Self-catering apartments on Lenana Road, built for the car and the conference room. The kitchen and the free parking decide it: this suits you if you are sleeping, cooking and driving in, and suits you badly if you want the middle of town on foot.
01What it is
Lux Suites Sandalwood Business Apartments is a three star apartment property on Lenana Road, and the list is a working kitchen rather than a hotel service sheet. Apartments, kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, washing machine, iron and board, balcony, patio and terrace. Bathroom with shower, WC and bidet, towels, toiletries and slippers. Free wifi and internet access, lifts, non smoking rooms, family rooms, free car parking and parking, TV. Twelve photos are on file. Where the list is thin is service: no restaurant, bar, gym or airport transfer is named, so you are not booking a hotel here.
What that adds up to is a base for a longer stay, not a holiday. You shop and cook, you wash your own clothes, you park the car. Lenana Road sits 2 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so the business district is close by vehicle. After dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Lux Suites Sandalwood Business Apartments suits self-catering families and people on longer postings with a car. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot or a bar downstairs.
02The supplier's photographs
0326 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
Booking here is straightforward if you already know you want an apartment with a kitchen and a parking space rather than a hotel with a front desk. 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 Sandalwood Business Apartments?+
It stands on Lenana Road in Greater Nairobi. The site measures it as 3.24 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 41 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Both are car journeys in practice.
Do the apartments have kitchens?+
Yes. The facilities list gives apartments, a kitchen and a kitchenette, plus a microwave, refrigerator and washing machine, with iron and board. That is the point of the property: you can cook and do laundry rather than eat out every night. Bathrooms come with a shower, WC, bidet, towels, toiletries and slippers.
What is the area like at night?+
The site's own line is that it is safe and dull, with hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. There is nothing on record about restaurants or nightlife within walking distance on Lenana Road, so plan on driving to wherever you are eating or drinking in the evening.
How do I check availability and book?+
Availability is checked and booked through app.impt.io. The property itself is not described as having a walk-in front desk arrangement here. Book through the app, and note that most rooms can be cancelled free if your plans change before you travel.
