A three star apartment block in Hekima Gardens, Greater Nairobi, built for people who want their own kitchen, their own parking and a lift to the door. It sits closer to Upper Hill than to the centre, so the car decides whether it works for you.
01What it is
Ndemi garden Studios is a three star apartment property on Hekima Gardens in Greater Nairobi. The list is heaviest on the practical: apartments with a kitchen or kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, sink and water, plus a bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries. Free wifi and internet access run alongside a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, housekeeping, cleaning, laundry service and lifts. There is free car parking and a garage. The thin part is what you would expect from a small apartment block: bars and a market are named, but nothing is said about a restaurant, a gym, a pool or any room service, and slippers, iron and board, safe, smoke detector, TV and wheelchair access are the whole of the rest.
What that adds up to for you is a self-contained stay rather than a serviced one. Ndemi garden Studios gives you a door you can lock, a kitchen you can use and a car you can park, which suits anyone in Nairobi for work at Upper Hill, a conference, or a longer stay where eating out every night is not the plan. The address is in Greater Nairobi, not the central business district, so if your days belong to Kenyatta Avenue and Moi Avenue you are dependent on a car or a ride each time. It also suits wheel users better than most at this level, given the lift and the step-free access the list claims. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of a lobby into the middle of the city, or who wants the hotel to feed them.
02The supplier's photographs
0334 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 Studios directly if you want an apartment with parking rather than a room in the centre. 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 Studios?+
It is on Hekima Gardens in Greater Nairobi, not in the central business district. The site measures it at 5.58 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 70 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.93 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually provide?+
Apartments with a kitchen or kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, sink and water, and a bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries. Also free wifi, internet access, a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, housekeeping, cleaning, laundry service, lifts, free car parking and a garage. No restaurant is listed.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It helps. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. If your work is in Upper Hill the position is reasonable. If it is on Kenyatta Avenue, plan on a ride each day.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and free cancellation are shown when you book through app.impt.io. The site lists no prices, so the rate appears at the point of booking. If you need a wheelchair accessible room or specific dates, note that the front desk is staffed 24 hours and can confirm what is open.
