Serviced apartments on Rose Avenue off Lenana Road, with kitchens, a pool and a gym, on the ridge where the city was built for cars and conferences. The self-catering setup decides it: right if you are staying a while and driving, wrong if you want the centre on foot.
01What it is
Woodmere Serviced Apartments is a four star property on Rose Avenue off Lenana Road, in the part of Greater Nairobi described as new concrete on a ridge, built for the car and the conference room. The listing leans hard on self-catering: kitchen and kitchenette, microwave, refrigerator, toaster, coffee, plus a market on site. It also names a gymnasium, sauna, jacuzzi and outdoor pool, a garden and terrace, and family rooms with cots and high chairs. For work and getting around, there is free wifi, a desk, free car parking and a garage. The list is thin in one respect: it names a bar or snack bar and bars, but no full restaurant, so plan meals around the kitchen rather than a dining room.
What that adds up to at Woodmere Serviced Apartments is an apartment rather than a hotel room: you cook, you wash, you settle in, and the housekeeping, laundry and dry cleaning services keep the place running. The pool, gym and sauna matter most on the days you do not leave the compound. It sits 2.21 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers, and 3.4 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line, so a car or the shuttle service is the realistic way in. After dark the area is safe and dull: hotel bars, and a ride anywhere else. Suits longer stays, families and anyone here for the conference rooms. Does not suit anyone who wants the centre on foot.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 29 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 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 Woodmere Serviced Apartments direct if you want the kitchen and the pool rather than a room you only sleep in. 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 Woodmere Serviced Apartments?+
On Rose Avenue off Lenana Road, in Greater Nairobi. It stands 3.4 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 43 minutes on foot in a direct line, and 2.21 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers.
What is in the apartments?+
Kitchens and kitchenettes with a microwave, refrigerator and toaster, plus coffee, a desk, a safe, a TV and free wifi. The property also lists a bath, bathrobe, hairdryer and toiletries, and family rooms with cots and high chairs.
Is there a restaurant or bar on site?+
The listing names a bar or snack bar and bars, but no full restaurant, so self-catering is the practical arrangement. There is a market on the property and breakfast is listed. The surrounding streets are quiet at night, so you eat in or take a car.
How do I check availability for specific dates?+
Check the calendar on this page for the nights you want. Woodmere Serviced Apartments has family rooms and non smoking rooms, so say which you need when you enquire, and note that most rooms can be cancelled free.
