Self-catering apartments on Church Road in Greater Nairobi, with a kitchen, a balcony and free parking, but 4.53 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue. Suits drivers and longer stays rather than anyone wanting to step out into the centre.
01What it is
Lux Suites Le marc Luxury Apartments is a three star apartment block on Church Road in Greater Nairobi, outside the centre rather than in it. The facilities list is built around cooking for yourself: kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, washing machine, iron and board. Each apartment has a bathroom with shower, WC, bidet and toiletries, plus towels and slippers, and there is a TV and free wifi. Outside are a balcony, patio, terrace and an outdoor pool, and there are bars on site. Parking is free, there are lifts and non smoking rooms, and family rooms are listed. The list is thinner on service than on fittings: no restaurant, no gym, no airport transfer, and no room service, so the apartment itself is the whole of what you get.
What that adds up to at Lux Suites Le marc Luxury Apartments is a base for eating in, doing laundry and parking a car, which suits longer stays, families and anyone working outside the centre who would rather not eat every meal out. The pool and terrace give you somewhere to sit at the end of the day, and the bars mean you are not stranded once the kitchens close. It does not suit anyone whose trip is the centre itself. Greater Nairobi is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, and this property is well outside that anyway. If you want to walk out into the business district, stay nearer Biashara Street and City Market.
02The supplier's photographs
0329 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Lux Suites Le marc Luxury Apartments if you want a kitchen, a balcony and free parking outside the centre, and check the apartment you are getting before you confirm. 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 Le marc Luxury Apartments?+
It is on Church Road in Nairobi, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the central business district. The site puts it 4.53 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on a vehicle rather than a walk to get anywhere.
Is there a kitchen in the apartments?+
Yes. The apartment facilities list includes a kitchen and kitchenette, a microwave, a refrigerator and a washing machine, along with an iron and board. Cooking for yourself is the point of staying here. What the list does not include is a restaurant or any meal service.
What does getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi involve?+
You are outside the quarter. Biashara Street and City Market, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, is 3.92 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so a car or a matatu is the realistic option. The centre is a daytime area, and the halls shut in the late afternoon.
How do I check availability and book?+
Availability and booking are handled through app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free. Check the apartment type and the facilities you need before confirming, since the property lists both kitchens and kitchenettes and not every apartment has the same fittings.
