A three star apartment style property on Wood Ave in Greater Nairobi, kept simple and practical: free parking, lifts, shops and step free access. Its distance from the centre is the deciding fact. If you need to be in the Central Business District on foot, this is the wrong side of the ridge. If you have a car, it works.
01What it is
Smart Homes The Luxe Retreat lists four things: free car parking, lifts, shops and wheelchair accessible access. That is the whole list. The emphasis is on the practical rather than the comfortable, and the shops suggest you are not relying on room service or a lobby for anything. The lifts and the wheelchair accessible access are the two items that matter most to anyone with mobility needs, and they are genuinely present rather than implied. The free car parking is the one that decides the stay. Beyond that, the list is thin. There is no restaurant, no gym, no pool, no business centre and no airport transfer named, so do not arrive expecting them.
For someone staying at Smart Homes The Luxe Retreat, what that adds up to is a base that works if you are driving. The ridge position and the listed parking suit a car, and the lifts and access make the building usable for people who need them. The area is Greater Nairobi rather than the centre, so the trip in and out is part of every day you spend here, and the street itself is new concrete built for the car. It suits a conference visitor with a vehicle, a longer stayer who wants a self contained setup, or anyone whose business is out on the ridge rather than downtown. It does not suit a first time visitor who wants the Central Business District on foot, and it does not suit anyone hoping the building itself will provide the evening.
02The supplier's photographs
034 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 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 Smart Homes The Luxe Retreat directly if you have already decided the Greater Nairobi ridge position works for you, because there is little in the building to fall back on if it does not. 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 Smart Homes The Luxe Retreat?+
It sits on Wood Ave in Greater Nairobi, outside the Central Business District rather than in it, and it is 4.29 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. That direct line figure is the straight line distance, not a route you would actually walk with luggage.
What facilities does the property actually have?+
The listed facilities are free car parking, lifts, shops and wheelchair accessible access. Those four are the entire list. There is no restaurant, no gym, no pool and no business centre named for this property, so plan your meals and your workspace around the building rather than inside it.
How do I get into the city centre from here?+
You are in Greater Nairobi, not the centre. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, at 2.75 km, which is the closest you get. The area is built for the car and the conference room, so plan on a vehicle or a ride rather than a walk.
How do I check availability and cancellation terms?+
Availability and terms are shown through app.impt.io when you book. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and the confirmed booking carries the carbon and credit terms described on this page. Check the specific room and date before you commit, since not every room carries the same conditions.
