A four star apartment block on Chiromo Road in Greater Nairobi, with kitchens, lifts and parking rather than hotel service. The deciding factor is whether you want your own kitchen, a garden and a car space outside the centre, and a quarter that empties after dark, over a room in the middle of things.
01What it is
Riverside Park Tropical Oasis 3B YourHost Nairobi is a four star apartment property on Chiromo Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre itself. The listed facilities are domestic ones: a kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, coffee, a bathroom with bath, toiletries and towels, an iron and board, a safe, and non smoking rooms. Free wifi and free car parking are both on the list, and there are lifts. The thin spots are the hotel side of things. There is no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no room service named, only a garden, so the self-catering set is doing most of the work.
What that adds up to is a base for someone staying longer than a night or two, who wants to cook and keep a car, and who does not mind being in Greater Nairobi. Set against the alternative, a hotel room in the centre, Riverside Park Tropical Oasis 3B YourHost Nairobi trades service for space and a kitchen. The centre is not on the doorstep: the property is 2.43 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 31 minutes on foot in a direct line. Suits self-caterers and people with vehicles. Does not suit anyone expecting a concierge, a bar downstairs or a short stroll to the shops.
02The supplier's photographs
0320 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing outside the ten quarters
These hotels sit outside the ten quarters of the centre this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of the ten, and it is where you would be heading, not where you are sleeping. Take that as the shape of your stay: you are in the wider city, just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby.
The quarter itself is the market one, 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. The streets are narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. It suits kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. It is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them, so plan the return before that.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book this one directly if you want an apartment with a kitchen and parking in Greater Nairobi, and check the dates against your stay before you commit, since there is no front desk to fall back on. 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 Riverside Park Tropical Oasis 3B YourHost Nairobi?+
It is on Chiromo Road, in Greater Nairobi rather than inside the Central Business District. The nearest quarter this site covers is Biashara Street and City Market, at 1.86 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What facilities does the apartment list?+
A kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, coffee, a bathroom with bath, toiletries and towels, an iron and board, a safe, non smoking rooms, free wifi, free car parking, a garden and lifts. There is no restaurant, no bar and no room service on the list.
What is the area around it like?+
Narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. Plan on taking a car or a ride for anything in the evening.
How do I check availability?+
Use app.impt.io, where the rooms are listed and most can be cancelled free. Put in your dates and the number in your party, and the site shows you what is open for that period. There is no direct number for the property.
