If anything, I'd choose CX J over the F. F is too small, no noodle bar or self serve buffet (other half prefers the curry from that). Only benefit of F is the self pour champagne. The tiny restaurant which serves what the J buffet serves, and is often full, isn't a better thing.

Been a while since been in their F lounge, but is there more on the F menu? The J menu at the noodle bar has been cut back a fair bit recently.

QA doesn't serve champagne, too. Big fail. For that reason I've never even been it in (been in F and J of the rest).

Had a fantastic Penfolds Viognier last time I staggered in from the Cathay lounge

I searched high and low for a comparable chilli sauce/oil in the UK before finally finding it at... Tesco. I think it's exactly the same brand Lee Kum Kee, made in Hong Kong, Chiu Chow Chilli Oil

As I’ve said before all lounges have their positives and negatives.

Until March of this year i has a Gold T3 Virgin and wondered how good the CX F Lounge was. Now having been to all lounges 6 times since apart from QF I have found the CX F to be variable. Ironically my best experience was on the GIB do and whilst I got there at 6am before it got busy, the service including drinks service was on point.

My last visit there were 3 people in the dining room and whilst my pancakes arrived relatively quickly the table next to me asked for an extra slice of toAst and this took 20 mins to arrive. The time before that i had to ask for my drinks 3 times.

On contrast on 5 visits to the AA F lounge I’ve had the same server each time. I’m now welcomed like a friend, asked if I want the same order though he does have to clarify how I like my bloody Mary’s but this is a you like it this way don’t you rather than how do you like it, The AA smashed Avacado is great and the server always brings me a couple of bottles of water when I go.

Also the BA F Dining Room has pretty good views and I’m very partial to the Jeepers Rose.

Does anyone know why the BA T3 Lounge is closed today? I wouldnt normally care but have been turned away from the CX and QF lounges as a result of it and am now sitting in the AA First Lounge.

The CX F dining area service declines noticeably when it's very busy, in particular around the times of CX flight departures. I greatly enjoy my visits before BA short haul flights, but ironically the experience is not so great if you're actually flying CX F and try to order food in the lounge an hour or two before the flight. Having said that, it's still easily my favourite lounge in T3 (although it's been a couple of years since I've been in the VS Clubhouse).

BA lounge has just reopened. Will retry CX again in a bit.

It's more likely to be Laoganma crispy chilli oil, that's a lot more popular in China and Hong Kong. I can't really tell the difference, but my Cantonese girlfriend and her family would probably kill and disown me for saying that.

I'm guessing that a reasonable number of the regular GF inhabitants may not have know that other lounges were available. Might have an impact on future numbers in the CX lounge.