The Metropolitan Vancouver is the best hotel experience I have ever had in Vancouver. Personally I heard no noise, and the gentleman at the front desk made sure we would know which floor would hear the noise the most. After originally going to the first room they provided, we realized it was too small for the 3 of us, so we went downstairs, the hotel agreed and provided us with a two room suite at only a slight additional cost to us. It was beautiful room with hardwood floored dinning table, large flat screened T.V. and two bathrooms. The staff was just excellent, helpful in getting reservations at wonderful restaurants. I would stay no where else, the noise is not a problem, and the hotel is only two blocks from the action of Robison Street.

This is the best of three similar class hotels where we've stayed in Vancouver. The room (although not huge) and the bathroom (with separate shower and bath) are comfortable and have good lighting.

The hotel's restaurant, Diva, is one of the best in Vancouver for service and food. It also provides the hotel's room service, which was of very good quality and was delivered on an attractively set table - not something we usually experience in Europe.

Location is very convenient, although the building works next door will be a big problem for the next year or so. We were on the 12th floor overlooking the building works and got woken up at 7-ish. This was not a problem for us, but if you're closer to the works or want to sleep in then you'll need at least a set of earplugs. If it were not for this, we would have given the hotel a rating of 5 (excellent).

We've stayed here twice before and it will be top of our list if we visit Vancouver again.

Myself and my wife stayed at the Metropolitan both before and after our tour of The Rockies and found both times perfectly pleasurable especially on the second occasion when we were upgraded to an executive suite which went way beyond our expectations.
I booked via the hotel,s own website taking up The Early Bird Option which saved 15% on the normal rate.A deal which could not be bettered by other travel sites.
Check in each time only took minutes.Our room was spacious, with a lovely bathroom and exceedingly comfortable bed.There is a safe, coffee making facilities ( you have to ask if you want tea ) and sufficient storage space for clothes etc.
The concierges were very helpful especially Nathalie who gave us some helpful advice on tours and restaurant recommendations such as Don Francescos ( Italian ) and Azia (Superb Asian Food ).We did not dine in the hotel,s own Diva restaurant although we did use room service once and the food was delicious although a tad pricey.
During our stay there was only one lift working.This was no problem for us as we were on holiday and in no rush.However, not everyone seemed to take the same view and saw this as some sort of catastrophe.
As previously mentioned by other reviewers there is construction going on immediately beside The Metropolitan of a new 48 floor tower block development which will not be finished until 2010.The work and the ensuing noise begins around 7 but we were on a higher floor both times and did not find it particularly intrusive.Altough other parts of the hotel may be more badly affected.The construction workers also close off the sidewalk during the working day but have traffic control on to allow you to cross the road safely.
The hotel is within easy reach of most downtown attractions with the Pacific Mall right across the road.
All in all i would use this hotel again but maybe for some it would be advisable to choose another option if they thought that noise would spoil their stay.

My husband, mother and myself booked one of the suites at the Met Sunday the 13th and Monday the 14th of July. It turns out I had actually booked the wrong dates on their website but upon calling them on our drive up from Seattle they informed us they had another room available. Whilst check in was painless I have to say the room certainly didn't warrant the price (we paid $329 a night not including tax). The first morning of our stay we were awoken by ground shaking noise that was from the construction next door-we weren't even on the side of the building that faces the new hotel! I'm a sound sleeper and was recovering from jet lag but found it impossible to sleep beyond 7.30 a.m. Not what I call a vacation!

Having only one elevator in a 15-storey hotel is unacceptable (the other was out of order during our stay)-at times we waited almost 10 minutes for it to take us to our room. Due to a power surge in the city during our stay the cable was out for a day/night and we had to argue with the front desk to allow us to view a movie for free. On the whole you pay for location with this hotel and I think based on past experience there are far better hotels for the price near Robson Street.