A 3 star apartment block on Church Road in Westlands, part of Greater Nairobi rather than the CBD itself, and outside the ten quarters this site covers. Free parking and wheelchair access are the whole of what it lists. The car park decides it: with a vehicle you are placed, without one you are not.
01What it is
Lux Suites Fahari Palace Apartments is a 3 star property on Church Road in Westlands, in Greater Nairobi. The listed facilities are two: free car parking, and wheelchair accessible. That is the entire list on file, and it is thin. There is nothing here about food, about a bar, about a gym, about laundry, about a lift, or about air conditioning, and you should not assume any of them are there. What you can read from the list is the shape of the place: it has been set up for people arriving by car, and it has been set up so that a wheelchair can get in. The photographs on file run to twelve, which tells you how much of the property you can see before you commit.
Lux Suites Fahari Palace Apartments sits 3.93 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It is also 4.54 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line. That puts it in Greater Nairobi, not in the CBD, and the difference matters. Suit it to drivers and to anyone who needs step-free access and a guaranteed parking space, and to people who want a residential address rather than a hotel address. Do not book it if you plan to walk into the centre, or if you want the centre's streets at your door.
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
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book this one when you are arriving with a car and want the parking settled in advance rather than argued about at the gate. 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 Fahari Palace Apartments?+
On Church Road in Westlands, part of Greater Nairobi. It is 3.93 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 4.54 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is not in the CBD.
What does the property list?+
Free car parking and wheelchair accessible. That is the entire list on file. There is no information about restaurants, bars, gyms, laundry, lifts or air conditioning. Treat the absence as an absence: ask the property directly about anything you need, rather than assuming it is provided.
Can I walk into the city centre from here?+
It is 3.93 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 4.54 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line. Walking is possible. Whether you want to do it daily is another question.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and cancellation terms are shown when you book through app.impt.io. Most rooms here can be cancelled free. The twelve photographs on file give you a sense of the property before you decide. If you need step-free access or parking, raise it when you book rather than on arrival.
