ANA lounge review Lisbon airport
A little background. The ANA lounge has nothing to do with All Nippon Airlines, normally called [...]
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A small premise. The ANA lounge has nothing to do with the company. All Nippon Airlines, normally called ANA.
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Lisbon Airport in Terminal 1, the main terminal, has two lounges located in the center of the facility and adjoining each other. One is precisely the independent lounge operated directly by the airport, and the other is the official lounge of Tap Portugal, the Portuguese national airline.
Lounge access
It is the reference lounge for all airlines operating at the Lusitanian airport that are not part of the Star Alliance. So all business passengers or those with elite status in their respective loyalty programs are welcomed in this VIP lounge.
Access is also granted to cardholders Priority Pass and Dragon Pass. Finally, it is also possible to pay admission at a cost of 35€.
There are many credit cards that give unlimited access to Priority Pass lounges, the best is definitely the American Express Platinum which also allows you to bring a guest during each visit.
The lounge
It is easy to reach being connected by an escalator right from the central plaza of the airport. The directions are very visible.
My flight to Toronto left a few minutes before 10 a.m., I entered the lounge around 8:30 a.m., and it was not crowded at all. I remember my last visit to this lounge, before Covid, and sitting down, when there was still no social spacing, had been a treasure hunt.
The room is medium in size and overlooks the runway, too bad that the windows are partially obscured by structures probably designed to shade the interior, but which make the view to the outside very disturbed and especially allow little light to enter the room.
There are various rooms and various types of seating. There is the bar area, the only one where food and drinks are allowed.
Very comfortable seats, with footrests, facing the runway.
Then there are several different areas and many outlets near each seat.
The central part is perhaps the most original, a huge cylinder on the ceiling houses projectors that broadcast news channels and other events.
Of note is the presence of a smoking room, which is increasingly rare to find not only in lounges but in all airports.
Food and beverage & Services
There is a bar counter with two baristas who prepare coffee and cappuccinos on the spot and not through the increasingly ubiquitous automatic machines, and this is worth an extra half a point.
Otherwise, the offer at breakfast is really basic, we are still in the airport of a capital city, there was nothing hot but just some croissants and sandwiches. Two minibars where you serve yourself drinks and juices.
In conclusion
Sure, it is not the best lounge in the world, far from it, but in my opinion it succeeds in meeting the needs of the average passenger at this stopover. Honestly having also visited the official TAP Portugal lounge, I have a hard time choosing which is the best/worst.
Pro
- The almost runway view
- They have made life easy for people looking for an outlet
- The "real" bar
Against
- The almost runway view