A serviced apartment block in Greater Nairobi, outside the centre and away from the hotel quarter. It lists kitchens and parking, and it suits people with a car and a reason to be in the south of the city rather than in the middle of it.
01What it is
Lux Suites Oak South Gardens South B is a three star apartment property on Oak South Gardens in South B, part of Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The list is strongest on the mechanics of self-catering: apartments with a kitchen, a kitchenette, a microwave and a refrigerator, plus a private bathroom with a WC, a bidet, towels, toiletries and slippers. It also lists free wifi, internet access, a TV, lifts, family rooms, non smoking rooms and free car parking, so several of the practical boxes are ticked. Where the list thins out is everything else: no restaurant, no bar, no breakfast, no gym, no workspace and no airport transfer, so you are not choosing this for anything the building does for you beyond the room itself.
What that adds up to for a stay at Lux Suites Oak South Gardens South B is a base for feeding yourself and parking a car. The kitchen and the fridge carry the place, and the parking is the second reason to pick it, because the surrounding street is wide industrial land with sheds, and it goes industrial and unlit in stretches after dark, so the site's own instruction applies: daylight only, and a car back. Anyone who wants to walk out to dinner or a bar should look in the centre instead. Lux Suites Oak South Gardens South B suits a self-driving visitor or a family staying several nights in the south of the city, and does not suit anyone without a car or anyone who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0320 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 the centre. They sit well outside it, in the inner suburbs, past the ten quarters this site covers. The nearest of those quarters, for orientation only, is The Railway Quarter, on the southern edge of the grid, and that is as close as the connection goes. You are in the wider city here. Anything in the CBD means travelling in and out, so plan the day around that rather than around a short step from your room.
The Railway Quarter itself is wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here, the museum, and understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift; the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches, so keep it to daylight and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Book this one only if you have a car and your business sits south of the centre, because nothing here is walkable. 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 is Lux Suites Oak South Gardens South B?+
It is on Oak South Gardens in South B, in Greater Nairobi. It sits 4.78 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 60 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.91 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property list in the rooms?+
Apartments with a kitchen or kitchenette, a microwave and a refrigerator, and a private bathroom with a WC, a bidet, towels, toiletries and slippers. Free wifi, internet access, a TV, lifts, family rooms, non smoking rooms and free car parking are also listed. There is no restaurant or bar.
Can you get into the centre from here without a car?+
The centre is 4.78 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 60 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the street around South B is industrial and unlit in stretches after dark. Daylight only, and a car back, is the sensible rule. Plan on a vehicle for every trip.
How do you check availability for Lux Suites Oak South Gardens South B?+
Availability and room types are shown in the booking panel on this page, which runs through app.impt.io. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so check the cancellation terms on the room you pick before you confirm. Nothing is held until the booking is confirmed.
