I reserved a luxury King room. I had read a review that mentioned some construction noise; I called the hotel and asked for a room without noise. We were on the 15th floor. The Canadian in the elevator commented to me that this hotel has the slowest elevator in the city. So, correct! But, the construction noise was not a problem. After the valet brought our car, it is hard to get out of their parking entrance due to construction. The construction is right next door. Large tractors are working on an empty lot that is going to be a hotel. We were on the opposite side of the building. I did have the power go out in the bathroom, on our last morning, and we had to rough it to get out of the room before check-out.
For the rate, I would book elsewhere. I received an AAA rate, and it was the highest I paid with the least amount of luxury. The Four Seasons is close by, so is Canada Place pier with a hotel. The bathroom was nice. A very large vanity area with lit make-up mirror and a bench. The tub was extra-long, but nothing special. The separate shower was nice. After staying at other luxury hotels on our trip, this hotel was my least favorite with two exceptions. The sheets were very nice. The Canadian breakfast at Diva was great. I called the hotel because we were traveling as a celebration of a graduation; I was trying to figure out if I needed a rental car, so I asked questions and referenced my daughter's graduation. This is the only hotel that did not acknowledge that celebration. Every other hotel in Canada and Seattle, upon check-in, asked us about our trip; I told them about our celebration, and each hotel did something nice to acknowledge our celebration. The check-in staff and concierge are not friendly or eager to help. I did get a tip from the reservation desk; they told me to add the Breakfast of Champions to my room for $25. It would include parking. The valet only parking is $28; the Canadian breakfast comes with eggs, toast or croissant, bacon or bratwurst, potatoes, orange juice, and a pot of coffee or tea. It was very nice and the service was very good. The breakfast is $25 a person. The tip from the reservations person was worthwhile. The hotel does charge a facility fee that they do not tell you about. Most hotels state upfront if they have a resort fee. The facility fee is $5.60. I hope they get a new elevator. Robson street shopping and a upper-scale mall are very easy to walk to.

Nearly all recent reviews are saying the same regarding the building work next door. When I selected the property it seemed ideal and in terms of size, position, rooms and price, it was. But did not know about the work next door and it caused all sorts of problems from noise to sidewalk shut down etc. If told about this I think most people can make a decision about staying but they didn't which is a shame.
I would still recommend it but be warned, I can't see it getting better for a while yet.

Great city, wrong hotel. Overall hotel was above average, nice gym, amazing complimentary cookies, door staff was ok, concierge changed almost hourly and very weak. I like small private places but this place really doesn't hold up to the crisp personal service one would expect from a well reviewed hotel.
Major problem was Construction literally against the building. A rude wakeup call at 7:30 am and loud enough to be annoying even if it were mid afternoon. I am not a fan of the ask for changes after you see the problem, when you know it was already known by the other party, I find this insulting and just checked out. Went to the Sutton Hotel and it was perfect, incredible service, and even the two to 3 blocks in each direction difference was night and day. Much nicer to be a couple of blocks further from Granville street and to be on on the other side of Robson. Much, much nicer.
On checkout at the Met no appologies for the problem and I even had an extra facilities fee attached to my bill. Just laughed, said nothing, paid, left.
Great move!! Big construction problem that has to be at least a year. Go Elsewhere!!!

We stayed at the Metropolitan recently for 4 nights and were very satisfied with the room, service and general facilities. Location is good with easy access to shops and restaurants. It has its own quality restaurant (Diva at The Met) which is fairly pricey but is worth it for a special ocasion. Breakfast was fine but this can also be found in malls nearby.

Only problem was that there is a major refurbishment/rebuilding of another hotel next door and this causes some noise from 7am onwards finishing by around 5pm. We received no advance warning about this and it looks likely to continue for some time - probably into next year.