The World’s Top Ten Party Hotels – PART 6

Checking out your room at the Metropolitan London — with its minimalist sophistication, COMO Shambhala bath products, Egyptian cotton sheets, and yoga mat, and sweeping views of Hyde Park from some — you may not feel like you’ve just checked into the biggest party hotel in London, but you have.

After lunch or dinner at the hotel’s Michelin-starred Nobu outpost, head over to the Met Bar. The party starts during Afternoon De-Light (Monday–Saturday, 3pm to 6pm), an alternatively alcoholic take on English teatime where alcohol-optional mar-tea-nis are served alongside healthier versions of traditional scones and sandwiches.

Things really heat up at night when the bar hosts the latest London DJs, music acts, and entertainers; past performers include bands Oasis and Kings of Leon. The regular monthly schedule features themed events like “Rockaoke” (karaoke with a live band) and an electronica club night. The exclusive Met Bar is open to hotel guests and Met members only (aside from a small, impossible to penetrate, guest list) which makes booking a room here all the more appealing.

True revellers will want to book the hotel’s Party Like a Rock Star – Sleep Like a Baby package (from £309/night; subject to availability), which includes such essential amenities as Purple Haze shots (champagne-topped passionfruit vodka concoctions) on arrival, VIP access to several London nightclubs, and a “Party Box” with an inflatable guitar and hangover-hiding eye mask. Published rates start at £390/night.

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