A furnished studio on Alina Ridge in Kilimani, listed as four star, with a kitchen, a balcony and a pool. It suits you if you have a car and want to cook. It does not suit you if you plan to walk into the centre.
01What it is
The Lovely Fully Furnished Studio Apartment In Kilimani With Unbeatable City Views lists the things a long stay needs: a kitchen and kitchenette, an oven, a toaster, a washing machine, a fridge by implication of the water and bathroom entries, and a bathroom with toiletries and slippers. There is a balcony, a terrace and a garden, an indoor pool and a second swimming pool, lifts, free car parking, twenty four hour security with security features, a smoking area, non smoking rooms, a TV and a telephone. It is rated four star. Where the list is thin is the working side of a stay: no desk, no chair, no iron and no indication of any food service, so the kitchen is not a bonus here, it is the arrangement.
For the Lovely Fully Furnished Studio Apartment In Kilimani With Unbeatable City Views, that adds up to a self contained flat rather than a hotel room. You buy groceries and cook, you park on site, you swim indoors whatever the weather is doing, and you are not dependent on a front desk beyond security and keys. The street it sits on 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. Take it if you have your own transport or a driver and want space and a kitchen. Leave it if you want to step out of the door into the centre of Nairobi.
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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: 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 sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one early if your dates fall in a conference week, because Kilimani fills on the same calendar as the centre and the flats go before the hotel rooms do. 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 the apartment?+
It is on Alina Ridge, Oloitoktok, in Kilimani, part of Greater Nairobi. It sits 3.5 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.84 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
Can I walk into the city centre from here?+
You can, but the distances are written for a direct line and the route is uphill, on a ridge built for cars. Most people staying in Kilimani take a ride or drive. Treat it as a base with parking, not as a walking address, and plan the return after dark the same way.
What is in the studio itself?+
A kitchen and kitchenette with an oven and a toaster, a washing machine, a bathroom with toiletries and slippers, a TV and a telephone. There is a balcony and a terrace, and you can reach the garden, the lifts and the indoor pool. Bedrooms are non smoking, with a smoking area elsewhere on the property.
How do I check whether my dates are free?+
Availability is live, so the calendar is the answer rather than an email. Put your dates in, read the cancellation terms shown for the room, and confirm only when the terms suit you. Free car parking and twenty four hour security are part of the listing, so you do not need to ask about either.
