The hotel's restaurant serves a tasty breakfast each day, as a great start to your day. Continental breakfast is charged at £12.50 per person, and English breakfast is charged at £15 per person. Alternatively, if you choose to pre-book breakfast for the duration of your stay on check-in, you can take advantage of the reduced rate of £11.95 per person per day.

A gym is available exclusively for guest use.

The hotel is just a few minutes' walk from Hyde Park- perfect for a peaceful stroll, an energetic run, or a relaxing summer picnic. You can easily walk through to Speaker's Corner, where you'll often find a wide variety of speakers with an equally wide variety of subjects. Marble Arch and Oxford Street, home to famous name brands and flagship stores, are also nearby. With excellent nearby transport links, just a short trip takes you to West End theatres, famous museums and all the sights of the city.

Paddington station is just a few minutes' walk from the hotel, and provides excellent transport links throughout the city and beyond, with underground services on the Bakerloo, Circle, District and Hammersmith & City lines, main line services to a range of national destinations and the Heathrow Express service, which can take you to the airport in just fifteen minutes.

The Shaftesbury Metropolis London Hyde Park is non smoking throughout. Smoke detectors and fire alarms are fitted around the hotel and 24 hour CCTV is in operation in all public areas.

Multilingual staff are on hand to assist you and a guest comment system is available. Information about London's tourist attractions and a London business guide are also available. Business services are available for an additional charge.

The guest rooms are fitted with electronic door locks, mood lighting and night-time reading spotlights, and 32" LCD televisions. Bathrobes and slippers are provided on request only in standard rooms.

Club rooms offer more space than standard rooms and include two complimentary soft drinks and mineral water, a complimentary half bottle of wine, complimentary newspaper and magazine and fresh flowers, with a fresh fruit basket which is replenished daily.

Club guests additionally benefit from a complimentary English breakfast in the restaurant and a range of extra services including luggage porter service, an evening turndown service with a complimentary good night chocolate, limited room service, express check-in and extended check-out facilities and airline check-in facilities in your room via the interactive TV or your laptop.

Club room guests gain access to the Club Lounge and Gym, which has a large 42" Plasma screen TV with hotel channels, complimentary fruits, snacks, soft drinks, mineral water, newspapers and magazines and complimentary broadband and WiFi access.

This hotel accepts the following cards for payment.

Cancellations can be made free of charge, provided that details are received at least 24 hours prior to the check-in time on the date of arrival. Cancellations made less than 24 hours before the check-in time of the date of arrival will incur a fee equivalent to the cost of one night's accommodation.