A three star studio apartment block on Trm Drive in Greater Nairobi, with free parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. It suits a driver who wants quiet, not a walker who wants the centre on the doorstep.
01What it is
Lux Suites Mattlet Studio Apartments TRM lists free car parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access, and carries a three star rating. That is the whole of it. There is no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no pool on the list, so you are booking a place to sleep and park rather than a place to spend an evening. The shuttle is the item that matters most, because it answers the question of how you get anywhere from a site this far out. Wheelchair access separates it from most of the small apartment stock in Greater Nairobi. Parking is the other solid one: it means your vehicle has somewhere to sit while you are in the centre.
For someone staying at Lux Suites Mattlet Studio Apartments TRM, the offer is self contained and car dependent. You are in Greater Nairobi, with a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. It suits a driver who wants a base with parking and a shuttle, and it does not suit anyone set on walking out to dinner or into the Central Business District. Treat the shuttle as the deciding question: confirm it runs when you need it, or bring a car.
02The supplier's photographs
033 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. 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 street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book this one only once you have settled how you will get in and out, because the address makes that the real decision. 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 Mattlet Studio Apartments TRM?+
It sits on Trm Drive in Nairobi, in the part of the city listed as Greater Nairobi. That puts it away from the ten quarters this site covers, with the nearest of them being Ngara and the Globe. It is best understood as a base on the edge of the built up area.
What does the property actually list?+
Free car parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access, under a three star rating. Beyond that the list is thin: no restaurant, bar, gym or pool is named. You are getting somewhere to sleep, park and be picked up from, so plan meals and evenings elsewhere.
How far is it from the centre of Nairobi?+
It is 10.27 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 129 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a long walk in anyone's book, so plan on the shuttle or a car rather than your feet, especially after dark.
How do I check availability and hold a room?+
Go through app.impt.io. Most rooms at this property can be cancelled free, so you can hold one while you sort out transport. Availability is confirmed at the point of booking, and the site is where the current position on any given date is shown.
