A modern one bedroom apartment at Garden Estate on Thika Road, self catering and behind 24 hour security. The one thing that decides it is the car: this is a flyover, a roundabout and a market, and you cross it by car, not on foot.
01What it is
Modern Quiet & Cozy 1 Bedroom Garden Estate Apartment Thika Road is described as a four star property and lists the practical set: 24 hour security, a lift and free car parking, with housekeeping, cleaning and laundry service behind them. In the apartment you get a kitchen with a refrigerator and microwave, free wifi, a desk, a safe, a TV, a balcony, towels and toiletries in the shower room. The list is thin where a hotel usually carries you: Bar/Snack/Cafe, Restaurant(s) and Market are named without detail, and nothing here suggests a lobby or a bar worth sitting in. Eight photographs are on file.
For a longer stay in Greater Nairobi, the apartment side of Modern Quiet & Cozy 1 Bedroom Garden Estate Apartment Thika Road is the point. You cook, you wash, you park at the building, and the working basics are covered. What it is not is central: this sits 7.43 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street runs on a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so you cross it by car. It suits a driver with business north of the centre and self caterers. It does not suit anyone without a car who wants the Central Business District on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0326 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book this one if the apartment setup and the parking are what you are after, and plan the car before the dates. 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 Modern Quiet & Cozy 1 Bedroom Garden Estate Apartment Thika Road?+
It stands on Garden Estate Road in Greater Nairobi, the part of the city around Thika Road rather than the Central Business District. It is 8.17 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 103 minutes on foot in a direct line, so most people will treat it as a place to reach by car.
What does the apartment actually include?+
A kitchen with a refrigerator and microwave, free wifi, a desk, a safe, a TV, a balcony, towels and toiletries, with 24 hour security, a lift, free car parking, housekeeping, cleaning and laundry service. It is self catering rather than full service, so do not expect a big hotel operation on site.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
By car, and you should arrange it before you arrive. The street itself is a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one. Walking to the centre is not the plan.
How do I check availability?+
Use the booking link on this page. The property is a single one bedroom apartment, so dates go quickly around busy periods, and confirming early is the safest way to hold the nights you want through app.impt.io.
