safari_7

This in the F lounge in Dubai?? I haven't used it in years .......

Buckd1ch

This was the J lounge concourse C.

DYKWIA

Probably the worst lounge at DXB

thijsseh

That is probably true. But I have heard the same comments about dirt and grime in the B concourse F lounge showers recently.

IntrepidAfrican2

Yep. A is fine. B has bad days. C I wouldn’t ever dare.

RadioGirl

Is it still the case that the two taps in the shower should be marked "hot" and "not quite as hot"? I assume the so-called "cold" water is stored - possibly outdoors - at ambient temperature. Every time I took a shower there (and after 13 hrs from Sydney I needed it), I felt like I needed another shower right away because I was sweating as soon as I towelled off.

BadoRas

LOL. That is especially true from April to October.
It seems to be like that everywhere in the UAE!

I worked there for 11 years and in all that time, there was not one basin, shower and probably toilet too (although I never tested that!) that had cold water issuing from it.

S.R

The worst is when you sit on a toilet and your behind starts to sweat because of the heat emanating from the hot water in the bowl
Sorry TMI

BadoRas

Haaa haaa, the UAE's answer to the heated toilet seat. Heated toilet water!

lost_in_translation

Heated toothbrush for your comfort too - it always surprises me when I’m still half asleep and I put the toothbrush in my mouth and the water is warm!

My answer is generally to try to fly at least one A380 F segment and then shower onboard either just before landing in DXB or just after leaving instead, showering in the lounges at DXB is just not pleasant if you don’t have to.

pmdicker

Any info on the EK Lounge at LHR? How are the showers there? Are they currently operating? Had read somewhere that the showers in that lounge were closed due to COVID restrictions

AITCNZ

Just flown AKL - BNE - DXB - MAN, QF J for the first leg, EK F for the rest

Easy access into brisbane qantas international lounge on an EK F ticket, plenty of seating at 18:30 on a Wednesday but can imagine it gets packed at rush hour. Clean lounge, great staff, modern and decent food. Lovely showers. Very nice place to spend 2 hours although lounge closes based on the QF LAX flight so you'll have 30 mins to wander round before boarding. As somebody who doesn't drink alcohol, very good selection of soft drinks/non alcoholic beverages. Didn't bother looking at the plaza premium lounge as I could see how busy it was through the windows.

Had 2 hours in DXB, landed at A gates so quickly whizzed to the concourse A lounge for some breakfast. Completely deserted at 4am but decent food on offer and buffet had just been set up so all fresh food! Emirati style pancakes ordered as a quick bite, delicious. Quick shower, clean but definitely showing age now and I had to hold my shower door shut the whole time!

Then mooched over to concourse C (as departed from C9) for a quick pepsi in the F lounge there, weird weird space with an upstairs smoking mezzanine?? Concourse C overall remains terrible as always, boarding was chaos.

dontsh00t

I'll be flying out of DXB in F soon. It's my first time so I'm planning to lounge-hop a bit.

Based on the posts here, it seems like the F lounge at Concourse A is best, followed by B, followed by C? Anything interesting at any particular lounge (i know there is a Moet bar at one of the J lounges, for example)?

Will08

C lounge has a bad rep on here but if you are planning on having a shower I’d rather use C over B, contrary to one of the comments above. B showers are terrible, they don’t have a sink or a hair dryer within the shower room, C does. In B you get the pleasure of drying your hair whilst someone spits in the sink next to you.

C lounge is normally pretty quiet and has a view of the tarmac, A and B don’t even feel like lounges when you walk around them. Obviously A and B provide more food options due to their size and have more of a “wow” factor when you walk in.

thijsseh

The only Moët bar is in the B J lounge.