A one bedroom serviced apartement on Wood Avenue in Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi rather than the centre. It is a self catering flat with a kitchen, laundry and parking, and the deciding question is whether you want a kitchen and a car based address or a room you can walk out of into the Central Business District.
01What it is
Wood Avenue Kilimani one bedroom smarthomes near Yaya is a 4 star apartement address at 31 Wood Avenue in Greater Nairobi, and the list is built around living in it rather than passing through. You get a kitchen and kitchenette with a microwave, refrigerator and washing machine, a bathroom with shower, WC, bidet, toiletries and towels, and a balcony, desk, iron and board, slippers, TV and carpeted floors. Free wifi and internet access, lifts, free car parking, 24 hour front desk, 24H security, a market, laundry service, smoke detector, water and pets allowed. The list is thin on anything beyond the flat itself: no restaurant, no bar, no gym, no pool, no airport transfer.
What that adds up to is a self contained flat in a car oriented part of Greater Nairobi, not a hotel you step out of into the centre. Wood Avenue Kilimani one bedroom smarthomes near Yaya suits someone staying several nights or longer who wants to cook, park free, do laundry and keep their own hours, and who is happy to drive or be driven to meetings and dinner. It does not suit anyone arriving without a car and expecting the Central Business District on foot, or anyone who wants a bar, a restaurant and other people in the lobby. The after dark note for this area is blunt: safe and dull, hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Distance from the centre matters: it is 4.28 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.71 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
02The supplier's photographs
0331 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 this one early if your dates fall around a conference or a long stay, because one bedroom flats of this kind go to the people who plan furthest ahead. 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 Wood Avenue Kilimani one bedroom smarthomes near Yaya?+
It is at 31 Wood Avenue, in Kilimani, in Greater Nairobi rather than in the Central Business District. That places it on the western ridge side of the city, in a part built for the car and the conference room, and it is 2.71 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What does the property actually have in the flat?+
A kitchen and kitchenette with microwave, refrigerator and washing machine, a bathroom with shower, WC, bidet, toiletries and towels, plus a balcony, desk, iron and board, slippers, TV, carpeted floors, free wifi, lifts, free car parking, 24 hour front desk, 24H security, laundry service, a market, water and a smoke detector. Pets are allowed.
Can I walk into the Central Business District from here?+
It is possible but not comfortable, and the distance is the point. It is 4.28 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 54 minutes on foot in a direct line. Most people staying here treat a car or a ride as the normal way in, especially after dark in this part of Greater Nairobi.
How do I check availability and what happens if my plans change?+
Availability is checked through app.impt.io, and it is worth doing early for longer stays and around conference periods. Most rooms here can be cancelled free, so a booking does not lock you in if your dates move. The listing is a one bedroom apartement rather than a standard hotel room, so confirm the flat you want.
