Soho Lounge, JFK - As you might know, there are 3 joint AA/BA lounges in terminal 8 JFK (Chelsea, SoHo and Greenwich) with Soho being an option for Emeralds traveling on Oneworld flights in any class of service. That’s how we got entry. And, since we had a late morning flight (somewhat in the lull between the morning and afternoon rush hours, the lounge was nearly empty during our time there. I would imagine that it picks up again in the evening given that’s when a majority of the transatlantic flights are scheduled.

After passing through security and walking a few minutes, we made a right.



Upon entry to the lounge, you are greeted by essentially one long room with a range of seating options - bar/pub seats closest to the entrance, tables for dining in the center and several loungers next to the window (which is where we sat). Tarmac views were great.




Just to the right and behind a door was a quiet area with several daybeds.



At the far end of the room was another room (I’d call it a library) with a couple off-center table and chairs at its entrance. The asymmetry was irritating, but I wondered if it somehow eased traffic in/out of the library during busy times. It took some self restraint to not center the tables myself.




Along the right side of the long room was the buffet occupying a couple long tables and some counters. It included a reasonably good selection of hot and cold offerings including candies/bar mixes, fruit, pastries, eggs, potato wedges, salad bar, and so on. As you can tell it was set up for breakfast while we were there. Quality wise I thought it was pretty good and fairly competitive with the Centurion lounges I’ve visited in the US. But, the SoHo lounge was noticeably less crowded.







Just past the buffet tables was a chilled self-service wine dispenser and a few phone booth closets.




The bar was very quiet and I initially thought it was not open. It was and I had a few glasses of the Pommery Brut Royal champagne to go with breakfast. Most important drink of the day!