Indesign Studio is a three star apartment-style property in Greater Nairobi, with a kitchen, a pool and parking in its Makumbi Park setting. What decides it is the location. It is 14.51 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so a stay here turns on the road in, not the room.
01What it is
Indesign Studio lists the things an apartment needs to function: a kitchen and a kitchenette, a bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries, carpeted rooms, family rooms and non smoking rooms. Free Wifi and internet access are both named. There is an iron and board, and a TV. Then the list thins: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer, no desk service named, and the pool is the one outdoor facility the list carries. The three star rating is consistent with that. It is a self-contained base with the basics covered and nothing beyond them.
For the right stay, Indesign Studio is a straightforward choice. A family or a small group that wants to cook rather than eat out, and does not need the centre at its door, gets the kitchen, the space and the pool without paying for facilities it will not use. The wrong stay is a short city visit built around the Central Business District. The property is in Greater Nairobi, a long way south of the quarter this site covers, and the approach is the working vegetable trade end of the city, not a lobby you step out of into town. Book it for the room and the kitchen, not for the address.
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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book Indesign Studio through the link below and check the exact address in Greater Nairobi before you commit, because the location is the deciding factor here. 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 Indesign Studio?+
It is at Indesign Makumbi Park Apartments in Greater Nairobi. It is 15.58 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 195 minutes on foot in a direct line. Check the location against your plans before booking, because it is not in the Central Business District.
What facilities does Indesign Studio have?+
The listed facilities cover a kitchen and kitchenette, a bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries, carpeted rooms, family rooms and non smoking rooms. Free Wifi, internet access, a TV and an iron and board are named. There is an outdoor pool. No restaurant or bar is listed.
What is the area around Indesign Studio like?+
The street there is trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings only. Plan your arrivals and any trips out around that, and arrange transport rather than walking the area late.
How do I check availability and cancel if plans change?+
Use the booking link on this page to see current availability for your dates. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. The confirmation sets out your cancellation window, so read it before you commit if your dates may move.
