A three star apartment block on David Osieli Road, off Raphta, in Greater Nairobi. It decides itself by one thing: you get a kitchen and parking, but you are not in the centre, and the quarter you are closest to shuts in the late afternoon.
01What it is
Sports Road Apartments by Dunhill Serviced Apartments lists what a self-catering stay needs: a kitchen with oven, microwave and refrigerator, a washing machine, iron and board, towels, a desk, a safe, a TV and free wifi. There is an outdoor pool, a fitness center, a sauna and a steam room, plus a garden, terrace, picnic area and balcony. Cleaning, housekeeping, laundry and dry cleaning are listed. Non smoking rooms and family rooms are available. Parking is free. The list is thin on the working side of a stay: no meeting space is listed, and nothing indicates a restaurant or bar on site.
What that adds up to is an apartment rather than a hotel, and you should read it that way. Sports Road Apartments by Dunhill Serviced Apartments suits longer stays, families, and anyone who wants to cook rather than eat out, and the free parking and pool make it easy to treat as a base. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on the doorstep. The nearest quarter is a daytime one, and the larger centre is a direct line away, so you will lean on a car or a ride for anything after the halls shut.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 1 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
Before you book, be clear about where these hotels are. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. Biashara Street and City Market is only the nearest of those quarters, which is not the same as being in it. You are in the wider city here, and every trip into the Central Business District is a journey in and out.
The market quarter itself is narrow, shaded, and the only part of the centre where the shops are still one-family wide. The oldest retail streets in the city: Biashara for cloth and haberdashery, Muindi Mbingu for flowers, and the 1930s City Market hall behind them for produce, curios and a fish counter. Jamia Mosque's three silver domes close the block. It is best for kikoi and kitenge cloth, curios without the tour-bus markup, and an hour of architecture. After dark it is a daytime quarter: the halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. It lies 0.63 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Biashara Street and City Market05Booking it
Book this one only once you have decided you want an apartment outside the centre rather than a hotel room inside it. 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 Sports Road Apartments by Dunhill Serviced Apartments?+
It is on David Osieli Road, off Raphta, in Greater Nairobi. It sits 3.12 km from Biashara Street and City Market, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 3.71 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 47 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Can I cook for myself rather than eat out?+
Yes. The apartments list a kitchen with an oven, microwave and refrigerator, plus a washing machine, an iron and board, and towels. A desk, a safe and a TV are also listed. Nothing on the list indicates a restaurant or bar on the property, so plan your meals around the kitchen.
What is the area like after dark?+
This is a daytime quarter. The halls shut in the late afternoon and the streets empty with them. Sports Road Apartments by Dunhill Serviced Apartments is not inside the centre, so plan on a car or a ride for evenings, and treat the free parking as part of the arrangement.
How do I check whether the apartments are available?+
Availability is checked through the booking link for Sports Road Apartments by Dunhill Serviced Apartments. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, and the booking runs through app.impt.io.
