Nila Apartments Utawala is a three star property on Gesora Road in Greater Nairobi, well outside the centre this site covers. The one thing that decides whether it is right for you is the car park: with free parking on site, it works if you are driving in and out. Without a vehicle, it does not.
01What it is
Nila Apartments Utawala lists free car parking, sheets and towels, and wheelchair accessible access. That is the whole of what is on file, and the list is thin. Parking is the one facility here a visitor would care about most, because it is the thing that makes the location workable at all. The beds are made and the bathroom has towels, and the property is listed as accessible for wheelchair users, which is not something every small place in Greater Nairobi offers. There is nothing here about food, about a bar, about a desk, about laundry or about any way of getting around that you do not arrange yourself.
For someone staying here, Nila Apartments Utawala is a base and little more. You get a room, you get somewhere to leave the car, and you get Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. The distance is the fact that governs everything: it sits 14.56 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 183 minutes on foot in a direct line, which tells you that walking in is not the plan. This suits a driver with business on this side of the city, or someone who wants a straightforward bed away from the middle. It does not suit anyone without a car, anyone who wants the centre on foot, or anyone expecting facilities beyond parking and linen.
02The supplier's photographs
034 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. That is the whole point of the distinction: you are sleeping outside the grid, and you will be travelling in and out for anything in the CBD.
The quarter itself is the eastern edge of the grid: wholesale produce, bus termini, before dawn. Trucks, handcarts and the entire city’s vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is the wholesale edge, where Muthurwa’s market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it feeds the rest of the grid. Best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, and mornings are the only sensible time. Muthurwa sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that figure describes the quarter, not your journey from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book Nila Apartments Utawala only once you have settled how you are getting between Greater Nairobi and the centre, because the property does not solve that for you. 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 Nila Apartments Utawala?+
It is on Gesora Road in Greater Nairobi, outside the central business district rather than in it. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Muthurwa and the east markets, and the property is 13.38 km from them, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually provide?+
The listed facilities are free car parking, sheets, towels and wheelchair accessible access. There is no restaurant, bar or laundry on the list, so plan to sort meals and everything else yourself. Treat the parking as the main reason to choose this property.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
You arrange it yourself. The property is 14.56 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 183 minutes on foot in a direct line, so walking is not realistic for a daily trip. A car, a taxi or a matatu you have organised in advance is what makes staying this far out work.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown when you book through app.impt.io. If you need a wheelchair accessible room or a parking space held for you, confirm both before you commit, because the listed facilities are the only ones on file and there is no extras list to fall back on.
