A four star apartment on the eighth floor of Taurus Residences, west of the airport in Greater Nairobi. It has a kitchenette, a pool, parking and full housekeeping, and it suits people who want a serviced flat rather than a hotel, and who will be in bed before the streets outside go quiet.
01What it is
Mimah's cozy getaway near JKIA at Taurus Residences is listed as a four star apartment, so the room is a flat rather than a hotel room: a kitchen and kitchenette with a microwave and refrigerator, a bath and shower with towels, sheets, bathrobe, slippers and toiletries, a safe, a TV and free wifi. The building lists free car parking, lifts, housekeeping, a laundry service, an iron and board, a garden, an outdoor pool and a barber or beauty salon, and it says pets are allowed and the property is wheelchair accessible, with 24 hour security and express check in. The list is thin where you would want detail: eight floors up, it tells you there are lifts but not how many, and it mentions bars and a market without saying what they are.
For someone staying here, Mimah's cozy getaway near JKIA at Taurus Residences works as a serviced base in Greater Nairobi rather than a place in the middle of things. The apartment gives you a kitchen and housekeeping, the building gives you parking, a pool and a salon, and the security and express check in matter if you arrive late. It suits self-caterers, longer stays and anyone who wants the airport side of the city, and anyone who needs a wheelchair accessible flat. It does not suit you if you want the centre at your door: this is 14.07 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 176 minutes on foot in a direct line.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 2 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels are not in Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Booking this particular apartment is best done once you have decided that Greater Nairobi, rather than the centre, is where you want to be. 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 Mimah's cozy getaway near JKIA at Taurus Residences?+
It is on Mwananchi Rd, on the eighth floor of Taurus Residences, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 12.94 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so treat it as an airport-side base rather than a central one.
Is this a hotel or an apartment?+
It is listed as a four star apartment. You get a kitchen and kitchenette with a microwave and refrigerator, a bath and shower, a safe and a TV, plus building facilities such as lifts, housekeeping, a laundry service, free car parking, a garden, an outdoor pool and a barber or beauty salon.
What is the area like around the property?+
The street itself is working space: trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. After dark the site's own note is blunt, closed, dark and not a place to be, mornings only. Plan to be inside in the evening, and to use the apartment as a base for daytime movements.
How do I check availability at Mimah's cozy getaway near JKIA at Taurus Residences?+
Use the booking panel on this page, which goes through app.impt.io. You will see which apartments are free on your dates and can compare rooms before you commit. No payment is taken here, and the confirmation comes from the booking service rather than from the property.
