A serviced apartment block on Muslim Road in River Road, listed at four star, with kitchens, lifts and 24 hour security. The quarter around it is the working city at full volume during the day, and this site says plainly not after dark. That single fact decides whether it suits you.
01What it is
The Boma Yangu Apartments Block a Fast Wifi Near Cbd Nairobi is listed at four star on Muslim Road in River Road, and the facilities list reads like a working apartment building rather than a hotel floor. Each unit carries a kitchen with a refrigerator, microwave and toaster, plus crockery implied by the coffee and water listings, a desk, a fan, a TV and a DVD player, an iron and board, a hairdryer, towels and slippers, and a safe. The building itself offers free wifi throughout, free car parking, lifts, 24 hour security with smoke detectors and other security features, cleaning, family rooms, non smoking rooms, car rental and a shuttle service. Where the list is thin is anything you would call a hotel service: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no room service, no laundry named beyond general cleaning, so you are cooking and fending for yourself.
What that adds up to at The Boma Yangu Apartments Block a Fast Wifi Near Cbd Nairobi is a self contained flat with the security and lifts of a managed block. You get a kitchen, a fridge and a desk, which makes it work for a week or a month rather than one night. You do not get a lobby to sit in, a kitchen to order from or staff anticipating your evening. It suits people who want a base in the working city, who will cook, who value parking and a guarded entrance, and who are content to arrange their own food and their own transport out. It does not suit anyone looking for a hotel with a restaurant downstairs, and on this site's own line it does not suit anyone set on walking the immediate quarter after dark.
02The supplier's photographs
0335 facilities the supplier lists
Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in River Road
These hotels sit in River Road, the eastern grid of the Nairobi CBD, a quarter that runs on matatu stages, hardware, lodgings and cheap kitchens, and the working city at full volume. Food is cooked in front of you and the country arrives in the city here, so the streets ask the most of a visitor. You are 0.68 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 9 minutes on foot in a direct line.
This is the CBD's eastern half, and the half the brochures skip. It is where the matatus stage and where the cheapest good food in the centre is cooked. The site is plain about after dark: not after dark, and not with a phone in your hand. River Road suits anyone wanting nothing tidy and a clear sense of how the city actually runs. It suits no one who wants a quiet evening or an easy walk back.
Read the whole of River Road05Booking it
Book this one directly if you want a kitchen and a guarded entrance rather than a hotel floor, and check the apartment layout you are getting because the block mixes family rooms with standard units. 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 Boma Yangu Apartments Block?+
It is on Muslim Road in River Road, 1.51 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 19 minutes on foot in a direct line. That puts you inside the working city, among stages, hardware shops, lodgings and food cooked in front of you.
What do the apartments actually include?+
Each unit lists a kitchen with refrigerator, microwave and toaster, a desk, fan, TV and DVD player, iron and board, hairdryer, towels, slippers and a safe. The building lists free wifi, free parking, lifts, family rooms, non smoking rooms, 24 hour security, car rental and a shuttle service.
Is it safe to walk around River Road at night?+
This site's line on the quarter is plain: not after dark, and not with a phone in your hand. The area is the working city at full volume in daylight. Use the shuttle or a car after dark rather than walking it, safe in the knowledge the block itself has 24 hour security.
How do I check availability for specific dates?+
Availability and unit type are checked through app.impt.io. Book there rather than turning up, because the block mixes family rooms with standard apartments and the layout matters if you are staying more than a night. Most rooms can be cancelled free.
