Oct 3, 2013, 1:03 pm
Last edit by: Goldorak
This wiki is a quick reference resource for Sofitel hotel lounges. (There is a separate thread for non-Sofitel Accor hotel lounges.)
Please feel free to edit this wiki in order to (i) add content and (ii) experiment with ways to give a useful structure to the information in the thread.
The Sofitel website lists the following hotels as having a Club Millésime:
Others that spring to mind, including some branded as Club Sofitel rather than Club Millésime and some with ambiguous branding, are:
Please feel free to edit this wiki in order to (i) add content and (ii) experiment with ways to give a useful structure to the information in the thread.
The Sofitel website lists the following hotels as having a Club Millésime:
- Legend Metropole Hanoi. Pictures of the lounge and offering can be seen in post #53 here
- Rio de Janeiro Copacabana (now closed and no longer a Sofitel when reopens)
- Athens Airport
- Abidjan
- Budapest Chain Bridge. Pictures can be seen here
- Bangkok Sukhumvit - Very nice lounge with extensive breakfast. Pictures can be seen in the hotel dedicated thread
- Cairo El Gezirah
- Dubai Jumeirah Beach
- Dubai Downtown. Pictures of the lounge can be seen in the hotel review thread
- Philippine Plaza Manila
- Guangzhou Sunrich
- Shanghai Sheshan Oriental - Very large lounge, overrun on weekends. Large balcony for outside seating.
- Mumbai BKC
- Phnom Penh Phokeethra. Pictures can be seen here
- Angkor Phokeethra (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
- Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa sea & spa
- Rabat Jardin des Roses
- So Bangkok - Pictures can be seen in the hotel dedicated thread
- Macau Ponte 16 - Pictures can be seen in the hotel dedicated thread
- Dongguan Humen Oriental
- Abu Dhabi Corniche. Pictures of the lounge can be seen in the hotel review thread
- Shanghai Jing An Huamin (2013)
- Jinan Silver Plaza (new renovated lounge as Millesime Lounge starting 14 Oct 2013) - Pictures can be seen in the hotel's dedicated thread
- Auckland Viaduct Harbour (no lounge at this property)
- Nusa Dua Bali (pictures in post #74)
- Krabi
Others that spring to mind, including some branded as Club Sofitel rather than Club Millésime and some with ambiguous branding, are:
- Saigon Plaza -- several positive mentions for the lounge in the hotel's dedicated thread
- Heathrow T5 -- following the programme changes Platinum members now get access but may need to request it. United747 was underwhelmed by the lounge, located on ground floor, entry using keycard.According to the welcome letter the Heathrow T5 lounge offers:
06:30-10:00 light continental breakfast
15:00-16:30 afternoon tea
18:00-20:00 evening canapés (incl. alcohol)
- Gatwick
- Brisbane
- Melbourne on Collins -- NOW granting access as a Platinum benefit
- Sydney Wentworth (Australia)
Excellent full service lounge open 6:30am to 10:30pm, 7 Days a week. Private reception area with dedicated Club Sofitel checkin and checkout (go straight to the 5th floor on arrival). Continental+ breakfast served 6:30am-10:30am daily (extended to 11am on weekends and public holidays). All day refreshments. Afternoon tea with excellent desserts daily from 2:30pm to 4:30pm. Evening cocktails and canapes with extensive selection of food (including hot food) and alcohol 5:30pm to 7:30pm. Shower services available for early departure/late arrival. There are actually 3 large rooms that make up the club including an entrance so always a lot of space and natural light. - Sydney Darling Harbour
- Hyland Shanghai - great views of Najing Road. Limited evening canapes.
- Xi An on Renimin Square - nice and cosy lounge
- Berlin Kurfürstendamm (opened 02/2014) -Small lounge, limits access at busy times to club rooms only
- Forebase Chongqing (26th floor, ok views, good food)
- Chengdu (Wanda/Taihe) (23rd floor, nice river-views, ok-ish food)
- Beijing (Wanda) nice, spacious lounge, food offerings rather strange though (and sometimes dried out)
- Hangzhou Westlake - lovely views of westlake, adequate little snacks in the evening (definitely not replacing dinner.), small but nice breakfast buffet in the morning -> egg dishes ON REQUEST (but not actively offered)
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May 5, 2016, 4:22 am
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No lounge at the Sofitel Hamburg I'm afraid.
May 6, 2016, 3:31 pm
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Jun 5, 2016, 3:25 pm
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Club Sofitel at Sofitel Nanjing Galaxy
I stayed at the Sofitel Nanjing Galaxy last summer for a few days. They have an executive lounge branded Club Sofitel on one of the upper floors. I took my breakfast there each day and also enjoyed an evening cocktail service. The lounge has computer workstations, conference room and a few different seating areas. Very similar to a Club Millesimme (e.g. Wanda Beijing), but a bit smaller. The staff at the Club Sofitel in Nanjing were excellent.
