Sofitel Legend Metropole Hanoi 5 stars

The hotel is in the center, so it's super easy to access good street food area or enjoy the lake view which is quite beautiful and noisy. The service is totally amazing, staffs are nice and supportive.

Beautiful property in the heart of Hanoi. Fell in love with its gracious old world charm. It is fabulously furnished and the old wing is even better than the new one. Excellent & attentive staff. It has several restaurants and we went twice to its bar Angelina. Highly recommended. Great music, nice crowd and very tastefully done up. Not to be missed. Breakfast in the morning was a treat and the variety of food made for very difficult choices in the morning! A very nice luxury hotel and I would definitely stay here again if I visited Hanoi.

We loved our few days’ stay at this historic Hanoi hotel. Lovely room, nice pool area with bar, and a good breakfast. We joined the history/bunker tour which they run each day at 6:00 pm and it was fascinating to hear tales of the hotel’s wartime role led by an employee whose relatives had been involved in the war. Great cocktail bar in the old part of the building and the Angelina bar too with its Happy Hour was well worth a visit. A great start to our holiday!

This was our favourite hotel during our tour of Vietnam - we absolutely loved it! The history tour of the hotel is definitely worth doing - just book it up when you check-in as it does get booked up quite quickly. Our bedroom was quite large for a city hotel although the bathroom was relatively small and only had a shower over a steep-sided bath. The hotel lobby was always busy but with such a lovely vibe, I could have sat there all day watching the guests coming and going! Breakfast was amazing, one morning we sat at one of the outside tables by the pool in the sun and it was glorious. We ate in the conservatory style restaurant one evening and the menu and setting was perfect. We just wanted a casual, relaxed meal but there were other guests there dressed fairly formally - it seemed to cater admirably for all. The concierge service was very friendly and extremely helpful. A very memorable hotel steeped in history - Would happily return to Hanoi just to stay here again!

Unfortunately we arrived late in the evening. No rooming, did not make us feel special. Executive lounge was somewhat ok. Pastries below par for a French hotel brand. Bar was ok, nice decor yet staff speaking loudly. Overall not impressed , not living up to a (past?) reputation and expectations, expensive for what it is.