A three star serviced residence on Rhapta Road in Greater Nairobi: kitchen, fridge, wifi, pool and parking, with reception and room service. It sits well outside the centre, so it decides itself. Book it if you want your own kitchen and a pool and do not need the CBD on foot. Leave it if you want the centre.
01What it is
Prime Serviced residence Nairobi is a three star property on Rhapta Road, and the list leans towards staying in rather than being served. You get a kitchen and a fridge, so you can feed yourself, an iron and board, free wifi, and non smoking rooms. Outside there is a garden, a terrace and an outdoor pool. Parking and a reception area are listed, plus room service, a safe and a shower. The list is thin on the things a hotel normally adds: no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no meeting space appear on it.
What that adds up to at Prime Serviced residence Nairobi is a self contained flat with a pool, not a hotel with a kitchenette. The kitchen, the fridge and the laundry kit do the work; the pool, garden and terrace are what you use when you are not working. Suits longer stays, families, and anyone in Greater Nairobi on business who wants space and quiet. Does not suit a first visit aimed at the centre, or anyone who wants the halls busy in the evening. Book it for the flat and the pool, not for the address.
02The supplier's photographs
0313 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 Prime Serviced residence Nairobi if you want a kitchen and a pool and can accept the distance from the centre, and check the dates against the rest of Greater Nairobi 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 is Prime Serviced residence Nairobi?+
On Rhapta Road in Greater Nairobi, outside the central business district. It is 5.06 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 64 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 4.44 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually list?+
A kitchen and fridge, free wifi, an iron and board, non smoking rooms, a safe and a shower, with room service and a reception area. Outside there is a garden, a terrace and an outdoor pool, and parking is listed. There is no restaurant, bar or gym on the list.
What is it like getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
The centre is a daytime quarter. The halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan your day around that if you are going in. Staying out on Rhapta Road means the centre is a deliberate trip rather than a walk out of the lobby.
How do I check availability at Prime Serviced residence Nairobi?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, where you can see the dates that are open and book. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the booking is confirmed through that site rather than by calling the property.
