A one bedroom apartment in Roysambu, north of the centre on the transport edge. It is a self catering base with a kitchen and parking, and it decides on one question: do you need to be in the middle of Nairobi, or are you working and sleeping outside it.
01What it is
Stylish 1 bedroom Roysambu is a 3 star self catering apartment at Royal Suburbs, and the list leans domestic. There is a kitchen and a kitchenette, a microwave, a refrigerator and a sink, so you can feed yourself rather than eat out every night. The rest is the practical layer: free wifi and internet access, a TV, an iron and board, towels, toiletries, slippers, a shower and a WC, plus lifts, non smoking rooms and wheelchair access. Free car parking is on the list. What is thin is service: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no airport transfer, and nothing described as a reception or a desk. The list tells you what is in the room, not what is around it.
Stylish 1 bedroom Roysambu suits a longer stay, a work trip where you have your own car, or anyone who wants a kitchen and does not mind the location. It does not suit a first visit to Nairobi or a short break built around the centre, because the address is 10.34 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 130 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the nearest quarter this site covers is 9.65 km from Ngara and the Globe. The street is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does, and after dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so you cross it by car. Treat it as a place to sleep and cook, and arrange the rest of the day elsewhere.
02The supplier's photographs
0324 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 if you want a kitchen and parking north of the centre, and check the room type against the facilities list before you commit, because the apartment is the product here rather than a hotel around 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 the apartment?+
It is on Royal Suburbs in Roysambu, in Greater Nairobi, north of the centre on the transport edge. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is 9.65 km from Ngara and the Globe. The street is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does.
What is actually in the apartment?+
A kitchen and kitchenette with a microwave, refrigerator and sink, a shower, a WC, towels and toiletries, a TV, an iron and board, and free wifi. The building has lifts, non smoking rooms and wheelchair access, and free car parking is listed. There is no restaurant or bar on site.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
It is possible but long. The address is 10.34 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 130 minutes on foot in a direct line. The area after dark is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so the practical choice is to cross it by car.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and room types are shown on app.impt.io, where you book. The facilities list is the best guide to what you are getting, since the apartment is self catering and there is no front desk described. Cancellation terms are shown with the room before you confirm.
