Self catering apartments at Artesano Syokimau, an estate on the far side of the airport from the centre. The list is long on apartment equipment and short on anything that makes this a base for the Central Business District. Best for someone with a car.
01What it is
Jkia luxury Apartments is a three star apartment property at Artesano Syokimau, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre itself. The listed facilities are almost all apartment equipment: a kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, washing machine, iron and board, desk, fan, television and coffee. Bathrooms come with shower, WC, towels and slippers, rooms are carpeted and non smoking, and there are lifts plus wheelchair accessible access. Free wifi, free car parking, an indoor pool, a swimming pool, a fitness centre, a garden and a terrace round out the list. It is thin on services: no restaurant, no bar and no reception desk are named.
What that adds up to for someone staying here is a self contained flat rather than a hotel with staff on hand. You cook, you wash your own clothes, you park your own car, and the pool and gym are on site for the hours you are actually there. Jkia luxury Apartments suits a driver with business on this side of the airport, or a group who want space and a kitchen. It does not suit anyone whose trip is built around the Central Business District: it is 15.36 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 192 minutes on foot in a direct line. Artesano Syokimau sits in Greater Nairobi, 14.29 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street there is produce and transport: 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 the working life of the area is mornings only. Plan your days around that, not around an evening out.
02The supplier's photographs
0332 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 this one only if your days are on the airport side and you want a kitchen rather than a lobby. 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 Jkia luxury Apartments?+
At Artesano Syokimau, in Greater Nairobi, on the far side of the airport from the Central Business District. It is not in the centre and there is no central quarter within walking reach. You need a vehicle or a driver to get anywhere, and the property lists free car parking for that reason.
What do the apartments include?+
A kitchen or kitchenette with microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, iron and board, desk, fan, television, shower, WC, towels and slippers. The building lists free wifi and free parking, a fitness centre, an indoor pool, an outdoor pool, a garden and a terrace, lifts and wheelchair accessible access. No restaurant or bar is listed.
Can I stay here without a car and still reach the centre?+
It is possible but slow and awkward. The property is 14.29 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the streets around it go quiet and dark after the morning market trade ends. Treat a car as necessary rather than optional here.
How do I check availability and cancel if plans change?+
Availability is shown when you book through app.impt.io, where most rooms at this property can be cancelled free. Check the cancellation terms on the room you pick before you confirm, since they can differ between room types, and keep the confirmation email for your records.
