A three star serviced apartment block on Chemilil Rd in Ngara and the Globe, close to the centre of that quarter and within walking distance of the central business district. The parking and the round the clock desk are what decide it: come with a car, or plan to take one.
01What it is
Lantern Serviced Apartments is a three star block on Chemilil Rd, and what it lists is mostly the practical end of the market. Free wifi, free car parking and parking more generally, a 24 hour front desk, laundry service, a concierge, a garden and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant, no bar and no gym on the list, and no room type or bed configuration is given, so treat the facilities as the whole of what the property commits to. The garden is the only piece of the list that is about anything other than function.
For someone staying here, Lantern Serviced Apartments reads as a place organised around arriving by car and leaving by car. The desk is staffed at all hours, the parking is free and on site, and the garden gives you somewhere to sit that is not your room. It suits a traveller with business in Ngara and the Globe, or anyone who wants a serviced apartment north of the centre and does not mind the trip in. It does not suit someone who wants the central business district on the doorstep, or an evening street to walk out into.
02The supplier's photographs
038 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 Lantern Serviced Apartments if the parking and the all hours desk matter more to you than being in the middle of the centre. 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 Lantern Serviced Apartments?+
On Chemilil Rd in Nairobi, in the quarter the site calls Ngara and the Globe. It is 0.98 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe, and 1.47 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 19 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What does the property actually list?+
Free wifi, free car parking, a 24 hour front desk, a concierge, laundry service, a garden and wheelchair access, at a three star rating. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on the list, and no guest score is on file for this property.
Can you walk into the centre from here?+
The straight line to Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 1.47 km, which is 19 minutes on foot in a direct line, but the area around Chemilil Rd is a transport edge rather than an evening one. Cross it by car, especially after dark.
How do I check availability and cancel if plans change?+
Availability is shown when you book through app.impt.io. Most rooms at Lantern Serviced Apartments can be cancelled free, so you can hold a room while your dates settle and release it if the trip moves.
