A furnished two bedroom apartment on the twelfth floor of Leshwa House on Othaya Road, in Kileleshwa, on the ridge west of the centre. It is a four star listing with a full kitchen and a pool, built for people who want a flat rather than a room, and it assumes you have a car.
01What it is
Leshwa House Kileleshwa is a four star furnished two bedroom apartment on the twelfth floor at Othaya Road, and the facilities list is long and domestic rather than hotel-like. There is a kitchen with an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator and a toaster, a washing machine, an iron and board, and a balcony or patio. The apartment is carpeted, with a bath and a separate shower, a WC, towels and slippers. Free wifi and internet access are listed, as are a TV, coffee, cleaning, non smoking rooms and lifts. Outside there is a garden, a swimming pool and free car parking.
What that adds up to is a self-contained flat in a residential block, not a serviced hotel with a front desk that solves things for you. The pool and garden are the reasons to choose it over a plainer apartment, and the kitchen and washing machine are the reasons to stay more than a night. The list is thin on service: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer, nothing that runs on someone else's schedule. Leshwa House suits a couple or a small family with a car, or two colleagues who want separate bedrooms and will cook. It does not suit anyone without a car, or anyone who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0328 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one if you want a whole apartment in Kileleshwa rather than a hotel room, and check the twelfth floor and the parking when you confirm. 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 Leshwa House?+
It is on Othaya Road in Kileleshwa, in the greater Nairobi area, on the ridge west of the centre. The listing puts it 5.18 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 65 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 4.01 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
Two bedrooms, a full kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a washing machine, an iron and board, a bath and a separate shower, towels and slippers, free wifi, a TV and a balcony or patio. The building also lists a garden, a swimming pool, lifts and free car parking.
Is Kileleshwa a good base for the centre?+
It is a residential ridge built for the car and the conference room, not a walking quarter. The streets are safe and dull after dark, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Plan on driving or taking a car into the centre, and choose this apartment for its space rather than its position.
How do I check availability?+
Use the booking link on this page to see live dates and apartment types, and confirm the floor and the parking space at the same time. Bookings can be changed or cancelled free in most cases, and the confirmation comes through once the booking is complete.
