Feb 25, 2018, 2:00 am
Last edit by: Prospero
This gives the lounges options available for BA passengers departing from LHR T3. If you flight is departing from T3 you will not have access to the T5 lounges - including Concorde Room - since you must have a same-day T5 boarding pass to get airside in T5. If your flight is from T3, then you need to use the T3 lounges, your boarding pass will not work in T5. As it happens there is a good range of lounges available in T3, details below.
For breakfast options for BA Gold / Emerald / First travellers, there is a photo guide in post 291, click here. Note the Qantas lounge only opens at 08:00 hrs.
LHR Terminal 3 First Class Lounges
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cath...e-reviews.html
LHR Terminal 3 Business Class Lounges
For breakfast options for BA Gold / Emerald / First travellers, there is a photo guide in post 291, click here. Note the Qantas lounge only opens at 08:00 hrs.
LHR Terminal 3 First Class Lounges
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/cath...e-reviews.html
LHR Terminal 3 Business Class Lounges
Best T3 OneWorld Lounge
Oct 28, 2019, 4:29 am
#736
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Cardiff
Programs: qatar airways platinum
Posts: 733
Oct 28, 2019, 5:01 am
#737
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 778
Howard Long Try locate the chap I mentioned above and politely enquire( if he's working you wont be able to miss him lol). On more than one occasion he's seen fit to sit me & the better half downstairs and have the bar manned when we've arrived there soon after opening. It's not to their schedule I agree( from memory I think the full service opens up at +3 hours from the the 1st QF of the day) but it's happened more than once. Will back you up though and agree that i've been met with looks of bewilderment upstairs when asking for a basic cocktail off the menu.
Hi,
Do you have BA gold or One world emerald status? Otherwise it will be the business lounges ( BA,AA and CX). Also please note that on a sunday the CX loungw will not open to 730am ( Mon-Sat it opens at 530am). I had a quick look in the Cathay J lounge and it seemed to have a good buffet selection of hot and cold food ( western and asian IIRC) as I normally use the F lounges.
Regards
TBS
Do you have BA gold or One world emerald status? Otherwise it will be the business lounges ( BA,AA and CX). Also please note that on a sunday the CX loungw will not open to 730am ( Mon-Sat it opens at 530am). I had a quick look in the Cathay J lounge and it seemed to have a good buffet selection of hot and cold food ( western and asian IIRC) as I normally use the F lounges.
Regards
TBS
Oct 28, 2019, 10:33 am
#738
Join Date: Jun 2018
Location: Brighton UK
Programs: BAEC-Silver, AMEX-BA Prem' Plus & Standard, Accor Gold, HH-Silver, IHG,IBIS On Business
Posts: 955
CharlotteC We are Silvers as well.. Whilst obviously the F lounges are better ( the CX Lounge staff graciously allowed us in once when we did our 1st ever Lounge Run) you will still have a great experience if you've never done it before. They are all located pretty much on top of each other so it's no great effort. I think from QF - CX which I think are the furthest apart is all of about 4 mins walk if that.
Oct 29, 2019, 1:43 pm
#739
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, Diamond Status & on the Supreme Council des Conseillers, BA Ag, Bonvoy GFL/Plat, xVS Au
Posts: 833
For the QF brunch menu. Has anyone been greedy and asked for two things? I am wanting to try the squid but also love Eggs Benedict. Does the QF lounge do a good one?
Oct 29, 2019, 4:01 pm
#741
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: UK - Hampshire & London
Programs: Mucci de Guardian des Celliers des Grands Crus 1e Classé, plus BAEC.
Posts: 2,734
There’s no problem ordering more than one item from the brunch menu. The eggs benedict are plated to order from the central bar/food island, so generally aren’t cooked from fresh in my experience. They are pleasant but not amazing IMO. Not in the same league as the Wolseley for example.
Oct 29, 2019, 4:53 pm
#742
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: UK
Programs: Mucci, Diamond Status & on the Supreme Council des Conseillers, BA Ag, Bonvoy GFL/Plat, xVS Au
Posts: 833
There’s no problem ordering more than one item from the brunch menu. The eggs benedict are plated to order from the central bar/food island, so generally aren’t cooked from fresh in my experience. They are pleasant but not amazing IMO. Not in the same league as the Wolseley for example.
