Which Star alliance lounge in TPE?

[frodo]

I haven't been able to find much discussion about this so any comments would be appreciated.

I will be flying out of Taipei on SQ877 in business class so I should have access to either the SQ lounge (which was re-opened in September 2023), or the EVA infinity lounge (I don't have any star alliance status to access the top EVA lounge).

I've heard that the EVA lounges get busy in peak, but given that I will be departing at 2pm, this is very much during off-peak so overcrowding should not be a factor. Which of these lounges do people prefer?

Thanks

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Onemileatatime doesn’t speak highly of the Infinity Lounge: Review: EVA Air Infinity Lounge Taipei Airport (TPE)

I’d dare say the SQ lounge is going to be superior.

 

[Mattg]

I visited both earlier this year at around 2pm. I didn't mind the EVA Air lounge but the Singapore Airlines was better. It was empty once the SQ flight around that time left! Neither were crowded mid-afternoon and both had pretty good food and I rated the ice cream in the EVA Air lounge.

Why not visit both?

 

[frodo]

If I have time I'll try and visit both. I usually aim to arrive at the airport 2 hours before my flights so unless I have a long layover (or the flight gets delayed), I usually stick to 1 lounge.