A three star apartment block on Muringa Road, built for people arriving by car and working rather than sightseeing. The facilities list is short and practical, and the deciding question is whether you have your own transport, because the centre is not on the doorstep.
01What it is
Redcliff Apartments is a three star property on Muringa Road in Greater Nairobi, and what it lists is mostly the machinery of a building rather than anything you would book it for. There is free car parking, which is the item that matters most here. There are lifts, so upper floors are reachable with luggage. There is housekeeping and a laundry service, and a smoking area for people who need one. Water is listed, which in this city is worth seeing stated outright. Beyond that the list is thin: no restaurant, no gym, no workspace, no airport transfer, nothing for the evening.
What that adds up to is a place that suits a self-driving guest with business on the ridge or at Upper Hill, and does not suit anyone hoping to step out of the door into the centre. Redcliff Apartments sits 3.52 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and it sits in Greater Nairobi rather than in the Central Business District itself. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull. Take it if you want parking and quiet; skip it if you want the city on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
036 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 Redcliff Apartments if you are driving and your days are already accounted for, since the parking and the quiet are the reason to be 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 exactly is Redcliff Apartments?+
It is on Muringa Road in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge rather than in the Central Business District. It sits 5.07 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 64 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on a vehicle rather than a walk into the centre.
What facilities does Redcliff Apartments actually have?+
The listed facilities are free car parking, housekeeping, laundry service, lifts, a smoking area and water. That is the whole list. There is no restaurant, no gym and no business centre, so treat it as a base with the basics covered rather than a full service hotel.
How do I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
You arrange transport. The property is in Greater Nairobi, away from the Central Business District, and the after dark advice for the area is hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Having a car or a driver makes the location workable, and free parking is provided on site.
How do I check availability at Redcliff Apartments?+
Check dates and room types through app.impt.io, where most rooms can be cancelled free. The property is a three star apartment block on Muringa Road with twelve photos on file, so what you see there is the current picture. No rates are shown on this site.
