A 4 star apartment hotel on Othaya Road, up on the ridge in Kileleshwa, with kitchens, a pool and parking. What decides it is the car: this is built for people who drive or are driven, and the centre is elsewhere.
01What it is
Serene Heights Kileleshwa by Edmor is a 4 star apartment hotel on Othaya Rd1 in Kileleshwa, on the ridge west of the centre. The list is long and covered: air conditioning, a kitchen and washing machine in the apartments, a minibar, a safe, a TV, lifts, free wifi, housekeeping, laundry, room service and a car rental desk. It also carries a fitness centre, an indoor pool and a separate swimming pool, a bar, family rooms, non smoking rooms, free parking and a shuttle service. Where it is thin is on the ground: no restaurant, no meeting space, and nothing about the street beyond what you bring to it. Ten photographs are on file.
What that adds up to is self contained. You get an apartment with a kitchen and a washing machine, a pool and a gym on site, and a lift down to your own parking, which suits longer stays, families and anyone in Nairobi on business who wants a base away from the centre. Serene Heights Kileleshwa by Edmor sits 5.34 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 67 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 4.14 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. It does not suit anyone who wants to walk to meetings or eat out on the doorstep. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room.
02The supplier's photographs
0326 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
Serene Heights Kileleshwa by Edmor is a drive in, drive out property, so book it once your transport and your business in Upper Hill or the centre are settled. 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 Serene Heights Kileleshwa by Edmor?+
On Othaya Rd1 in Kileleshwa, on the ridge west of Nairobi's centre, in Greater Nairobi. It is 4.14 km from Upper Hill and Community, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and it sits at the far edge of the centre's pull.
What facilities does the property list?+
Air conditioning, kitchen, washing machine, minibar, safe, TV, lifts, free wifi, housekeeping, laundry, room service and a car rental desk. There is a fitness centre, an indoor pool and a swimming pool, a bar, family rooms, non smoking rooms, free parking and a shuttle service.
Do I need a car to stay here?+
Yes. The street is built for the car and the conference room, and the halls shut in the late afternoon. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Free parking and a car rental service are on site.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search through app.impt.io. The property lists family rooms and non smoking rooms, so state what you need at the point of booking. Free cancellation applies to most rooms.
