This paper considers the optimal control of polytopic, discrete-time linear parameter varying (LPV)systems with a guaranteed ℓ2 to ℓ∞ gain. Additionally, to guarantee robust stability of the closed-loop system underparameter variations, H∞ performance criterion is also considered as well. Controllers with a guaranteed ℓ2 to ℓ∞gain and a guaranteedH∞ performance (ℓ2 to ℓ2 gain) are a special family of mixedH2=H∞ controllers. Normally,H2 controllers are obtained by considering a quadratic cost function that balances the output performance withthe control input needed to achieve that performance. However, to obtain an optimal controller with a guaranteedℓ2 to ℓ∞ gain (closely related to the physical performance constraint), the cost function used in the H2 controlsynthesis minimizes the control input subject to maximal singular-value performance constraints on the output. This problem can be efficiently solved by a convex optimization with linear matrix inequality (LMI) constraints. The main contribution of this paper is the characterization of the control synthesis LMIs used to obtain an LPVcontroller with a guaranteed ℓ2 to ℓ∞ gain and H∞ performance. A numerical example is presented to demonstratethe effectiveness of the convex optimization.