A four star studio apartment in Ngara, a short walk from the centre. The kitchen and the sofa bed decide it: good for self-catering and longer stays, less good if you want the centre outside the door.
01What it is
Khamoe Studio Apartment is a four star self-contained unit on the third floor of Eagle Tower in Ngara. The list is built for living rather than for a night: a kitchen with a refrigerator, microwave, toaster and coffee, a desk, a sofa bed, air conditioning and a fan, a TV, and a safe. The bathroom has a bath as well as a shower, with towels, toiletries, a bathrobe and slippers. There is an iron and board, cleaning, lifts, first aid, and pets are allowed. The list is thin on services: no restaurant, no bar, no pool, no gym, no reception staffed round the clock, and no airport transfer.
Khamoe Studio Apartment is a self-catering base, not a full-service hotel, and that is the whole of the verdict. The kitchen, the sofa bed and the desk suit someone staying a few nights or longer, working, cooking, and treating the place as a flat rather than a room. The address sits on a transport edge: a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark the area is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. Suits self-caterers, longer stays and anyone bringing a pet. Does not suit anyone who wants the centre, a bar or a restaurant on the doorstep.
02The supplier's photographs
0326 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Ngara and the Globe
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the CBD, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. A flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does: that is the street feel here, and it holds all day. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line. Early markets and the walk up to the National Museum are what this quarter is best for.
After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The halls and market stalls shut, and the roundabout turns into a place you pass through, not a place you linger. This suits you if you want the fruit market at first light or a base on the northern side of the centre. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on foot, and it does not suit a trip built around being out after dark.
Read the whole of Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
For a four star studio with a kitchen and a sofa bed, booking ahead matters more than it does for a hotel with rooms to spare. 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 Khamoe Studio Apartment?+
It is on the third floor of Eagle Tower in Ngara, in the part of the city the site calls Ngara and the Globe. The building is 0.34 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe, and the address puts you on a transport edge rather than an evening one.
What does the studio actually have in it?+
A kitchen with a refrigerator, microwave, toaster and coffee, a desk, a sofa bed, air conditioning and a fan, a TV and a safe. The bathroom has a bath and a shower, with towels, toiletries, a bathrobe and slippers. There is no restaurant or bar in the building.
Can I walk from the studio into the centre?+
The property is 0.49 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 7 minutes on foot in a direct line. The direct line is the point: the route crosses a flyover and a roundabout, and after dark the area is a transport edge, so take a car rather than walk it.
How do I check whether the studio is free for my dates?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where the rooms are listed. Most rooms can be cancelled free, which matters for a single studio where one booking takes the unit. Check the dates before you build a trip around it.
