The Metropolitan Bangkok
- Style
- Manicured minimalism
- Setting
- Sparkling South Sathorn streets
Sparse but far from spartan, this supercool Bangkok hotel blends luxury A-list appeal with minimalist refinement – the perfect base for seeing the city sights.
Need to know
- Rooms
- 171, including 22 suites, four two-bedroom penthouses and a presidential ‘fiefdom’.
- Rates
- $240–$2,000, excluding 17 per cent tax. Breakfast, $17 a person.
- Check-out
- 2pm.
- Facilities
- Spa (including gym, steam rooms, hydro-pool and yoga studios), hair salon, limousine/car hire, valet parking. In-room amenities: cable TV, CD player and library, minibar, yoga mat.
- Poolside
- The palm-lined 20-metre lap pool is overlooked by the Cy’an restaurant.
- Children
- Under-12s stay for free in their parents’ rooms. Cots are available and babysitting can be arranged.
- Also
- Get the Met staff to put together a personalized boutique shopping itinerary for you, taking the stress out of street-schlepping.
In the know
- Our favourite rooms
- Simple juxtapositions of white walls and dark woods abound, as do splendidly oversized limestone-mosaic bathrooms. Opt for a Terrace Suite to enjoy the evening air on your private patio.
- Packing tips
- Your most flattering designer swimwear – if Kylie or Colin Farrell are dining in the restaurant, you’ll want to give them a worthwhile eyeful as you sashay down to the pool.
- Also
- On the first floor, the Como Shambhala spa – source of the bathroom goodies in your room – offers a variety of spirit-soothing, body-buffing holistic treatments, including reflexology and yoga-inspired Thai massage.
Food & drink
- Hotel restaurant
- With a voyeur’s view of the poolside and a gourmet’s grasp of Mediterranean cuisine, Cy’an is near the top of every visiting epicure’s to-do list. The petite spa restaurant, Glow, presents a lighter selection of healthy organic snacks and smoothies.
- Dress code
- Off-duty diva.
- Top table
- On Cy’an’s verandah by the pool – beautiful food to eat; beautiful people to feast your eyes on.
- Last orders
- Glow is open until 8.30pm; Cy’an closes its kitchen at 10.30pm. The Met Bar also offers snacky Thai food till 11pm.
- Room service
- Tasty Thai treats can be brought to your room 24 hours a day, and in-room massages can be requested while the spa is open.
- Hotel bar
- Exclusive to members and guests, the Met Bar is a sultry club-land lounge that hums to a laid-back DJ beat until 1am. The staggering cocktail menu, crafted by trained mixologists, boasts more than 40 different martinis.
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