Kile Apartments is a three star property on Everest Court in Greater Nairobi, and its whole appeal is the car parking, the shuttle and wheelchair access. If you are driving and want the centre without sleeping in it, this works. If you want to walk out to dinner, it does not.
01What it is
Kile Apartments is a three star property on Everest Court in Greater Nairobi, and the list of facilities is short. It has free car parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair accessible access, and that is the whole of it. No restaurant, no bar, no gym, no pool. Group those three and you can see the shape of the place: it is set up for someone arriving with a vehicle and needing to get in and out, or someone who needs step-free movement through the property. The nine photos on file are what you get to judge it by, so look at them closely rather than at the star rating, which tells you the category and nothing about the rooms.
What that adds up to is a practical base rather than a place to spend an evening. Kile Apartments sits in Greater Nairobi, 3.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 41 minutes on foot in a direct line, so the centre is reachable but not at your door. The shuttle and the parking are the two things that make that distance manageable, and if you have your own car, the parking removes the argument most people have with the middle of town. It suits drivers, people who need accessible access, and anyone who wants Nairobi as a working base. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out into bars and restaurants, because there is nothing listed here to walk to.
02The supplier's photographs
033 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
For Kile Apartments, book the shuttle and parking together with the room, because those are the two things that make the location work. 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 Kile Apartments?+
It is on Everest Court in Greater Nairobi, outside the central business district rather than in it. The property is 2.61 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so you are close to the centre without being inside the market and office quarter.
What does Kile Apartments actually provide?+
The listed facilities are free car parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair accessible access. That is the full list. There is no restaurant, bar or gym, so plan on eating elsewhere. The three star rating puts it in the mid category, and the nine photos on file are the best guide to the rooms.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
The property runs a shuttle service, which is the simplest option given where it sits. It is 3.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 41 minutes on foot in a direct line. If you have a car, the free parking at the property covers the other end of the trip.
How do I check whether a room is available?+
Availability is checked through the booking link on this page, which shows what is open for your dates. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a booking while you decide. The property is small, so book ahead rather than leaving it to the day.
