A four star one bedroom apartment with a kitchen, a balcony and free parking, on Garden Estate Road in Greater Nairobi rather than in the centre. The thing that decides it is the car: Greater Nairobi is a transport edge, so this suits someone driving in, and it does not suit anyone who wants the halls of the Central Business District on foot.
01What it is
Wawa Lifestyle Regency one bedroom Apartment is a four star serviced apartment on Garden Estate Road in Greater Nairobi. The list is built around a self contained stay: kitchen, kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, coffee and water, so you can cook and keep food rather than eat out for every meal. Outside there is a balcony and a patio. Inside there is a desk, a sofa bed, family rooms, a safe, a fan, an iron and board, and a TV with a DVD player and a CD player. Wifi and internet access are listed, as is free car parking, and pets are allowed. Bathroom items cover shower, WC, towels, sheets, toiletries and slippers. The list is thin on the things a hotel usually supplies: there is no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no pool and no airport transfer, and cleaning appears as a single entry with no detail behind it.
What that adds up to for someone staying at Wawa Lifestyle Regency one bedroom Apartment is a flat, not a room. You get the whole one bedroom setup, which means you can settle in, cook, work at the desk and use the balcony and patio without being tied to hotel service. The trade is location. This is Greater Nairobi, not the Central Business District, and the street around it is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does, which the site describes as a transport edge rather than an evening one, crossed by car. So the apartment suits a driver, a family, or anyone staying more than a night who wants space and self catering, and it does not suit a visitor who wants to step out into the centre in the evening. For that, stay in the quarter itself.
02The supplier's photographs
0334 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 Ngara and the Globe, and they are not in any of the ten quarters this site covers. They sit well outside the centre, in the inner suburbs. Of those ten quarters, Ngara and the Globe is only the nearest, and it is still a separate place: the northern edge of the grid, where the city loosens and the roads north begin. The quarter sits 0.81 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 11 minutes on foot in a direct line, and that is the quarter's own measure, not a walk from your door.
Treat the location as the wider city. Anything you want in the CBD means travelling in and out, and after dark this is a transport edge rather than an evening one, so cross it by car. The Globe Cinema roundabout is the CBD's northern hinge and the fruit market beside it opens at four in the morning, which makes the quarter best for early markets, and the walk up to the National Museum, if you are already there. Museum Hill is the next rise beyond. You are not.
Read the nearest quarter, Ngara and the Globe05Booking it
Wawa Lifestyle Regency one bedroom Apartment rewards booking ahead if you want the one bedroom layout with the kitchen and the parking, since that combination is what you are choosing it for. 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 Wawa Lifestyle Regency one bedroom Apartment?+
It is on Garden Estate Road in Greater Nairobi, not in the Central Business District. It sits 7.64 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 96 minutes on foot in a direct line. That puts it well outside the quarter, so plan on driving rather than walking into the centre.
What facilities does the apartment list?+
The listing covers a kitchen, kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, coffee and water, plus a balcony, patio, desk, sofa bed, safe, fan, iron and board, and a TV with DVD and CD players. Wifi, internet access, free car parking, family rooms and pet friendly stays are also listed. There is no restaurant, bar, gym or pool.
What is the area around the property like?+
The street feel there is a flyover, a roundabout, and a market that starts before the light does. After dark it is a transport edge rather than an evening one, and the site's advice is to cross it by car. It is 6.95 km from Ngara and the Globe, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
How do I check availability at Wawa Lifestyle Regency one bedroom Apartment?+
Availability is checked at the point of booking, where you can see which nights the one bedroom apartment is open and whether the kitchen, balcony and parking setup you want is still free. Book through the app, and confirm the dates before you arrange anything around the stay.
