A one bedroom apartment with its own kitchen, a balcony and parking, set on Ngong Road in the Racecourse Gardens block. It suits you if you are driving, staying a while, and want to cook rather than eat out. It does not suit you if you want to walk to the centre.
01What it is
Racecourse one bed apartment ngong Road is a three star self contained flat rather than a serviced room. The list is built around living in it: kitchen and kitchenette with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, a shower and WC, towels, a desk, carpet, a balcony and a garden. Wifi and internet access are named, as are free car parking, an outdoor pool and a laundry service. The list thins out where a hotel would not: there is no restaurant, no bar and no reception desk of the kind you would find in a staffed property, and no gym or meeting space is named.
What that adds up to is a base for someone who treats the apartment as a place to sleep and cook, not as the point of the trip. Racecourse one bed apartment ngong Road sits in Greater Nairobi, outside the quarter this site covers, and the street there is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. After dark the area is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. It suits a self driving guest on a longer stay who wants a kitchen and a parking space. It does not suit anyone without a car, or anyone who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0324 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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one directly if the kitchen and the parking are what you are after, because those are the parts of the listing that hold up. 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 one bed apartment ngong Road?+
It is at Ngong Road Racecourse Gardens Apartment Number A1, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 8.71 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 109 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is 7.18 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
A kitchen and kitchenette with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, a shower and WC, towels, a desk, carpet, a balcony and a garden. Wifi and internet access are listed, along with free car parking, an outdoor pool and laundry service. No restaurant, bar or gym is named.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
It is built for one. The street is new concrete on a ridge, laid out for the car and the conference room, and free parking is listed. After dark the area is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Without a car you are dependent on that ride.
How do I check availability for Racecourse one bed apartment ngong Road?+
Availability and dates are held on app.impt.io, where the booking is made. The listing is a one bed apartment, so it takes a single booking at a time. Check the dates you want there before you plan around it.
