Last time I was through here in May, they had PP members going to a kind of not-very-nice restaurant downstairs from the Centurion Lounge. They've now finished their new Club.

It's a weird one.

It's across from D27, not too far from a SkyTrain stop, so that's good. It's up on the second floor, and you can see it there as you approach, but the entrance seems to be up a daunting flight of stairs. If you keep walking around behind the stairs, you'll find the elevators, and further along, some escalators. But nothing is marked, no signage. If you go up the escalators, you then have to backtrack quite a ways to get to the entrance. It's quite cramped, and positioned on a balcony overlooking the lower level, open air. If you get mad at someone for going barefoot, you can just push them over.

Did I say it was REALLY cramped? Accessing the food means walking sideways and brushing against others. Food was abundant, and better than the average Club location in the US. Soft drink cans available below the food service area. A small bar backs up against the entry area. And despite the crowded conditions, the table next to me stayed empty the whole time I was there because there was a piece of kid's luggage in one seat. A couple of people asked me if it was occupied, I said I had no idea, but it had been there the whole time I was (20 minutes or more). Finally a family steps up and starts to sit down. They look at the bag, then look at me: "No, it's not mine, it's been there the whole time." Suddenly some twerp at the table on the OTHER side of me pops up to claim that bag. What a lazy, selfish, stupid, irritating, or contemptible person. (Sorry, got distracted with that little story.)

I couldn't believe this tiny space was it. But as I left, I noticed there was ANOTHER WHOLE ROOM opposite the entrance, which was enclosed, but didn't have food. So theoretically, you could just waltz into that space without checking in, since the entry was quite a ways from the desk (but I guess you couldn't get any food). And then when I asked directions to the restroom: "Straight down the entry corridor and to the left." That is, ALL THE WAY ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE ESCALATORS. They're not Club exclusive restrooms, which is no big deal. What IS a big deal is that the men's room is a one-holer. That's right, one toilet, no urinals, lockable door. Rather like a nice gas station restroom back in the day, except bigger.

I assume this odd layout is because they had such an odd piece of the floor plan to occupy. It sort of juts out like a pier. But on the bright side, at least they didn't turn me away (which we know happens with increasing frequency at these US locations).