Rosslyn Studios is a three star place off Limuru Road in Gigiri, out in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre, with a garden and a desk that never closes. The one thing that decides it is how you move: this is a car address first.
01What it is
Rosslyn Studios is a three star property on Rosslyn Hill Close, off Limuru Road in Gigiri, in Greater Nairobi. The listed facilities are practical rather than plush: a 24 hour front desk, free wifi, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage, a garden, a picnic area, and wheelchair access. There are bars on the list, and a surcharge item, which is worth reading as a note rather than an amenity. The list is thin where a longer stay feels it. There is no kitchen or self-catering detail, no gym, no pool, no airport transfer, and no restaurant beyond the bars.
Rosslyn Studios reads as a straightforward base rather than a destination. The 24 hour desk, laundry and wifi carry a working stay, and the garden and picnic area give you somewhere to sit that is not your room. What you do not get is a central address or much in the way of on-site eating and drinking. It suits someone with a car and business in Gigiri or the northern edge, and it does not suit anyone who wants to walk out of the door into the middle of Nairobi.
02The supplier's photographs
0310 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 Rosslyn Studios if you have your own transport and your business sits north of the centre, because the location decides this one more than the room does. 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 Rosslyn Studios?+
It is on Rosslyn Hill Close, off Limuru Road in Gigiri, in Greater Nairobi rather than the central business district. The area is a transport edge rather than an evening one, with a flyover, a roundabout and a market that starts before the light does. Cross it by car rather than on foot after dark.
How far is it from the centre of Nairobi?+
It is 8.93 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 112 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is also 8.31 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Treat both as reasons to arrange a car rather than walk.
What does Rosslyn Studios actually have on site?+
A 24 hour front desk, free wifi, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage, a garden, a picnic area and wheelchair access, with bars and a surcharge item listed. There is no gym, no pool and no restaurant beyond the bars, so plan meals and evenings accordingly.
Does the guest score tell me anything useful?+
It holds a 4.3 out of 5 from 69 reviews, which suggests most people who stayed got roughly what they expected from a three star place in this part of Greater Nairobi. It is a fair signal of consistency rather than luxury.
