A three star apartment-style address on Ole Dume Road, on the new concrete ridge above the city. It suits you if you have a car or a driver and business north of the centre. It does not suit you if you want to walk to the Central Business District.
01What it is
Lux Suites Royal Oaks Residency lists free car parking, lifts, an outdoor pool, a shuttle service and wheelchair access, and it carries a three star rating. Parking and the shuttle are the two that matter most at this address, because the ridge is built for the car and the conference room, and a shuttle is what saves you from arranging a ride every time you want to leave. The pool is a real facility rather than a token one. The list is thin where it counts at this level: no gym or restaurant is named, and no room-level detail such as kitchen or work desk is given, so you are working from a short list. The lifts and the wheelchair access deserve credit, since a number of buildings on this ridge do not have them.
What that adds up to for you is a practical, quiet base north of the centre rather than a place in the middle of things. Lux Suites Royal Oaks Residency is for the self-driving guest, the conference delegate and anyone whose business sits on this side of the city and who would rather not fight traffic each morning. It is not for the visitor who wants to step out of the door into the Central Business District, because this is a car-first address in Greater Nairobi. The area is safe when you are on it, and dull once the meetings end: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
035 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
Lux Suites Royal Oaks Residency is a short-list, self-drive base, so it is worth confirming that the pool and the shuttle are both running on your dates before you commit. 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 Royal Oaks Residency?+
It is on Ole Dume Road, in Greater Nairobi, out on the ridge rather than in the Central Business District. That ridge is new concrete built around the car and the conference room, so the address is aimed at people with their own transport rather than people on foot.
How far is it from the centre of Nairobi?+
The property is 5.41 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 68 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is 4.01 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Both are given as direct lines rather than road routes.
What facilities does the property actually have?+
It lists free car parking, lifts, an outdoor pool, a shuttle service and wheelchair access, and it is a three star address. The parking and the shuttle are the ones that matter most out here. No gym or restaurant is listed, so treat the list as short.
How do I check availability for Lux Suites Royal Oaks Residency?+
Availability is checked room by room at the point of booking, since what is open shifts with the conference calendar on this ridge. Enter your dates and the number of people, and confirm that parking, the pool and the shuttle are all available for your stay before you commit.
