Kingdom Corner Suites is a four star apart-hotel on Gesora Road in Utawala, in Greater Nairobi, next to Tawala Garden Hotel. The thing that decides it is the kitchen and the parking: you cook for yourself and you drive yourself. It suits long, self-contained stays out east, not a base for walking into the centre.
01What it is
Kingdom Corner Suites lists a full self-catering set: a kitchen with microwave and refrigerator, coffee, and a washing machine, so a longer stay can run without eating out or hunting a laundry. The rooms carry a balcony or terrace, a bath as well as a shower, bathrobe, slippers, hairdryer, toiletries and towels. There is free car parking, non smoking rooms, a TV and a spa. Where the list is thin is the ordinary hotel furniture: no restaurant, no bar, no airport transfer, no gym, and nothing that suggests anyone is on hand through the night. The four star rating sits above a list that is really an apartment with a spa attached.
For someone staying at Kingdom Corner Suites, that adds up to a self-contained unit in Utawala, east of the centre: you arrive with a car, you park it free, you cook, and you wash your clothes. The city is elsewhere. Kingdom Corner Suites is 14.54 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 182 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 13.36 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street itself is a working produce and haulage street: trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am, and after dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, mornings only. So it suits a driver on a long stay who wants space and a kitchen; it does not suit anyone relying on walking or on the centre being close.
02The supplier's photographs
0321 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, 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 Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book this one only once you have settled how you will get in and out, because the kitchen and the free parking are the whole proposition and a car is what makes them 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 Kingdom Corner Suites?+
It is on Gesora Road in Utawala, in Greater Nairobi, next to Tawala Garden Hotel. Utawala sits east of the centre, and the property is 13.36 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually have in the room?+
A kitchen with microwave and refrigerator, coffee, a washing machine, a bath and shower, bathrobe, slippers, hairdryer, toiletries, towels, a TV and a balcony or terrace. Parking is free and there are non smoking rooms. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on the list.
Can I stay here without a car?+
It is hard to recommend. The nearest quarter is 13.36 km away and Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 14.54 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 182 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street after dark is closed, dark and not a place to be.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Availability is shown when you book through app.impt.io, which is where these rooms are sold. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so check the terms on the room you pick before you confirm. The site carries no prices, and no rates are quoted here.
