cmd320

Hah! I’ll take a bleu cheese wedge out of the fridge and eat it with a fork...

KenTarmac

LOL ... there's nothing wrong with eating Blue (Bleu) Cheese by itself.

Brandinho1

Ok here is my first experience at the Centurion Lounge at CLT and this is my favorite Centurion that I have visited. The food and service is amazing here ( just as cmd320 noted ). The coconut braised chicken was the star of the show for me. I could have ate 8 pots of that lol. The wedge salad with their house dressing ( sadly not blue cheese ) was really good; with every fork into it dressing found its way out of secret panels of lettuce which made this a nice surprise 😅. Ordered a Kitty Hawk from Mike the bartender which was very good ( had 2 ). Like cmd320 noted it�s easy to miss this lounge as it�s right before the stairs on the right said with an elevator




Here is my full review below if you are interested

cmd320

Here's a few photos of the food I took this week:

Left is the tomato quiche, top is the coconut chicken curry dish, right side of the tray is the mashed potatoes, and to the right of the tray the wedge salad.



Lemon custard dessert:



Towards the end of my visit a server was walking around with a tray of amuse bouche type dishes consisting of a cucumber-citrus smoked salmon:

FlyerBeek

Just noticed the Centurion CLT hours have been reduced. The lounge now closes at 3pm (it was previously open until 7pm as recently as last week, IIRC).

-FlyerBeek

cmd320

3pm??? That�s ridiculous.

FlyerBeek

Agree. I just checked in at the Centurion CLT and the staff said the 3pm closing time would be in effect for the next 4 weeks (presumably until around 25 January). Ironically, the lounge is packed - as busy as I've ever seen it with hardly any open seating available.

-FlyerBeek

cmd320

I'm really curious what the reasoning is. If I had to guess it seems like maybe there's some kind of staffing issue... I can't imagine why else they would be closing it so early.

KenTarmac

Staffing and/or utilization. It�s either empty or nearly empty between 3 and 7 or over allowed capacity per restricted COVID capacity allowances. Probably the former.

CMK10

Stopped in on 12/26 for lunch.





Same options as last month, they're still good but when it's your home club you'd like a little more rotation



I will give them credit for the four local beers on tap though, that's a big plus. Bad news about the shorter hours though, guess I won't be getting any dinners in here.

sethweinstein

Well, I had certainly planned to use it today at 5pm. A 3pm closing is banking hours. It's not reflective of a premium experience with premium fees.

Seth

krazykanuck

CLT and PHL have the best beer selections of the US Centurion Lounges - in my righteous and not so humble opinion. Good, real craft beer on tap, and a nice variety. IAH they used to have better and now it's just whatever crap ABInbev will sell them. LGA never had draft lines - hopefully that changes in the new location, also their bottled beer selection never changed. Captain Lawrence IPA is permanently scarred into my beer memory and linked to that lounge

CMK10

Agreed. MIA at least has two rotating local taps too but neither of them have thrilled me so far.

Getting back on the topic:



Sign with new hours is posted, huge thumbs down. I regularly commute via CLT in the afternoons and this really bites.



Breakfast options. I stuck with toast points and fruit. Both were good.

mia

Anyone asked CLT staff why the hours were shortened? Understanding might help predict when they will be extended. 7 - 3 is eight hours, which might mean they are trying to operate with a single shift.

cmd320

Haven�t asked but when I first saw that I figured it must be staffing related.