A three star apartment block in South B, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre, with kitchens, parking and a lift. The thing that decides it is your car and your timing: this is a working industrial street, and the listing itself says daylight only, and a car back.
01What it is
The Manna Studio Stay in South B sits in Papino Apartments and lists itself as apartments, so the room is a self contained unit rather than a serviced room. The facilities list is strongest on the practical: a kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, oven, refrigerator, iron and board, free wifi and internet access, a safe, non smoking rooms and lifts. There is cleaning, laundry service, towels, toiletries, slippers, a shower and a WC. Free car parking and 24 hour security with security features are the other two entries worth noting. The list is thin on anything else. There is no restaurant, no bar, no gym and no workspace named, and a market appears on the list with nothing said about it.
What that adds up to for a stay at The Manna Studio Stay in South B is a base for feeding yourself and parking a car. You get a kitchen, a fridge and an oven, which is the reason to take an apartment over a hotel room, and you get security and a lift for the building. You do not get a front desk culture, a bar to sit in, or the centre on your doorstep. The Manna Studio Stay in South B suits a self driving visitor who wants a kitchen and a quiet building. It does not suit anyone without a car, anyone here for the nightlife, or anyone who wants the Central Business District on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0326 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 the centre. They sit well outside it, in the inner suburbs, past the ten quarters this site covers. The nearest of those quarters, for orientation only, is The Railway Quarter, on the southern edge of the grid, and that is as close as the connection goes. You are in the wider city here. Anything in the CBD means travelling in and out, so plan the day around that rather than around a short step from your room.
The Railway Quarter itself is wide industrial land, sheds, and the reason any of this is here, the museum, and understanding the city's whole layout in one afternoon. Nairobi exists because the Uganda Railway stopped here in 1899 to gather strength for the Rift; the 1929 station, the old yards and the museum of locomotives sit on the CBD's southern boundary, ten minutes below Kenyatta Avenue. After dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches, so keep it to daylight and a car back.
Read the nearest quarter, The Railway Quarter05Booking it
Book The Manna Studio Stay in South B if you want an apartment with a kitchen and parking rather than a room with a bar downstairs, and check the calendar before you fix your dates. 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 Manna Studio Stay in South B?+
It is at Papino Apartments in South B, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the Central Business District. It sits 4.43 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 56 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.55 km from The Railway Quarter, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually list?+
Apartments with a kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, oven, refrigerator, iron and board, free wifi, free car parking, a safe, lifts, non smoking rooms and 24 hour security. Cleaning and laundry service are listed, as are towels, toiletries, slippers, a shower and a WC. There is no restaurant or bar on the list.
Can I walk into the centre from here?+
The listing is blunt about this. The street is wide industrial land with sheds, and after dark it is industrial and unlit in stretches, with daylight only, and a car back. Treat a car as part of the booking, not an option, if you are staying at The Manna Studio Stay in South B.
How do I check availability?+
Availability and dates for The Manna Studio Stay in South B are shown when you book through app.impt.io. Most rooms there can be cancelled free, so you can hold dates while you sort out a car. There are no prices published on this site, so the booking page is where you see the rest.
