A three star apartment block on Sore Road in South B, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. Free parking, a lift, a shuttle, and wheelchairs provided for. The listed facilities stop there. What decides it is the car: without one, the industrial streets around South B leave you stuck after dark.
01What it is
Lux Suites Astra Park Apartments South B is a three star block on Sore Road. The listed facilities are practical and thin: free car parking, lifts, sheets and towels supplied, a shuttle service, and wheelchair accessible access. There is no restaurant, no gym, no bar and no breakfast listed, so plan on feeding yourself elsewhere. The shuttle matters because it is the only stated way of moving beyond the immediate streets.
For a driver, Lux Suites Astra Park Apartments South B does one job well: it puts a room behind a gate with parking, a lift and the bedding sorted. For a visitor without a car it is a problem, because the street is wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here, and it is industrial and unlit in stretches after dark, which makes a car back the sensible arrangement. The shuttles answer some of that. It suits someone with business in South B or a vehicle of their own, and does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
036 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 the centre. They sit well outside it, in the inner suburbs, past the ten quarters this site covers. The nearest of those quarters, for orientation only, is The Railway Quarter, on the southern edge of the grid, and that is as close as the connection goes. You are in the wider city here. Anything in the CBD means travelling in and out, so plan the day around that rather than around a short step from your room.
The Railway Quarter itself is wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here, the museum, and understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift; the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches, so keep it to daylight and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Book this one only once you have decided how you are getting around South B, because the whole stay turns on that. 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 Lux Suites Astra Park Apartments South B?+
It is on Sore Road in South B, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the central business district. It sits 3.43 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That is the closest of the ten, so nothing in the centre is walkable from the door.
What does the property list as facilities?+
Free car parking, lifts, sheets, a shuttle service, towels and wheelchair accessible access. Those are the only facilities listed. There is no restaurant, bar, gym or breakfast noted, so a longer stay needs you to sort meals out yourself rather than rely on the building.
Can you walk from here into the centre of Nairobi?+
The centre at Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 4.3 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is the straight line, not the street route. The surrounding area is industrial and unlit in stretches, so a car is the practical way in and back.
How do I check whether rooms are available?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, which is where bookings for this property are made. You can see what is open for your dates there and confirm a room. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you are not locked in if your plans around South B change.
