A three star apartment block on Nyangumi Road, on new concrete up on a ridge, with free wifi and free parking and not much else on the list. The car is the deciding factor: with one, this works; without one, the evenings here are thin.
01What it is
Restead Stay Apartments lists the basics and no more. Free wifi and a TV cover the room; free car parking is the item that matters most out here, and there is a terrace, shops on the property, and wheelchair access. That is the whole list. There is no restaurant, no gym, no airport transfer and no reception desk worth the name, so do not come expecting a hotel's range of services. Nothing on it is wrong, but nothing on it is generous either.
What you get at Restead Stay Apartments is a serviced flat with a place to park, in a part of Greater Nairobi built for the car and the conference room. It sits 3.78 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 48 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.57 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. If you are driving to meetings in Upper Hill or the centre, this is a workable, quiet base. If you are on foot and want the city around you after dark, it is not.
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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: 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 sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Restead Stay Apartments through this site and confirm availability against your dates, since the apartment count here is small. 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 Restead Stay Apartments?+
It is at Orchid Court on Nyangumi Road, Apartment B4, in Greater Nairobi. That places it on a ridge outside the centre proper, in a district of new concrete built around cars and conference rooms, rather than in the dense blocks of the CBD itself.
What does the property actually provide?+
Free wifi, free car parking, a TV, a terrace, shops and wheelchair access, at a three star level. There is no restaurant, no gym and no spa on the list, so plan on self catering or going out for meals. Parking is the strongest item here.
Can I stay here without a car?+
You can, but the evenings are the problem. The area is safe and dull after dark, with hotel bars and little else, and any real night out means a ride elsewhere. Budget for that if you arrive without your own transport.
How do I check availability at Restead Stay Apartments?+
Use the booking panel on this page at app.impt.io. Enter your dates to see which apartments are free, and check the free cancellation terms before you confirm, since the apartment count here is limited and quiet periods fill early.
