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COMO Metropolitan

Name of resort/hotel

COMO Metropolitan

 

Year opened

1997

 

Last refurbishment

2015

 

Neighbourhood

Inner city with views of London’s Hyde Park and Mayfair.

 

Walking distance to:

Piccadilly Circus, Bond Street, Knightsbridge and Oxford Street.

 

Size and style:

144 rooms and suites, including four city rooms (reserved for corporate accounts), 45 deluxe city rooms, 35 Metropolitan City Rooms, 30 Metropolitan Park Rooms, nine Junior Park Suites, seven City Suites, eight Park Suites, one COMO Suite, one Metropolitan Suite and one Penthouse Suite.

 

Guest profile:

Business travellers.

 

Family friendly:

No.

 

Airport transfers:

No. Heathrow airport is a 45-minute car journey, or 15 minutes by train (heathrowexpress.com) from Paddington Station before an additional 15 minutes by taxi. Gatwick Airport is served by the Gatwick Express train (gatwickexpress.co.uk), which takes 35 to 40 minutes to get to Victoria Station, a 10-minute taxi ride from the hotel.

 

On site drinking and dining facilities:

Nobu: Distinctive, award-winning Japanese-Peruvian cuisine derived from the freshest of ingredients, with specialities such as black cod with miso, sashimi salad with Matsuhisa soy sauce dressing, Hamachi sashimi with jalapenos, and squid ‘pasta’ with light garlic sauce. The restaurant is open for lunch and dinner daily.

Met Bar: welcomes guests with an expanded and innovative cocktail menu and fresh lunch and dinner menus featuring seasonal British classic cuisine. Tables are back-painted glass with golden highlights reflecting the natural light that floods through the glass wall.
The White Room: coveted London private dining room, open for breakfast for guests. By day, its glass pyramid ceiling floods the space with natural light, while at night this soaring room transforms into a uniquely stylish spot for a party serving up to 60 guests.

 

On-site facilities:

Parking

Yes, valet parking

Gym

Yes, gym and yoga channel

Pool

No

Spa

Yes, the COMO Shambhala Urban Escape, including six treatment rooms (two couple rooms), steam rooms, gym and yoga facilities.

 

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