“I stayed here in Metropole Hotel during my inspection trip to Phuket, this is a large hotel built in old style. The property offer spacious lobby, good room, large bathroom, the equipment is a bit old, but clean, rooms in higher floor offer good city view. Buffet breakfast with choices, staff is friendly and professional. Good stay.”

“Okay, this place isn't perfect. I think the rooms are used once every couple of months on average. So yes, taps need to be run for a few seconds first when you first go in. And the humidity makes it - like the rest of Thailand - a fantastic place for biology. But the stay was amazing. The fit-out is like a 5* hotel in Europe or Singapore. And the hotel is well maintained, particularly on the outside. However, it's like it was built with unlimited money and to the finest tastes of the, early 1990s - as a land mark hotel and possibly even conference centre. But it's been run by enthusiastic but inexperienced people. The room rate was so low, I can barely understand how they afford to keep it so well air-conditioned. I wanted to rent the entire top floor, and go live there for a year, and run the hotel as it should be run, because then it would be fabulous. Everything was there, but there was almost no outward sign that this was a great hotel. But it could be. Just remember, that a room here is roughly 5% of the room rate that I would charge you, if I were running this hotel and doing it properly. Damn, it has potential!!”