A three star apartment block on Kilimani Riara Road, set for the car and the conference room rather than for walking. If you are in Nairobi to work and you have transport, it covers the basics. If you want the centre on foot, the position decides against you.
01What it is
Riverland Apartments lists concierge, free wifi, laundry service and luggage storage. Four items, and that is the whole of it: no restaurant, no gym, no pool, no meeting room, nothing about parking or a kitchen, which is worth noticing in an apartment block on a ridge built for the car and the conference room. The three star grading fits a short, functional list rather than a full service hotel. The concierge is the one entry that suggests someone is on hand to arrange what the building itself does not provide, and free wifi, laundry and luggage storage are the things a working stay actually uses.
For the right visitor, Riverland Apartments is a quiet machine: arrive by car, sleep, leave. The street is new concrete on a ridge, and after dark it is safe and dull, so the evening is a hotel bar or a ride somewhere else. That suits someone on business with a vehicle and little interest in the centre. It does not suit anyone planning to walk to meetings or to spend the evening on foot, and the thin facility list means no dinner under your own roof.
02The supplier's photographs
034 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 Riverland Apartments if you have transport and want a plain base on the Kilimani ridge rather than a hotel in the middle of things. 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 Riverland Apartments?+
Kilimani Riara Road, in Greater Nairobi. It stands 6.25 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 79 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 4.74 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Treat the car as the assumption.
What does Riverland Apartments actually provide?+
Concierge, free wifi, laundry service and luggage storage. That is the full list, with no restaurant, gym, pool or meeting room named. It is a three star property, so expect the four listed services to be the whole of what the building offers guests.
What is the area around Kilimani Riara Road like?+
New concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. After dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride needed for anywhere else. The immediate streets are offices and apartment blocks rather than a quarter you would wander.
How do I check whether Riverland Apartments has a room?+
Availability and current terms are shown through app.impt.io, which is where bookings for this property are handled. The site holds no rates and no prices of its own, so the booking page is the place to look for what is open on your dates.
