Serviced apartments on Ring Road Parklands, next to Empress Plaza, with kitchens and parking, and a shuttle on the list. What decides it is the car: this sits on a transport edge, so you drive in rather than walk. Good for families and longer stays, wrong if you want the centre on foot.
01What it is
Nelson's Court Serviced Apartments is a three star block of apartments rather than a hotel, and the list reads like one: kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, desk and fan in the rooms, with bathroom, shower, WC, towels and toiletries. Free wifi, free car parking, lifts, housekeeping and cleaning, laundry service and iron and board cover the practical side, and a cot, family rooms, safe and wake up service are there for families. A fitness centre, garden, concierge, luggage storage and shuttle service round it out. Where the list is thin is food and drink: no restaurant and no bar appear, and no room service.
What that adds up to is a self contained stay rather than a serviced one you lean on. You cook or you go out, and the guest score is not on file, so judge it on the flats and the address. Nelson's Court Serviced Apartments suits families, drivers and anyone staying several nights who wants a kitchen, parking and a lift instead of a lobby. It does not suit someone who wants to step out into the centre: Parklands sits 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, to cross by car.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 5 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 sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers, on the edge of the centre in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten quarters, not the one you are sleeping in. Treat it as a base you travel in and out of: anything in the CBD means a crossing by car rather than a walk from your door.
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the grid, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin, and the Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge. The fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, Museum Hill is the next rise beyond, and 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 after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, to be crossed by car. The quarter itself lies 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Nelson's Court Serviced Apartments if you are arriving with a car and staying more than a night or two, and check the apartment type before you commit, since a kitchenette and a full kitchen are not the same thing. 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 Nelson's Court Serviced Apartments?+
On Ring Road Parklands, next to Empress Plaza, in the Parklands area of Greater Nairobi. It is 3.46 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 44 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.96 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
Do the apartments have kitchens?+
The list includes kitchen and kitchenette, along with a microwave, refrigerator and toaster, so you can prepare your own food. No restaurant or bar is listed, which matters if you would rather eat downstairs than cook. Ask about the difference between a kitchen and a kitchenette when you book.
Is Parklands a good base for central Nairobi?+
Only with a car. The street has 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, to cross by car. The centre is a drive, not a stroll, so plan on driving or using the shuttle service.
How do I check whether a room is free?+
Availability and room types are shown on app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates and confirm a booking. The property lists 24 hour security, a safe, smoke detectors and first aid, so security features are covered while you decide.
