An apartment block on a ridge in Greater Nairobi, built for the car and the conference room. The kitchen and the free parking are what decide it. If you want to walk out to restaurants and bars in the evening, this is the wrong side of the city for you.
01What it is
Ndemi garden Jvcribs is a three star apartment property at Hekima Gardens Ndemi Gardens Apartments D1401, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre itself. The listed facilities are mostly the practical furniture of a self-catering stay: a kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, sink, shower, WC, towels, toiletries, slippers and an iron and board. There is free wifi, internet access, a TV, a safe and a smoke detector, plus housekeeping, cleaning and laundry service. Free car parking and a garage are listed, along with 24 hour security, security features, lifts, non smoking rooms and wheelchair access. The list is thin on the things a hotel usually supplies: bars appear among the facilities but no restaurant is named, and there is no airport transfer, no business centre and no room service, so you should not arrive expecting full hotel service.
What that adds up to at Ndemi garden Jvcribs is a base rather than a destination. You get a working kitchen, a secure place to leave a car, and a building that runs on its own schedule for laundry and cleaning. The setting is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, so a vehicle changes the stay completely. It suits longer stays, families, and anyone in Nairobi for work at Upper Hill or the surrounding offices who would rather cook than eat out. It does not suit a visitor who wants the Central Business District on foot, or an evening that does not end in a hotel bar and a ride.
02The supplier's photographs
0335 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 Ndemi garden Jvcribs if you want an apartment with a kitchen and a parking space rather than a serviced hotel room, and check the listing for the dates you need before you commit. 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 Ndemi garden Jvcribs?+
It sits at Hekima Gardens Ndemi Gardens Apartments D1401, in Greater Nairobi rather than the Central Business District. The property is 5.56 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 70 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.9 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What is in the apartments?+
Each unit is set up for self-catering, with a kitchen or kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, sink, shower, WC, towels, toiletries and slippers. The building lists free wifi, a TV, a safe, an iron and board, housekeeping, cleaning, laundry service, lifts, non smoking rooms and wheelchair access.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
Not strictly, but the area is built for the car and the conference room, and evenings are quiet: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Free car parking and a garage are listed, so driving is the easier arrangement. If you want to walk to restaurants and bars, choose somewhere in the centre instead.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown on the booking page at app.impt.io, where you can enter your dates and confirm a room. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and there is no guest score on file for this property, so read the listed facilities against what you need before booking.
