A three star apartment address on Gituamba Gachie Rd in Greater Nairobi, out past the edge of the centre. The listed amenities are parking, dry cleaning and wheelchair access, and the location is the whole decision: fine if you are driving and want to be away from town, wrong if you plan to spend your days on foot in the CBD.
01What it is
Stay.Plus Ruaka View Apartment is a three star property on Gituamba Gachie Rd in Greater Nairobi. The listed facilities are short and practical: dry cleaning service, free car parking, parking, and wheelchair accessible. That is the entire list, so if you want a restaurant, a gym, a pool or a bar on site, there is nothing here to tell you one exists. Free parking is the item a driver will care about most, and the wheelchair accessible listing is a commitment worth confirming with the property before you book, because the rest of the list is too thin to assume anything from it.
What that adds up to is a place to sleep with your car outside, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. Stay.Plus Ruaka View Apartment sits 9.46 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 10 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 126 minutes on foot in a direct line. It suits a driver who wants quiet and space and treats the centre as a daytime errand. It does not suit anyone without a car, or anyone who wants the CBD on foot at night.
02The supplier's photographs
034 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 when parking and a quieter address matter more to you than being inside the centre. 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 Ruaka View Apartment?+
On Gituamba Gachie Rd in Greater Nairobi, outside the Central Business District rather than inside it. It is 10 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 126 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat it as a base for a car, not for walking into town.
What facilities does the property list?+
The full list is dry cleaning service, free car parking, parking and wheelchair accessible. There is no restaurant, bar, pool or gym on it. Free parking is the strongest entry. If you need wheelchair access, confirm the details with the property before booking.
What is the area around it like?+
The street has 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. This is Greater Nairobi, not the centre, and the nearest quarter this site covers is Ngara and the Globe at 9.46 km.
How do I check availability?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io. The property has nine photos on file, so you can see the rooms and the setting before you commit. Most rooms can be cancelled free. There are no rates on this site; the booking page carries the live details.
