A one bedroom apartment in a new concrete block on a Kileleshwa ridge, with a kitchen, a washing machine and free parking. The kitchen is what decides it: you cook here, or you do not stay here.
01What it is
Snug City Escape 1 BR Gatundu Heights Kileleshwa 813 is a four star apartment at Gatundu Close, on the ridge above Kileleshwa. The list is a working flat rather than a hotel room: kitchen, refrigerator, microwave, washing machine, iron and board, desk, fan, balcony, TV, shower and WC, with towels, toiletries, a hairdryer and slippers. Free wifi, free car parking, lifts, luggage storage and non smoking rooms round it out. The list is thin on service: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no pool, and nothing that suggests anyone is on hand around the clock.
For the right visitor that thin list is the point. Snug City Escape 1 BR Gatundu Heights Kileleshwa 813 suits someone in Nairobi for a stretch of weeks with a car, who wants to wash clothes, cook, park at the door and shut out the city. It does not suit anyone who wants a bar downstairs, a concierge, or a walk to the office: the area is built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. If you are here to see the centre on foot, book elsewhere.
02The supplier's photographs
0325 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 this one only if you want the kitchen and the parking space more than you want a front desk, since what you are renting is a flat and not a hotel. 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 this apartment in relation to central Nairobi?+
It sits at Gatundu Close on the Kileleshwa ridge, 4.56 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.63 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Plan on a car or a ride rather than a walk.
What is actually in the apartment?+
A one bedroom flat with a kitchen, refrigerator, microwave and washing machine, plus a desk, a fan, a balcony, a TV, a shower, a WC, towels, toiletries, a hairdryer and slippers. Free wifi, free car parking and a lift are listed for the building. There is no restaurant or bar on the list.
Is Greater Nairobi a good base for the centre?+
Only with a car. The ridge was built for the car and the conference room, and at night it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. You are trading walkability and street life for space, a kitchen and parking at the door.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and the free cancellation terms are shown when you book through app.impt.io. The property is listed as Snug City Escape 1 BR Gatundu Heights Kileleshwa 813, so check that name before confirming anything.
