A three star studio apartment in Greater Nairobi, out past the roundabout and the market, with parking, a pool and a lift. It suits drivers who want a base outside the centre; it does not suit anyone who intends to spend the day on foot in the Central Business District.
01What it is
The facilities list at Ruaka View Palace Apartment Studio is organised around parking, which appears as car parking, free car parking and plain parking, so a car is clearly the assumed arrival. There is a pool and a kids pool, a spa, a lounge, a casino, lifts, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. Water is listed as a facility, which tells you the list was not written by someone choosing words carefully. The Ruaka View Palace Apartment Studio list is thin on the ordinary things: nothing here says kitchen, desk, wifi or security, and the three star rating is the only guide you get on the standard of the rooms.
What that adds up to is a self contained building on a transport edge, and for a driver with a car and a reason to be north of the centre, Ruaka View Palace Apartment Studio does the job. The pool, the spa and the casino keep you on the property rather than sending you out into an area that has little to offer after dark. It does not suit anyone without a car, anyone who wants the Central Business District on foot, or anyone who needs the facilities list to answer questions it does not answer. Treat it as a car based base and it makes sense.
02The supplier's photographs
0313 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 this one only if you have a car, because the location does not work on foot. 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 is Ruaka View Palace Apartment Studio?+
It is on Rossyln Slaughter Off Limuru Road, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 9.86 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 124 minutes on foot in a direct line. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Ngara and the Globe.
What does the property actually list?+
Car parking, free car parking and parking, a pool and a kids pool, a spa, a lounge, a casino, lifts, a shuttle service and wheelchair access. Water is on the list too. There is no mention of wifi, a kitchen or a desk, so ask before you rely on any of them.
Can I walk into the Central Business District from here?+
No. It is 9.29 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and the area is a transport edge rather than an evening one, which you cross by car. Plan on a vehicle or a shuttle for every trip.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search, and you book through app.impt.io. If you need a wheelchair accessible room, a lift or parking, note that on the booking, since the property lists all three but the rooms themselves are not described in detail anywhere.
