Up to 40 guests3BHK · floor-through
Penthouse Lounge
Top-floor private apartment configured for hosting — open-plan living, dining, and bar.
Events
Hosting, the HMK Living way.
Private gatherings in the Penthouse, corporate retreats in Kigo, and full-resort receptions through the adjacent lakeside resort — coordinated end-to-end by the HMK Living team.
What we host
Private, discreet, unhurried.
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VVIP Private Hosting
Grand gatherings in the 3BHK Penthouse — Platinum tier by default.
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Corporate Retreats
Executive offsites for embassy, UN, and oil & gas leadership teams.
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Diplomatic Receptions
Quiet, secure entertaining — twenty kilometres from the airport.
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Family Celebrations
Multigenerational gatherings across the 2BHK and Penthouse apartments.
Our venues
Four hosting venues.
Up to 60 standingPrivate outdoor deck
Penthouse Rooftop Terrace
Open-air terrace overlooking Lake Victoria — golden-hour cocktails and sunset receptions.
Up to 20 guestsAdjacent wellness wing
Wellness Sanctuary · Private Hire
Full-buyout of the neighbouring Wellness Sanctuary for wellness days and bachelorette retreats.
240+ guestsAdjacent five-star venue
Adjacent Resort Partnership
Full conference and gala venues at the lakeside resort next door — coordinated by the HMK Living team.
Have a date in mind? Hajrah and the HMK Living team will tailor every detail — privately, end-to-end.
Plan your gatheringGatherings
HMK Living hosts private gatherings rather than large functions: a dinner in the penthouse, a small celebration, a working session for a team staying here. There is no banqueting hall, and for anything above about twenty people the resorts nearby are the right answer.
What we can host, and what we cannot
The honest line first. HMK Living has no conference hall, no ballroom and no banqueting kitchen. A wedding of three hundred, a conference of fifty, a product launch with a stage — the large resorts along this stretch of the lake are built for those and we are not.
What works here is the small end: a private dinner cooked in the apartment by the in-apartment chef, a family celebration taking the 3BHK Penthouse for a few nights, a team of four to six using the penthouse as a base for a working week.
The difference is that these happen in an apartment rather than a function room, which is what makes them feel like an evening at home rather than an event with a schedule.
- Private dinners cooked in the apartment, up to about twelve
- Family celebrations taking the penthouse for a weekend
- Working sessions for a team already staying here
- Not here: conference halls, ballrooms, banqueting, staging
The 3BHK Penthouse as the room
From 180 m² with three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a full kitchen and a living and dining space built to hold a group rather than merely seat one, the penthouse is where almost every gathering here happens. It is $300 a night for the whole apartment, breakfast included for everyone staying in it.
The in-apartment chef comes with it by default rather than as an upgrade, and a dedicated chauffeur is included for the duration of the stay. Between them, the evening — the cooking, the arrivals, the going home — is arranged rather than organised.
For a group staying over, three bedrooms with their own bathrooms means nobody is negotiating a bathroom schedule the morning after.
How to arrange one
Through the concierge, with four things: the date, the number of people, whether anyone is staying the night, and any dietary requirements. Halal, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free are all prepared on request.
The chef takes a brief rather than a fixed menu, so say what the occasion is and what people like. Wine and spirits can be arranged, or you can bring your own.
Give a week's notice where you can. A dinner for four can often be arranged the same day; anything larger, or anything with a particular menu, wants more time.
Where to go for the bigger occasion
If what you are planning genuinely needs a hall, the lakeside strip has them. The resorts in Munyonyo and on Kigo Road run convention halls, outdoor venues and the room inventory to put a whole delegation under one roof, and they do it well.
What we can do in that case is house the part of the party that wants an apartment rather than a hotel room — a principal and their staff, a family attached to a wedding, a team in for a conference who would rather have a kitchen. Those two arrangements work together more often than people assume.
Gatherings at HMK Living — questions
- Can I host an event at HMK Living?
- Small, private ones. A dinner cooked in the apartment by the in-apartment chef, a family celebration taking the penthouse for a weekend, or a working session for a team already staying here. There is no conference hall or banqueting space, so anything above about twenty people belongs at one of the resorts nearby.
- How many people can you cater for?
- Comfortably up to about twelve for a private dinner in the 3BHK Penthouse. Beyond that the apartment stops being the right room, and we would rather say so than squeeze you in.
- Is there a conference or banqueting hall?
- No. HMK Living is a serviced-apartment residence, not a conference property — no hall, no ballroom, no staging and no banqueting kitchen. The large resorts along this stretch of the lake have all of those and are the right choice for a conference or a large wedding.
- What does a private dinner cost?
- It depends on the number of people and the menu, so it is quoted rather than published. The in-apartment chef is included by default with the 3BHK Penthouse, which is $300 a night for the whole apartment, and is available as an upgrade on every other apartment type. Tell the concierge the date, the numbers and any dietary requirements and you will get a figure.
- Can you cater to dietary requirements?
- Halal, vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free are all prepared on request. Share preferences with the concierge when you book rather than on the day, particularly for a group.
- How much notice do you need?
- A week where you can manage it. A dinner for four can often be arranged the same day; anything larger, or with a particular menu, wants more time so the kitchen can shop for it properly.
- Can guests stay over after an event?
- That is usually the point. The 3BHK Penthouse sleeps six across three bedrooms with their own bathrooms, and the 2BHK Suite takes four more. Breakfast the next morning is included and served downstairs from 07:00.