A three star studio block on Plainsview Road South B, in the industrial land of Greater Nairobi. Free parking and wheelchair access are what the property lists. The thing that decides it is a car: this is 3.6 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the streets here are unlit in stretches after dark.
01What it is
Lux Suites Attic Place Studio Apartments is a three star property on Plainsview Road South B, in Greater Nairobi. The listed facilities are short and specific: free car parking and wheelchair access. Those two are the ones a visitor would care about here, because the parking is what makes the location workable and the access matters if you are travelling with someone who needs it. Beyond that the list is thin. There is nothing about food, nothing about a bar or a lounge, nothing about a gym or a pool, nothing about a lift or laundry. Treat the listing as the whole of what has been declared, not as a sample.
What that adds up to for a stay is a place built around the car. Drive in, park free, and the industrial surroundings stop being a problem. Lose the car and the position turns against you. Lux Suites Attic Place Studio Apartments suits a driver with business in the industrial belt, someone who wants space and a parked vehicle, or a wheelchair user who needs step-free access without hunting for it. It does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre, and it does not suit a visitor who wants bars, restaurants and company within reach after dark. The street itself says why the area exists: wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here.
02The supplier's photographs
032 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 if you will have a car, because the parking and the industrial setting are the whole of the offer. 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 on Plainsview Road South B is this place?+
South B sits south east of the centre, on the industrial side of the city, and the property is 4.48 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line. That figure is a straight line, not a route you would actually walk.
What facilities does the property list?+
Free car parking and wheelchair access. That is the whole of the declared list, with nothing on food, drink or leisure, so plan meals and evenings elsewhere. The three star rating fits that: a place to sleep with your vehicle parked, not a property with services to fall back on.
Can I walk into central Nairobi from here?+
The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 3.6 km from The Railway Quarter, and the streets around South B are industrial and unlit in stretches after dark. Plan for daylight movement and a car back. Realistically, this address works if you have your own transport.
How do I check availability for the studio apartments?+
Go through the booking link. Availability sits outside this page, since the site holds no live inventory for Lux Suites Attic Place Studio Apartments. Confirm your dates there, and check the parking and access details against your own needs before you commit to the stay.
