A four star apartment-style property on Mokoyeti Road West in Karen, with a full kitchen, a garden and parking, 9.36 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue. It suits longer stays and guests with a car; it does not suit anyone who wants to walk out into the centre.
01What it is
The Urban EcoLuxe Karen Nairobi is a four star property on Mokoyeti Road West, and its listed facilities are built around feeding and cleaning yourself rather than around hotel service: a kitchen with an oven, a microwave, a refrigerator, a toaster and a dishwasher, plus a washing machine, laundry service, cleaning and free wifi. Outside there is a garden, a terrace and free car parking. Security is covered by 24 hour security and a safe. The list is thin on the things a short-stay hotel guest looks for: there is no restaurant, no bar and no listed reception, and nothing is said about how the rooms are serviced.
What that adds up to at The Urban EcoLuxe Karen Nairobi is a self-contained base, not a hotel you arrive at and hand your evenings to. You cook, you wash, you park, you shut the gate. The location is the decisive fact: 7.48 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 9.36 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 117 minutes on foot in a direct line. Suits longer stays, families, and anyone with a car or a driver. Does not suit a first visit built around the centre, or anyone without transport.
02The supplier's photographs
0330 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 a long way out, in the wider city, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters to them, which is not the same as being in it. Treat the quarter as a reference point, not an address. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out.
The quarter itself is the western ridge above the centre: new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. It is not the CBD proper but the ridge immediately above it, and the place most of the CBD's office space has been moving to since the 2000s: 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 lies 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book The Urban EcoLuxe Karen Nairobi if you have already decided that Karen and a self-catering apartment are what your stay needs, because the distance from the centre is the thing that will not change. 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 Urban EcoLuxe Karen Nairobi?+
It is on Mokoyeti Road West in Karen, in Greater Nairobi. That puts it 9.36 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 117 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 7.48 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What facilities does the property list?+
A kitchen with an oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster and dishwasher, plus a washing machine, laundry service and cleaning. There is free wifi, free car parking, a garden, a terrace, a safe, 24 hour security, non smoking rooms and a TV. No restaurant or bar is listed.
What is it like getting into the centre from here?+
You are 7.48 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 9.36 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 117 minutes on foot in a direct line. After dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. A car or a driver is the practical answer.
How do I check availability and book?+
Availability is checked online through app.impt.io, where you can see what is open for your dates and confirm a room. Most rooms here can be cancelled free. The property has twelve photos on file, so you can see the apartment and grounds before you commit.
