The Snug Haven is a 3 star apartment hotel on Kangundo Rd in Greater Nairobi, built around the car and the conference room rather than the street. The kitchens decide it: if you want to cook your own meals, it works, and if you want the centre at the door, it does not.
01What it is
The Snug Haven lists apartments rather than rooms, and the apartment kit is the reason to look at it: a kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, coffee, washing machine, iron and board. Bedrooms are en suite, with shower, WC, toiletries, towels, slippers and sheets. On the shared side there is free wifi, free car parking, a garden, terrace, patio, outdoor pool, fitness center, lifts, playground and family rooms, plus 24 hour security, smoke detectors, a safe, first aid and wheelchair access. Housekeeping, cleaning, laundry and dry cleaning run alongside luggage storage, express check in, a shuttle service and a smoking area. Where the list is thin is the entrance itself: no restaurant, no bar and no cafe of its own, so the kitchen is not a bonus here, it is the catering.
The Snug Haven sits in Greater Nairobi, 3.53 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 45 minutes on foot in a direct line. That is the honest shape of it. This is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, and the evening is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The Snug Haven suits families, drivers and anyone staying a week or more who wants a kitchen, a pool and a parking space at the end of the day. It does not suit anyone whose trip is the centre itself, who wants to step out into bars and restaurants, or who plans to move around on foot after dark.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 11 more on the supplier's own record. 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 The Snug Haven directly if your dates are fixed and you want the apartment and the parking space confirmed before you travel, because the car park and the kitchen are what separate it from a room-only stay in the centre. 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 Snug Haven?+
The Snug Haven is on Kangundo Rd in Greater Nairobi, 2.81 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That puts it outside the Central Business District, on a ridge built for cars and conferences, so plan on a vehicle for anything in the centre.
Can I cook for myself at The Snug Haven, and what else is in the apartment?+
Yes. The apartments list a kitchen with oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster and coffee, plus a washing machine, iron and board. Bathrooms are en suite with shower, WC, toiletries, towels and slippers. There is no restaurant or bar on the property, so self-catering is the practical arrangement here.
What is there for children and for drivers at The Snug Haven?+
The Snug Haven lists family rooms and a playground, an outdoor pool, a garden, a terrace and a patio. For drivers there is free car parking on site, and the address on Kangundo Rd is reached by road rather than on foot from the centre. Security is 24 hour, with smoke detectors and a safe.
How do I check availability and what happens if my plans change?+
Check availability and book through app.impt.io. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so if your dates are not settled you can hold the apartment and release it later. For anything about the apartment itself, luggage storage and express check in are both listed at The Snug Haven.
