A 3 star apartment block off Mombasa Road, useful if you have a car and a reason to be on this side of the city. The facilities are practical rather than generous, and the deciding factor is transport: daylight movement, and a ride back after dark.
01What it is
Plainsville Apartments lists concierge, free wifi, free car parking, laundry service and luggage storage. The parking and laundry are the two that matter on a working stay in Greater Nairobi, and the concierge desk is the thing that makes the rest usable, since a car is how you get anywhere from here. The list is thin in the other direction: there is no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no shuttle and nothing that keeps you on the property in the evening. Free wifi covers the room; the rest of the offer is a place to sleep and a car park.
What that adds up to is a base, not a destination. Plainsville Apartments sits on wide industrial land, sheds and haulage yards, the working edge of the city, and the street is unlit in stretches after dark. A car solves both the distance and the evening, and free parking means the car is not a problem once you are back. This suits someone with business on this side of town who wants a quiet, functional room and does not mind driving to dinner. It does not suit anyone coming to Nairobi on foot, or anyone who wants the centre at the door.
02The supplier's photographs
035 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 the centre. They sit well outside it, in the inner suburbs, past the ten quarters this site covers. The nearest of those quarters, for orientation only, is The Railway Quarter, on the southern edge of the grid, and that is as close as the connection goes. You are in the wider city here. Anything in the CBD means travelling in and out, so plan the day around that rather than around a short step from your room.
The Railway Quarter itself is wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here, the museum, and understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift; the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches, so keep it to daylight and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Book Plainsville Apartments directly if your itinerary already puts you off Mombasa Road and you are travelling with a vehicle, and check the free cancellation terms before you commit. 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 Plainsville Apartments?+
It is off Mombasa Road in Greater Nairobi, 3.44 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That puts it outside the walkable centre, on the industrial side of the city, so plan on arriving and moving by car rather than on foot.
What facilities does Plainsville Apartments have?+
The listed facilities are concierge, free wifi, free car parking, laundry service and luggage storage. It is a 3 star property, so expect a functional room rather than full hotel services. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on the list, so meals and evenings happen elsewhere.
Can I walk into the centre from Plainsville Apartments?+
The address is 4.32 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 55 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the road is industrial and unlit in stretches after dark. Daylight only, and a car back. A vehicle is the realistic way to reach the centre.
How do I check availability at Plainsville Apartments?+
Use the booking link on this page to see live availability and room options at Plainsville Apartments. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so you can hold a booking while you confirm your plans. Free parking is included, which helps if you are driving.
