A four star self catering apartment off Lumumba Drive, out on Greater Nairobi's transport edge. The kitchenette and the free parking decide it: this suits a longer stay with a car, and does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot.
01What it is
Rosedge Crib lists the plain fundamentals and lists them properly: free wifi, free car parking, a kitchenette, non smoking rooms, a safe, a shower, a WC and a TV. The four star rating covers the fit and finish rather than a service floor, and the list carries nothing beyond the room itself. There is no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer and no front desk service worth the name in the facilities. What you get is a self contained base with parking and a kitchen, and that is the whole of it.
What that adds up to is a stay built around the car. Rosedge Crib works for someone in Nairobi for a stretch of weeks who wants to cook, park at the door and come and go without meeting a lobby, and for anyone whose business sits north of the centre. It does not work for a first visit on foot, for a short city break, or for anyone who wants the evening to happen outside the room, because Lumumba Drive is a transport edge rather than an evening one.
02The supplier's photographs
0311 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book Rosedge Crib once you have settled that a car and a kitchen are part of your stay, since the room is close to the edge of what it offers without them. 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 Rosedge Crib?+
It stands on Lumumba Drive at Tsavo Apartments, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. By the site's own measure it is 9.57 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Treat it as a base on the northern side of the city and plan around that.
What does the property actually provide?+
The listed facilities are free wifi, free car parking, a kitchenette, non smoking rooms, a safe, a shower, a WC and a TV, under a four star rating. There is no restaurant, no bar and no gym. The kitchenette matters most here, because it lets you eat in rather than travel out for every meal.
How far is it from the Central Business District?+
It is 10.26 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 129 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is a walking figure for the direct line and not a route you would take. Getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi means a car or a matatu, and the area is described as a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car.
How do I check whether a room is free?+
Use the booking link for this property and enter your dates to see what is open. Rosedge Crib holds twelve photos on file, so you can see the rooms before you decide. If your stay depends on parking and a kitchenette, confirm both at the point of booking, since that is what the place is for.
