A three star studio apartment block on Naivasha Road in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge above the city and well away from the centre. Parking comes free, a shuttle is listed and step-free access is listed. The deciding fact is the distance: this is a place you stay for a car or a driver, not one you walk out of into town.
01What it is
Lux Suites ILRI Studio Apartments is a three star property on Naivasha Road, and the facilities on file are short: free car parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. Those three do a lot of work. Parking is the one most visitors to this side of the city will use, the shuttle matters if you would rather not arrange a car yourself, and the step-free listing is worth confirming directly if you need it. Beyond that the list is thin. There is no restaurant, no gym, no pool and no bar on it, which for a studio apartment block is not unusual, but it does mean you plan meals and evenings elsewhere.
What that adds up to at Lux Suites ILRI Studio Apartments is a base built around a vehicle. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. You are 10.22 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 128 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 9.13 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. This suits someone with business at ILRI or in the conference cluster around it, and anyone who wants their own parking and quiet. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step out of a lobby into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
033 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 Upper Hill and Community, 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 Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one only once you have decided how you are getting around Greater Nairobi, because the shuttle and the parking are what make it work. 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 ILRI Studio Apartments?+
It is on Naivasha Road in Greater Nairobi, in the new concrete development on the ridge, built around car access and conference traffic. It is not in the Central Business District and not in Upper Hill. Treat it as a base for that ridge rather than for the centre.
What facilities does the property list?+
Three: free car parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. The list is short. There is no restaurant, gym or bar on it, so plan meals and evenings elsewhere. If step-free access is essential to you, confirm the details with the property before booking.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
It is 10.22 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 128 minutes on foot in a direct line, so walking is not the plan. The listed shuttle is one option and a car or taxi is the other. After dark the area is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Availability is shown when you search the dates you want through app.impt.io. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so you can hold a booking while you settle your transport. The listing carries no guest score on file, so judge it on the location and the facilities listed.
