A studio apartment at Enkang Apartments on Ngong Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The kitchen, the washing machine and the free parking decide it: this suits a self-catering stay with a car, and it does not suit anyone who wants the Central Business District on foot.
01What it is
Modern Studio near Junction Mall Wi Fi Smart TV Free Parking is a three star apartment, not a serviced hotel room, and the listed facilities read like a working flat rather than a hotel inventory. There is a kitchen, a kitchenette, an oven, a microwave and a refrigerator, so you can cook rather than eat out, and a washing machine, an iron and board, towels and toiletries. The bathroom has a shower and a WC, the floor is carpeted, and there is a desk, a TV, lifts and free car parking. Where the list is thin is everything a hotel would add: no restaurant, no bar, no reception, no gym, nothing about housekeeping or food service. Wi Fi and the smart TV appear in the name but not in the facilities, so treat the list as the firmer of the two.
What Modern Studio near Junction Mall Wi Fi Smart TV Free Parking adds up to is a self-contained base on Ngong Road, on the ridge the street feel describes as new concrete built for the car and the conference room. You get a kitchen, a washing machine and a parking space, which is a different proposition from a hotel room and a different kind of stay. It suits someone with business in the west of the city or a longer stay that needs cooking and laundry, and it suits a driver, because the parking is free and the area is built around the car. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot: the property sits 6.86 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 86 minutes on foot in a direct line. After dark the area is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
0319 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 one if you want a kitchen and a parking space on Ngong Road rather than a hotel room, and check the dates against your west Nairobi commitments first. 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 the studio?+
It is at Enkang Apartments on Ngong Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than the Central Business District. The site puts it 6.86 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 86 minutes on foot in a direct line, so plan on a vehicle rather than a walk for the centre.
Can I cook and do laundry in the apartment?+
The listed facilities include a kitchen, a kitchenette, an oven, a microwave and a refrigerator, plus a washing machine, an iron and board. Towels and toiletries are also listed. It is set up for a self-catering stay rather than room service, so bring or buy your own food.
Is parking available, and do I need a car here?+
Free car parking and parking both appear in the listed facilities, and the street feel is new concrete on a ridge built for the car and the conference room. A car makes the location workable, since the nearest quarter the site covers, Upper Hill and Community, is 5.29 km away.
How do I check whether the studio is free for my dates?+
Use app.impt.io to look at availability for the nights you want. The property holds twelve photos on file, so you can see the studio before deciding. If your dates are fixed around meetings in the west of the city, book early rather than leaving it to the last week.
