A serviced apartment block on Marcus Garvey Road, on new concrete up on the ridge. The listed facilities are the point: pool, sauna, parking, garden, lift. Its location decides it for you more than the building does. Come with a car, or with a driver, or with a reason to be on this ridge and not in the centre.
01What it is
Luxurious Nairobi Apartment With Shared Pool and Modern Amenities is a three star property on Marcus Garvey Road in Greater Nairobi, and the facility list is where it puts its weight. Free wifi, free car parking and a garage cover the arrival; an outdoor pool, a sauna, a garden, a terrace and lifts cover the building itself. Wheelchair access is listed, which matters if you need it. The list is thinnest where you would look for a kitchen, laundry or a reception you can reach at any hour: none of those are named, so treat the apartment as the unit and the building as the amenity.
What that adds up to for a stay here is a residential block on a ridge, not a hotel in a quarter. The street feel is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Luxurious Nairobi Apartment With Shared Pool and Modern Amenities suits someone with a car, someone working nearby, or someone who wants a pool and a sauna at the end of a day. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0311 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one if the pool and the parking are what you are after, because they are the clearest things on the list. 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 apartment?+
On Marcus Garvey Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the Central Business District. The site puts it 3.76 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 47 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.22 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What is actually in the building?+
Free wifi, free car parking, a garage, a garden, lifts, an outdoor pool, a sauna, a smoking area, a terrace and wheelchair access are all listed. Nothing is listed for a kitchen, laundry or a 24 hour reception, so ask before you rely on any of those.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps. The street was built for the car and the conference room, and after dark the area is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Parking and a garage are listed, so arriving with a vehicle is straightforward, and the shuttle service is worth asking about when you book.
How do I check availability?+
Use app.impt.io. Enter your dates there and the site shows what is open for this property. Free cancellation applies to most rooms, and the booking terms are set out on the listing before you confirm anything.
