A three star apartment block on Rose Avenue, on the ridge above the centre, built for the car and the conference room. Private parking and a pool are the draw, and drivers decide whether it works: without one, the last stretch is awkward.
01What it is
Lux suites Rosewood Park Apartments is a three star block on Rose Avenue in Greater Nairobi. The listed facilities are short and specific: free car parking, lifts, an outdoor pool and wheelchair access. Parking is the one that matters most here, and it is genuinely free. Beyond those four the list is thin, with nothing said about room service, food, laundry or a gym, so treat what you see as the whole of it.
What that adds up to is a place shaped for people arriving by car, and the site's own line for the area fits: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. Lux suites Rosewood Park Apartments sits 1.71 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so it leans towards the Upper Hill and conference end of town. Suits drivers and anyone working Upper Hill who wants parking and a pool. Does not suit people on foot, or those wanting the central streets at night, since after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else.
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 direct through the link below and you keep the parking and pool that make this block worth considering. 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 Rosewood Park Apartments?+
It is on Rose Avenue in Greater Nairobi, in the ridge and conference belt rather than the central streets. It sits 1.71 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so the business district around Upper Hill is the part of town it leans towards.
What facilities does the property list?+
Four things: free car parking, lifts, an outdoor pool and wheelchair access. Parking is the practical one, and it costs nothing extra. The list is otherwise thin, with no restaurant, gym or laundry mentioned, so check with the property before you rely on anything beyond those four.
What does getting into the centre from here involve?+
Lux suites Rosewood Park Apartments is 3.33 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 42 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a real walk on a hot day, and the ridge layout makes it less direct by road, so most people here drive or take a ride.
How do I check availability?+
Use the booking link on this page. It shows which rooms are open for your dates and lets you cancel most of them free. If you need parking or the pool at a particular time, confirm that with the property when you book, since the listing says nothing about hours.
