Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi 5 stars

I’m currently staying here for a week. Just a fabulous heritage hotel with all modern amenities and fantastic attention to detail. Great food with sumptuous breakfast, delightful cocktails at Angelino Bar, beautiful and tasty in room dining. Staff are all very polite and friendly and always helpful. Rooms cleaned exceptionally well every day n night. Lovely little macaroon treats in the room during turn down menu. Good location too. The heritage wing having renovations but didn’t see or experience any noise or disruption. The toiletries in the bathroom were Balmain, the hair conditioner was excellent, can I take home some?? Haha. Also it was my birthday here and front desk manager sent a card and cake to my room, lovely touch, thank you so much.

The Metropole hotel is everything you would expect from a Sofitel Legend. Beautiful property, in a fantastic location on the edge of the French and Old quarters of Ha Noi. A great starting point for exploring the city on foot. Beautiful rooms, gracious staff with impecable service, great f&b options. All of these things are really a given for a hotel of this calibre. There were 2 areas we felt should be improved. Firstly, the vast majority of rooms only offer a shower over the bath. I am sure I am not the only guest that would prefer a proper shower. Added to that, I currently find clambering in and out of a bath rather challenging as I am recovering from a broken ankle. The hotel did offer a room with a walk-in-shower to us, but these are only available on the club floor. An extra $200 a night ($1,000 for our stay). Didn’t want, or need, all the bells and whistles the club floor provides, only a decent shower. The other area is the air-conditioning, set at a balmy 23 degrees, when the outdoor temperature rarely got above 20. The guests can’t change it, which I understand. Even after the hotel adjusted it for us, and gave us a lighter weight quilt, it still didn’t go below 22.5. In the end we just turned it off.

We decided to spend the end of our Vietnam trip at the Sofitel given its heritage and location The hotel is like Claridges but in Hanoi and esp once we upgraded to the Club floor it was an amazing experience (certainly worth the money). Location, service , food and bar were perfect. Particularly reccomended using Tony the tour guide (best one we have encountered in our travels ), Hidden Hanoi cooking course and the nearby puppet show. All arranged via the hotel.

We have just spent 4 nights at the Metropole and have had an amazing time. Old school charm and service, the room was great and the food delicious. I had a fantastic massage from their therapist Bong, if you like strong deep tissue massage I would strongly recommend . A must visit hotel.We will definitely return in the future.

We love our stay and especially the tour of the hotel and bunker. Food was great. Staff was very helpful and drinks at the poolside bar were sublime.