A self catering block on Turbo Road in Kilimani, well north of the centre and built around the car. The indoor pool and the kitchen decide it: right for families and long stays, wrong if you want the CBD on foot.
01What it is
Lux Suites Stunning Homes Kilimani is a three star property on Turbo Road with a long, ordinary list of facilities. You get free wifi and internet access, free car parking, a kitchen and a washing machine, so a stay here works without eating out. There is a balcony, a garden, a terrace and an indoor pool, plus a bar on site. Rooms are non smoking and family rooms are available, and there is a safe, a TV, first aid, express check in, breakfast, cleaning and laundry service. The list is thin on the things the centre runs on: no airport transfer, no business centre, no restaurant beyond breakfast, and the pool is indoor rather than open air, which is worth knowing on a cold July morning.
What that adds up to for you is a residential address rather than a hotel in the middle of things. The street feel there is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. So Lux Suites Stunning Homes Kilimani suits a family, a group of colleagues or anyone staying several days who wants a kitchen, parking and quiet rather than a lobby to sit in. It does not suit a visitor who wants to step outside into the Central Business District, because you are 3.95 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 50 minutes on foot in a direct line.
02The supplier's photographs
0322 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
Book this one if you know you want a car or a driver for the whole stay, because that is what makes a Kilimani address work. 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 in Nairobi is Lux Suites Stunning Homes Kilimani?+
It is on Turbo Road in Kilimani, on the western ridge outside the Central Business District. The site counts it as Greater Nairobi, and it is 2.7 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on a car or a driver rather than walking in.
Does the property have a pool, and is it indoors?+
Yes, a swimming pool is on the list and it is an indoor one, along with a garden, a terrace and a balcony. If you want sun on your back while you swim, this is not that property. The bar on site is the other indoor option after dark.
Can I cook for myself or do laundry there?+
Yes to both. A kitchen and a washing machine are listed, and cleaning and laundry service are available as well, which is why the property works for longer stays and for families. Free car parking, free wifi and family rooms are also on the list.
How do I check availability for Lux Suites Stunning Homes Kilimani?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you can see which rooms are open and book them. Most rooms can be cancelled free. No rates appear on this site, so compare what is offered to the rest of the centre rather than to a figure quoted here.
