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.
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.