Natural Oak Apartments is a three star apartment block on Turbo Road in Kilimani, beyond the business quarter, with kitchens and a pool. It decides on the kitchen, not the room count: book it if you want to cook and park, skip it if you want to walk to meetings.
01What it is
Natural Oak Apartments is a three star apartment property on Turbo Road in Kilimani, off Lenana Road, at the edge of Greater Nairobi. The list is residential: apartments with a kitchen or kitchenette, a microwave and refrigerator, bathrooms with bath or shower, toiletries and towels, and a fan rather than air conditioning. There is an outdoor pool, a kids pool, a garden, a terrace and a picnic area, a bar, room service and breakfast, served in the room if you want it. Practical items are all there: free wifi, free car parking, 24 hour front desk and security, housekeeping, laundry and dry cleaning, iron and board, safe, cot, family rooms, non smoking rooms and a smoking area, concierge, express check in, shuttle service, first aid and security features. Where the list is thin: it names no restaurant of its own, no gym, no meeting or conference room, and no lift.
What that adds up to at Natural Oak Apartments is a place built for staying a while rather than passing through. A kitchen, a laundry service, free parking and a pool point to families and longer stays, and the non smoking rooms, cot and family rooms confirm it. It is not a business hotel: no conference room, no gym, no restaurant beyond breakfast and the bar. The address matters more than the facilities. Turbo Road is on a ridge of new concrete, built for the car and the conference room, and it is a ride from anywhere you would go at night. Nairobi Central is a daytime quarter, its halls shut in the late afternoon. This suits self drivers, families and anyone settling in for a week or more. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 12 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 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
Booking Natural Oak Apartments is worth doing once you have decided the kitchen and the parking matter more to you than a central address. 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 Natural Oak Apartments?+
On Turbo Road, off Lenana Road, in Kilimani, within Greater Nairobi. It sits 3.88 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 49 minutes on foot in a direct line. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 2.7 km away.
What do the apartments have in them?+
A kitchen or kitchenette with a microwave and refrigerator, a bathroom with bath or shower, toiletries and towels, a fan, a safe and a TV. Some rooms are non smoking and some are family rooms with a cot available. Bed sheets are provided and housekeeping is listed.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
By car, and there is free parking and a shuttle service on the list, so ask the concierge to arrange the run you need. The street itself is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
How do I check whether a room is free?+
Check availability through app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates and book it. Most rooms there can be cancelled free. The front desk runs 24 hours, so if you would rather ask first, the concierge can take the question.
