A three star apartment property on Gesora Road in Utawala, on the eastern edge of Greater Nairobi. You get a kitchen and free parking. It is right for a long self-catering stay with a car and wrong for anyone who wants to walk to the Central Business District.
01What it is
Lux Suites Dublin Suites Utawala is a three star apartment property on Gesora Road in Utawala, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. The list is built around self-catering: apartments with a kitchen and a kitchenette, a microwave, a refrigerator, a bathroom with a WC, a bidet, towels and toiletries. Free wifi and internet access are listed, as are a TV, slippers, non smoking rooms and family rooms. Free car parking is listed, which matters here. The list is thin on services: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer and no reception hours stated. Twelve photos are on file.
What that adds up to for someone staying here is a practical base for a group or family that intends to cook and drive. Lux Suites Dublin Suites Utawala sits in Greater Nairobi, 14.56 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 183 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 13.38 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street there is trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am, and after dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, mornings only. It suits a self-catering stay with a car. It does not suit a visitor who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0319 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, 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 Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book Lux Suites Dublin Suites Utawala directly if you want an apartment with a kitchen and free parking well outside the centre, and confirm the unit and dates before you commit. 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 Lux Suites Dublin Suites Utawala?+
It is on Gesora Road in Utawala, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the Central Business District. The site puts it 14.56 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 183 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 13.38 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property list in the apartments?+
Apartments with a kitchen and kitchenette, a microwave, a refrigerator, a bathroom with a WC, a bidet, towels and toiletries. Free wifi and internet access are listed, along with a TV, slippers, non smoking rooms and family rooms. Free car parking is listed. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on the list.
What is the area around Utawala like?+
The street feel is trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, mornings only. That is the site's own description of the area, and it is the main thing to weigh if you are thinking of staying here.
How do I check availability for Lux Suites Dublin Suites Utawala?+
Enter your dates on this site and send the request through to the property. You will see which apartments are open, including family rooms and non smoking rooms, and you can confirm the unit, the dates and the parking before you commit. Booking runs through app.impt.io.
