A three star apartment building off Kirichwa Gardens Road, on a ridge where the new concrete is built for cars and conference rooms. It suits families and longer stays that want a kitchen, parking and a lift, and it does not suit anyone who wants to step out of the door into the centre of Nairobi.
01What it is
S. Lucie Apartment is a three star property on Kirichwa Gardens Rd with the facilities of a serviced apartment rather than a hotel room. The list runs to a kitchen, kitchenette, microwave, oven and refrigerator, plus balcony and patio, carpets, a safe, iron and board, and a private bathroom with shower, WC, towels and toiletries. There is free wifi and internet access, free car parking, lifts, non smoking rooms, family rooms and wheelchair access, and a fitness centre, garden and outdoor pool. Babysitting, cleaning and laundry service are listed, as are pets allowed. The list is thin in one place: it names no restaurant, bar or breakfast, so you should read it as self catering and not as full board.
What that adds up to is an apartment for people with a car and their own routine. At S. Lucie Apartment you cook if you want to cook, park without paying again, and use the pool or the garden at the end of a working day, with a babysitter and a laundry service to take the edges off a long stay. It suits families, groups and anyone posted to Nairobi for weeks rather than nights, and it suits pets. It does not suit a short city break built on walking to restaurants and bars, because the street is new concrete built for the car and the evening is quiet.
02The supplier's photographs
0335 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book S. Lucie Apartment if you want an apartment rather than a room and you are prepared to drive for everything else. 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 S. Lucie Apartment in Nairobi?+
It is on Kirichwa Gardens Rd in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge where new concrete has gone up for cars and conference rooms. It sits 3.47 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
Does S. Lucie Apartment have parking and wifi?+
Yes. Free car parking, free wifi and internet access are all listed, along with lifts, a fitness centre, a garden and an outdoor pool. If you are driving in Greater Nairobi, parking on site removes a daily problem.
Can I cook in the apartment?+
The facilities list includes a kitchen, a kitchenette, an oven, a microwave and a refrigerator, so self catering is the assumption here. No restaurant or bar is listed, which is the one gap in the offer. Guests should plan meals accordingly.
How do I get into the centre from S. Lucie Apartment?+
You are 4.85 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 61 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is not a stroll you repeat daily, so treat the apartment as car based and arrange a ride. To check availability, book online.
