A four star hotel on new concrete in Greater Nairobi, built for people with a car and a meeting. The pool, the parking and the kitchenette decide whether it suits you; the dull evenings and the distance from the centre decide whether it does not.
01What it is
The Cozy Corner lists the full apartment kit: a kitchen and kitchenette with oven, microwave, toaster and refrigerator, plus a washing machine, iron and board, and housekeeping to keep it all moving. Rooms are carpeted and non smoking, with balcony, terrace and garden, and there is a lift for the upper floors. The pool is the headline, with a pool bar beside it, and table tennis covers the evening when the bar is not enough. Bathrooms come with bath, shower, hairdryer, toiletries, towels, slippers and WC. Wifi is free and there is free car parking, 24H security, smoke detectors, wheelchair access and a laundry service. What the list is thin on is anything beyond the room: no restaurant is named, no gym, no business centre. This is a sleeping and self catering property that happens to have a pool, not a resort.
For someone staying here, The Cozy Corner adds up to a car borne base. The free parking and the kitchenette mean you are not tied to hotel meals, and the pool and table tennis give the afternoons a shape. Safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else, is the honest summary of the evenings, so if you want to walk out to dinner you are in the wrong part of the city. It suits conference and business travellers on the ridge with their own transport, and people staying a week who want to cook. It does not suit anyone coming to Nairobi to see the centre on foot, and it does not suit anyone who wants the night to start at the door.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 5 more on the supplier's own record. 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book The Cozy Corner if you want the pool and the parking more than you want the centre, and check the apartment facilities against what you actually plan to cook. 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 The Cozy Corner?+
It is at 27 Othaya Road in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge of new concrete north of the centre. It is 5.16 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 65 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.99 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does The Cozy Corner have in the rooms?+
Carpeted, non smoking rooms with a balcony, a bath and shower, hairdryer, toiletries, towels and slippers. There is a TV, free wifi, and a kitchen or kitchenette with oven, microwave, toaster and refrigerator, plus a washing machine and iron and board. The property lists a lift, a garden, a terrace and free car parking.
Can I walk into central Nairobi from The Cozy Corner?+
The site's line for the area is: Safe and dull. Hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The centre is 5.16 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 65 minutes on foot in a direct line, and the road is built for the car. Plan on a ride rather than a walk, in both directions.
How do I check availability at The Cozy Corner?+
Availability and room types are shown when you book through app.impt.io, which is the booking route for this property. The listing carries twelve photos on file if you want to see the rooms and the pool first. Most rooms can be cancelled free.
