A two bedroom apartment on Mama Wahu Road in Greater Nairobi, with a kitchen, a pool and a gym in a new ridge development built for cars and conferences. Come with a car, or a reason to be out this way. It is not a base for walking into the centre.
01What it is
Serene Retreat 2 Bedroom with Pool Netflix Fast Wifi and Gym is a 3 star apartment rather than a hotel room, and the list reads like a flat: a kitchen with oven, microwave and refrigerator, a balcony, a bathroom with toiletries, coffee, a desk, an iron and board, and a TV with video. Free wifi and internet access cover the working side. The building adds lifts, laundry service, non smoking rooms, a gym and a swimming pool. The listing stops at a pool and a gym, with no restaurant, bar or breakfast named and no reception claimed, so the services you can count on are the ones written down.
Serene Retreat 2 Bedroom with Pool Netflix Fast Wifi and Gym sits 8.29 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 104 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the street feel there is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It suits a family or a small group who want to cook, park and drive to meetings, or anyone whose business is already out on this ridge. It does not suit a first time visitor who wants the centre on foot: you would spend the trip in a car.
02The supplier's photographs
0319 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 Retreat 2 Bedroom with Pool Netflix Fast Wifi and Gym is a self catering apartment, so book only after you have decided how you will get around from Mama Wahu Road. 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 Retreat 2 Bedroom with Pool Netflix Fast Wifi and Gym?+
It is on Mama Wahu Road in Greater Nairobi, a new ridge development. The listing puts it 8.29 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 104 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is 6.74 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
A kitchen with oven, microwave and refrigerator, a balcony, a bathroom with toiletries, a desk, coffee, an iron and board, and a TV. Free wifi, internet access, lifts, laundry service, non smoking rooms, a gym and a swimming pool are listed. No restaurant, bar or breakfast is named.
Can I stay here without a car?+
The street is built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Walking into the centre from here is not realistic. Plan on driving or taking a ride for everything beyond the building.
How do I check whether the apartment is free for my dates?+
Availability and any current terms are shown when you search on app.impt.io, alongside the apartment photographs and the full facility list. Read the cancellation terms on the room before you confirm, since they are the part that decides what you can change later.
