Madrid has brought one of its most photographed landmarks back into use, with the Metrópolis Building on the corner of Gran Vía and Calle de Alcalá reopening as Club Metrópolis, a private members’ club with a 19-key boutique hotel attached.
For UK business travellers who have walked past the Winged Victory statue on the way to a meeting for years, the building is now somewhere you can actually book, eat and hold a client dinner.
The Beaux-Arts landmark has stood at the junction since 1911, but its interior sat largely empty for decades. The revival has been led by restaurateurs Marta Seco and Sandro Silva of Grupo Paraguas, who were originally approached about opening a ground-floor restaurant and instead proposed reviving all seven storeys. Rubio Arquitectura oversaw the restoration under strict heritage protection, with interiors by Lázaro Rosa-Violán treating the building as a grand Madrid residence rather than a hotel lobby, retaining parquet floors and cornicing alongside commissioned artworks and bespoke furnishings.
What is inside, and what is bookable
The site runs to more than 6,000 square metres and combines the members’ club, seven dining rooms, wellness facilities and the hotel. Three restaurants are open to the public: Spa de Langostas, Tasca Fina and Barra de Oricios. Four further concepts are reserved for members and hotel guests, including the fine-dining room Victoria, the all-day social space La Galería, open-air kitchen El Jardín and La Cúpula, a cocktail bar beneath the building’s dome.
That split matters if you are planning entertaining. A public table is bookable by anyone, but access to Victoria or La Cúpula requires either membership or a room. The club also runs a year-round programme of more than 200 experiences, from talks and musical performances to artistic collaborations and private dinners, which gives corporate hosts an alternative to the standard private dining room.
The property is designed to shift through the day, with spaces intended for morning meetings, long lunches and evening gatherings. It joins a growing cluster of hotels positioning themselves at the crossover between work and leisure in the Spanish capital, following openings such as Atipico Madrid, which pairs shared workspaces with a rooftop.
The hotel side
Metrópolis Hotel sits above the club, with three signature suites and sixteen rooms conceived as an extension of the members’ offer. Interiors lean on natural light and refined materials, with views over Gran Vía and Calle de Alcalá, Bassols linens, Ezcaray blankets and evening sweets from La Pajarita. The Circular Suites offer uninterrupted 360-degree views across the city’s rooftops.
Guests get full access to club facilities, plus a concierge handling chauffeur transfers, private dining, tailoring, personal shopping and bespoke itineraries. At 19 keys, availability will be tight, so booking well ahead is sensible for anyone timing a stay around a conference or client visit.
Why it matters for UK travellers
Madrid continues to rank among Europe’s busiest corporate destinations, sitting alongside Milan and Rome in BizAway’s top business travel destinations, and air access keeps widening, with Singapore Airlines adding Madrid services from October 2026. The city’s central position between European and Latin American markets makes it a frequent stop for UK firms with Spanish-speaking clients.
For SME travel bookers, the practical read is straightforward. Club Metrópolis gives Madrid a genuinely central venue that works for a restrained business lunch or a set-piece client evening, without the anonymity of a conference hotel. Full details are on the official Metrópolis site, and the building’s history is documented by Madrid’s official tourism board.
