A four star suite apartment off Kipande Road, on the Ngara side of the city. It is a practical base for a longer stay, with a kitchen, parking and an indoor pool, and it suits people who will take a car into the centre rather than walk.
01What it is
Luxurious suite apartment is a four star property on Kipande Road. The listed facilities point to a self contained stay: a kitchen and a kitchenette, a sofa bed, a desk, air conditioning, free wifi, a TV, and a balcony. There is a bath as well as a shower, with towels, sheets, bathrobe and toiletries provided. Free car parking and pets allowed are the two practical allowances, and the building lists an indoor pool and a swimming pool. The list is thin on the things a full service hotel would normally show: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no laundry and no airport transfer appear anywhere.
What that adds up to is an apartment rather than a hotel, and you should book it as one. At Luxurious suite apartment you cook, you park your own car, and you come and go without a lobby in the middle of it. The address is in Ngara, a transport edge rather than an evening one, so plan on crossing it by car after dark. This suits a longer stay, a family, or anyone who wants space and a kitchen north of the centre. It does not suit anyone expecting a serviced hotel with meals and a bar downstairs, or anyone who wants to walk out to dinner.
02The supplier's photographs
0326 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Ngara and the Globe
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the CBD, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. A flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does: that is the street feel here, and it holds all day. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line. Early markets and the walk up to the National Museum are what this quarter is best for.
After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The halls and market stalls shut, and the roundabout turns into a place you pass through, not a place you linger. This suits you if you want the fruit market at first light or a base on the northern side of the centre. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on foot, and it does not suit a trip built around being out after dark.
Read the whole of Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book this one directly if you want an apartment with parking and a kitchen rather than a hotel with a restaurant. 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 Luxurious suite apartment?+
It is on Kipande Road in Nairobi, on the Ngara side of the city. The listing puts it 1.12 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 15 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 0.75 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe.
What does the property actually list?+
Air conditioning, a kitchen and kitchenette, a sofa bed, a desk, free wifi, a TV, a balcony, a bath and a shower, towels, sheets, bathrobe and toiletries, free car parking, pets allowed, and an indoor pool and swimming pool. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on the list.
Can you walk into the centre from here?+
The straight line to Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 1.12 km, which is 15 minutes on foot. The street itself is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so the practical answer is to cross it by car, especially after dark, rather than plan an evening on foot.
How do you check availability?+
Availability and the free cancellation terms are shown when you book through app.impt.io. The listing carries twelve photos on file, so you can see the rooms and the balcony before you commit. Enter your dates there to see what is open.