Jun 6, 2016, 2:01 pm
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/accor...rg-review.html
Jun 9, 2016, 8:46 pm
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Club Millésime at Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila
The Club Millésime at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila is my all time favourite.
It's a very stylish place, yet not too formal, i.e. it's a great place to relax and enjoy all the amenities it has to offer: wide selection of food and drinks, books, iMacs, and games. With one word: amazing.
It offers hot and cold buffet for breakfast, during afternoon tea and in the evening. The afternoon tea included for example tomato and mozzarella sandwiches, ham and cheese sandwiches, warm cod sandwiches, baos, cakes, chocolates, and fruits.
Later in the evening we were treated with salmon sashimi with condiments, cold smoked salmon, roasted salmon and lapu-lapu, tuna cocktails, lamb shanks, lamb skewers, beef skewers, breasola, prosciutto, coppa ham, selection of cheeses and breads… Just to name a few. One doesn't basically need to eat anywhere else.
It's a very stylish place, yet not too formal, i.e. it's a great place to relax and enjoy all the amenities it has to offer: wide selection of food and drinks, books, iMacs, and games. With one word: amazing.
It offers hot and cold buffet for breakfast, during afternoon tea and in the evening. The afternoon tea included for example tomato and mozzarella sandwiches, ham and cheese sandwiches, warm cod sandwiches, baos, cakes, chocolates, and fruits.
Later in the evening we were treated with salmon sashimi with condiments, cold smoked salmon, roasted salmon and lapu-lapu, tuna cocktails, lamb shanks, lamb skewers, beef skewers, breasola, prosciutto, coppa ham, selection of cheeses and breads… Just to name a few. One doesn't basically need to eat anywhere else.
Jun 9, 2016, 10:47 pm
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The Club Millésime at the Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila is my all time favourite.
It's a very stylish place, yet not too formal, i.e. it's a great place to relax and enjoy all the amenities it has to offer: wide selection of food and drinks, books, iMacs, and games. With one word: amazing.
It offers hot and cold buffet for breakfast, during afternoon tea and in the evening. The afternoon tea included for example tomato and mozzarella sandwiches, ham and cheese sandwiches, warm cod sandwiches, baos, cakes, chocolates, and fruits.
Later in the evening we were treated with salmon sashimi with condiments, cold smoked salmon, roasted salmon and lapu-lapu, tuna cocktails, lamb shanks, lamb skewers, beef skewers, breasola, prosciutto, coppa ham, selection of cheeses and breads Just to name a few. One doesn't basically need to eat anywhere else.
It's a very stylish place, yet not too formal, i.e. it's a great place to relax and enjoy all the amenities it has to offer: wide selection of food and drinks, books, iMacs, and games. With one word: amazing.
It offers hot and cold buffet for breakfast, during afternoon tea and in the evening. The afternoon tea included for example tomato and mozzarella sandwiches, ham and cheese sandwiches, warm cod sandwiches, baos, cakes, chocolates, and fruits.
Later in the evening we were treated with salmon sashimi with condiments, cold smoked salmon, roasted salmon and lapu-lapu, tuna cocktails, lamb shanks, lamb skewers, beef skewers, breasola, prosciutto, coppa ham, selection of cheeses and breads Just to name a few. One doesn't basically need to eat anywhere else.
I would agree this is the best Sofitel lounge so far (on a non-local holiday period 
). Sofitel Bali's lounge served their soups in shot glasses, I know it's the way Sofitel usually do their evening offering, passing morsels of food as tasters around, it still made me mad. Who serves soup in shot glasses?
Manila Plaza is alot more generous.
Jun 10, 2016, 1:39 am
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Jun 18, 2016, 8:04 am
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Club Millésime at Sofitel Philippine Plaza Manila vol 2
Yet another great stay at Sofitel in Manila. The Club Millésime is just awesome. Service is always so warm, welcoming and polite.
The lounge is open from 6am to 10pm and the benefits includes breakfast either in the lounge (6:3010:30am) or Spiral restaurant (610am), afternoon snacks (2:304:30pm), plus evening cocktails, wines and dinner buffet (57pm).
They also offer one hour complimentary usage of their conference room up to eight persons daily, free DVDs, CDs, newspaper, magazines and books, pressing one suit or dress, 20% discount on laundry, and shoe shining service.
Food selection changes daily basis and instead of common small bites, they serve generous buffet. This time we got tuna melt, hotdogs, quesadillas, cheese and ham toast, corned beef in bread roll, egg and anchovies sandwich, sandwich topped with avocado, asparagus and prosciutto for afternoon snacks.
Evening buffet included for example meatballs, shrimps in peanut butter sauce, tuna sashimi, shrimp nigiri, scallops, smoked chicken salad, tiger prawns, crabs, lamb kofta with asparagus and zucchini, breaded cheese sticks, prawn and pomelo cocktails, potato gratin
Beers and other refreshments are available all day long. I suggest to try their fresh mango juice. It's delicious.
