A three star apartment block on Lantana Rd in Greater Nairobi, outside the central quarter itself. Free parking and a staffed front desk are the draws; the choice comes down to whether you have your own transport, because the centre sits beyond a walk most people want to make.
01What it is
Loocid Apartments at Escada lists a 24 hour front desk, free car parking, parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. That is the whole of it: the list covers arrival, the car and getting out again, and says nothing about what is inside the apartments, so ask before you commit if you need a kitchen, a workspace or a lift. Three star is the honest label here. You get the practical services a driver or a short-stay guest wants, kept deliberately plain, and nothing dressed up as more than it is.
What that adds up to is a base for someone arriving by car or arranging the shuttle, not a base for someone on foot. Loocid Apartments at Escada sits 3.24 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 41 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the surrounding area is Greater Nairobi rather than the central quarter, where the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. If you want to step out of a door into the centre, this is the wrong address. If you want your own parking, wheelchair access and a desk that is always staffed, and you will drive in, it works.
02The supplier's photographs
035 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Loocid Apartments at Escada directly, and check the apartment details and the shuttle before 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 Loocid Apartments at Escada?+
On Lantana Rd in Nairobi, in the Greater Nairobi area rather than the central business district. It is 2.65 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Treat it as a base with its own parking, not as a central address.
What facilities does the property actually list?+
A 24 hour front desk, free car parking, parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. That is the full list on file, so nothing is stated about kitchens, laundry or dining. If any of those matter to you, confirm them with the property before booking.
What is it like getting into the centre?+
You are outside the central quarter, so you will not be walking out into it on a whim. The area is a daytime one: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. Parking and the shuttle are the practical answers here, and both are listed.
How do I check availability and book?+
Check dates and room types through app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free. The front desk is staffed around the clock once you are in, so late arrival is workable. Confirm the apartment details and any shuttle arrangement at the same time as you book.
