A three star family bungalow on Oloolua Close, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. It is a self-catering base for people with a car, and a poor fit if you want to walk out of the door into the city.
01What it is
Lux Suites Karen Family Bungalow is a three star property on Oloolua Close with twelve photos on file. The list leans domestic: a kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, family rooms, a garden and a terrace. Air conditioning, free wifi, free car parking and a TV cover the basics, and bathroom fittings include a bidet, a WC, towels, toiletries and slippers. There is an iron and board, non smoking rooms are available, and pets are allowed. The list is thin on services: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer and no workspace are named, so you are not booking a hotel with staffed floors.
For someone staying here, that shape matters more than the star rating. The kitchen and the parking are the point: you arrive with a car, cook some of your own meals, and use the bungalow as a base rather than a destination. Lux Suites Karen Family Bungalow suits families and longer stays by people who are driving, and it suits them better than a central room would. It does not suit anyone planning to walk into the Central Business District, or anyone who wants a bar, a restaurant or a concierge downstairs.
02The supplier's photographs
0323 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 Lux Suites Karen Family Bungalow if your plans depend on a kitchen and a parking space rather than a front desk. 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 Karen Family Bungalow?+
It is on Oloolua Close in Nairobi, in Greater Nairobi. That places it 15.54 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 195 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is not in the Central Business District or Upper Hill, so treat it as a base you reach by car.
What does the property actually list?+
A kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, family rooms, air conditioning, free wifi, free car parking, a garden, a terrace, a TV, an iron and board, towels, toiletries and slippers. Pets are allowed and there are non smoking rooms. No restaurant, bar, gym or airport transfer is listed.
Can you stay here without a car?+
Realistically no. 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. Upper Hill and Community is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, at 13.85 km. Plan on driving or taking rides.
Who is this bungalow wrong for?+
Anyone who wants to step outside and be in the middle of the city. It is a self-catering family base, not a central hotel, and the facilities list has no restaurant or bar to fall back on. If a short walk to offices, bars and restaurants is what you need, look at a property in the centre instead.
