A three star furnished studio in Embakasi, made for people whose business sits out east and who are driving themselves. The kitchen, the parking and the pool cover the practical side. If you want the city centre on foot, this is the wrong address.
01What it is
Songeza Furnished Accomoda super Studio embakasi lists a full self contained setup: bathroom with shower and WC, towels, a kitchen with an oven, a microwave and a refrigerator, free wifi and a television. It also lists free car parking, non smoking rooms, a wheelchair accessible layout, high chairs, a smoke detector and an indoor pool. Some entries, the second wifi and the second pool, are duplicates, and nothing is said about a lift, a restaurant, a desk or a laundry, so the list is thinner than its length suggests.
What that adds up to is a serviced studio rather than a hotel with staff and services around the clock. Songeza Furnished Accomoda super Studio embakasi suits a self driving guest, a small family or a longer stay where cooking is cheaper than eating out, and it suits anyone whose work is in Embakasi or along that eastern corridor. It does not suit a visitor who wants to walk out to the museums, the offices and the evening bars of the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
0320 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit a long way out, in the wider city, and Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest of the ten. Treat that as the honest starting point: you are outside the centre, and anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and back out again.
The quarter itself is the northern edge, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge, the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, and Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. The street feel is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It suits early markets and the walk up to the National Museum, and it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, but that measures the quarter, not your hotel.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book this one if you have confirmed your own transport, because the location is the whole decision here. 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 the property?+
It is at 30689 Tsavo 90 Degrees Near East in Embakasi, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 8.29 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street itself is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does.
Is it close enough to walk into the centre?+
No. It sits 9.1 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 114 minutes on foot in a direct line. After dark this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and the advice is to cross it by car. Plan on driving or being driven.
What is in the studio itself?+
A kitchen with an oven, a microwave and a refrigerator, a bathroom with a shower and WC, towels, free wifi and a television. There is an indoor pool and free car parking on the property, plus non smoking rooms, a wheelchair accessible layout, high chairs and a smoke detector.
How do I check availability?+
Booking runs through app.impt.io, where you can see which rooms are open and cancel free on most of them. There are no rates published on this site, so the app is the place to compare what is actually on offer for your dates.
