A three star rooftop studio on Munae Road, at the Ngara and the Globe edge of the centre. It is a full apartment with a kitchen, parking and a terrace, and the deciding fact is the street: a transport edge rather than an evening one, so you cross it by car.
01What it is
Spacious Penthouse Rooftop Studio with King bed is a three star apartment rather than a serviced hotel room, and the listing reads that way. You get a kitchen with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, a bathroom with shower, WC, bidet, toiletries and towels, and a living corner with a sofa bed and a TV. There is free wifi, free car parking, a safe, an iron and board, a hairdryer, slippers, a fan, coffee, and a terrace. Cleaning appears on the list without detail, and there is no restaurant, no bar, no lift and no gym, so the list is thin exactly where a hotel usually carries you.
For the right person, that thinness is the point. Spacious Penthouse Rooftop Studio with King bed suits a couple or a small group who want their own kitchen, their own parking space and a non smoking room, and who treat the apartment as a base rather than a place to spend the evening. It does not suit anyone who wants a lobby, a bar downstairs or a walkable night out. The street tells you why: a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car.
02The supplier's photographs
0329 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in Ngara and the Globe
Ngara and the Globe is the northern edge of the CBD, where the grid loosens and the roads north begin. A flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does: that is the street feel here, and it holds all day. 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 quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line. Early markets and the walk up to the National Museum are what this quarter is best for.
After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The halls and market stalls shut, and the roundabout turns into a place you pass through, not a place you linger. This suits you if you want the fruit market at first light or a base on the northern side of the centre. It does not suit anyone who wants an evening on foot, and it does not suit a trip built around being out after dark.
Read the whole of Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Book this one early if you need the parking space and the kitchen, because a whole apartment at this address is a narrow kind of listing and the photos on file are worth reading 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 the Spacious Penthouse Rooftop Studio with King bed?+
It is on Munae Road in Nairobi, in the Ngara and the Globe area. The site puts it 0.98 km from the centre of Ngara and the Globe and 1.49 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 19 minutes on foot in a direct line.
What does the studio actually include?+
It is an apartment, not a hotel room. The list covers a kitchen with oven, microwave and refrigerator, a bathroom with shower, WC, bidet and toiletries, a sofa bed, a TV, free wifi, free car parking, a safe, an iron and board, a hairdryer, a fan and a terrace.
Is the area around it good for walking in the evening?+
The street here is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. After dark it reads as a transport edge rather than an evening one, so plan to cross it by car rather than on foot.
How do I check whether the studio is available?+
Availability and the cancellation terms are shown when you book through app.impt.io. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so you can hold a date and change your mind without losing the booking.