Oct 30, 2019, 3:50 am
#743
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 778
CharlotteC We are Silvers as well.. Whilst obviously the F lounges are better ( the CX Lounge staff graciously allowed us in once when we did our 1st ever Lounge Run) you will still have a great experience if you've never done it before. They are all located pretty much on top of each other so it's no great effort. I think from QF - CX which I think are the furthest apart is all of about 4 mins walk if that.
Oct 30, 2019, 7:36 am
#744
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: London
Programs: BA Silver, ZSL Silver
Posts: 2,552
I actually prefer the J section of the CX lounge. The bar and noodle bar are great (made to order noodles and lots of fun cocktails, and signature softies like Cathay Delight) and it’s usually quiet and calm – for most of the day anyway – with lots of seating options. I was fairly unimpressed by the buffet lunch options in QF, but the dining area wasn’t open when I was in (lunchtime last month). The gin bar is great, though (try the one with the Aperol ice cube).
Oct 30, 2019, 8:35 am
#745
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: London, UK
Programs: BA Silver, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 224
Could someone confirm/update my understanding of the current HOT breakfast offerings in the T3 OneWorld J lounges please (me being a BA Silver):
- BA: Bacon, hash browns and beans
- Cathay: Sausages, bacon, scrambled egg (the pre-made stuff?), beans and potatoes
- Qantas: Do they provide any hot breakfast items?
- American: Again, do they provide any hot breakfast items?
Oct 30, 2019, 9:03 am
#746
Join Date: Oct 2019
Programs: BA Silver, Virgin Gold, Bonvoy Titanium
Posts: 1
Could someone confirm/update my understanding of the current HOT breakfast offerings in the T3 OneWorld J lounges please (me being a BA Silver):
- BA: Bacon, hash browns and beans
- Cathay: Sausages, bacon, scrambled egg (the pre-made stuff?), beans and potatoes
- Qantas: Do they provide any hot breakfast items?
- American: Again, do they provide any hot breakfast items?
Oct 30, 2019, 9:40 am
#747
Join Date: Oct 2017
Location: London
Programs: BA Gold / OW Emerald
Posts: 753
Could someone confirm/update my understanding of the current HOT breakfast offerings in the T3 OneWorld J lounges please (me being a BA Silver):
- BA: Bacon, hash browns and beans
- Cathay: Sausages, bacon, scrambled egg (the pre-made stuff?), beans and potatoes
- Qantas: Do they provide any hot breakfast items?
- American: Again, do they provide any hot breakfast items?
Cathay: Also has the noodle bar, for noodles or dim-sum.
American: American breakfast staples, eggs, bacon, etc... don't remember exactly what else.
Oct 30, 2019, 10:33 am
#748
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: UK - Hampshire & London
Programs: Mucci de Guardian des Celliers des Grands Crus 1e Classé, plus BAEC.
Posts: 2,734
Could someone confirm/update my understanding of the current HOT breakfast offerings in the T3 OneWorld J lounges please (me being a BA Silver):
- BA: Bacon, hash browns and beans
- Cathay: Sausages, bacon, scrambled egg (the pre-made stuff?), beans and potatoes
- Qantas: Do they provide any hot breakfast items?
- American: Again, do they provide any hot breakfast items?
Last edited by krispy84; Oct 30, 2019 at 11:36 am
Oct 30, 2019, 11:01 am
#749
Moderator, Iberia Airlines, Airport Lounges, and Ambassador, British Airways Executive Club
Join Date: Feb 2010
Programs: BA Lifetime Gold; Flying Blue Life Platinum; LH Sen.; Hilton Diamond; Kemal Kebabs Prized Customer
Posts: 63,809
Welcome to Flyertalk and welcome to the BA forum what. Thanks very much for that contribution, and I very much hope we will see more of you in the future. The AA lounge is very heavily linked to their slab of services, their passengers tend to prefer this lounge (perhaps knowing no better) and also seem to arrive much earlier than other passengers, so in the lounge for longer. After a few services have gone westwards the AA lounge rapidly gets quieter.
Oct 30, 2019, 4:55 pm
#750
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Aberdeen
Programs: BA Gold, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 650
Has anyone got an update as to whether LP is still available at the CX J Lounge? If not what is the current offering?
Also is the gin bar in the QF lounge now shut out with their own flight timings. Will be travelling through between 1400-1700.
Cheers
Also is the gin bar in the QF lounge now shut out with their own flight timings. Will be travelling through between 1400-1700.
Cheers