Aug 21, 2017, 11:11 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
Reopening Sept 13, 2022. If you login, reservations are available starting on that date. See below for the login/check access link.
menu for CLASSIFIED
Check if you were invited:
https://classified.united.com/dining/Login
or classified.united.com/dining
menu for CLASSIFIED
Check if you were invited:
https://classified.united.com/dining/Login
or classified.united.com/dining
New "Invitation-only" restaurant "Classified" at EWR. Reopened 13 September 2022
Mar 13, 2023, 11:42 am
#123
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Philadelphia, LAX, Paris
Programs: UA 1K/2MM, SPG/Marriott Lifetime Titanium, Lifetime HHonors Diamond, Hyatt Globalist, AA Exec Plat
Posts: 3,331
Dined here two days ago - I am 1K and had to request an invite didn't get one. Any international business traveller with Polaris access should not set foot here. Nor anyone wanting a good, full meal. Prices are high and while the space is quiet the food quality is not great - certainly not superior to the Polaris lounge - and dare I say subpar for a meal that can set you back $150 easily.
Place was empty at 1pm - one other table. Regardless took forever to get a drink (20 minutes for a glass of wine) and food took a good 30 minutes between courses.
This is really not a premium experience either. Ordered a tableside Negroni and got an Old Fashioned. French Onion Soup was lukewarm. Filet Mignon was not tender at all and the "bearnaise" sauce they serve with it tasted more like movie theater popcorn - all for $59. The TV screens and loud music don't scream "exclusive" either. Tip is taken immediately at time of order and you'll never see anyone after that again.
Ultimately the food quality has to be better for these prices - the space and the relative quiet has something going for it. But with two amazing lounges now at EWR there's really zero need to come here. The concept either needs to seriously up the food quality or else it needs to be rethought completely - I wouldn't come back in its current state.
Place was empty at 1pm - one other table. Regardless took forever to get a drink (20 minutes for a glass of wine) and food took a good 30 minutes between courses.
This is really not a premium experience either. Ordered a tableside Negroni and got an Old Fashioned. French Onion Soup was lukewarm. Filet Mignon was not tender at all and the "bearnaise" sauce they serve with it tasted more like movie theater popcorn - all for $59. The TV screens and loud music don't scream "exclusive" either. Tip is taken immediately at time of order and you'll never see anyone after that again.
Ultimately the food quality has to be better for these prices - the space and the relative quiet has something going for it. But with two amazing lounges now at EWR there's really zero need to come here. The concept either needs to seriously up the food quality or else it needs to be rethought completely - I wouldn't come back in its current state.
Mar 13, 2023, 1:19 pm
#124
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AVP & PEK
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM
Posts: 6,362
Wife is 1K through my MM perk.
I just went to the website and booked there.
Ironically, every time I've tried that for myself in the past it was declined.....maybe they somehow know that I am stingy compared to my wife!
Added: just for kicks I checked, and I have been 'granted' access now also. Maybe they're not as strict as they used to be as to who they let in....
Last edited by narvik; Mar 13, 2023 at 1:24 pm
Mar 13, 2023, 1:26 pm
#125
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: LAX
Programs: UA
Posts: 1,535
Wife is 1K through my MM perk.
I just went to the website and booked there.
Ironically, every time I've tried that for myself in the past it was declined.....maybe they somehow know that I am stingy compared to my wife!
Added: just for kicks I checked, and I have been 'granted' access now also. Maybe they're not as strict as they used to be as to who they let in....
I just went to the website and booked there.
Ironically, every time I've tried that for myself in the past it was declined.....maybe they somehow know that I am stingy compared to my wife!
Added: just for kicks I checked, and I have been 'granted' access now also. Maybe they're not as strict as they used to be as to who they let in....
Mar 13, 2023, 2:44 pm
#126
Join Date: May 2010
Location: AVP & PEK
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM
Posts: 6,362
Mar 19, 2023, 10:07 pm
#127
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: JFK/LGA/EWR
Programs: United Premier 1K
Posts: 30
Despite the others in this thread throwing out old smug cliches, the lounges at Newark now are of a standard that paying $100+ for a meal is not worth it. If you avoid the 5-8pm rush at Polaris, its even as quiet there if you look hard enough
But listen - if you want quiet and don't mind paying money you dont have to in the lounges, there's nothing wrong with Classified.
Mar 19, 2023, 10:50 pm
#128
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: SEA/NYC/IAD
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Titanium, Hyatt Explorist
Posts: 1,931
UC Day Pass is $60. The Prime Rib Dip is ... $28+tip at Classified? So, all things considered I'd much rather just go to Classified and have what amounts to an excellent sandwich and view with some peace and quiet.
Now, if I had a UC membership, maybe I'd just go to a UC, but I figure for the price of a UC membership you could have 15 meals at Classified and still come out ahead.
Now, if I had a UC membership, maybe I'd just go to a UC, but I figure for the price of a UC membership you could have 15 meals at Classified and still come out ahead.
Mar 20, 2023, 5:02 am
#129
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Haze gray and underway
Programs: UA 1K 2MM, HH Diamond, Marriott 'clink clink' Titanium
Posts: 1,784
Honestly even the new United Club lounge is on par with the quality at Classified.
Despite the others in this thread throwing out old smug cliches, the lounges at Newark now are of a standard that paying $100+ for a meal is not worth it. If you avoid the 5-8pm rush at Polaris, its even as quiet there if you look hard enough
But listen - if you want quiet and don't mind paying money you dont have to in the lounges, there's nothing wrong with Classified.
Despite the others in this thread throwing out old smug cliches, the lounges at Newark now are of a standard that paying $100+ for a meal is not worth it. If you avoid the 5-8pm rush at Polaris, its even as quiet there if you look hard enough
But listen - if you want quiet and don't mind paying money you dont have to in the lounges, there's nothing wrong with Classified.
Mar 20, 2023, 10:53 am
#130
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: New Jersey
Programs: UA MM 1K, AA MM Gold, Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 3,236
Is the Chase Card still comping meals? If I knew it was my turn, I wouldn't be unreasonable - just two items off the menu.
AXE-HANDLE RIBEYE La Frieda Prime, Dry-Aged, 32 oz $122
REMY MARTIN LOUIS XIII COGNAC $240
AXE-HANDLE RIBEYE La Frieda Prime, Dry-Aged, 32 oz $122
REMY MARTIN LOUIS XIII COGNAC $240
Mar 20, 2023, 2:08 pm
#131
Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: New England
Programs: American Gold, Marriott Gold, Hilton Silver
Posts: 5,644
Those with long international to domestic connections? People with time to kill because the schedule out of EWR can sometimes be oddly horrible?
Mar 26, 2023, 4:45 pm
#132
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: Mileage Plus GS, Marriott/SPG Platinum, Hilton Diamond, ITC Platinum
Posts: 30
Anyone else locked out of Classified Reservations at EWR?
Classified reservations server seemed to be down for a few days, and now it tells me I am no eligible, and placed on a waitlist... never seen this before as a Global Services... did the criteria change?
Mar 26, 2023, 4:49 pm
#133
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: AS 75K, DL Silver, UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Platinum + LT Gold
Posts: 10,515
Mar 26, 2023, 4:50 pm
#134
Join Date: Jan 2017
Programs: Mileage Plus GS, Marriott/SPG Platinum, Hilton Diamond, ITC Platinum
Posts: 30