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The Metropolitan hotel is located on one of the also appear with subtly illuminated fret cut artwork THE HALKIN’S
most significant thoroughfares in London – Park panels. The pattern within these panels is another INTERIOR
Lane, where it joins Hyde Park Corner. The city’s most aspect inspired by the park’s natural elements. CORRIDOR,
glamorous neighbourhoods are within a short walk, What I have appreciated very much is an oversized THE AMETSA
including Mayfair, Knightsbridge and Piccadilly. All window seat, upholstered in mocha chenille, whi- RESTAURANT AND
signature suites overlook lush Hyde Park to the east ch allows guests to recline as they observe Hyde THE PORK PRESA.
of the property, which brings a sense of nature to Park just in front of you. As with all COMO Hotels and
the city. When it opened in 1997 it was among the Resorts, cuisine is a key element of the experience.
capital’s first hotels to embrace a contemporary de- At COMO Metropolitan London’s Nobu restaurant,
sign vision. The essential philosophy of the hotel is Executive Chef Mark Edwards heads up a kitchen
based on the non essential elements of a traditio- that has become a perennial favourite with both
nal english hotel, with the idea to create something Londoners and those travelling through. It serves an
cool and accessibile, in the mean time sophistica- original mix of Peruvian-Japanese cuisine in a com-
ted but warm. The whole projects has been develo- bination known as ‘New Style Japanese’. At the Met
ped by Linzi Coppick, the interior designer who has Bar, guests can expect an innovative cocktail menu.
revitalised the internal spaces with fresh palettes of Guests can also take advantage of COMO Shambha-
natural hues and textures to complement neigh- la’s Asian-based therapies, and many of the thera-
bouring Hyde Park, whilst retaining the hotel’s time- pies employ COMO Shambhala products, formula-
less soul and ethos. The new reception desk sits just ted with pure organic essential oils and herbs. You
in front of a distressed two-tone leather-panelled can’t have a complete vision of the Metropolitan
alcove, complete with an etched mirror central ni- Hotel if you don’t have an idea of the philosophy of
che for innovative flower displays. American walnut the whole group. Headquartered in Singapore, The
and sycamore timbers are seen on the entrance to COMO Group represents Christina Ong’s, the Foun-
all 144 accommodation spaces, with room numbers der, unique vision of contemporary living. COMO
engraved on door panels. The pale and dark timbers Hotels and Resorts develops and manages hand-pi-

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