The LoftVue is a three star apartment-style address of new concrete on a ridge in Greater Nairobi, built for the car and the conference room. It lists a kitchen and a washing machine, so the deciding question is whether you want to run your own meals and laundry, and whether you have a car or are content to take a ride into the centre.
01What it is
The LoftVue lists a working flat rather than a hotel sitting room: a kitchen, a washing machine, a TV, free wifi and internet access, a balcony, and free car parking with parking on site. That set covers the practical half of a stay, and free parking plus free wifi is what most people scan a listing for first. The list is thin where a three star hotel is usually padded, with no restaurant, no gym, no pool and no airport transfer named. Balcony, TV and the two parking entries are grouped as they came; nothing on the list is invented.
What that adds up to is a base for someone in Greater Nairobi with their own transport and their own routine, rather than a hotel that arranges the day for you. The LoftVue is 3.26 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, so the conference and office side of the city is the near side. The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It suits longer stays, self-caterers, and anyone who wants parking and a kitchen. It does not suit a first visitor without a car, or anyone who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
039 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 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 LoftVue through this page if a kitchen and free parking matter more to you than a lobby. 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 LoftVue in Nairobi?+
It is at Vue Claire 9C in Greater Nairobi, not in the Central Business District itself. The site measures it at 4.24 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. Treat a car or a ride as part of the stay.
What does The LoftVue actually provide in the room?+
The listed facilities are a kitchen, a washing machine, a TV, free wifi and internet access, a balcony, free car parking and parking. That is a self-catering set. There is no restaurant, pool or gym on the list, so plan meals and laundry around the flat.
What is it like getting into the centre from Greater Nairobi?+
You are outside the quarter, on a ridge of new concrete built for the car and the conference room. The site's own line on it is that after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. A car or a booked ride is the practical way in and back.
How do I check availability at The LoftVue?+
Use the booking link on this page to see open dates and room types. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and the booking runs through app.impt.io. If your dates are not shown, there is no room released for them yet rather than a problem with the property.
