The Qantas Singapore Lounge

[Red Roo]

Will take your word for it for now, have organised a visit Sunday week to confirm

Looking forward to your review and pics. Cheers.

 

[penegal]

I will be interested to check out this lounge in a few weeks... (third time lucky? )

 

[KitKat]

I will be interested to check out this lounge in a few weeks... (third time lucky? )

I am quite sure you would not be disappointed...
Am currently in the lounge, 1815 about 40-50% capacity.
You have staff serving drinks and food. They are happy to chat about service, food and drinks available.
Will try to post some pictures when I have downloaded them off the phone.
Most obvious difference compared to other QF (J type) lounges... the service is attentive, responsive and appropriate.

Best lounge for Q Club members.... as good as some F lounges
Shame there is no kangaroo route on QF any longer for QC members via SIN

 

[GalaxyNexus]

Agree with the comments above. I was there yesterday for the first time, at 9pm the lounge was empty ~10-20% capacity only. Service was good, food was good, one of the best J lounges out there. Definitely much better than the old Singapore lounge (been there couple of times).

Although it still is not at the same league as the Sydney F lounge

 

[dfcatch]

Maybe I'm becoming a lounge snob.... But nothing really grabbed me by the balls to say this was necessarily deserving of the hype.....

- refurbishment compared to previous 2-lounges is good. Decor and ambience is improved. (I notice the old QF F lounge is now the BA lounge).

- nice to see the new dining area (between bar and shower area) is much more functional than it used to be.

- bar area is nice if you want to be a bar-fly

- 2 minor cook-to-order dishes (laksa an steak I think when I was there) is ok, but seems to me to be a minor attempt..... Almost like "island dining" in the Dom J lounges.....

- buffet actually didn't impress me that much - and I'm not a fussy eater. It looked nice from a distance though.

- desert range was quite nice and impressive.

I don't want to sound like I'm knocking the lounge, and it's definitely an improvement on its former self and also better than perhaps other J lounges...... But I just don't feel it in any way matches the hype that it's been given.

A comparison with the Wing is a good comparison IMHO.

An improvement on the cook-to-order list would give it a much higher score in my view.

 

[Red Roo]

Maybe I'm becoming a lounge snob.... But nothing really grabbed me by the balls to say this was necessarily deserving of the hype.....

- refurbishment compared to previous 2-lounges is good. Decor and ambience is improved. (I notice the old QF F lounge is now the BA lounge).

- nice to see the new dining area (between bar and shower area) is much more functional than it used to be.

- bar area is nice if you want to be a bar-fly

- 2 minor cook-to-order dishes (laksa an steak I think when I was there) is ok, but seems to me to be a minor attempt..... Almost like "island dining" in the Dom J lounges.....

- buffet actually didn't impress me that much - and I'm not a fussy eater. It looked nice from a distance though.

- desert range was quite nice and impressive.

I don't want to sound like I'm knocking the lounge, and it's definitely an improvement on its former self and also better than perhaps other J lounges...... But I just don't feel it in any way matches the hype that it's been given.

A comparison with the Wing is a good comparison IMHO.

An improvement on the cook-to-order list would give it a much higher score in my view.

Thanks for sharing your experience. I've noted your comments and will be sure to pass on your suggestion about the live dining options.

 

[zachary.august]

What would be amazing is the ability to book travel to LHR through SIN on QF/BA. This lounge would be an amazing place to stop over on QF5 to QF3345 (if it still existed)!

 

[RooFlyer]

Maybe I'm becoming a lounge snob.... But nothing really grabbed me by the balls to say this was necessarily deserving of the hype.....

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A comparison with the Wing is a good comparison IMHO.

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Doesn't that imply a very high standard? I haven't been to the Wing lately or the new SIN lounge (1 week to both!), but I'm imagining the refurbished Wing, being CX's flagship lounge, is still pretty swish .

I'm not contesting your assessment - just that if its comparable to the Wing, while being a QP (albeit souped-up, but not a Flounge) it must be reasonably hype-worthy

Am doing a lounge crawl next week - YVR, HKG, KUL then SIN - might write a comparative report, but sobriety might be an issue ....

 

[dfcatch]

Doesn't that imply a very high standard? I haven't been to the Wing lately or the new SIN lounge (1 week to both!), but I'm imagining the refurbished Wing, being CX's flagship lounge, is still pretty swish .

I'm not contesting your assessment - just that if its comparable to the Wing, while being a QP (albeit souped-up, but not a Flounge) it must be reasonably hype-worthy

Am doing a lounge crawl next week - YVR, HKG, KUL then SIN - might write a comparative report, but sobriety might be an issue ....

