A 3 star apartment block on Argwings Kodhek Road, on the ridge side of the city where new concrete goes up around conference rooms and car parks. Free wifi, free parking and step free access are the whole of what it lists. It suits you if you have a car and business in the Upper Hill direction, and it does not suit you if you want to walk out of a morning into the centre.
01What it is
Lux Suites Sandalwood Gardens Apartments is a 3 star property on Argwings Kodhek Road in Greater Nairobi. The listed facilities are short and functional: free wifi, free car parking and wheelchair accessible access. Those three cover the practical side of a working stay, and the parking is the one that matters most here, because the street it sits on was built for the car and the conference room rather than for people on foot. What the list does not tell you is anything about the rooms themselves, about cooking, laundry, food or how you get a key, so treat the facilities page as a floor rather than a description. Three items is a thin list for an apartment property, and you should ask direct questions before you commit.
What that adds up to for someone staying here is a quiet, car dependent base on the ridge. Lux Suites Sandalwood Gardens Apartments is 1.9 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so the commercial and hospital cluster to the south west is the reason to be here. The after dark picture is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Book it if you are in Nairobi for meetings or a hospital visit and will have a vehicle or a driver. Do not book it if you want the Central Business District on your doorstep, or if you expect to walk to dinner.
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 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 Lux Suites Sandalwood Gardens Apartments is worth doing in advance if your dates fall around a conference or a hospital appointment, because the ridge fills up and a car dependent property is much harder to swap at short notice. 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 Gardens Apartments?+
It is on Argwings Kodhek Road in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge side of the city. It sits 1.9 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That puts the commercial and hospital cluster to the south west within easy reach by car.
What does the property actually list?+
Three things: free wifi, free car parking and wheelchair accessible access. Nothing is listed about kitchens, laundry, meals or reception cover. If any of those decide your stay, ask the property directly before you book rather than assuming from the star rating.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
The property is 3.44 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line. The street is built for the car, and after dark the honest position is hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Plan on a vehicle rather than a walk.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown on app.impt.io, where you complete the booking. Most rooms can be cancelled free. Check your dates there before you arrange anything else, because the ridge gets busy around conferences and clinic appointments.
