A three star apartment block on Menelik Road off Ngong Road, in the new concrete ridge country above the centre. It suits longer stays and small groups who want their own kitchen, laundry and parking, and it does not suit anyone hoping to walk out of the gate into the life of the city, because the surrounding quarter is built for the car and the conference room, and after dark it is safe and dull.
01What it is
Tomax Apartments Brooks is an apartment property rather than a hotel, and the listed facilities follow that: kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, washing machine, iron and board, housekeeping, laundry service and cleaning, which is the machinery of a self-contained stay rather than a room you sleep in and leave. There is air conditioning and a fan, free wifi, TV, telephone, DVD and video, a desk, a safe, a cot, family rooms, non smoking rooms, lifts, luggage storage and express check in. Bathrooms come with bath, shower, WC, toiletries and towels, and there are balconies, a patio, a terrace and a garden. Free car parking, 24H security, smoke detectors and wheelchair access round out the practical side. Some entries look like filler from a supplier list, including golf course and horse back riding, and the pool, kids pool and jacuzzi sit alongside a swimming pool claim. Book the apartment for what it contains, not for the leisure extras, and expect the middle of the list to carry less weight than the kitchen and the parking.
What Tomax Apartments Brooks adds up to is a working base in Greater Nairobi, 4.54 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 3.03 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. The street feels like new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, so you are not choosing this for the surroundings. You are choosing it because the apartment holds a kitchen, a washing machine, a cot and family rooms, and because your car has somewhere free to sit. It suits longer stays, families, and groups who will drive or take a shuttle to meetings. It does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot, or who wants a bar and a street to step into at night. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 25 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 of the centre this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs, and Upper Hill and Community is only the nearest of the ten quarters. That matters more than it sounds: you are staying in the wider city, and anything in the CBD means travelling in and out for it. The ridge itself is new concrete built for the car and the conference room, and most of the CBD's office space has been moving up there since the 2000s, which is why you find the tallest towers in the country, the big hospitals, the aid agencies and an expressway ramp to the airport on it. The quarter sits 1.9 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 24 minutes on foot in a direct line.
Upper Hill and Community is best for meetings, a quiet night close in, and a fast run to the airport. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. If you want the centre on foot, this is not the right base.
Read the nearest quarter, Upper Hill and Community05Booking it
Book Tomax Apartments Brooks by choosing your dates and confirming the apartment that fits your group, and check availability early if you need family rooms or parking alongside your stay. 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 Tomax Apartments Brooks?+
It is on Menelik Road off Ngong Road, in Greater Nairobi, on the ridge streets above the centre. The address puts it 4.54 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 57 minutes on foot in a direct line, so treat a car as the normal way in and out.
Is it a hotel or an apartment?+
It is listed as apartments at three star level. The facilities centre on a kitchen, kitchenette, oven, microwave, refrigerator, washing machine and laundry service rather than hotel dining and bars. Family rooms, cots and free car parking suit longer stays and small groups more than short city breaks.
What is the area around it like?+
The street is new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room, so there is little of the walking-around city at the gate. After dark it is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. The nearest quarter this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, 3.03 km away.
How do I check availability?+
Choose your dates on the booking page and confirm the apartment you want. Availability depends on the apartment type, so check early if you need family rooms, a cot or free parking. Most rooms can be cancelled free, and you book through app.impt.io.
