A four star guest unit address on Karen Brookes Road, set among new concrete on a ridge built for the car and the conference room. The kitchen and the washing machine decide it: this suits a car-borne stay of several days, and suits a short walk-in visit to the centre badly.
01What it is
Lovely 2 and 1 bedroom guest units Karen is a four star property on Karen Brookes Road in Greater Nairobi, and the facilities list reads like a self-contained flat rather than a hotel: kitchen, microwave, refrigerator, washing machine, iron and board, desk, safe, TV and free wifi. Bathroom, shower, WC, towels, toiletries and slippers are all listed, and the unit is carpeted with a balcony and access to a garden. Free car parking and laundry service round it out. The list is thin on the things a hotel normally supplies: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer, nothing arranged for you beyond the unit itself.
What that adds up to is a base for someone who wants to cook, park a car and stay put, and Lovely 2 and 1 bedroom guest units Karen does that competently, with the quiet of a residential ridge and a locked gate's worth of separation from the centre. It does not suit anyone hoping to step out to dinner, to walk to meetings, or to treat the place as a hotel with staff on hand. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, and Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue sits 13.48 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 169 minutes on foot in a direct line, so a vehicle is not optional.
02The supplier's photographs
0324 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 Lovely 2 and 1 bedroom guest units Karen if you want a self-catering unit and a parking space rather than a serviced room. 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 Lovely 2 and 1 bedroom guest units Karen?+
It sits on Karen Brookes Road in Greater Nairobi, out on a ridge of new concrete where the street is built for the car and the conference room. It is 11.75 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so plan on driving rather than walking in.
What is in the units?+
The listing gives kitchen, microwave, refrigerator, washing machine, iron and board, desk, safe, TV and free wifi, plus a bathroom with shower, WC, towels, toiletries and slippers. There is a balcony, a garden, free car parking and a laundry service. It is a self-catering setup, not a serviced hotel.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 13.48 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 169 minutes on foot in a direct line, so walking is not the plan. Arrange a car or a ride. After dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
How do I check whether a unit is free?+
Availability is shown when you book through app.impt.io, where the units and dates on offer are listed. Confirm there before you arrange anything else. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so you can hold a date while you settle your transport into the centre.
