A three bedroom serviced apartment on Menelik Road in Kilimani, on the ridge above the city, with a pool indoors and a car park under the building. It is a base for a group or a family that wants space and a kitchen and does not mind driving to everything.
01What it is
The Modern Living Three Bedroom Apartment With Swimming Pool Fully Equipped Gym Ample Parking Space Children Playground And A Relaxing Rooftop With Breathtaking City Views is a 3 star property on Menelik Road in Kilimani. It lists three bedrooms, a kitchen and a kitchenette, an oven, a washing machine, a safe and a telephone. Each bedroom has its own bathroom and WC, with a shower and slippers, and there is a balcony and a terrace. The building has lifts, free car parking, 24 hour security and security features, non smoking rooms, a smoking area, a garden, and it says it is wheelchair accessible. The leisure side is the indoor pool, the swimming pool, the gym and a rooftop. The list is thin on the working details a long stay needs: no desk, no iron, no laundry service, no airport transfer, no dining room, and no indicated time for anything. Read it as an apartment that sleeps a group and parks their cars, not as a hotel with staff at every turn.
For a group, a family or a team that needs three separate bedrooms and a kitchen, this is the sensible shape of a stay in Greater Nairobi: you cook, you park, you use the pool and the gym, and you treat the apartment as a base rather than a service. It suits anyone who wants the quiet of a residential ridge and is content to take a car for every errand. It does not suit a solo visitor who wants the centre on foot, or anyone who wants a concierge, a restaurant downstairs or a hotel bar to fall into at night.
02The supplier's photographs
0324 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this apartment once you have decided that Kilimani and a car are the right shape for your trip, because the three bedrooms and the parking are the reason to choose it over a hotel. 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 this apartment?+
On Menelik Road in Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi. It sits 4.56 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room.
What does the apartment actually include?+
Three bedrooms, a kitchen and kitchenette with an oven, bathrooms with a shower, a washing machine, a safe, a telephone and a TV. The building lists lifts, free car parking, a garden, a terrace, non smoking rooms, a smoking area, 24 hour security, and an indoor pool, a swimming pool and a gym.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
It is a long walk and the area is built around the car, so plan on rides rather than walking. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the Central Business District on foot, stay inside the quarter rather than on the ridge.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Check dates and room types through app.impt.io, which handles the booking. Most rooms here can be cancelled free. The apartment is described as wheelchair accessible and has lifts, but confirm the specific rooms you need when you book, since not every unit is the same.
