A four star apartment block on Oloitoktok Road in Greater Nairobi, built around a gym, a heated pool and private parking. Self-catering, so the kitchen decides it: fine if you want to cook and keep your own hours, less so if you want the centre at your door.
01What it is
Royal Magnificent Apartments With Well Equipped Gym Heated Swimming Pool Private Parking Space Children Play Area And Unbeatable City Views is a four star apartment property on Oloitoktok Road in Greater Nairobi. The listed facilities are domestic rather than hotel-style: a kitchen and a kitchenette, a bathroom, a washing machine, a TV, a balcony and a terrace. Outside there is a swimming pool, free car parking and parking, and a gym. The list is plainly incomplete: there is no restaurant or bar, no breakfast, no front desk or transfer detail, and no room-by-room breakdown, so you are trusting the flat itself and the building's shared spaces rather than a service operation.
For the right visitor that gap is the point. Royal Magnificent Apartments suits a family or a small group on a longer stay, anyone who wants to cook, wash clothes and park a car on site, and anyone whose days are already organised around a car and a conference room. It does not suit a first-time visitor who wants the Central Business District on foot and company in the evening: the building sits out in Greater Nairobi, and if you want to be in the centre on foot, book in the centre. Check what the kitchen, parking and gym actually include before you commit.
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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Royal Magnificent Apartments only once you are clear that a self-catering flat with a car park is what you want, because the facilities on file say nothing about a restaurant, a bar or a front desk. 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 Royal Magnificent Apartments?+
It is on Oloitoktok Road in Greater Nairobi, 3.83 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 48 minutes on foot in a direct line. That places it outside the Central Business District, on a ridge built for the car and the conference room rather than for walking.
What facilities does the property actually list?+
A kitchen and kitchenette, a bathroom, a washing machine, a TV, a balcony and a terrace. Shared: a swimming pool, a gym, free car parking and parking, and a children play area. The list does not include a restaurant, bar or breakfast. Nothing is given about room types or gym equipment, so confirm before booking.
What does staying in Greater Nairobi mean for getting into the centre?+
It means a car or a ride rather than a walk. The property is 2.96 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. After dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Plan transport accordingly.
How do I check availability and what is the cancellation policy?+
Availability is checked through the booking link on this page. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and you book them through app.impt.io. The site holds 12 photographs on file, so look at those against the listed facilities before you decide, since no guest score is recorded.
