A serviced apartment block on the Kilimani ridge, built around a rooftop pool, a gym and a desk you can actually work at. The deciding question is whether you want a self-contained base with parking and a kitchen, or a hotel on the doorstep of the business quarter. This one is not the second.
01What it is
Skyline Serenity at Roseville Apartment Rooftop Pool Gym Workspace Lounge & Parking is a four star apartment address on House No. 1404 in Kilimani. The list is led by the apartment itself: kitchen and kitchenette, oven, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine, refrigerator, toaster, coffee, dining space, balcony or terrace, air conditioning, desk, sofa bed, cot and high chairs. On the shared side you get an outdoor pool with a kids pool and pool bar, a fitness centre, tennis court, mini golf, games room, garden, restaurant and bar, business centre, salon, massage, laundry and dry cleaning, free parking and free wifi. Children are provided for, with babysitting, a playground and family rooms, and there is a 24 hour front desk with security. The list is thinner on practical city detail: it claims a golf course, a chapel and bowling none of which are explained, and the shuttle and car and bike rental are listed without any indication of how they are arranged.
What this adds up to is a self-contained stay. You can cook, work, swim and park without leaving the compound, and Skyline Serenity suits anyone in Nairobi for more than a night or two on business or with family, especially with a car. The gym and the desk make it work for a longer posting. It does not suit you if you want to step outside into the city: Kilimani here is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Skyline Serenity is a base, not a quarter.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 53 more on the supplier's own record. 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 this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Skyline Serenity direct if you want the apartment and the parking, and check the kitchen and workspace against your dates before you commit. 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 Skyline Serenity in Nairobi?+
The address is House No. 1404, Kilimani, Nairobi, in Greater Nairobi. The site lists it as 3.44 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is also 1.79 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What is actually in the apartment?+
The listing names a kitchen and kitchenette with oven, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine, refrigerator and toaster, plus a desk, sofa bed, air conditioning, balcony or terrace, towels, sheets, toiletries, hairdryer, iron and board, safe and television. Cot and high chairs are listed for children, and the apartments are non smoking.
Is it easy to get into the centre from here?+
Kilimani sits on a ridge west of the centre, and the site describes the street as new concrete built for the car and the conference room. It is not a walking quarter, and after dark the honest description is hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. Plan on a vehicle or the listed shuttle.
How do I check availability and cancel?+
Availability and apartment types are shown when you search your dates through app.impt.io. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so check the terms on the rate you pick. The 24 hour front desk handles arrival, and free parking is listed if you are bringing a car.
