Originally Posted by
TabTraveller
Small piece of advice: don't head to the airport early to spend time at Al Sawfa. If you have a connection in DOH then sure, it's more comfortable than the terminal.
Once you get over the architectural scale of the place, the food is mediocre, the drink selection very business class, the spa pay-only (and not cheap) and there is little else to do. Except look at some old arab pottery. Even watching aircraft movements is impossible as the windows are mostly covered by curtains.
It is not up there in the world's best F lounges by any stetch.
I would disagree, the lounge is the best I have been in. I haven't ventured to any Cathay Pacific lounges, but it is a lot better for food, champagne, size, etc. than the concorde room in LHR and the LAX Qantas First Lounge which make up my top 3 of the ones I have visited.
In my opinion it is definitely worth the visit and is definitely an F lounge, not a J lounge. In fact I would say Al Mourjan is more of an F lounge than a J lounge, despite being for J fliers.