When are you going? We were there in October and it was a crazy place - after check in we headed on through security as per normal, past quite a few shops etc expecting to find ourselves in the transit lounge, but instead, found ourselves ..... at the gate. No shops, no way of going back, nothing. I saw one coffee stand but there was nowhere else to get a drink or any food. We were stuck there for a good hour. Its an absolutely stupid arrangement and with no warning whatsoever, so beware! I had no lounge access, so can't help about that I'm afraid.