A 4 star apartment hotel with a pool and kitchens, set west of the centre on Argwings Kodhek Road. It suits families and longer stays that want room to spread out. It does not suit anyone who wants the Central Business District on foot.
01What it is
Yaya Hotel and Apartments is a 4 star property on Argwings Kodhek Road, west of the centre. It leans residential: kitchens and kitchenettes, a washing machine, microwave, oven, refrigerator and toaster, alongside family rooms and a cot. There is an outdoor pool with a pool bar, a fitness centre, garden and patio, plus a business centre, banquet space and a lounge. Rooms come air conditioned and non smoking, with free wifi, TV, DVD, safe and desk. The list is thin on honest detail about how the apartments are laid out, and the shuttle, car rental and valet parking point to a place built around arriving by car.
For a stay of a week or more, or a family that needs separate rooms and a kitchen, Yaya Hotel and Apartments does the practical work that a city centre room cannot. You also get 24 hour security, a front desk that never closes, a concierge, laundry and dry cleaning, and a barber and beauty salon. The verdict: good for long stays, families, and anyone with business west of the centre. Weaker for a short trip built around the Central Business District, because getting there is a ride, not a walk. If you want to be in the thick of the downtown quarter, look elsewhere.
02The supplier's photographs
0336 facilities the supplier lists
and 47 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 Yaya Hotel and Apartments if you want an apartment with a kitchen and a pool rather than a room in the centre. 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 Yaya Hotel and Apartments?+
It is on Argwings Kodhek Road in Nairobi, in the Greater Nairobi area. It sits 3.99 km from Kenyatta Avenue at Moi Avenue, which is 50 minutes on foot in a direct line. The nearest of the ten quarters this site covers is Upper Hill and Community, so you are west of the Central Business District rather than in it.
Does Yaya Hotel and Apartments have a pool and a gym?+
Yes. The property lists an outdoor pool with a pool bar, a fitness centre, a garden and a patio. The pool and garden are the reason to pick it over a plain city hotel, and they are what makes a longer stay here workable if you are travelling with children.
Is it easy to get into central Nairobi from here?+
It is 2.54 km from Upper Hill and Community, which is the nearest of the ten quarters this site covers. That is beyond a comfortable walk for most people, and the street feels built for the car and the conference room. The centre is a short ride, not a stroll. Count on using a car or a taxi for anything downtown.
What does the 4.3 out of 5 guest score mean?+
It is the average from 155 reviews. Read a good score like this as broad satisfaction with the rooms, the pool and the service rather than as a guarantee of any single thing. Look at what recent reviewers say about the apartment layouts and the location if those decide your booking.
