A three star apartment block on Wood Avenue in Kilimani, on the ridge above the centre. It lists a kitchen, a washing machine and covered parking, which is what decides it: this suits a self-catering stay with a car, not a walk to the office quarter.
01What it is
Lux Suites Imagine Luxury Apartments is a three star apartment property on Wood Avenue in Kilimani, part of Greater Nairobi, and the facilities list reads like a furnished flat rather than a hotel. There is a kitchen and a washing machine, so you can cook and do laundry, plus air conditioning, a balcony, a TV, a safe and non smoking rooms. Bathrooms are listed, and the place is open to pets. Beyond that it is standard servicing: free wifi, internet access, cleaning and a laundry service, breakfast, a fitness centre, lifts, and free car parking alongside general parking.
What that adds up to is a self-contained stay in a new concrete part of the city built for the car and the conference room. Lux Suites Imagine Luxury Apartments works if you want your own kitchen and a parking space, are travelling with a pet, or are in Nairobi for meetings in Kilimani or Upper Hill rather than the centre. It does not suit anyone planning to walk to Moi Avenue for work, or wanting the halls and street life of the central business district. After dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Bring a car, or budget for rides.
02The supplier's photographs
0320 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: 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 sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Booking here is worth doing early if you want a balcony room or a pet-friendly one, because the unit mix is the part that limits who can be placed where. 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 Imagine Luxury Apartments?+
It is on Wood Avenue in Kilimani, part of Greater Nairobi. The address sits 4.32 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 55 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.75 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Kilimani is a car-first ridge neighbourhood.
Does it work for a longer self-catering stay?+
That is the strongest case for it. The property lists a kitchen, a washing machine, air conditioning and a balcony, with cleaning and a laundry service on top, so you can cook, wash clothes and settle in rather than eat out every night. It is a three star apartment block rather than a serviced hotel.
Is it practical without a car?+
Not really. The street here is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. You would be relying on rides for the centre, for Upper Hill and for dinner. Free car parking is listed if you do drive.
How do I check availability and book?+
Check dates and unit types through app.impt.io. Availability is confirmed at the point of booking, so ask about the specific things you need, such as a balcony, a pet-friendly unit or parking, when you reserve rather than on arrival. The booking route is the same for every room type.
