A four star apartment high on Ngong Road, with a queen bed, a gym and Netflix, and a balcony over new concrete. It suits you if you have a car and business on the ridge. It does not if you want to walk into the centre.
01What it is
Rooftop Luxe with Queen Bed Gym and Netflix is a four star apartment on Ngong Road at Enkang Apartments, in Greater Nairobi. The list is long on the mechanics of living: a full kitchen with oven, microwave and refrigerator, coffee, a desk, free wifi, air conditioning, a balcony, a TV, a CD player, iron and board, toiletries, lifts, luggage storage, non smoking rooms and a garden. Pets are allowed. The thin part is the absence of a restaurant, a bar or any on-site food beyond what you cook, and no guest score is on file.
What that adds up to is a self-contained flat rather than a hotel with service. You arrive, you park, you cook, you work at the desk, you use the gym, you watch Netflix, and you leave again by car. For Rooftop Luxe with Queen Bed Gym and Netflix the setting is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, which is exactly the point if your day is on that ridge. It is wrong for you if you want to step out to dinner, or to walk to the centre; after dark the area is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
0321 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
This is a self-catering apartment, so book it when your days are on the Ngong Road ridge and you have your own transport. 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 Rooftop Luxe with Queen Bed Gym and Netflix?+
It is at Enkang Apartments on Ngong Road, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 6.8 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 85 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat it as a car-based address rather than a walk-to-town one.
Can I cook for myself there, or is there a restaurant?+
You cook. The apartment lists a kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and coffee, so self-catering is the arrangement. What is not listed is a restaurant or a bar on site, and the surrounding area is hotel bars and a ride anywhere else for a proper meal.
What is the area around Ngong Road like?+
It is 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 anywhere else. Nothing here is set up for wandering on foot in the evening, so plan your transport before you go out.
How do I check availability and hold a room?+
Use app.impt.io to see what is open for your dates and to confirm. The apartment is four star, with a queen bed, gym and Netflix, and twelve photographs are on file. Pets are allowed, so say so when you check if you are bringing one.
