A self catering studio on Kipande Road, with a kitchenette, a balcony and free parking, 0.7 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe. Book it for the kitchen and the security of a lift served building, not for an evening out on the doorstep, because this is a transport edge, crossed by car after dark.
01What it is
Kim Suites Mvuli Studio Apartment is a 3 star block on the second floor of Mvuli Suites on Kipande Road. The list is strongest on the practical side: a kitchen and kitchenette with a microwave and refrigerator, a bathroom with a bath plus a separate shower and WC, towels, sheets and toiletries, an iron and board, a fan, a TV and free wifi. There are non smoking rooms, a smoke detector, slippers, lifts, and free car parking on site, and the property lists wheelchair accessible access. Where the list is thin is everything outside the unit. There is no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no pool, and no guest score is on file, so nothing here is vouched for by past guests. Twelve photos are held for the property.
What that adds up to is a self contained studio rather than a serviced hotel stay. You get a working kitchen, a balcony, a lift, parking and a bathroom you can spread out in, and you give up room service, a bar downstairs and anyone making your bed unless you arrange the listed cleaning. Kim Suites Mvuli Studio Apartment suits someone staying a few nights or longer who wants to cook, park a car and come and go quietly. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot after dark, or a lobby to sit in, or a hotel that handles the evening for them.
02The supplier's photographs
0327 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
Book Kim Suites Mvuli Studio Apartment if you want a kitchen and a parking space rather than a hotel floor. 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 Kim Suites Mvuli Studio Apartment?+
It is on Kipande Road, on the second floor of Mvuli Suites, in the Ngara and the Globe area. The property sits 0.7 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe. The street there is a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does.
What is in the studio?+
A kitchen and kitchenette with microwave and refrigerator, a bathroom with bath, shower and WC, towels, sheets, toiletries, an iron and board, a fan, a TV, free wifi, a balcony and slippers. The building has lifts, non smoking rooms, a smoke detector and free car parking.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
It is 1.1 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 14 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a daytime walk. After dark treat the area as a transport edge rather than an evening one and cross it by car.
How do I check whether a studio is free?+
Availability is shown when you search on app.impt.io, against your dates. The booking runs through that site, and the cancellation terms are set out there before you confirm. The property holds twelve photos of the studio and the building.
