A block of self-catering apartments on Ngara Road, with kitchens, balconies and parking, close to the Globe roundabout. What decides it is how you move: this is a transport edge rather than an evening quarter, so if you will have a car or a driver, it works, and if you plan to walk out at night, it does not.
01What it is
Lux Suites Lay Canon Apartments Ngara is a three star apartment block on Ngara Road, and the list leans domestic rather than hotel-like. Each unit has a kitchen or kitchenette with a microwave and refrigerator, a bathroom with WC, bidet, towels and toiletries, and iron and board. There are family rooms, non smoking rooms and lifts. Wifi and internet access are free, and so is car parking. Outside space is a balcony, patio or terrace depending on the unit. The list is thin on service: no restaurant, no bar, no breakfast and no airport transfer, so you eat in or go out for it, and the twelve photos on file show the apartments rather than a lobby.
What that adds up to at Lux Suites Lay Canon Apartments Ngara is somewhere you stay for several nights and treat as a base rather than a hotel you sit in. The kitchen and the free parking are the two things that carry it: you can shop and cook, and you can leave a car without hunting for a space on a road that moves early. It suits drivers and people working around the Globe and Ngara, and anyone who wants a flat instead of a room. It does not suit you if you want a bar downstairs, a restaurant, or an easy walk into the middle of things after dark.
02The supplier's photographs
0324 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Ngara and the Globe
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the CBD, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. A flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does: that is the street feel here, and it holds all day. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line. Early markets and the walk up to the National Museum are what this quarter is best for.
After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The halls and market stalls shut, and the roundabout turns into a place you pass through, not a place you linger. This suits you if you want the fruit market at first light or a base on the northern side of the centre. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on foot, and it does not suit a trip built around being out after dark.
Read the whole of Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Lux Suites Lay Canon Apartments Ngara if you want a self-catering flat with parking on the Ngara side, and book it in advance, since apartments with kitchens and family rooms are the first to go. 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 Lay Canon Apartments Ngara?+
It is on Ngara Road, 0.39 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe. The Globe roundabout and the flyover are the local landmarks, and the market starts early. It is a transport edge rather than an evening quarter, so plan on crossing it by car rather than on foot after dark.
What do the apartments actually have in them?+
Kitchens or kitchenettes with a microwave and refrigerator, a bathroom with WC, bidet, towels and toiletries, iron and board, and a balcony, patio or terrace. There are family rooms, non smoking rooms and lifts. Wifi and car parking are both free. There is no restaurant, bar or breakfast on the list.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
The property sits 1.01 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 13 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is the straight line measurement, not a route around the roundabout and the flyover. Most people staying here do that trip by car, which is also how you should cross the road at night.
How do I check availability at Lux Suites Lay Canon Apartments Ngara?+
Use the booking page on this site to put in your dates and see which apartments are open. It is an apartment block rather than a hotel, so family rooms and units with kitchens are the ones that fill first. Booking ahead matters more here than for a standard room.
