A three star on a ridge of new concrete in Greater Nairobi, built for the car and the conference room. Free parking, lifts and wheelchair access are the whole of the listed comfort. It suits anyone arriving by car or on business and it does not suit anyone who wants to walk out into the centre.
01What it is
Lux Suites Royal Oak Residency is a three star property on Oledume Road in Greater Nairobi, and its listed facilities are short and practical: free car parking, lifts, and wheelchair access. Those three are the ones a visitor would actually notice, because they decide how you arrive and how you move between floors. The list is thin in every other direction. There is nothing here about food, about a bar, about a gym or a desk, and nothing about how you would spend an evening once you have parked. Treat the list as the whole of what is promised and plan the rest of your day elsewhere. The site holds twelve photos on file, which is enough to see the building and not enough to answer the questions the facility list leaves open.
What that adds up to for someone staying at Lux Suites Royal Oak Residency is a place organised around arrival by car and a reason to be in the north of the city rather than in the centre. The street it sits on is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and Greater Nairobi is 4.03 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It suits a driver, a delegate, anyone with business on the ridge and a vehicle to reach it. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step out of a lobby into the Central Business District, because you cannot. After dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Lux Suites Royal Oak Residency through this site and confirm the parking and lift access you need before you arrive. 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 Royal Oak Residency?+
It is on Oledume Road in Greater Nairobi, a ridge address of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. It is 5.43 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 68 minutes on foot in a direct line, so you should plan on arriving by vehicle rather than walking in.
What does the property actually list?+
Three things: free car parking, lifts, and wheelchair access. That is the entire published list, so parking and step free movement are covered and little else is. If you need food, a bar or a workspace on site, ask before you book rather than assume it is there.
What is it like getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
It is not a walk. The property sits 4.03 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the wider centre is further out. The area is safe and dull after dark, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else, so budget for a car in both directions.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search this site for your dates, and you book through app.impt.io. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a room while you arrange the car you will need to get there and back.
