A self catering studio block off Lumumba 1St Avenue in Roysambu, on the northern edge of Greater Nairobi. It suits drivers who want a full kitchen and a parking space and do not need the centre at night.
01What it is
Studios in Roysambu is a 3 star property on Lumumba 1St Avenue, and the list is built around staying in rather than going out: a kitchen and kitchenette, a fireplace and a sofa bed, a desk, air conditioning, a balcony, a garden, free wifi and free car parking. Each unit has a bath, a shower, a WC and a bathroom, with towels, toiletries and slippers, and the rooms are carpeted and non smoking, with an iron and board and a safe. A 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security cover the gate, and there is a smoke detector. Where the list is thin is in the ordinary hotel services: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer, no laundry named, and nothing to say how the studios are laid out or how many there are.
What that adds up to for someone staying at Studios in Roysambu is a self contained flat with a guard on the gate and a parking space, not a serviced hotel with people to look after you. You cook, you park, you sleep, and you drive out when you need something. It is the wrong choice if you want to walk to the centre, because Greater Nairobi is not the centre: the address is 9.8 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 10.49 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 132 minutes on foot in a direct line. As the site puts it, this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and you cross it by car. It suits longer stays, drivers and people working north of town; it does not suit anyone planning to walk the Central Business District from the door.
02The supplier's photographs
0329 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 Studios in Roysambu if you want a self catering studio in Roysambu and will have a car, and check the room type against your dates before you commit, because not every unit has all the same listed facilities. 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 Studios in Roysambu?+
It is on Lumumba 1St Avenue in Roysambu, in Greater Nairobi, not in the Central Business District. The street there is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. It sits 9.8 km from Ngara and the Globe, the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so plan on driving.
What does the property actually list?+
A kitchen and kitchenette, a fireplace, a sofa bed, a desk, air conditioning, a balcony, a garden, free wifi and free car parking. Each unit has a bath, shower, WC, towels, toiletries and slippers, and there is a 24 hour front desk and 24 hour security. No restaurant or bar is listed.
Can I stay here without a car?+
It is difficult. The site describes the area after dark as a transport edge rather than an evening one, and says to cross it by car. The centre is 10.49 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 132 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat this as a driving base, not a walking one.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown when you search your dates on app.impt.io, which is where bookings for this property are made. Check the unit against the facilities you need, since the listed items are not guaranteed to be identical across every studio. Most rooms can be cancelled free.
