A four star two bedroom apartment with a kitchen, a washing machine and a pool, out on Oloitoktok Road. Its half mile from Upper Hill decides it. Come with a car and a reason to be on this ridge; come without one and you are in a suburb of car parks.
01What it is
The apartment is a four star self contained unit on Oloitoktok Road, with the full list of what you would use in a longer stay: a kitchen and kitchenette, a washing machine, a bathroom, a balcony, a terrace and a garden. The living and working basics are covered too, with free wifi, internet access and a TV. The site's thirty or so photos on file will show you the rooms, the pool and the grounds. Where the list is thin is on services: no restaurant, no bar, no front desk, no gym equipment or child play equipment named room by room. So the apartment itself is well equipped, and what surrounds it is much less so.
What that adds up to is a place you use as a base, not as a retreat or an easy city stay. For someone in Nairobi for weeks rather than a night, or a family or a working pair who need separate bedrooms and their own washing machine, the self contained comforts and the parking make a clear case. For a short first visit, or anyone wanting to step out to restaurants and bars on foot, the apartment and its surrounds do not work well, because this is a car dependent ridge and an evening out mostly means driving. Travel in a group or drive yourself, and it does what you need.
02The supplier's photographs
0314 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 Upper Hill and Community, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit just outside the ten quarters, on the edge of the centre, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten. That puts you in the wider city rather than in the grid itself, so anything in the CBD means travelling in and out rather than stepping out of a lobby into it.
The ridge above the centre is new concrete, built for the car and the conference room: the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies, and an expressway ramp to the airport. It is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport, and after dark it is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line, though that is the quarter's own distance and not a walk from these hotels.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book this one when you want the whole apartment rather than a room, and when you know you will have a car, because that is what decides whether the address makes sense. 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, and how far is it from central Nairobi?+
The address is Oloitoktok Road, and the apartment is 2.96 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue is 3.83 km away, which is 48 minutes on foot in a direct line. A car or a ride is the sensible way in.
What does the apartment actually have in it?+
The listed facilities cover a kitchen and kitchenette, a washing machine, a bathroom, a balcony, a terrace and a garden with parking. Wifi and internet access are listed, plus a TV and a swimming pool. The property is a four star two bedroom apartment, so expect a whole self contained unit rather than a room.
Can I walk to restaurants, bars or the city centre at night?+
The site's own line about the dark is blunt: "Safe and dull. Hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else." That is the trade you accept here. The apartment is on a ridge built for the car and the conference room, so plan to drive or ride to wherever you want to spend the evening.
How do I check availability for the dates I want?+
Use the booking search on this page to enter your dates and number of bedrooms and see what is open. Booking through the site keeps the free cancellation, the carbon credit and the credit that comes back to you.
