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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:

• 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 :td:
• 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)