A 4 star serviced apartment block on Wood Avenue in Kilimani, on the ridge south west of the centre. The kitchen and the free parking decide it: this suits self-catering stays and anyone with a car, and it does not suit a trip built on walking into the CBD.
01What it is
JVstudios Wood Avenue Kilimani is a 4 star serviced apartment building on Wood Avenue, in the Smarthomes development. The listing is strongest on the practical side of a longer stay: apartments with a kitchen or kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, sink and water, plus a desk, TV, iron and board, safe and slippers. Bathrooms come with a shower, WC, towels and toiletries. Wifi and internet access are listed, as are housekeeping, cleaning and laundry service, a 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security. There is a fitness center, a lift, free car parking and wheelchair access, with bars and breakfast on site. The list is thin on anything beyond the apartment itself: no restaurant or room service, no business centre or meeting space, and no airport transfer, so you would be going out for most meals and arranging your own transport.
What that adds up to is a self-contained base rather than a hotel you live inside. JVstudios Wood Avenue Kilimani gives you a kitchen, a desk and a lift, which is what a longer stay or a working week actually needs, and the parking and 24 hour security make it easy to come and go by car. It sits in Greater Nairobi, 2.72 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. 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. Choose it if you want space, a kitchen and a parking bay, and you are happy to drive or be driven. It is wrong for you if you want to step out of a lobby into the centre of things, or if you plan to walk everywhere.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 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 JVstudios Wood Avenue Kilimani if the kitchen and the parking are what you need, and check the apartment type before you confirm, because the listing covers both kitchen and kitchenette. 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 JVstudios Wood Avenue Kilimani?+
It is on Wood Avenue in Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi, in the Smarthomes serviced apartments development. It is 4.29 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.72 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What do the apartments include?+
The listing covers apartments with a kitchen or kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, sink and water, plus a desk, TV, iron and board, safe, slippers and a bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries. Wifi, housekeeping, cleaning, laundry service, a 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security are also listed, along with a fitness center, lift and free car parking.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps. The area is built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. There is free car parking on site if you drive, and the centre is 4.29 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line.
How do I check availability?+
Check availability through app.impt.io, where most rooms here can be cancelled free. The listing covers both kitchen and kitchenette apartments, so confirm which type you are booking before you pay, along with any of the facilities you are counting on, such as breakfast, the fitness center or the wheelchair accessible rooms.
