My husband and I stayed 2 nights in December for our wedding anniversary and it was a great experience, although I'm not sure it's quite worth the money. We had a standard room on one of the upper floors which had a magical view of London and the location is amazing. Some of the furniture etc is looking the tiniest bit tired, although it's clearly a design classic. I loved the fact that we could pipe music through into the bathroom and there was a good CD collection. The toilletries were divine and the bed extremely comfortable. There was a bit of a wait at check-in, even though we didn't turn up particularly early while we waited for a non-smoking room, but we were given free tea and coffee and biscuits so we just relaxed. The Met bar was great and the cocktails delicious. We ate at Nobu which was fabulous. A faultless trip, except perhaps the price since the room was fairly simply decorated compared to some we've been to, but all in all a great time and I'd recommend the experience.

Having lived in London and visited dozens of times, I can say without a doubt, that the Metropolitan is the best (provided of course that you like modern style hotels). The service was outstanding, the room was stunning, very simply but very luxurious. Views over Hyde Park are unparalleled. We were originally booked in the Sheraton Park Lane (don't ever stay there) and moved to the Metropolitan. Upon check-in, after hearing our horror story at the Sheraton, the front desk clerk upgraded us to a king room with a park view. Room service was wonderful and Nobu is right in the hotel--what more can one ask for? Bathrooms were nice and bed was very comfortable. Great location at the bottom of Park Lane, close to the Tube. Can't recommend enough.

Stayed there for three nights and was very impressed with the "can do" attitude of the staff. On the whole the room was distinctly average which was a bit disappointing - given the reputation off the place I was expecting a lot more. It was comfortable and had everything in there that you'd hope to find it was just lacking the wow factor. I can not rave about the staff enough - they truly were professional, curtious and friendly throughout the entire stay. I would recommend it but unless you are spanking the mega bucks on the suites I think all the rooms will be pretty similar.

A gem of modern design, with impeccably polite and helpful staff. I stayed here for 3 nights on a business trip - and this hotel was a charming, peaceful, quiet, wel--finctioning oasis after each busy day.

My first visit to the Met on a business trip and I was left distinctly under whelmed - I booked a Deluxe City room but think I actually received a Std City room due to the lack of banquette seating as mentioned in the room description. The bathroom was tiny and very average with a shower over the bath, which is hardly 5 Star when most hotels in this bracket are pushing high-tech bathrooms. The shower head is fixed very low on the wall, so anyone like myself who is over 6ft has to almost kneel in the bath to take a shower. Rust had started to appear around the handle on the bath and around the mastic, which just looked very poor. The room itself was a decent size but the decor/furniture reminded me of a Premier Lodge and totally lacked character with not a contemporary picture or ornament in sight. Instead of the banquette seating, my room had two chairs with very scruffy, worn and loose fitting covers, which just looked plain tatty. The staff were very efficient but the entire experience left me completely under whelmed and feeling slightly cheated by the cost and the experience. The Dorchester is available from ?205 if booked early enough and there really is no comparison - it might not be contemporary in style but it's a true 5 Star experience in every sense, unlike the Metropolitan!