London Hotels

Royal Sussex Hotel now called Shaftesbury Metropolis London Hyde Park

• Located on a tree-lined avenue off Edgware Road, this 19th-century end-of-terrace property is a 10 minute walk from Hyde Park.
  
  
• The Shaftesbury Metropolis London Hyde Park hotel has 80 high-ceilinged guestrooms with dark wood furniture, tiled bathrooms and Victorian period features.
  
  
• Guests travelling by car can park in the Shaftesbury Metropolis Hyde Park London hotel's own car park - a rarity in central London.
  
  

GENERAL INFORMATION:
What to expect: Comprising six townhouses on Sussex Gardens, the Shaftesbury Metropolis London Hyde Park hotel is a 10-minute walk from Hyde Park and five minutes from Paddington Station. The black-and-white marble lobby features leather armchairs and complimentary tea or coffee. European leisure travellers (families and couples) on weekend breaks dominate the clientele but the Shaftesbury Metropolis Hyde Park London hotel also caters to business travellers.

Amenity highlights: On-site parking (surcharge) makes this a convenient place to stay over if travelling with a car. There is a high-speed Internet access terminal (surcharge) while contemporary artworks brighten the ground floor marble lobby and sky-lit corridors.

Insider tip: If feeling hungry late at night, or in search of a filling snack any time of day, visit Ranoush Juice, a Lebanese café on Edgware Road, five-minutes walk from the Shaftesbury Metropolis London Hyde Park hotel. It is open until 2 AM, serves delicious fresh fruit juices and is very popular with young people from the local Middle Eastern community.

PROPERTY AMENITIES:
Shaftesbury Metropolitan London Hyde Park's marble lobby offers complimentary tea and coffee, personal safe-deposit boxes and a high-speed Internet terminal (surcharge). The hotel also has 10 on-site car parking spaces (surcharge).

ROOMS:
Shaftesbury Metropolitan London Hyde Park, London, has 80 guestrooms spread across five floors. Ground floor rooms are wheelchair accessible. All feature dark wood furniture, matching blue and white bedspreads and curtains, wall-mounted gold light fittings, hair dryers, trouser presses, extra pillows, and opening windows. Rooms on the first floor overlooking busy Sussex Gardens, have floor-to-ceiling sash windows. Rooms at the back overlook a quiet mews. Rooms on the ground, first, and second floors have high ceilings. Small, tiled bathrooms have showers or bathtubs and contemporary round mirrors

DINING:
Zebra Club - The lower ground floor breakfast room and bar have parquet dance floors and room to seat 80 for pre-booked functions. There is some natural light, ceiling spotlights, and wall-mounted ladder lights. A Continental buffet breakfast is served from 7 AM - 9:30 AM with English breakfasts cooked to order. The bar is licensed to serve alcohol until midnight.

The Shaftesbury Metropolis Hyde Park London hotel does not have its own restaurant, but there are several dining options within the surrounding area.

Nearby restaurants:
Maroush
The Metropole Hotel
Chai Pani