To be fair to QF HKG is not their home port so you wouldnt expect their lounge to rival CX - in the same way that CX's lounge in SYD doesnt rival the QF lounge - oh wait CX havent even bothered to build a lounge in SYD...
Let's be fair CX have built what looks to be a fantastic lounge in their home port that rivals any other F lounge (not F terminal) in the world - as we expected.
Well I suppose my opinion was more to share with those who think that QF's HKG lounge should be brilliant, really rivalling CX's effort. I suppose we were all being waxed lyrical by the claims of Marc Newson sprinkling his inspiration there. For me, all I expect from that is perhaps the same kinds of couches and the hexagonal pattern carpet.
Sans possibly the traffic noise below (including possibly screaming kids, as someone alluded to), I expect it to be a nice place to relax, nothing more (that goes the same for the food and showers)! If I had to crash somewhere and didn't feel like getting up at all, I'd be happy to go there. That's all I'd want.
No sign of a spa?
Just to show my cultural ignorance do the Chinese not do the European style spa? I know of chinese massage but am ignorant of what the chinese expect of a spa and whether that is something one would expect in a lounge.
Not sure about from a Chinese / Hong Kong cultural point of view, but I wouldn't quite pick that a spa is a signature cultural "requirement". (Those of you who have seen
Rush Hour 2, all I have to say is, "no"
).
Could you sneak in some photos of the buffet?
I'm expecting much the same kind of buffet from the last times I've been in The Haven before the refurbishment. Right down to the distinctive cold soba served on a bed of ice.
Every good lounge deserves a coughtail.
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Thats a signature dish called "Xpreso" - Absolut, Espresso and Baileys...YUM a grown-ups coffee!
Essentially your normal espresso coughtail.
Personally, I know it's non-alcoholic, but I really like CX's signature Cathay Delight.
What products do they have in the showers? Is it Aesop the same as CX F ? (fingers crossed)
Love the rain shower
Recalling from the old lounge days, I believe the cabanas last time had the same rain showers. The product I believe was Dermalogica - not sure if it's the same. That said, they put some product in the showers that was in refillable dispensers which are not labelled, so no idea what that product is.
The lounge looks good, but I gotta say that black tile is sort of doing my head in
I can't tell well from the photos where the floor, wall and reflections are
I can just see myself running face first into the walls.
