The Modern loft is a four star apartment property on Charles Rubia Road, in the middle of River Road. Whether it is right for you comes down to one thing: you want the working city at full volume, on foot, in daylight, and you are content to take a ride anywhere after dark.
01What it is
The Modern loft lists apartments rather than rooms, which is the point of the place: a kitchen or kitchenette with a microwave, oven, toaster, refrigerator and sink, plus a washing machine for longer stays. It also lists air conditioning, a fan, a desk, a TV, a DVD player, a safe, an iron and board, and a balcony, patio or terrace depending on the unit. Bathrooms come with a bath or shower, a bidet, a WC, towels and toiletries. The front desk runs around the clock, with 24 hour security, express check in, housekeeping, laundry and dry cleaning, luggage storage, currency exchange and car rental. There is free wifi, a bar, breakfast, and a barber or beauty salon on site.
The tell is what is not on the list. The Modern loft does not list a pool, a gym, meeting rooms or a restaurant beyond breakfast, and parking is not mentioned, which matters on a street this busy. What it does list is self catering and security, and both are worth more here than a leisure facility would be. The Modern loft suits someone staying several nights who wants to cook, work from a desk and walk into the centre in daylight. It does not suit anyone planning late nights on the street, anyone who needs a resort or a quiet residential setting, or anyone who wants the hotel to arrange everything.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 20 more on the supplier's own record. Facilities are the supplier's list, not a check made on the ground.
04Standing in River Road
These hotels sit in River Road, the eastern grid of the Nairobi CBD, a quarter that runs on matatu stages, hardware, lodgings and cheap kitchens, and the working city at full volume. Food is cooked in front of you and the country arrives in the city here, so the streets ask the most of a visitor. You are 0.68 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 9 minutes on foot in a direct line.
This is the CBD's eastern half, and the half the brochures skip. It is where the matatus stage and where the cheapest good food in the centre is cooked. The site is plain about after dark: not after dark, and not with a phone in your hand. River Road suits anyone wanting nothing tidy and a clear sense of how the city actually runs. It suits no one who wants a quiet evening or an easy walk back.
Read the whole of River Road05Booking it
Book the Modern loft directly if the apartment layout and the Charles Rubia Road address are what you are after, and check the cancellation terms before you commit. 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 Modern loft?+
The Modern loft is on Charles Rubia Road in River Road, 0.12 km from the centre of River Road and 0.59 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 8 minutes on foot in a direct line. It is inside the working commercial quarter rather than on its edge.
What does the Modern loft list in the apartments?+
Kitchen or kitchenette with microwave, oven, toaster, refrigerator and sink, plus a washing machine, air conditioning, a fan, a desk, a TV and a DVD player, a safe, an iron and board, and a balcony, patio or terrace. Bathrooms have a bath or shower, a bidet, a WC, towels and toiletries.
Is River Road a good base for the centre?+
River Road is the working city at full volume: stages, hardware, lodgings, and food cooked in front of you. The site says plainly that this is the one quarter not to walk after dark, and not with a phone in your hand. Use it in daylight and take a ride elsewhere at night.
How do I check availability at the Modern loft?+
Check dates and unit types through app.impt.io, where the booking is handled, and confirm what is included in the apartment you choose before you commit. Most rooms can be cancelled free. The front desk is staffed around the clock for arrival questions.
