A three star studio block on Airport North Road in Embakasi with parking, a shuttle and step-free access. The deciding fact is not the room but the road: you need a car or the shuttle, because the street outside shuts down dark after the morning market.
01What it is
Lux Suites Tsavo Studios Embakasi lists parking without charge, a shuttle service and wheelchair access, and carries a three star rating. That is the whole of it. For a visitor the useful items are the free car parking and the shuttle, because both answer the same problem, which is that you are not walking anywhere from here. Wheelchair accessible is the third listing and worth having if you need it, but note how short the list is beyond these three: nothing about food, nothing about a desk or a lift, nothing about how you get a room serviced. Ask before you book, not after.
What this adds up to is a functional base rather than a place to spend an evening. Lux Suites Tsavo Studios Embakasi is 9.59 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 120 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 8.37 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street itself is trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am, then closed, dark and not a place to be. Book it if you are driving, using the shuttle, or working the airport side of the city and treating the room as somewhere to sleep. Do not book it if you want to step out for dinner or a drink, or if you are in Nairobi for 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book this one only once you have settled how you will move around, because the parking and the shuttle are doing most of the work here. 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 is Lux Suites Tsavo Studios Embakasi?+
It is on Airport North Road in Embakasi, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Muthurwa and the east markets, and the address puts you on the eastern, airport-facing side of the city, which is a different Nairobi from the business district.
What does the property actually offer?+
Three things are listed: free car parking, a shuttle service and wheelchair access, on top of a three star rating. That is a short list. There is no restaurant or bar named, no gym, nothing about breakfast. Treat the parking and shuttle as the reason to stay and confirm anything else directly.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
You do not walk it. The property is 9.59 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 120 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that is measured straight across, not along the roads. Use the shuttle or drive. The surrounding street is a morning market that closes and goes dark.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Availability and any change to your dates are handled through the booking link on this page. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a room while you sort out transport. Read the cancellation terms on the room you pick before you confirm, since they vary.
