Heathrow Terminal 2 Lounge
Apr 7, 2015, 12:44 am
#46
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Singapore
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Apr 7, 2015, 7:34 am
#47
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: AUH
Posts: 8,265
It's as though they're thinking "If we don't open the lounge and don't give any updates, maybe people will forget that we were supposed to be opening this lounge".
This silent and extended delay is quite unusual - something must have really gone wrong.
This silent and extended delay is quite unusual - something must have really gone wrong.
Apr 10, 2015, 7:19 pm
#52
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Singapore
Posts: 977
Apr 11, 2015, 8:16 am
#53
Join Date: Feb 2014
Posts: 274
I'm sitting in the SQ lounge right now. As business lounges go (no expert here), I quite like this one.
They didn't seem to want me to take pictures, but I snapped some pics around the place and I'll be uploading them in a bit. But overall, this is my favorite of the three lounges around here (SQ, UA, AC).
There is a good amount of seating. It feels bigger than the AC lounge. They have a lot of standard leather chairs and side tables like every lounge has, complete with AC and USB power outlets. But they also have a half dozen or so semi-enclosed "pods" that have a laptop tray and personal lighting. They were pretty comfortable.
The food that I had (asian noodles with shrimp dumpling and chicken broth) was decent. The chicken tikka masala and some of the other options looked like they would have been better. I did have a little tub of their singapore sling ice cream (nonalcoholic, I believe). Tasted like cherry.
They have a pretty well stocked bar, with a number of cocktail options: Singapore Sling, Ginger Mojito, Brandy Alexander, Cucumber Cup, Rusty Nail, Banana Daquiri, and Apple & Kiwi Cooler. Tiger beer on tap.
I ran a speed test on the wifi, and I was getting about 25 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up. Though the lounge is dead empty right now, so I'm sure that makes a difference.
The shower stalls are nice. They're (unsurprisingly) very clean, but they have a good design and smell nice. I didn't have to get a key or anything--just walked in.
Oh, the lounge also has a little section for the kids, with a few toys and the TV tuned to BBC Kids (or something like that). I thought that was a nice touch.
Overall, I give it solid marks.
They didn't seem to want me to take pictures, but I snapped some pics around the place and I'll be uploading them in a bit. But overall, this is my favorite of the three lounges around here (SQ, UA, AC).
There is a good amount of seating. It feels bigger than the AC lounge. They have a lot of standard leather chairs and side tables like every lounge has, complete with AC and USB power outlets. But they also have a half dozen or so semi-enclosed "pods" that have a laptop tray and personal lighting. They were pretty comfortable.
The food that I had (asian noodles with shrimp dumpling and chicken broth) was decent. The chicken tikka masala and some of the other options looked like they would have been better. I did have a little tub of their singapore sling ice cream (nonalcoholic, I believe). Tasted like cherry.
They have a pretty well stocked bar, with a number of cocktail options: Singapore Sling, Ginger Mojito, Brandy Alexander, Cucumber Cup, Rusty Nail, Banana Daquiri, and Apple & Kiwi Cooler. Tiger beer on tap.
I ran a speed test on the wifi, and I was getting about 25 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up. Though the lounge is dead empty right now, so I'm sure that makes a difference.
The shower stalls are nice. They're (unsurprisingly) very clean, but they have a good design and smell nice. I didn't have to get a key or anything--just walked in.
Oh, the lounge also has a little section for the kids, with a few toys and the TV tuned to BBC Kids (or something like that). I thought that was a nice touch.
Overall, I give it solid marks.
Apr 12, 2015, 4:26 am
#54
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: GB - LONDON
Programs: Star Alliance Gold, BA Silver, HHonors Diamond
Posts: 150
I'm sitting in the SQ lounge right now. As business lounges go (no expert here), I quite like this one.
They didn't seem to want me to take pictures, but I snapped some pics around the place and I'll be uploading them in a bit. But overall, this is my favorite of the three lounges around here (SQ, UA, AC).
There is a good amount of seating. It feels bigger than the AC lounge. They have a lot of standard leather chairs and side tables like every lounge has, complete with AC and USB power outlets. But they also have a half dozen or so semi-enclosed "pods" that have a laptop tray and personal lighting. They were pretty comfortable.
The food that I had (asian noodles with shrimp dumpling and chicken broth) was decent. The chicken tikka masala and some of the other options looked like they would have been better. I did have a little tub of their singapore sling ice cream (nonalcoholic, I believe). Tasted like cherry.
