A three star apartment block off Karen Brooks Rd, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The car park and the location decide it: book only if you have your own vehicle and your business is out this way, not in the CBD.
01What it is
Karen Brooks View Palace Apartments lists free car parking and parking, a garden, a picnic area, a spa, a casino and wheelchair access. That is the whole of it. There is no restaurant, no gym, no pool, no airport transfer and no business centre on the list, and no guest score on file. Twelve photographs cover the property. The free parking and the accessible access are the useful entries; the spa and casino are the two extras that lift it above a plain bed for the night, and the garden and picnic area are what you get instead of a lobby bar.
Karen Brooks View Palace Apartments sits on Karen Brooks Rd, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and that is the honest summary of the place. It is a three star property with a short list of facilities, so it works for drivers with business out this side of the city, for families who want a garden and somewhere to park, and for anyone who needs step-free access. It does not work if you want to walk to meetings in the centre or spend your evenings on foot: the quarter is a daytime one, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
037 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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: 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 lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Karen Brooks View Palace Apartments directly if you are driving and your plans are on this side of Greater Nairobi, since the free car parking is the main thing the property offers. 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 Karen Brooks View Palace Apartments?+
It is on Karen Brooks Rd in Greater Nairobi, a ridge address built around car access and conference space. It stands 13.42 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 168 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat it as a place you reach by vehicle, not one you walk into from the centre.
What facilities does the property actually list?+
Free car parking and parking, a garden, a picnic area, a spa, a casino and wheelchair access. That is the full list. There is no restaurant, no pool and no business centre. The garden, picnic area, spa and casino are the extras worth knowing about; the parking is the one most guests will use.
How far is it from the quarters this site covers?+
It is 11.68 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Nothing else on this site is closer. If your day is built around the central business district, you will be crossing the city each time, so plan for that.
How do I check whether rooms are available?+
Availability and booking run through app.impt.io. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the booking is confirmed there rather than by phone. Because the property is small and the list of facilities is short, check dates before you build a trip around it.
