A four star serviced apartment block on Argwings Kodhek Rd, in the new concrete part of Kilimani. The thing that decides it is the car: this is a place built around parking and the conference room, not around walking out for dinner.
01What it is
Ikhaya Serviced Apartments Kilimani is four star and lists a full working set: 24 hour front desk, concierge, cleaning, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage, free wifi and free car parking, with a shuttle service as well. It is wheelchair accessible, has an indoor pool, a smoking area, shops and TVs. Where the list is thin is food and drink: no restaurant, no bar and no kitchen or self-catering detail is given, which is a gap in a serviced apartment.
For someone here on business in Greater Nairobi, that set covers the practical ground. The front desk never closes, cleaning and washing are handled, and the car has somewhere free to sit. The verdict: Ikhaya Serviced Apartments Kilimani suits a driver with meetings in Upper Hill or the centre, and anyone who wants the apartment kept for them. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step out on foot in the evening. 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.
02The supplier's photographs
0317 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 Ikhaya Serviced Apartments Kilimani early if your dates land on a conference week, because this kind of serviced block fills from the top down. 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 Ikhaya Serviced Apartments Kilimani?+
It is on Argwings Kodhek Rd in Kilimani, part of Greater Nairobi. That puts it 1.92 km from Upper Hill and Community, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 3.44 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps. The block lists free car parking and a shuttle service, and the street is built for the car and the conference room. If you plan to walk out for meals or evening entertainment, this address will frustrate you, so arrange the shuttle or a ride instead.
What is in the apartment and the building?+
The listed facilities cover free wifi, TV, an indoor pool, a 24 hour front desk, concierge, cleaning, laundry, dry cleaning, luggage storage, shops, a smoking area and wheelchair access. Note that no restaurant or bar appears on the list, so plan meals around the surrounding hotels.
How do I check whether Ikhaya has rooms for my dates?+
Go through the booking link on this page and put in your dates to see what the property has left. Availability and cancellation terms show there. Nothing on this site carries a price, so treat the booking page as the place where the numbers appear.
