Serviced studio apartments with kitchens and balconies, on a transport edge of the city rather than in the middle of it. The deciding question is transport: if you will be crossing to the centre after dark, do it by car, and if you want the evening on your doorstep this part of Ngara will not give it to you.
01What it is
Lux Suites City View Studios Ngara is a three star apartment address on Musindi Road, and the list it keeps is a self-catering one. Each unit comes with a kitchen or kitchenette, a refrigerator, a microwave, a bathroom with a WC and a bidet, towels, toiletries and slippers, a TV, and either a balcony or a patio. Free wifi and internet access are listed, there are lifts, and free car parking is on site. Family rooms and non smoking rooms are both available. Where the list thins is in the things a hotel normally carries: there is no restaurant, no bar, no breakfast service, no gym, no laundry, no reception desk to speak of and no airport transfer, so Lux Suites City View Studios Ngara expects you to run your own day.
Lux Suites City View Studios Ngara is at 0.39 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe, and the street it stands on is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. That is a working edge of the city, not a leisure one: it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and crossing it after dark is by car. So the verdict is plain. Suit it to anyone who wants an apartment with a kitchen, parking and a balcony, who is here for the centre or the markets, and who will not be out on foot late. Lux Suites City View Studios Ngara does not suit anyone who wants a bar downstairs, a walkable night out, or hotel service around the clock.
02The supplier's photographs
0322 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Ngara and the Globe
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the CBD, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. A flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does: that is the street feel here, and it holds all day. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line. Early markets and the walk up to the National Museum are what this quarter is best for.
After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The halls and market stalls shut, and the roundabout turns into a place you pass through, not a place you linger. This suits you if you want the fruit market at first light or a base on the northern side of the centre. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on foot, and it does not suit a trip built around being out after dark.
Read the whole of Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Lux Suites City View Studios Ngara if a kitchen, parking and a quiet non smoking room are the things you will actually use, and skip it if you need a bar or a desk in the lobby. 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 City View Studios Ngara?+
The address is Musindi Road, in Ngara, on the eastern side of the central business district. It sits 0.87 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line. The immediate surroundings are a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does.
What do the studios come with?+
Each one is set up for self-catering: a kitchen or kitchenette, a refrigerator, a microwave, a bathroom with a WC and a bidet, towels, toiletries and slippers, a TV, a balcony or patio, free wifi, lifts and free car parking. Family rooms and non smoking rooms are listed.
Is Ngara and the Globe a good base for the city centre?+
It is close, at 0.39 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe, but it is a transport edge rather than an evening one. Treat the walk into the centre as a daytime move and cross by car after dark, since there is no hotel bar or restaurant to fall back on.
How do I check availability at Lux Suites City View Studios Ngara?+
Availability and the free cancellation terms sit with the booking site rather than with this page. Look up the property by name on app.impt.io, pick your dates there, and confirm the room type, since the studios and family rooms are not the same layout.
