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Orchard Road is loud, flashy and impossible to ignore – and then there’s COMO Metropolitan Singapore, quietly doing its own thing. Part of the new COMO Orchard destination, it blends rooms, restaurants, wellness spaces and fashion boutiques, so you can start the day with Cédric Grolet pastries, browse a curated designer fashion edit, and still reach the rooftop infinity pool before lunch. Inside, 156 light‑filled rooms combine clean design with thoughtful tech, while the city’s largest urban spa and wellness floor gives you as many reasons to stay in as to explore the Lion City beyond.
What’s the neighbourhood like?
I’m planted squarely on Orchard Road, Singapore’s retail epicentre, but you barely have to brave the outdoors. Orchard MRT is a 10-minute walk, almost entirely underground, weaving through Paragon, Ngee Ann City and ION Orchard via the city’s glossy tunnel network. Less than five minutes’ wander from the hotel is an ice-cream uncle – a stop that quickly becomes one of my non-negotiables. Newton Food Centre, made famous by Crazy Rich Asians, is around 20 minutes on foot, while trendy Dempsey Hill is a 20-minute cab ride away. On a good day, you can even contemplate walking toward Suntec City – about 30 minutes, depending on how many shade breaks you need.
Where am I sleeping?
I’m in a King Emerald room, which is calm in the way good hotels know how to be. Neutral tones, soft lighting and clean lines set the scene, with a chaise, a kitchenette with a pod coffee machine, and wall-to-wall windows looking onto Paragon. It’s bright and uncluttered, unmistakably COMO in its minimalist aesthetic. The bathroom is a little darker, but that only makes the shower feel spa-worthy – helped along by a large walk-in rain shower and a sit-down bench. Lighting and curtains are controlled from the bedside console; it takes a few attempts, but I master which button cues what eventually.
What’s on the menu?
Downstairs is the only Asian outpost of pastry savant Cédric Grolet. A vanilla rose confection appears in my room on night one, and croissants are offered at breakfast each morning. Watching other guests decline them is mildly traumatic.
There’s also Michelin-starred Korean barbecue at COTE Singapore, while COMO Cuisine on level two strikes a health-minded balance. Breakfast is a small continental buffet plus a more extensive a la carte – nasi goreng, prawn laksa and noodle soup sit comfortably alongside eggs Benedict and French toast.
For caffeine, the lobby lounge’s coffee robot, named Bruno, pulls my long black with unnerving precision, like a Terminator with barista training. Sky Bar is quiet when I visit on a stormy afternoon, but it’s easy to picture it as a low-key spot for evening cocktails.
What are the extras like?
The rooftop pool feels surprisingly removed from Orchard Road, though my plans for a swim are cut short by a tropical downpour. I optimistically wait it out under a sunlounge before conceding defeat.
COMO Shambhala is where the hotel really comes into its own. It occupies the entire fourth floor and is the largest COMO Shambhala spa in the world. The gym is excellent, with serious machines alongside Pilates rings, resistance bands and rehab tools. There’s a red light room, hot and cold immersion therapies, hyperbaric pods and a full menu of treatments. Staff can also assist with gut health, nutrition and body composition diagnostics.
Club 21 is also on site – the COMO Group’s luxury fashion retailer, representing a curated portfolio of international designer brands.
What sets COMO Metropolitan Singapore it apart?
It’s the scale and focus of the wellness offering, from the sprawling COMO Shambhala spa to the 24-hour gym, combined with a downtown location that keeps you in the heart of Orchard Road. Add a minimalist design, and you have a hotel that balances city energy with serious downtime.
Who will love COMO Metropolitan Singapore?
Travellers who want to be in the thick of Orchard Road – close enough to drop shopping bags mid-spree – and those looking to experience a different side of Singapore beyond the waterfront.
The writer was a guest of the hotel.
