Uh, that’s a tough one I really like the UA lounge for the ambience/‘vibe’, the great cocktails and the variety in terms of food (I love their wraps & sandwiches), even though I’d say that for a proper dining experience I would probably choose CX and eventually head to the QF lounge for a decent barista coffee On a slightly different note, I find AC’s breakfast spread a tad better than the whole lot and, ‘deviating’ even further, the EY lounge at T4, which I normally visit when hopping to Belgrade on Air Serbia, is pretty ‘robust’ when it comes to food and service on the whole. By all means. Sky Team & Lufthansa both make the poorest choice in terms of lounge experience (and at least the latter is easily avoidable).

So, yes, I’d definitely recommend a visit to the UA lounge next time you’re travelling from LHR.

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Thank you for your help and all the information! I decided to try United lounge today because I had almost 4 hours to kill with that fast track security that comes with SAS Plus When I asked check in agent if I can access United Lounge he said he doesn’t know and insisted on me going to Lufthansa as it was just ‘there’ after security. I went straight to United Lounge and didn’t have any problems. Great food, especially peri-peri sandwiches and BBQ Chicken and also fantastic cocktails. I was thinking of leaving half an hour before my boarding just in case but decided to wait for my inbound aircraft... and to my surprise I am departing from B31

Even if we agree that the UA lounge is better than LH in T2, I feel it appropriate and fair to add some perspective here: the LH lounge is still really good. Definitely much better than the old SK lounge in T3, let alone the SK lounge in CPH. Compared to many lounges around the world, I would not hesitate to put the LH lounge in the top-25%, and I would consider it better than the BA Galleries lounges in T5 (and probably even Galleries First).

The food is eminently edible and enjoyable, and unless I had hours to spare (which is never the case), I would not make the trek to the B gates for the UA lounge, to me at least it’s simply not worth it. Of course our priorities differ, so if you want fancy drinks it may make sense, but to me the wine selection in LH is fine.

I should add that I only frequent the Senator lounge, but it seems to be much the same as the “regular” one.

I agree that the LH lounge is perfectly fine, the only issue is the overcrowding. As it is the only *A lounge in that terminal area and quite small, it is often really crowded- sometimes to the point you can’t even get a seat.

Never had that issue with in the other terminal with 3 rather large lounhes in close proximity.

It of course depends a lot on when you fly - there are certainly peak times early in the morning, but by far the most of my visits (which, granted, are outside of the peak) see the lounge at around half capacity at most. Even during peak times, I’ve never been unable to get a seat.