A plain 3 star suite address on Cedar Rd in Greater Nairobi, with free parking, wifi, lifts and laundry. The deciding question is your own car, because this sits well outside the central quarter.
01What it is
Luxel Suites by Homes by Della lists the practical things: free wifi, free car parking, parking, lifts, laundry service and wheelchair access. For a 3 star address that is a working list rather than an inviting one. Nothing about food, nothing about a bar, nothing about a gym or anywhere to sit that is not your room. The facilities here are the ones you use rather than the ones you linger in, and a guest looking for a lobby to spend an evening in will find the list thin.
What that adds up to for a stay at Luxel Suites by Homes by Della is a quiet, functional base reached by car. The lifts and the wheelchair access make the building usable if stairs are a problem, the parking removes the daily question of where the car goes, and the laundry service suits a longer stay rather than one night. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of the door into the centre, and it does not suit a trip built on walking. Suits drivers, self-catering stays and anyone with business on this side of Greater Nairobi; not suited to a first visit built around the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
036 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Luxel Suites by Homes by Della directly if you want the free cancellation to stay in your own hands. 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 Luxel Suites by Homes by Della?+
It is on Cedar Rd in Greater Nairobi, outside the central business district rather than in it. The address sits 3.38 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat it as a base you reach by car or by taxi rather than a place you walk out of into town.
What facilities does the property actually list?+
Free wifi, free car parking, parking, lifts, laundry service and wheelchair access. That is the whole list. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on it, so plan for your own meals and your own evenings. The lifts and wheelchair access do make the building workable if stairs are difficult.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
By road, and you should arrange it rather than assume it. The property is 2.77 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The centre is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so a late return is a car journey.
How do I check availability?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, which is where bookings for this property are handled. Most rooms can be cancelled free, so you can hold a room while you sort out the rest of the trip. No rate is shown on this site; the booking page carries the details.
