A four star one bedroom apartment on Kasuku Road, off Lenana Road, on the new concrete ridge above the centre. The kitchen, the washing machine and the parking decide it: this is a place to settle into for a stretch of work, not a base for walking into town.
01What it is
Kilimani Premier 1BR lists a full self catering set: kitchen with oven, microwave and refrigerator, washing machine, iron and board, plus a balcony and terrace. Inside there is a desk, TV, radio, sofa bed, bathrobe and slippers, towels and toiletries, carpeted floors and non smoking rooms, with family rooms, lifts, free wifi and free car parking. The outdoor pool and garden are the leisure side of the list. Where it thins is on service: no restaurant is listed, no airport transfer, no gym, no business centre, and no guest score is on file.
What that adds up to is an apartment rather than a hotel stay. You cook, you wash clothes, you park the car, and the pool and garden give you somewhere to sit without leaving the building. The trade is that everything outside is a drive: the street is built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Kilimani Premier 1BR suits longer stays, families and people working in the nearby offices, and it does not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the life of the centre.
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 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 Kilimani Premier 1BR if you want an apartment with a kitchen and parking rather than a serviced hotel room, and if you are content to drive to everything. 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 Kilimani Premier 1BR?+
The address is Kasuku Road, off Lenana Road or Jabavu Lane, on the eleventh floor, in the Greater Nairobi area. It sits 3.48 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.17 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What is in the apartment?+
A kitchen with oven, microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, iron and board, a desk, TV and radio, a sofa bed, bathrobe, slippers, towels and toiletries, carpeted floors and non smoking rooms. The building adds lifts, free wifi, free car parking, an outdoor pool, a garden, a terrace and a balcony.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
You can, but the street is built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Treat the centre as a drive, and treat the apartment as the place you return to rather than a base you step out of.
How do I check availability?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates and confirm a booking. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the booking terms are shown before you confirm rather than after.
