A one bedroom apartment on Sports Rd, outside the centre in Greater Nairobi, with free parking, an indoor pool, a shuttle and step free access. The distance from the quarter is what decides it: this suits you if you are driving or staying a while, and it does not if you want to walk out into the centre.
01What it is
The One Bedroom at Marina Bay Square is a three star property on Sports Rd in Greater Nairobi, and the list it publishes is short and practical rather than long. Free car parking heads it, which is the entry that matters most at this address, and there is an indoor pool on site, a shuttle service, and wheelchair access. Those four lines are the whole of what is confirmed, so the ground is thin: nothing is published about food, about how the apartment is laid out, or about anything on the street outside. Treat it as a place with a car space, a pool and a lift to the door, and nothing promised beyond that.
What that adds up to is a stay that works on its own terms rather than off the city. The One Bedroom at Marina Bay Square sits in Greater Nairobi, 3.14 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 3.73 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 47 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a real gap to the centre, and the quarter itself is a daytime one: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. Suits drivers and longer stays. Does not suit anyone expecting to step out of the door into the centre.
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
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 the One Bedroom at Marina Bay Square through this site and confirm the parking and the shuttle at the same time, since those two facilities carry most of the case for staying here. 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 is the One Bedroom at Marina Bay Square?+
The address is Sports Rd, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the central business district itself. It stands 3.14 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so plan on covering that gap by car, shuttle or taxi rather than on foot.
What facilities does the property list?+
Four: free car parking, an indoor pool, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. The three star rating sits alongside that list. Nothing further is published about dining, room layout or services, so if one of those four is the reason you are booking, confirm it directly before you commit.
Can I walk from the property into the centre?+
It is 3.73 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 47 minutes on foot in a direct line. The centre is also a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. The parking and the shuttle are the better answer here.
How do I check availability for the One Bedroom at Marina Bay Square?+
Use the booking link on this page to see the dates that are open. Booking runs through app.impt.io, most rooms can be cancelled free, and you can settle the parking and shuttle questions at the point of booking rather than on arrival.
