A studio apartment block behind Imaara Mall, on the southern side of the city and pointed at the airport road rather than the centre. Kitchen, balcony, parking and a 24 hour desk. Book it if you want a self-contained base out here with your own front door; skip it if your days belong in the CBD.
01What it is
Ruby Modern Homes Studio Imara Daima Behind Imaara Mall JKIA Horizon is listed as a four star apartment property on Tegla Lorupe Road. The facilities that matter to a self-catering stay are all here: a kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, a kitchenette, a balcony, a bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries, and slippers. There is free wifi and internet access, a TV, iron and board, safe, smoke detector, non smoking rooms, carpeted floors and cleaning. The building runs a 24 hour front desk with 24H. Security and security features, and there is free car parking. Where the list is thin is on names: there is no restaurant, no gym and no bar, so breakfast is the only meal the property itself mentions, and everything beyond that is yours to cook.
For someone staying here, Ruby Modern Homes Studio Imara Daima Behind Imaara Mall JKIA Horizon works as a self-contained apartment rather than a hotel with services attached. You get a door you lock, a kitchen you use, parking for a car and a desk that is staffed around the clock. The setting is Greater Nairobi, not the centre, and the area is a working one: the street outside is trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am, and after dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, mornings only. That combination suits a driver, a crew on an early airport run or anyone whose business sits south of the city and who wants to cook. It does not suit a visitor who plans to spend the day in the CBD and walk home in the evening.
02The supplier's photographs
0332 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 Muthurwa and the east markets, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Muthurwa and the east markets is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the useful fact it is: you are staying in the wider city, not in the CBD, and anything in the centre means travelling in and out for it. Muthurwa itself is the wholesale edge, where the market and the country bus termini push up against the railway land, and it sits 1.23 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 16 minutes on foot in a direct line.
That edge has its own texture: trucks, handcarts and the entire city's vegetables changing hands at 5am. It is best for an early-morning market walk with someone who knows it. After dark it is closed, dark and not a place to be, so mornings only. Nothing about the quarter makes it a base, and the hotels this page lists are not in it. They are for people who want the wider city and accept the journey in whenever the centre calls.
Read the nearest quarter, Muthurwa and the east markets05Booking it
Book this one if you want a self-catering studio south of the centre and you already know how you are getting around. 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 Ruby Modern Homes Studio Imara Daima?+
It is on Tegla Lorupe Road in Nairobi, behind Imaara Mall, in the Imara Daima area on the southern side of the city. The listing places it 8.1 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 102 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat it as a Greater Nairobi address rather than a central one.
Can I cook for myself instead of eating out?+
Yes. The studio lists a kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus a kitchenette, so self-catering is the point of the place. Breakfast is the only meal the property itself mentions, and there is no restaurant or bar on the list, so plan your other meals around the kitchen or the mall behind it.
How do I get into the city centre from here?+
This property is 6.94 km from Muthurwa and the east markets, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That is the closest of the central quarters, and the rest sit further in, so arrange transport rather than assuming you will walk in. The area is mornings only, closed and dark after that.
What is parking and security like?+
Free car parking is listed, along with a 24 hour front desk, 24H. Security and security features, plus a safe and a smoke detector in the room. That combination is what makes a car practical here, since the property sits outside the centre and you will be driving in and out rather than walking everywhere.