I haven't been to the "new Wing" only the old one - and I too found that to be "underwhelming" considering the hype surrounding it.

I can definitely acknowledge that the new SIN lounge (and the Wing for that matter) sit at a "mezzanine" level (excuse the pun) above the standard QP/J lounge, but with all the hype I simply expected to be "blown away" and neither lounge did that for me.

It was still a pleasant experience and beats the hell out of sitting in the terminal.

As I said - perhaps I'm just a lounge snob nowadays.

 

[Red Roo]

Am doing a lounge crawl next week - YVR, HKG, KUL then SIN - might write a comparative report, but sobriety might be an issue ....

Looking forward to your reviews. Perhaps pics will help describe your experiences.

 

[davem]

I'm flying into Singapore at 3pm and flying out 7am next day on Jetstar.

I don't think the lounge opens till the afternoon. Is there anywhere else i can go with qantas club?

 

[RooFlyer]

As I said - perhaps I'm just a lounge snob nowadays.

And long may we prosper and swill, sir!

 

[EuroFlyer]

This would have to be the BEST lounge I have ever been in - a Qantas lounge wow - so impressed. The food is amazing, the service wonderful, the drinks phenomenal - they have coughtails! I chose the 'Monkey' - a signature coughtail with a Vodka base. And Verve is flowing people! I sample the buffet, and order both the A La Carte options - 'Hot and Fragrant Prawn Stir fry' and ' minute Steak with Cafe de Paris Butter and Steamed beans' - lord I am full and I haven't even sampled the desserts yet!!


Question - is this the 1st Class Lounge? Is Chairman's Club attached?

Looking forward to checking it out in August when flying back from LHR - SYD on BA

 

[JohnPhelan]

What would be amazing is the ability to book travel to LHR through SIN on QF/BA. This lounge would be an amazing place to stop over on QF5 to QF3345 (if it still existed)!

I think you'll find the ball is in BA's court on this one .... but I wish BA would agree to it!

 

[brideshead]

I've been twice in the last week or so - after QF5 and before QF6. Great service, lots of room and I like having a stand up area at which to eat. In terms of cooked to order service I had the minute steak, fish and wagyu beef with baby eggplant (served on different occasions). All were excellent, portions are 'taster' size though. I loved the roast pumpkin, yam and carrot salad.

Suggestions from me would be to have a good biscuit selection to go with coffee and tea as there doesn't seem to be anything available at the moment - Arnott's cookies would be nice. Also a wider range of magazines.

 

[Stoopidsteve]

Looking forward to your review and pics. Cheers.

I'll be there week Saturday. I might take a pic or two.

 

[middlerowed]

Looking forward to giving this place a visit on May 30th and July 2nd. Sounds better than hanging out at the Chutney Mary.

 

[JohnK]

I'm flying into Singapore at 3pm and flying out 7am next day on Jetstar.

I don't think the lounge opens till the afternoon. Is there anywhere else i can go with qantas club?

It is not the lounge opening time that will be a worry for you.

The lounge is not a 24 hour lounge and as a Qantas club member with a flight the next day you may not be able to gain entry the day before. Shouldn't stop you from trying to get in anyway.

Perhaps one of the pay-in lounges or even the transit hotel for 6 hours or so.

 

[Red Roo]

I've been twice in the last week or so - after QF5 and before QF6. Great service, lots of room and I like having a stand up area at which to eat. In terms of cooked to order service I had the minute steak, fish and wagyu beef with baby eggplant (served on different occasions). All were excellent, portions are 'taster' size though. I loved the roast pumpkin, yam and carrot salad.

Suggestions from me would be to have a good biscuit selection to go with coffee and tea as there doesn't seem to be anything available at the moment - Arnott's cookies would be nice. Also a wider range of magazines.

Glad you enjoyed it. I'll pass on your comments and suggestions to the team for their reference.

 

[JohnK]

Maybe I'm becoming a lounge snob.... But nothing really grabbed me by the balls to say this was necessarily deserving of the hype.....

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I don't want to sound like I'm knocking the lounge, and it's definitely an improvement on its former self and also better than perhaps other J lounges...... But I just don't feel it in any way matches the hype that it's been given.

The lounge is nice. Better than the old lounge except for the lack of desktops and printing facilities. Better than a lot of international lounges I have visited.

At a minimum that is what I would expect in an international lounge.

Would I rave on about it? No....