A three star apart-hotel on Langata Road in Greater Nairobi, with an outdoor pool, free parking and a shuttle, but no dining or bar of its own. The decision comes down to whether you have a car and a reason to be on this ridge rather than in the centre.
01What it is
Lux Suites Langata Paradise Apartments lists free car parking, an outdoor pool, a shuttle service, sheets, towels and wheelchair access. The useful items are the parking and the pool, and the shuttle covers the gap this address leaves you in. Twelve photos are on file, so you can see the rooms and the grounds before you commit. Where the list is thin: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no meeting room, no laundry and nothing said about reception cover or security beyond a wheelchair accessible entrance.
Lux Suites Langata Paradise Apartments sits on Langata Rd on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room, safe and dull after dark, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. That is the whole verdict: this is a place for someone with a car and business on this side of the city, not for a visitor who wants to walk out of a lobby into the centre. It is 7.86 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 99 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 5.96 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Stay here for the parking, the pool and the quiet, not for the location.
02The supplier's photographs
036 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 well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Lux Suites Langata Paradise Apartments if you are driving and your business is on this ridge, and look elsewhere if you want to walk into the centre. 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 Langata Paradise Apartments?+
It is on Langata Rd in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. That puts it well outside the central business district, closer to the Langata side of the city than to Kenyatta Avenue or Upper Hill.
What does the property actually list among its facilities?+
Free car parking, an outdoor pool, a shuttle service, sheets, towels and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant, bar, gym, meeting room or laundry on the list, so plan on eating out or arranging your own meals at this address.
What is it like getting into the centre from here?+
The location is 7.86 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 99 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 5.96 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. A car or the shuttle is the practical answer, not walking.
How do I check whether a room is available at Lux Suites Langata Paradise Apartments?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, the booking channel this site uses for this property. Enter your dates there and it will show what is open, along with the free cancellation terms that apply to most rooms at this apart-hotel.
