Thanks for all the comments.

I am travelling on a Monday, so that 1 day of the week QF leaves before the last CX flight. I may pop into the CX lounge just so I can compare to the QF one. I do find that with the QF lounge, despite being small, the staff do try very hard to make the stay pleasant.

I always aim to get to MNL airport early, because of all the queues and the smallness of the lounge.