A three star apartment block on Riara Road in Kilimani, on the ridge side of the city. It suits a car borne stay with a desk and a parking space: conference room, front desk around the clock, wifi. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the centre on foot.
01What it is
Honass Riara Apartment is a three star block on Riara Road in Kilimani, part of Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The listed facilities are practical rather than luxurious: a 24 hour front desk, a business centre, free wifi, free car parking, lifts, laundry service and luggage storage. There is a garden, a terrace, a playground and a smoking area, and staff who speak more than one language. The list is thin on the things a leisure visitor asks about first, and there is no restaurant, no pool and no gym anywhere in it.
What that adds up to at Honass Riara Apartment is a working address on a ridge built for cars and conference rooms, useful if you have meetings in the north of the city and a vehicle to reach them. The free parking, the desk, the late arrival and the laundry service carry a business stay. It suits someone who wants a quiet base and does not mind driving or being driven for everything else. It does not suit a first visitor who wants the Central Business District outside the door.
02The supplier's photographs
0312 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community 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. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Honass Riara Apartment on the dates you need, since a 3 star apartment block in Kilimani fills on conference weeks and the free parking is the first thing to go. 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 is Honass Riara Apartment?+
It is on Riara Road in Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge side of the city. It sits 5.12 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the centre is not a walk you would choose to make with bags.
What facilities does the property list?+
A 24 hour front desk, a business centre, free wifi, free car parking, lifts, laundry service, luggage storage and multilingual staff. Outdoors there is a garden, a terrace, a playground and a smoking area. There is no restaurant, bar or pool in the list, so plan meals elsewhere.
How do I get into the centre from Kilimani?+
You go by car. The centre is 6.66 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 84 minutes on foot in a direct line, and nobody does that trip on foot for business. After dark it is quiet: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The free parking matters if you keep a car.
How do I check availability at Honass Riara Apartment?+
Check dates through app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free. The 24 hour front desk covers a late arrival, and free car parking, a business centre and laundry service are listed for the stay itself. Nothing is held without a confirmed booking.
