A four star serviced apartment block on Ngong Road, away from the centre and built around the car. The kitchen and the free parking decide it: this suits a longer self catering stay, and it does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of a lobby into the middle of town.
01What it is
Luxe 1BR Ngong Road Nairobi lists full apartment fittings rather than hotel ones: a kitchen with oven, microwave and refrigerator, a kitchenette, a washing machine, iron and board, and a bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries. Rooms are carpeted and non smoking, with bathrobe and slippers, TV, DVD, pay per view, coffee, free wifi, a safe, lifts and a terrace. The building runs 24 hour security, security features, first aid and a smoke detector, plus room service, laundry, cleaning, family rooms, free car parking and a bar and lounge. The list is thin on the ordinary hotel things: no restaurant, no gym, and nothing that gets you into the centre without arranging it yourself.
What that adds up to at Luxe 1BR Ngong Road Nairobi is a self contained base on the ridge rather than a hotel in the middle of things. You cook, you wash, you park, and the apartment holds you for a stay of several days without needing much else. The street is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Choose it if you have a car or a driver and want the room to work as a flat. Do not choose it if you want to step out to dinner or walk the centre; the halls are not that kind of place.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 5 more on the supplier's own record. 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 on what the apartment gives you rather than on the address, and check that the kitchen and parking you need are on the unit you pick. 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 Luxe 1BR Ngong Road Nairobi?+
It is on Ngong Road in Nairobi, in Greater Nairobi. The site records it as 7.96 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 100 minutes on foot in a direct line. That places it outside the business district, on the ridge side, in an area built for the car and the conference room.
What does the apartment actually include?+
The listing gives a kitchen with oven, microwave and refrigerator, a kitchenette, washing machine, iron and board, bathroom with shower and WC, towels and toiletries, carpeted non smoking rooms, bathrobe and slippers, TV, DVD, pay per view, coffee, free wifi, safe, lifts and terrace, with 24 hour security, first aid and free car parking.
How do I get into the centre from here, and is the area busy at night?+
Plan on a ride rather than a walk: the site describes the area after dark as safe and dull, with hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, at 6.55 km, which is the closest thing to the centre you have from this address.
How do I check availability?+
Use the booking link on this page, choose your dates, and confirm the apartment type, since the kitchen, laundry and parking arrangements sit with the individual unit. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the booking runs through app.impt.io. Availability is live, so what you see at the point of booking is what is open.
