A studio apartment on Jabavu Lane in Kilimani, listed at three stars and set up for cooking, working and parking a car. The kitchen, the desk and the fridge are the point. If you want to walk out of the door into the centre, this is not it; if you want your own space on the ridge, it is.
01What it is
Luxury Cozy 5 Star Studio Apartment in Kilimani lists a full self-catering set: kitchen and kitchenette with microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus shower, WC, towels and toiletries. There is a desk and wifi, a TV, an iron and board, lifts, non smoking rooms and free car parking. The list is thin on services: no restaurant, no bar, no pool and no gym, and nothing about a reception desk or anyone on site through the night.
For a self-contained stay, Luxury Cozy 5 Star Studio Apartment in Kilimani does the practical things well and stops there. You cook, you work, you park, you sleep. The three star listing is honest: this is not a serviced hotel and it does not pretend to be one. It suits someone who wants an apartment rather than a room, and who has a reason to be on this ridge of new concrete. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0319 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 you want a kitchen and a parking space rather than a lobby, and check the cancellation terms before you commit. 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 Luxury Cozy 5 Star Studio Apartment in Kilimani?+
It is on Jabavu Lane, in Kilimani, on Greater Nairobi's western ridge. The site puts it 1.56 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It is 3.12 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 39 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Does the apartment have a kitchen?+
Yes. The listing includes a kitchen and a kitchenette, with a microwave, a refrigerator and a toaster, so you can prepare your own food rather than eat out every night. There is also a desk, wifi, a TV, an iron and board, and a shower with towels and toiletries.
Is there parking, and can I drive into the centre?+
Free car parking is on the list, and the street is built for the car and the conference room, so arriving by car is the natural way in. After dark the quarter is safe and dull, with hotel bars, and you take a ride anywhere else rather than walk the ridge.
How do I check availability?+
Go to app.impt.io and look up the property by name or by Jabavu Lane, Kilimani, Nairobi. The listing there carries the current availability and the cancellation terms for the dates you want, and the booking is confirmed through that platform rather than by a request to the apartment.
