Serviced apartments on Rose Ave in Greater Nairobi, on new concrete built for the car and the conference room. They suit anyone staying long enough to want a kitchen and free parking, and they do not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the centre.
01What it is
Luxury Furnished Apartments is a three star property on Rose Ave listing cleaning and a concierge, free car parking with further parking, and a shuttle service. There is an outdoor pool, a smoking area, and wheelchair access. Twelve photos are on file. What the list does not carry is the thing that matters most here: no restaurant, no bar and no cafe are named, so you should assume you eat in the apartment or go out for it.
For a three star apartment block on a ridge, that list adds up to a quiet base with your own kitchen and somewhere to leave the car, plus a shuttle to move you when you would rather not drive. Luxury Furnished Apartments suits longer stays, families and anyone working from the flat rather than a desk in town, and anyone who treats a hotel bar as somewhere to have one drink before a ride elsewhere. It does not suit a first trip built around walking to the sights, or anyone who wants the centre at the door.
02The supplier's photographs
038 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 only once you know how you intend to get around, because the shuttle and the free parking are doing most of the work here. 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 Luxury Furnished Apartments?+
It sits on Rose Ave in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge described as new concrete built for the car and the conference room. It is 3.2 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 41 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a walk in daylight, not after dark.
What is around it after dark?+
Not a great deal. The area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Plan your evenings around the ride, not the pavement. If you want restaurants and bars on the doorstep, look at a property inside the central business district instead of this ridge.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
It is 1.75 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so Upper Hill is your closest piece of the map. Beyond that, the property lists a shuttle service and free car parking, which is how most people staying here will move around.
What do the apartments include?+
Cleaning and a concierge, free car parking, an outdoor pool, a smoking area and wheelchair access, with twelve photos on file. No restaurant or bar is listed, so treat the kitchen as the plan for meals. The shuttle service covers the trips you would otherwise drive.
