A three star studio block on Ngong Road, on the ridge side of Greater Nairobi, built for people arriving with a car. The one thing that decides it is the kitchen and the free parking: cook for yourself, drive in when you need the centre.
01What it is
Racecourse Gardens studio Free WiFi & Parking lists what an apartment stay needs rather than what a hotel stay expects: a kitchen and kitchenette with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, a bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries, a desk, an iron and board, a safe and a TV. The studio is carpeted and has a balcony and a terrace, and there are family rooms, non smoking rooms and lifts. Internet access and WiFi are free, car parking is free, and pets are allowed. The list is thin on service: bars are mentioned, the outdoor pool and swimming pool are the only leisure entries, and there is nothing about reception, dining or housekeeping, so read it as a self contained flat with a pool rather than a serviced hotel.
What that adds up to is a base for a particular kind of stay. Racecourse Gardens studio Free WiFi & Parking sits on Ngong Road in Greater Nairobi, a stretch of new concrete on a ridge built for the car and the conference room, and it is 6.62 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. If you are driving, parking is free and the apartment feeds you. If you are on foot, the address works against you: this is not the centre and the evenings here are safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
0332 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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one if you want an apartment with a kitchen and a parking space rather than a hotel with a front desk, and check the 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 Racecourse Gardens studio Free WiFi & Parking?+
It is on Ngong Road in Nairobi, in the Greater Nairobi area rather than the central business district. The site puts it 8.2 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 103 minutes on foot in a direct line, so plan on driving or riding in rather than walking.
What do the studios actually include?+
The listing gives you a kitchen and kitchenette with oven, microwave and refrigerator, a bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries, a desk, iron and board, safe, TV, balcony and terrace, with free WiFi and free car parking. Family rooms and non smoking rooms are available, and pets are allowed.
Can I stay here without a car?+
You can, but you will be relying on rides for everything beyond the immediate street. The address is on a ridge built for the car, the after dark picture is hotel bars and a ride anywhere else, and the centre is not walkable from here. A car suits this property far better.
How do I check whether a studio is free for my dates?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search the booking link for your dates. Enter your arrival and departure, and the site returns what is open at Racecourse Gardens studio Free WiFi & Parking, along with the free cancellation terms that apply to those rooms.