They have a pretty well stocked bar, with a number of cocktail options: Singapore Sling, Ginger Mojito, Brandy Alexander, Cucumber Cup, Rusty Nail, Banana Daquiri, and Apple & Kiwi Cooler. Tiger beer on tap.
I ran a speed test on the wifi, and I was getting about 25 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up. Though the lounge is dead empty right now, so I'm sure that makes a difference.
The shower stalls are nice. They're (unsurprisingly) very clean, but they have a good design and smell nice. I didn't have to get a key or anything--just walked in.
Oh, the lounge also has a little section for the kids, with a few toys and the TV tuned to BBC Kids (or something like that). I thought that was a nice touch.
Overall, I give it solid marks.
They didn't seem to want me to take pictures, but I snapped some pics around the place and I'll be uploading them in a bit. But overall, this is my favorite of the three lounges around here (SQ, UA, AC).
There is a good amount of seating. It feels bigger than the AC lounge. They have a lot of standard leather chairs and side tables like every lounge has, complete with AC and USB power outlets. But they also have a half dozen or so semi-enclosed "pods" that have a laptop tray and personal lighting. They were pretty comfortable.
The food that I had (asian noodles with shrimp dumpling and chicken broth) was decent. The chicken tikka masala and some of the other options looked like they would have been better. I did have a little tub of their singapore sling ice cream (nonalcoholic, I believe). Tasted like cherry.
They have a pretty well stocked bar, with a number of cocktail options: Singapore Sling, Ginger Mojito, Brandy Alexander, Cucumber Cup, Rusty Nail, Banana Daquiri, and Apple & Kiwi Cooler. Tiger beer on tap.
I ran a speed test on the wifi, and I was getting about 25 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up. Though the lounge is dead empty right now, so I'm sure that makes a difference.
The shower stalls are nice. They're (unsurprisingly) very clean, but they have a good design and smell nice. I didn't have to get a key or anything--just walked in.
Oh, the lounge also has a little section for the kids, with a few toys and the TV tuned to BBC Kids (or something like that). I thought that was a nice touch.
Overall, I give it solid marks.
Apr 14, 2015, 1:03 am
#56
Join Date: Jan 2005
Programs: Shiny metal ones that go clink.
Posts: 132
Apr 14, 2015, 11:15 am
#58
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: BCT. Formerly known as attorney28
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The lounge is quite nice. Long trek from A, but I had a few hours to kill and the LH lounge was totally overcrowded.
Apr 17, 2015, 11:54 am
#59
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: where lions are led by donkeys...
Programs: Lifetime Gold, Global Entry, Hertz PC, and my wallet
Posts: 20,340
I love this:
I will put up with that any day ! 
up until now passengers have had to put up with the United Club offering.
May 9, 2015, 5:40 pm
#60
Join Date: Jan 2015
Programs: United MileagePlus, Marriott Rewards
Posts: 21
Some pictures
I had some time to kill before my Zurich flight so I decided to do some lounge crawling. The lounge is indeed impressive, not so much in size but that's not usually the goal anyway. Has a good spread of Asian food, and non-Asian deserts. As someone who has to avoid gluten, I was happy to see that almost each food item was clearly labeled with a list of allergens. For a specific desert I wasn't sure of, the crew went to ask the chef, just in case. There is also a well stocked full service bar, and while the United Club takes to lead with its cocktails menu, I did enjoy my Singapore Sling before moving on to the next lounge. There is also a small play area for babies. The lounge also has showers and which I didn't try and those personal work pods which seem very well designed. A couple of other areas which it still falls short of the United Club are the lack of U.S/European power outlets (only U.K/Singapore outlets and USB ports are provided), and the restroom which are no match for those restroom suites that the United Club offers.
P.S - The walk from the A gates escalators to top the B gates escalators took me about 5 minutes of rapid walk over the moving walkway, but keep in mind that if you need to go back to the A gates, the moving walkway is in the opposite direction. Unlike I assumed, the Zurich flight eventually did take off from the B gates, so the walk wasn't a waste.
And now for the images:
P.S - The walk from the A gates escalators to top the B gates escalators took me about 5 minutes of rapid walk over the moving walkway, but keep in mind that if you need to go back to the A gates, the moving walkway is in the opposite direction. Unlike I assumed, the Zurich flight eventually did take off from the B gates, so the walk wasn't a waste.
And now for the images: