A one bedroom apartment on a new ridge in Kilimani, built for the car and the conference room rather than the street. The kitchen, parking and laundry decide it: self contained and quiet, but you will need a ride for everything else.
01What it is
Meka One Bedroom in Kilimani is an apartment at Golden Mango Heights Apartment, listed as four star, and it is built for someone staying a while rather than a night. The list runs to a full kitchen with microwave and refrigerator, a balcony, a desk, free wifi, free car parking, laundry service, cleaning, lifts, a safe and 24H security. There is a fitness center and a steam room on site, plus a restaurant and room service. Non smoking rooms, pets allowed. Where the list is thin is hospitality: no reception desk detail, no lounge, nothing that turns an evening indoors into an occasion.
What that adds up to is a self contained base on a ridge of new concrete, safe and dull after dark, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Meka One Bedroom in Kilimani suits a business traveller on an extended stay, a couple who want a kitchen and a parking space, or anyone whose work sits in this part of Greater Nairobi. It does not suit a visitor here for a weekend of walking the centre; you are 4.26 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. If you want the centre on your doorstep, look in the quarter itself. If you want quiet and a car, this works.
02The supplier's photographs
0332 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 Meka One Bedroom in Kilimani if you want an apartment with a kitchen and parking rather than a hotel room with a lobby. 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 Meka One Bedroom in Kilimani?+
It is at Golden Mango Heights Apartment in Kilimani, part of Greater Nairobi. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, 2.75 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The centre is further out, so plan on a car or a ride rather than a stroll.
What does the property actually list?+
A one bedroom apartment with a kitchen, microwave and refrigerator, a balcony, a desk, free wifi, free car parking, a lift, a safe, laundry service, cleaning, 24H security and toiletries. There is also a fitness center, a steam room, a restaurant and room service. Pets are allowed and rooms are non smoking.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
You are 4.26 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line, so walking is possible but not the obvious choice. Most people staying here drive or take a ride. After dark the area is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else, so arrange transport rather than relying on the street.
How do I check availability?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and your booking is confirmed there. If you need a kitchen, a parking space and a quiet ridge rather than a central address, this is the one to look at first.
