Staroot Residences is a four star apartment block on Wood Ave, a new concrete address on a ridge built for the car and the conference room. It lists parking, lifts, an outdoor pool, a shuttle and step-free access. Whether it suits you turns on one thing: you need the city centre, and this is not in it.
01What it is
Staroot Residences lists free car parking, lifts, an outdoor pool, a shuttle service, sheets, towels and wheelchair access, and it carries a four star rating. That is a workable set for a self-contained stay: you park on site, you take the lift rather than stairs, and the pool covers the hours when you are not in a meeting. The list is thin on the things that make a hotel a place to be, with no restaurant, no bar and no gym named. The room basics are covered, and the accessibility claim is one you would confirm directly.
What Staroot Residences adds up to is a quiet, car-dependent base in Greater Nairobi. It sits 4.28 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line, so the centre is not a casual walk and you will lean on the shuttle, the parking or a ride. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. It suits conference and hospital visitors with business nearby, and drivers who value parking. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the centre.
02The supplier's photographs
037 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 Staroot Residences direct through the site, and check the shuttle and access details at the same time, since those decide whether this address works for you. 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 Staroot Residences?+
It is on Wood Ave in Greater Nairobi, 2.84 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That puts it outside the central business district, on the ridge side, so plan your transport before you arrive rather than after.
Is the outdoor pool open to all guests?+
The pool is on the property's own list of facilities, alongside lifts, parking, towels and sheets. Nothing in the listing adds a condition or a season to it. Ask the property directly when you book if the pool matters to your stay, since the list is the whole of what is confirmed here.
What does the shuttle service cover?+
A shuttle service is listed among the facilities, and it is the practical answer to the distance from the centre. The listing does not say which runs it makes or where it drops. Confirm the destinations and the days with the property before you rely on it for a meeting.
How do I check availability at Staroot Residences?+
You check dates and room types through app.impt.io, where bookings for this property are handled. The property carries a four star rating and lists free parking, lifts, an outdoor pool, a shuttle, sheets, towels and wheelchair access. Book there and confirm anything you need directly with the property.
