A three star apartment block on Loneview Access Road in Syokimau, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre, with free parking, lifts and a shuttle service. It suits people who need to be near the airport side of the city and have a car or a driver; it does not suit anyone who wants to walk out into the centre.
01What it is
Lux Suites Loneview Apartments Syokimau is listed as a three star property on Loneview Access Road, in Syokimau, which this site treats as Greater Nairobi. The facilities on file are four: free car parking, lifts, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. The first two matter because this is an apartment block rather than a hotel with a lobby, a restaurant or a bar, and nothing in the list suggests food or drink on site. The list is thin, and you should read it as the whole of what is promised: a bed, a lift, a parking space and a way to arrange a shuttle, with wheelchair access stated.
Read that list against the location and the verdict is narrow. Lux Suites Loneview Apartments Syokimau sits away from the centre, and this site's own notes on the area around the markets describe trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am, then the same ground closed, dark and not a place to be after that. That is the working city at its most useful in the morning and its least useful at night. If you are in Nairobi for meetings in the CBD, this is the wrong side of the city and you will spend your day in traffic. If you have a car or a driver and need a base on the Syokimau side, with parking included, it works. Do not book it expecting a hotel with staff on hand and somewhere to eat, and do not book it to walk anywhere.
02The supplier's photographs
034 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, 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 Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book this one only once you have decided that a Syokimau base with parking and a lift is what you need, because the location is the decision and nothing in the facility list changes it. 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 Loneview Apartments Syokimau?+
It is on Loneview Access Road in Syokimau, listed here as Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. It is 15.16 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. You will not be walking into town.
What does the property actually offer?+
The facilities on file are free car parking, lifts, a shuttle service and wheelchair access, and it is listed as three star. There is nothing about a restaurant, a bar, a pool or a gym. Treat the four items as the whole list and plan meals and evenings elsewhere.
What is the area like, and is it safe at night?+
The street is a working wholesale ground: trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. This site's own note on the area says it is closed, dark and not a place to be after that. Mornings only, and arrange your transport in advance.
How do I check availability and book?+
Use app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free and confirmation is immediate. The property is some way out in Greater Nairobi, so confirm your dates and your onward transport before you commit rather than after.