Good to know for families: 8-year-old and younger children cant access the lounge after 5pm.
The lounge is open from 6am to 10pm and the benefits includes breakfast either in the lounge (6:3010:30am) or Spiral restaurant (610am), afternoon snacks (2:304:30pm), plus evening cocktails, wines and dinner buffet (57pm).
They also offer one hour complimentary usage of their conference room up to eight persons daily, free DVDs, CDs, newspaper, magazines and books, pressing one suit or dress, 20% discount on laundry, and shoe shining service.
Food selection changes daily basis and instead of common small bites, they serve generous buffet. This time we got tuna melt, hotdogs, quesadillas, cheese and ham toast, corned beef in bread roll, egg and anchovies sandwich, sandwich topped with avocado, asparagus and prosciutto for afternoon snacks.
Evening buffet included for example meatballs, shrimps in peanut butter sauce, tuna sashimi, shrimp nigiri, scallops, smoked chicken salad, tiger prawns, crabs, lamb kofta with asparagus and zucchini, breaded cheese sticks, prawn and pomelo cocktails, potato gratin
Beers and other refreshments are available all day long. I suggest to try their fresh mango juice. It's delicious.
Good to know for families: 8-year-old and younger children cant access the lounge after 5pm.
Last edited by wkndtraveler; Jun 18, 2016 at 8:59 am
Feb 26, 2017, 5:27 am
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Jul 4, 2017, 5:14 pm
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Can someone, who has stayed a lot in Sofitels, tell me what the difference is between Club Millesime and Club Sofitel, and also how it compares to other chains' lounges.
I booked a room with access to the Club Millesime at the yet to open Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara. When I look at the rates the rooms with club access are twice the price of the normal rooms, which include breakfast.
So does Club Millesime actually offer any value?
Personally a lounge for me does not have to offer something that can replace a meal in the evening, as long as the quality is top notch, and for breakfast I usually go to the restaurant. So the most important factor is the evening cocktail and canapé service hours. As for afternoon tea, I am usually out of the hotel at those hours.
First time staying at a Sofitel, but I am curious as to how it compares to Conrad hotels and I expect it to be better than Hilton lounges in comparable locations in Asia.
Hoping someone can tell me about their experiences of how Sofitels and their lounges compare to other hotels, so I know what to expect.
I booked a room with access to the Club Millesime at the yet to open Sofitel Kuala Lumpur Damansara. When I look at the rates the rooms with club access are twice the price of the normal rooms, which include breakfast.
So does Club Millesime actually offer any value?
Personally a lounge for me does not have to offer something that can replace a meal in the evening, as long as the quality is top notch, and for breakfast I usually go to the restaurant. So the most important factor is the evening cocktail and canapé service hours. As for afternoon tea, I am usually out of the hotel at those hours.
First time staying at a Sofitel, but I am curious as to how it compares to Conrad hotels and I expect it to be better than Hilton lounges in comparable locations in Asia.
Hoping someone can tell me about their experiences of how Sofitels and their lounges compare to other hotels, so I know what to expect.
Jul 4, 2017, 6:33 pm
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Most Sofitel properties in Asia are well run with many having nice lounges (the exception would be both Sofitel properties currently open in Singapore.)
Club Millesime compared to a normal Sofitel lounge is a notch up from a normal Sofitel Club. They often have a small library, sometimes a games room for kids, some have shower facilities. Many Club Millesimes also have a proper bar with a bartender instead of just a drinks station where you help yourself. If it is worth double the price remains to be seen as the property isn't open yet.
Club Millesime compared to a normal Sofitel lounge is a notch up from a normal Sofitel Club. They often have a small library, sometimes a games room for kids, some have shower facilities. Many Club Millesimes also have a proper bar with a bartender instead of just a drinks station where you help yourself. If it is worth double the price remains to be seen as the property isn't open yet.
Jul 5, 2017, 4:48 am
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Most Sofitel properties in Asia are well run with many having nice lounges (the exception would be both Sofitel properties currently open in Singapore.)
Club Millesime compared to a normal Sofitel lounge is a notch up from a normal Sofitel Club. They often have a small library, sometimes a games room for kids, some have shower facilities. Many Club Millesimes also have a proper bar with a bartender instead of just a drinks station where you help yourself. If it is worth double the price remains to be seen as the property isn't open yet.
Club Millesime compared to a normal Sofitel lounge is a notch up from a normal Sofitel Club. They often have a small library, sometimes a games room for kids, some have shower facilities. Many Club Millesimes also have a proper bar with a bartender instead of just a drinks station where you help yourself. If it is worth double the price remains to be seen as the property isn't open yet.
Any idea how Asian Sofitels compare to other upscale business hotels?