTC Posh Hideaway in Westlands lists apartments rather than rooms, and the self catering side is the most complete part of the inventory: kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, coffee, plus bathroom with shower, WC, towels, hairdryer and slippers. The rest reads like a serviced block: lifts, 24 hour security, smoke detectors, safe, wheelchair accessible, non smoking rooms, free wifi, free car parking, laundry and dry cleaning, iron and board, cleaning, a desk, a lounge, a balcony, a patio, a terrace and a garden.
For a longer stay, GTC Posh Hideaway in Westlands is a working base rather than a hotel you live out of: you cook, you park, you use the fitness center, the sauna, the steam room, the spa, the outdoor pool and the pool bar, and there is a restaurant, a bar, a market and a barber or beauty salon on site. The catch is Westlands, which is not the quarter this site covers. Take the place if you want space, a kitchen and a pool, and accept that central Nairobi is a separate trip. Do not take it if your day is built around the Central Business District on foot: it is 2.26 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 29 minutes on foot in a direct line.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 16 more on the supplier's own record. 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 GTC Posh Hideaway in Westlands only once you have decided that Westlands rather than the centre is where you want to sleep, because the apartment, the pool and the parking are what you are paying for. 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 the property?+
It sits on Chiromo Lane in Westlands, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the Central Business District itself. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 1.71 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so treat the centre as a separate trip rather than a walk out of the door.
What is in the apartments?+
The listing is built around self catering: kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster and coffee, plus a bathroom with shower, WC, towels, hairdryer and slippers. There is also a desk, a lounge, a balcony, a patio and a terrace, with free wifi, non smoking rooms and wheelchair access among the listed facilities.
What is there to use on site?+
Away from the apartment, the list covers an outdoor pool and pool bar, a fitness center, sauna, steam room and spa, a restaurant, a bar, a market, a barber or beauty salon, a garden, free car parking, lifts and 24 hour security. It reads as a long stay block with leisure facilities attached rather than a small hotel.
How do I check availability?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates and confirm a booking. It is worth sorting this out early if you need a particular apartment layout, since the self catering units are the point of the property and the ones most people are after.
