Njema Court Apartments is a 3 star apartment block on Rhapta Road in Westlands, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre itself. The deciding fact is the distance: it sits 3.63 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Suits self caterers with a car; not walkers.
01What it is
Njema Court Apartments is a 3 star apartment property on Rhapta Road in Westlands, listed with 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, lifts, free wifi, free car parking and a market on site. The units are apartments and family rooms with kitchens or kitchenettes, and the equipment named is the full set: oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, washing machine, iron and board. Bedrooms carry a desk, TV, telephone, safe and balcony, and bathrooms list a bath, shower, WC, towels and toiletries. Extras include breakfast, housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and dry cleaning, room service, a barber and beauty salon, massage, spa, Jacuzzi, fitness center, aerobics, an outdoor pool, a terrace, a smoking area and wheelchair access. The list is thin on the ordinary: no airport transfer, no business centre beyond copy facilities, no restaurant of its own beyond breakfast.
For a stay here that adds up to an apartment you can cook in, in a secure block with parking, in a part of Greater Nairobi where you are not on foot. Njema Court Apartments suits families, longer stays and anyone arriving with a car, and it suits people who want a kitchen, a washing machine and a quiet base rather than a lobby to sit in. It does not suit anyone planning to walk into the centre daily, and it does not suit anyone who wants the centre's streets at the door. This is a residential Westlands address, not a downtown hotel. Book it for the space and the parking, not the position.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 17 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
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book Njema Court Apartments if you want an apartment with a kitchen, parking and security in Westlands and you are not relying on walking into the centre, and check the room type carefully, because the facilities list mixes apartment and hotel fittings and does not say which unit gets which. 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 Njema Court Apartments?+
The address is 12 Rhapta Road, Westlands, in Greater Nairobi rather than the Central Business District. It is 4.24 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat it as a Westlands base and plan your trips into the centre from there.
Is it close enough to walk to the city centre?+
It is 3.63 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the route is not a stroll you would want with luggage. Most people staying on Rhapta Road use a car or a ride into the centre and back. The free car parking is the point.
What do the apartments actually include?+
The listed fittings cover kitchens and kitchenettes with an oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster and washing machine, plus iron and board. Bedrooms list a desk, TV, telephone, safe and balcony, and bathrooms list a bath, shower, towels and toiletries. Free wifi, a 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security and lifts are listed as well.
How do I check availability and book?+
Booking runs through app.impt.io. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so you can hold a room while you sort out the rest of the trip. Check the unit type before you confirm, because the facilities list covers apartments and family rooms together and does not say what each one gets.
