A four star apartment block in Greater Nairobi, on a ridge of new concrete, built for the car and the conference room. What decides it is whether you want a kitchen and a parking space more than you want the centre within walking distance.
01What it is
The Zanakri Homes Smart Bliss lists apartments rather than rooms, and that is the point of the place. Each one comes with a kitchen or kitchenette, a washing machine, an iron and board, towels, toiletries and slippers, so a stay here works more like renting a flat than checking into a hotel. There is free wifi, a TV, lifts, carpeted floors, non smoking rooms and a bathroom with a shower and WC. A 24 hour front desk, 24 hour security, security features and express check in cover the practical side, and there is a fitness center, free car parking and cleaning. The list is thin on food and drink: no restaurant, no bar, no breakfast, nothing about meals at all. It is also silent on air conditioning, workspace and views. Plan on the kitchen doing the work.
What that adds up to at The Zanakri Homes Smart Bliss is a self contained base on a ridge north of the centre, where you park, cook and sleep without much else on the doorstep. The street feels like new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull, with hotel bars and a ride anywhere else. This suits someone in Nairobi for work or treatment at a hospital or conference centre, with their own vehicle or a willingness to take a ride, and staying several nights. It does not suit anyone who wants to step out of a lobby into the life of the centre, or who wants dinner and a drink downstairs.
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 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 Zanakri Homes Smart Bliss if you want an apartment with a kitchen and a parking space rather than a hotel with a restaurant, and if you are content to take a ride into the centre when you need it. 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 is The Zanakri Homes Smart Bliss?+
It is on Wood Avenue in Greater Nairobi, at 4.29 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. Upper Hill and Community is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, at 2.72 km.
Does The Zanakri Homes Smart Bliss have a restaurant?+
No. The facilities list covers apartments with a kitchen or kitchenette, a washing machine, free wifi, a TV, a fitness center and free car parking, but says nothing about a restaurant, a bar or breakfast. You cook, or you go out.
Can I get into the centre from Greater Nairobi without a car?+
You can, but the car is the assumption here: the street is built for the car and the conference room, and after dark the site's own line is safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Parking is free if you drive.
How do I check availability at The Zanakri Homes Smart Bliss?+
Use the booking page on app.impt.io and put in your dates. The 24 hour front desk and express check in handle arrival once you have a confirmed booking, and most rooms can be cancelled free.
