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Old Nov 28, 2021 | 4:00 pm
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Originally Posted by dhuey
I take no offense by the suggestion that people at the SFO lounge tend to pound drinks and food, but that’s not been my experience. It seems to me like the typical level of eating and drinking in a lounge that has good food and beverage options.
good food options? At SFO lounge?

I'll admit I'm a newbie to the Amex lounges, and have just been to DEN and SFO. But in my case, and maybe its the time of day, but there is no question that the food was definitely better in one of those locations then the other (DEN wins, hands down). I was excited for Amex lounges, but having the SFO lounge at my 'home' location is pretty embarrassing (I'd say food at SJC 'The Club' has been better). There were a couple of decent items for breakfast when I was in SFO, but certainly most were not good. The quiche I had at breakfast time looked ok, but was tasteless, as was much of the other food. scrambled eggs with mushrooms was passable, as was tea bread. My wife is vegan, and there was virtually nothing she could eat except for oatmeal (which also was not any good). If I got anything like most of that at a restaurant at the airport, I'd be wondering what I was paying for. Also, surprised to see zero alt milk options at all (even the 7-Eleven I was at yesterday had mini-oatmilk creamer minis - can Centurion not at least get on the almond/soy milk bandwagon that started what, 5-10 years ago?). Espresso machines both seemed to be out of milk, so everything except for Americanos were unavailable.

This is supposed to be a premium lounge experience. My experience is limited, I'll admit, but SFO Centurion lounge is far from that.
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