A three star apartment block on Ring Rd Kilimani, built for people staying more than a night. The kitchenette is what decides it: cook for yourself and the address works, eat out for every meal and you are paying for a kitchen you never use.
01What it is
Stay.Plus Chiyumba Apartment is a three star apartment property at the Ring Rd Kilimani Lenena Road Junction. The listed facilities point at self catering: kitchenette, oven, bathroom, balcony, terrace, sofa bed, cot, slippers, TV, wifi and internet access. There is a reception area, 24H security, car parking and a garage, plus laundry service and room service. Bars and restaurants are on the list. It is also listed as wheelchair accessible, smoking rooms are available, and pets are allowed. The list is thin where it matters for a hotel stay: no gym, no pool, no airport transfer, and check in and check out sit at the same hour, so late arrivals need arranging in advance.
For someone staying a week in Nairobi on business or between houses, Stay.Plus Chiyumba Apartment covers the practical ground: you park, you sleep, you cook, you wash clothes, you keep a pet if you have one. For a first time visitor who wants the centre on foot, it does not. The address is in Greater Nairobi, 4.1 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 52 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.82 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street feel is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Suits self caterers with a vehicle. Does not suit anyone planning to walk to meetings.
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 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 this one if you want a kitchen and a parking space more than you want to be in the middle of things, and confirm the ten to ten check in 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 is Stay.Plus Chiyumba Apartment?+
At the Ring Rd Kilimani Lenena Road Junction in Kilimani, Nairobi, inside Greater Nairobi. It sits 2.82 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Kilimani is a car based district of new concrete on a ridge.
Can I cook for myself at this property?+
Yes. The listed facilities include a kitchenette and an oven, alongside a bathroom, balcony, terrace and sofa bed. There is also a restaurant and bar on site, room service, and a cot if you are travelling with a child. Pets are allowed.
How do I get into the centre from here?+
You do not walk it comfortably. The property is 4.1 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 52 minutes on foot in a direct line. Plan on a car or a ride for the centre and for anywhere after dark, when the area is safe and dull.
How do I check availability and cancellation terms?+
Use app.impt.io to see what is open for your dates and the cancellation terms on each room. Most rooms can be cancelled free. The property lists check in from 10:00 and check out at 10:00, so arrange a late arrival with the property before booking.
