A four star furnished two bedroom apartment on the fourth floor of Mukoma Heights in South B, within Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The thing that decides it is the street: you want a car here, and you want to be back before dark.
01What it is
The apartment lists what a two bedroom let needs to work as a base: a kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries, plus a safe, iron and board, TV, coffee, free wifi and internet access, and a balcony and terrace to sit out on. The building adds lifts, 24 hour security, free car parking and a garage, cleaning and laundry service, family rooms, high chairs, non smoking rooms, a smoking area, a chapel and car rental service. It is a four star listing, and the thin part is the public side: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no pool, and nothing to walk out to.
For a stay, the Luxurious 2 bedroom Furnished Apartment is self contained rather than serviced in the hotel sense, and South B is residential and industrial ground, so the flat suits a family, a small group or longer stays where cooking and parking matter more than a lobby. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out for dinner or a drink, and it does not suit a visitor without a car. Treat the apartment itself as the whole of the evening, and treat the centre as a drive, not a stroll.
02The supplier's photographs
0334 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 The Railway Quarter. They sit just outside the ten quarters this site covers, on the edge of the centre, and The Railway Quarter is only the nearest of the ten. What that means in practice is that you are in the wider city, not in the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The nearest quarter is the southern edge of the centre: wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift, and the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue; the quarter is 0.89 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 12 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is best for the museum, and for understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches. Daylight only, and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Book this one if you want the whole flat and your own parking space, rather than a room in a serviced block. 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 the Luxurious 2 bedroom Furnished Apartment?+
It is on the fourth floor of Mukoma Heights on South B, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the Central Business District. The quarter this site covers nearest to it is The Railway Quarter, and the centre is reached by car rather than on foot from the address.
What facilities does the apartment list?+
The list covers a full kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries, a safe, iron and board, TV, coffee, free wifi, a balcony and terrace. The building adds a lift, 24 hour security, free car parking, a garage, cleaning and laundry service, family rooms and high chairs.
Do I need a car to stay in South B?+
Yes. The apartment is in Greater Nairobi, and the street there is wide industrial land with sheds, unlit in stretches after dark. The site's own line is daylight only, and a car back. Free car parking and a garage are listed, so arriving with a vehicle is the assumption.
What is missing from the facilities list?+
There is no restaurant, bar, gym or pool, and no room service. Food is handled by the kitchen in the flat. The chapel, car rental service and smoking area are the only shared extras beyond parking, the lift, security and the cleaning and laundry service.
