A four star apartment block on Argwings Kodhek Road in Kilimani, on the ridge above the centre. What decides it: you have a car and you want parking, a lift and a kitchenette rather than a location you can walk out of.
01What it is
Luxe City Oasis Kilimani lists the things a self-contained stay needs and little else. There is free wifi, a TV, a kitchenette, a safe, a balcony and a garden, so you can cook, work and sit outside without leaving the building. Security runs on a 24 hour basis and there are lifts, free car parking and a laundry service. The list is thin exactly where a hotel normally pads itself out: no restaurant, no bar, no breakfast, no gym equipment named, no airport transfer. Golf course and playground appear as facilities, which tells you the listing was written for a mixed residential block rather than for a traveller.
Put together, Luxe City Oasis Kilimani is a serviced apartment in a car-first quarter. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. That suits a driver with business in Kilimani or Upper Hill, or a family that wants a kitchenette and a playground, and it does not suit anyone hoping to step out of the lobby into the centre of things. If you want to walk to meetings, museums or dinner, this is the wrong ridge.
02The supplier's photographs
0317 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, the lift and the kitchenette are what you actually need, because those are what it sells. 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 City Oasis Kilimani?+
It is on Argwings Kodhek Road in Nairobi, in the Greater Nairobi area, on the ridge above the centre. The address is a car address, so plan the last part of the journey by road rather than expecting to arrive on foot from the middle of town.
How far is it from the centre of Nairobi?+
It is 5.32 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 67 minutes on foot in a direct line. Upper Hill and Community is nearer, at 3.89 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually list?+
Free wifi, internet access, a kitchenette, a balcony, a garden, a safe, a TV, lifts, free car parking, 24 hour security and a laundry service. There is no restaurant or bar on the list, so plan meals yourself, either in the kitchenette or elsewhere in Kilimani.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Availability, room types and dates are shown when you book through app.impt.io. Most rooms there can be cancelled free, so check the terms on the room you pick before you confirm, since cancellation conditions can differ between room types.
