A three star apartment block on Argwings Kodhek Road, in the new concrete on the ridge. It is built for people arriving with a car and a meeting to get to, and the listed facilities say so: parking, lifts, a shuttle, step free access. If you want to walk out into the centre, this is not the base for you.
01What it is
Lux Suites Micasa Sandalwood Apartments is a three star block on Argwings Kodhek Road, and the facilities it lists are the practical sort: free car parking, lifts, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. That covers the arrival, the floors and the way out to a meeting. The list thins out after that. There is no restaurant, no bar and no gym named, no pool, no breakfast and no workspace in what the property confirms, so you should not read the shuttle and the parking as the start of a fuller hotel.
What Lux Suites Micasa Sandalwood Apartments adds up to depends on how you move. With a car, or with the shuttle, the address works: you park, you take the lift, you reach the conference room. Without one, the location is the problem. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. It suits conference goers and drivers. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of the door into the centre.
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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one only once you have decided how you will get around Greater Nairobi, because the parking and the shuttle are the whole point of the address. 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 Micasa Sandalwood Apartments?+
It is on Argwings Kodhek Road, in Greater Nairobi, on the new concrete ridge above the centre. It stands 3.43 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a straight line, not a route you would walk with luggage.
What does the property actually list?+
Free car parking, lifts, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. Those four are the confirmed facilities, along with a three star rating. There is no restaurant, bar, gym or pool on the list, so plan your meals and your evenings around the address rather than inside it.
What is it like getting into the centre from here?+
You are in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre, and the nearest quarter this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, 1.91 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The area is built for the car and the conference room, so treat the shuttle or your own vehicle as the way in.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown when you go to book through app.impt.io, where the free cancellation terms are also set out. Check the dates you need there rather than assuming a room is held, and confirm what the shuttle covers before you commit.
