A three star apartment block on Kikambala Road, on a ridge of new concrete in Greater Nairobi, built around parking, a pool and the conference calendar rather than the sights. It suits you if you are in the city for an office, a hospital or a meeting and want a car at the door.
01What it is
Lux Suites Spring Garden Apartments is a three star property on Kikambala Road, and its listed facilities are short. Free car parking, an outdoor pool and wheelchair access. That is the whole of it. No restaurant, no bar and no gym appear on the list, and the pool is the only thing there for a day when you are not working. Parking is the item that matters most here, because the street itself, in the words of this site, is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room.
For someone staying at Lux Suites Spring Garden Apartments, the arithmetic is simple. You get a self-contained base with a place to leave a car and a pool to come back to, and you give up the walkable city. This address sits in Greater Nairobi, 4.51 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line. It suits a driver, a delegate or a family with hospital business. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the centre.
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 this one if the parking and the pool matter more to you than the address. 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 Spring Garden Apartments?+
It is on Kikambala Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, the point this site measures from, is 4.51 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on a car for anything in the CBD.
What does the property actually list?+
Three things. Free car parking, an outdoor pool and wheelchair access. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on the list, so you eat out or order in. Treat the pool and the parking as the reasons you would pick this address over somewhere closer to the centre.
What is it like getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. After dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. That means you go into the centre by car rather than on foot, and you come back the same way.
How do I check availability at Lux Suites Spring Garden Apartments?+
Availability and room choice are checked at the point of booking, not held on this page. Only some rooms can be cancelled free, so look at the terms on the room you pick before you confirm. The property has twelve photos on file.
