I stayed there for 3 nights in November 2011. Need to mention that most of the reviews are correct. The hotel needs updating and proper refurbishment. The rooms are small, beds are narrow and some new & fresh bedding and towels will do. There was a TV in the room which I tried to watch but there was a problem with a remote control. No hair dryer :) I would not say that the hotel was not clean. It is just old. On the bright side, a man at the reception desk was really helpful and polite. Breakfast was pretty basic but I quite liked it. And the location is really good. Close to the hight street, information centre and cafes & restaurants. I would not go back to this hotel again but bear in mind that there is lots to do in Iceland and you would not spend a lot of time in the hotel room.

We chose this hotel because it was close to the center and it was not much expensive, but we found many things not working properly:
- rooms were dirty, walls had wide stains of damp, bathroom and shower were not cleaned well and some traces of previous guests were still present;
- hair dryer was not available in the room and you had to ask for it at the reception;
- the reception was often deserted, especially in the morning;
- breakfast was called "buffet", but often there were missing things: in the second morning only boiled eggs were available, 1 day there were no waffles, for 2 days no fruit, cheese often missing, dishes and cups sometimes were not clean;
- it was a problem to close the window in the room;
- last but not least, we found a message at the reception that sounds like this: "If you want you room quickly, pay 15 euros and you will have your room cleaned in 15 minutes".
The only positive point is the position but it does not justify 3* rating.

This isn't a three star hotel it is a one star. The bedrooms are tiny and the walls paper thin. Every morning woken by neighbouring alarms and washing noises and talking. Breakfast is horrible, cheapest meat, orange squash and nasty liquid coffee flavoured drink machine. Bathrooms are nasty, no ventillation, no room to sit on toilet due to wall, hot water is very smelly due to sulphur, peeling mouldy tiles, flaking chrome bath rails, minute towels which are never changed. No chest of draws or storage in the room.

Staff were OK but the hotel is like a bad hostel, in fact the hostel round the corner looked lovely compared to the Met.

We spent all our time out of our rooms on the road or in the local bars because they were so horrible. Even the mini-bar was empty.

Would not stay there again even if it has a good location.

+1 the Seafood Baron as the best place to eat - lobster soup and a fish-kebab.

I spent at Metropolitan 5 days...Room was small, no wardrobe, bed sheet wasn't changed when I came!! Bathroom was also small and little bit dirty (couple of hair in the bath). Room service visited my room after 4 days. Nobody changed towels even bin.

When I went away at the airport, staff forgot order bus (the day before) and when the bus arrived next day, it was wrong bus so instead of the airport i got to somewhere else. Fortunately one man helped me...

Plus is that hotel is near the downtown but I cant recommended!