A four star apartment block on Nairobi's eastern ridge, built around the car and the long stay. Self-catering kitchen, pool and parking decide it: right if you are driving and staying a while, wrong if you want the centre on foot.
01What it is
The Imperial in Kilimani next to Yaya Centre is listed as four star apartments rather than hotel rooms, and the facility list follows that: a kitchen, a microwave, a refrigerator and a washing machine in the unit, plus a bathroom with a shower, WC and towels, and a cot and high chairs for families. There is free wifi, a desk, a TV, an iron and board, a lift, and rooms set aside as non smoking and as family rooms. Outside there is a terrace and an outdoor pool. Free car parking is the headline, and a wheelchair accessible route is listed. What is missing or thin: no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no airport transfer. The list is appliance heavy and service light.
For someone staying at The Imperial in Kilimani next to Yaya Centre, that adds up to a self-contained stay on a ridge east of the centre, where you cook, park and settle in rather than use hotel services. It suits a family, a small group or a longer work stay with a car. It does not suit a visitor who wants the Central Business District on foot or a bar downstairs at night. The building sits in Greater Nairobi, not in the quarter this site covers.
02The supplier's photographs
0328 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 if you want a self-catering apartment with parking rather than a serviced hotel room, and check the dates early because apartment stock in Kilimani goes quickly. 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 Imperial in Kilimani next to Yaya Centre?+
It stands at Staroot Residences in Kilimani, on the eastern ridge of Greater Nairobi. It is 4.28 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. Yaya Centre is the landmark next door, which is how the property names itself.
What facilities does the property list?+
Apartments with a kitchen, microwave, refrigerator and washing machine, plus free wifi, free car parking, a lift, a desk, a terrace and an outdoor pool. Family rooms, cots and high chairs are listed. There is no restaurant or bar on the list provided.
Can I walk into the Central Business District from here?+
You can, but the direct line is long and the street is built for cars. The property is 2.84 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. Most people staying here drive, and the free parking is listed for that reason.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and dates are checked through the booking link on this page, which goes to app.impt.io. The property lists twelve photos on file so you can see the apartments before you decide. There are no prices on this site.
