CPH-Flyer

It is indeed an excellent feature. And I do sometimes stop by for a G&T before heading for an over better lounge. (hello Cathay F I am looking in your direction)

kanamurva

They also have recipes for different G&Ts including a specific tonic, garniments and sometimes even a special ice cube with some bitter drops etc inside. If you take their Botanist 22 gin (my favourite of the range, distilled at a well reputed Bruichladdich whisky distillery), you get an orange ice cube. All tonics (as far as I know) are of Fever Tree though.

Imo QF a la carte breakfast squid is simply delicious. I haven't been that impressed with CX F food itself but the restaurant setting (thai 5* hotel meets kaurismäki simplicity) is wonderful. In fact, I've had better food in CX J lounge. Their drinks are not that special either (except cathay delight). If you're a connosseur of good drinks, I would definitely go to BA F. Those champagnes are much better than in the other LHR lounges.

CPH-Flyer

Unless they changed the champagne selection in the BA lounges since Tuesday last week, the best you can do with them is making mimosas. Tee Castlebau is dreadful, and the Jeeper rosé is passable, but still better as a mimosa. Unless of course you are referring to The Concorde Room

kanamurva

Nope, I was referring to Jeeper rosé indeed, imo it was wonderful! A great find for the price (62€ in Alko). When I was there, the other one was Henriot (blanc de blancs if I remember correctly). A really nice champagne as well that beats those Moëts (and especially that ay crap) easily. Too bad their food was nothing special. Apparently same stuff than for AA (at least during breakfast).

CPH-Flyer

Taste and flavour is something that can be discussed. An Henriot blanc de blanc would far beat the Castlenau.

The Jeeper Is passable, but I can think of quite a few things I'd rather buy. As a frame of price reference what would a Veuve Clicqout Rosé check in at in Alko?

kanamurva

Same price (62e). Haven't tasted that one myself. I'm not a big champagne geek but the ones available in BA during my visits really suited me. Sad to hear Henriot is gone tho.

CPH-Flyer

The Henriot comes and goes.

There is no way I'd pay the same for the Jeeper as the for the Veuve. As I don't have to pay for the branding package of Veuve, I would expect a far better quality to trigger the same price.

kanamurva

Smaken är som baken - delad. End of OT, but imo a separate thread concentrating on LHR lounges would be nice since it's a very natural destination for those who want to enjoy good quality lounges.

remymartin

As any gin bar would have, no? Please have some G&T in Spain and you will be amazed. In the QF gin bar I saw at least two different Fever-Tree tonics on my last trip about two weeks ago. Will do thorough field research in about two weeks and report back somewhere else (I'm straying even further off-topic, sorry!)

r2d2

The BA forum has several threads about LHR T3 OneWorld lounges. This is the main thread.

DALtoAAL

I spent few hours in Platinum Wing yesterday while waiting for the departure of QR308 and the first impressions were quite positive. This is clearly above the old Premium Lounge, which was very Ikeasque. PW is completely different in its decor, as the photos here have displayed. Lots of dark and warmer tones, which would also look great in Finnair A330/350 cabins (if only!) in my opinion. Catering is also better than it used to be, there are lots of options on the buffet, although I found the a la carte menu bit weak. But then again, this is not a first class lounge. Some points for improvement:
-water for tea was luke warm
-several USB-ports were not working, don't know if they are just not connected yet or are they malfunctioning
-as a Coke Zero addict, there are no more fridges for self service soda's, everything is from the bar
And some interesting points:
-the waiter (not the regular bartender) asked me if I want ice on my GT.....?
-when I was at the buffet I heard a long story about a dissatisfied customer when two waitresses were discussing about the incident right in front of me and totally ignoring me...not cool!
All in all, I can say that Finnair did good job with the lounge and it was worth all the anxiousness and waiting!
Couple of pictures from the buffet and bar:

reflektia

It was like this in old premium lounge for over year. I, for one, complained about it and at some point they added it.

reflektia

They have way more, probably 20+. Last time I missed my connecting flight due to fog and sampled 14 different GTs and they had plenty more left.

AndyA

Seems like a pretty decent booze selection. How about beers? They still have the same Brooklyn, Koff Porter etc?

ffay005

I don't really know what to think. Today started off with a megaslow security queue at T2 because the priority line had closed at 9 pm. The main line was full of people who had never seen an airplane before, so each and every item of make up had to be removed separately etc.

And the lounge. It turns out that à la carte is only available five hours a day, from noon until 5 pm. The buffet was not that different from the previous Premium Lounge buffet. The bar looked nice, but with only two bartenders, it was a slow affair.

Before the midnight wave, the lounge is by no means crowded, but it's not empty either, and most seats in the seating area behind the buffet are in groups of four. Not ideal for someone travelling alone.

So, I'm not overwhelmed. But this is definitely better than the terrible school cafeteria we had to endure for so long.