LongView Residences is a three star property on Magadi Road in Karen, on the ridge side of Greater Nairobi. Its case rests on parking, a pool and a garden, and on the fact that you will want a car here; the deciding question is whether you need to be in the centre at all.
01What it is
LongView Residences lists the ordinary working equipment of a conference oriented hotel: a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, luggage storage, dry cleaning and a shuttle service. It also has an outdoor pool and a garden, which is more than most three star properties in this part of Greater Nairobi offer, and it is marked wheelchair accessible. What the list does not include is anything that would keep you on the property through a full day, and it names no restaurant, no gym and no meeting rooms, so you should treat the facilities as the full extent of what is confirmed rather than a summary. For a hotel on Magadi Road, the parking and the pool carry most of the weight.
LongView Residences sits in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre, on Magadi Road in Karen. Two facts settle whether it works for you. The first is the car: free parking and a shuttle service are listed, and you will use them, because the property is 11.05 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 139 minutes on foot in a direct line. The second is the evening: the street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Book LongView Residences if you are working in Karen or the western suburbs, travelling with a car, and content to eat and drink where you sleep. Do not book it if the point of your trip is the Central Business District, or if you want to walk out of a lobby into a choice of places.
02The supplier's photographs
039 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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book LongView Residences if the car and the pool decide it for you, and check the cancellation terms before you commit. 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 LongView Residences?+
It is on Magadi Road in Karen, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. Its nearest quarter on this site is Upper Hill and Community, 9.17 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Karen is a car oriented district and the address reflects that.
What facilities does LongView Residences have?+
The listed facilities are a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, free car parking, luggage storage, dry cleaning, a shuttle service, an outdoor pool, a garden and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant, gym or meeting room named in the list, so plan meals and evening drinks accordingly.
How do I get into central Nairobi from LongView Residences?+
You drive, take the shuttle or take a ride. The property is 11.05 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 139 minutes on foot in a direct line, so walking into the centre is not a realistic plan for a working day. A car solves the distance.
What does the guest score mean?+
LongView Residences carries 4.3 out of 5 from 231 reviews. That is a solid three star result rather than an exceptional one, and with 231 reviews behind it the figure is stable enough to take at face value. Read it alongside the listed facilities, not instead of them.
