A furnished one bedroom apartment off 90 Degrees in Greater Nairobi, in a market end of the city where the trading day starts before five and stops by dark. It suits someone with their own transport who wants a kitchen and a door that closes, and it does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre.
01What it is
LaMeg Furnished 1 br in Aviation is listed as a four star serviced apartment on 90 Degrees in Greater Nairobi, and the list is a domestic one rather than a hotel one: kitchen and kitchenette, refrigerator, microwave, water, a desk, a safe, an iron and board, and free wifi with internet access. Off the living space there is a bathroom with WC, shower, towels, sheets, toiletries and slippers, and the apartment is non smoking. A television is listed. Twelve photographs are on file. The list is thin on anything communal: no restaurant, no bar, no pool, no gym, no parking, no airport transfer, and no reception or lobby language anywhere in it.
What that adds up to is a self contained flat, not a hotel with staff around it. LaMeg Furnished 1 br in Aviation gives you a kitchen you can cook in, a desk you can work at, wifi, and a bed with sheets and towels already accounted for, which is what a longer stay or a working week needs. It suits a guest with a vehicle who wants to come and go on their own schedule, and it suits anyone whose business is at this end of the city rather than the centre. It does not suit a first time visitor who wants to step out of a lobby and find the city, and it does not suit anyone without transport.
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 if you have already decided you want a furnished apartment at this end of Greater Nairobi rather than a room in the centre, because almost nothing about the location will surprise you later. 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 LaMeg Furnished 1 br in Aviation?+
It is on 90 Degrees in Greater Nairobi, in the market end of the city. The site measures it at 8.47 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is further out still.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
A kitchen and kitchenette with a refrigerator and microwave, a desk, a safe, an iron and board, free wifi and internet access, and a television. The bathroom has a WC, shower, towels, sheets, toiletries and slippers. It is non smoking. There is no restaurant, bar, gym or parking listed.
What is the area like, and is it safe after dark?+
By day it is a working market street: trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. After dark the street is closed, dark and not a place to be. Treat this as a mornings only address and arrange your evenings somewhere else.
How do I check whether dates are free?+
Use app.impt.io, which is where this property is booked. The listing there carries the availability and the cancellation terms, and the booking is confirmed through that site rather than by messaging the apartment directly.
