The Metropolitan Bangkok
Style Manicured minimalism
Setting Sparkling South Sathorn streets
This exclusive Bangkok retreat attracts a very discerning brand of guest – fashionistas, film stars, designers and well-heeled, sharp-dressed urbanites ornament the bright, makha-wooded lobby. It’s clear: from the sleekly sophisticated healthy all-day diner Glow to the wine-dark depths of the members-only Met bar, The Metropolitan Bangkok is where you go to get noticed.
Need to know
- Rooms 171, including 22 suites, four two-bedroom penthouses and a presidential ‘fiefdom’.
- Rates Double rooms from $150.00, excluding tax at 17.7 per cent.
- More details Rates exclude breakfast, but include yoga classes.
- Facilities Spa (including gym, steam rooms, hydro-pool and yoga studios), hair salon, limousine/car hire, valet parking. In rooms: cable TV, CD player and library, minibar, fruit, yoga mat.
- Poolside The palm-fringed 20-metre lap pool is overlooked by the restaurant and lined with inviting loungers.
- Check-out 2pm.
- Children Under-12s stay for free in their parents’ rooms. Cots are available and babysitting can be arranged. More...
- Also Get the Met staff to put together a personalised boutique shopping itinerary for you, taking the stress out of street-schlepping.
Food and drink at The Metropolitan Bangkok
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Hotel restaurant
With a voyeur’s view of the poolside and a gourmet’s grasp of rare, regional Thai cuisine, the hotel's sleek ground-floor restaurant Nahm, headed up by esteemed Australian chef David Thompson, tops every visiting epicure’s to-do list, with treats such as jungle curry with pla chorn (a freshwater fish). Crisp, white eatery, Glow, beside the spa, presents a lighter selection of healthy organic snacks and smoothies for breakfast and all-day dining.
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Dress code
Off-duty diva. -
Top table
On Nahm's terrace by the pool – beautiful food to eat; beautiful people to feast your eyes on – or book one of its private dining rooms for a special occasion. -
Last orders
Glow is open until 9pm; Nahm holds court for lunch and dinner. The Met Bar 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.
The Metropolitan Bangkok 27 South Sathorn Road Tungmahamek Sathorn , Bangkok, 10120
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Smith extra at The Metropolitan Bangkok
Metropolitan breakfast for two; members booking a suite or staying three nights or more will get a free lunch for two at Glow restaurant (booked on arrival); members booking a Penthouse or a Como Suite will also get a free martini in the Met bar
Current offers at The Metropolitan Bangkok
- Ultimate savings: 20% off - Valid from 18 November 2010 to 29 March 2...
- 3 nights for the price of 2 - Valid from 3 November 2011 to 31 March ...
In the know
Our favourite rooms
Simple juxtapositions of white walls and dark woods abound, as do splendidly oversized limestone-mosaic bathrooms. Bypass the petite City Rooms in favour of the larger, yet still affordable, Studio Rooms and Metropolitan Rooms, which have king-size beds and bathrooms with separate tubs and showers. Or, plump 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 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. Free yoga is available should you need a morning stretch (pick up stylish yoga wear in the spa boutique if you've forgotten to bring your own).
From the Guestbook…
We went to Bangkok to eat at Nahm. It did not disappoint. Food and service were exceptional. In the hotel brochure, David Thompson (owner of Nahm) mentioned an out-of-the-way place...
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