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And what a lounge it is. It's no Clubhouse, but it's a pretty comfortable place, calm (it's not too busy), and I'm settled in with obligatory glass of champoo. Hubby went looking for food and came back with a plate of chicken curry and roast spuds!




Journey down nice and smooth, although I remembered that our railcard expires before we get back so won't be valid for our return journey. Renewed online but obvs. won't have card. Turns out that won't do and we might have to buy new tickets but VTEC said to see on the day and if the train guard makes us buy new tickets we can get them refunded later since we have a valid card just not with us!

We decided not to use undergound between Kings Cross and Paddington this time, I hate lugging case up and down stairs / escalators, so we opted to use Uber, which I've just recently signed up to. All nice and easy. T2 is really nice, very impressive, lots of natural light.

Feeling a bit peckish myself now...

Waves back from a cold and windy Cornwall.

Curry and spuds, that sounds delicious on a day like this.

Have a great flight.

Nice in there isn't it! Good food and an excellent bar. Amazing that it's a PP lounge - what a difference compared to Servisair!

It certainly is very nice, still very quiet and calm. Food is excellent I must say, and it's pretty warm here in London Marshy.

I'm a but stuffed so I've stopped because the on board offering looks like a feast!

May be too late but Bon voyage!

pjh wrote:May be too late but Bon voyage!

Ta. Just waiting for the gate number to post and then off to board.

The thing I remember about this Lounge was having to queue for the male toilets :0 It was a busy Sunday morning, but otherwise a nice way to spend a little time

Safe travels

buns

ah its,today.
i was thinking about you at lunch but just realised you are in the ANA flight.
safe travels and have a fantastic time in japan.
looking forward to hearing all about it.

Have a great time Bretty, look forward to the TRs, your verdict on ANA flights and your exploits in Japan.

Happy flight & amazing holiday...looking forward to TR & gossip y)

I love the lounge there. I am through there quite a bit as United 1K. I know it is too late now, but the espresso martini is worth a try. They took it off the menu but will still make one. Hope you get to eat a ton of sushi in Japan ! Jiro Dreams of Sushi is compulsory viewing if you do like sushi !

Thanks everybody, arrived safely at our hotel and chillin for a while before wandering into Asakusa for dinner.

ANA flight excellent but will tell more in TR which I might get done on my long train journey to Hiroshima on Monday, but all good.

TTFN

Bit late to this one John , glad all went well ,look forward to hearing all about it ,have a great holiday

Like Blacky, I'm a bit late to the game on this one.... but hi Bretty.

Glad you arrived at the hotel safely and I look forward to reading those TRs 8D

Exciting! We are setting off to HND on the same flight tomorrow. On our way in to London now to see Lord of the Dance and staying in the LHR Sofitel tonight.

Thanks for the lounge feedback Bretty and good to hear it was a good flight over. Have a great trip!

Maximus wrote:Exciting! We are setting off to HND on the same flight tomorrow. On our way in to London now to see Lord of the Dance and staying in the LHR Sofitel tonight.

Thanks for the lounge feedback Bretty and good to hear it was a good flight over. Have a great trip!

By the way, we arrived at the lounge around 3pm with no problems and our boarding gate was in the T2B area so no long walk!

I'm really looking forward to your pending TR! No pressure, though Have a wonderful holiday!

By the way, we arrived at the lounge around 3pm with no problems and our boarding gate was in the T2B area so no long walk!

Thanks for letting me know, I am glad there is no lengthy walk back to the main terminal after I have had a few sherbets in the lounge!! I am certainly hoping to ask for a Mocha Martini, coffee and a Martini in one glass- genius! I am hoping I will sober up at the same time I drink

We have a complimentary late check out of the hotel at 4pm but will leave for an early lounge entry and a cocktail-fest in the United lounge. Bring it on!

Can you tell I m a bit over- excited today?!

Maximus wrote:

By the way, we arrived at the lounge around 3pm with no problems and our boarding gate was in the T2B area so no long walk!

Thanks for letting me know, I am glad there is no lengthy walk back to the main terminal after I have had a few sherbets in the lounge!! I am certainly hoping to ask for a Mocha Martini, coffee and a Martini in one glass- genius! I am hoping I will sober up at the same time I drink

We have a complimentary late check out of the hotel at 4pm but will leave for an early lounge entry and a cocktail-fest in the United lounge. Bring it on!

Can you tell I m a bit over- excited today?!

And who can blame you ! , have a great time y)

Completely missed this one!!! Only realised you were away when I saw pictures of you in Japan on Facebook!!!
Hope the flight was good, I can see you're having a good time already...soggy tempura aside!

ultreen1 wrote:Completely missed this one!!! Only realised you were away when I saw pictures of you in Japan on Facebook!!!
Hope the flight was good, I can see you're having a good time already...soggy tempura aside!

Ah yes, soggy tempura, from a restaurant specialising in tempura!! :0 The rest of my meal was good (rice, pickles and sashimi, you can't get that wrong), but my hubby's was way bad, the worst he's had in Japan, v( but it's hard to complain, 1. because they're not a confrontational society, 2. because I don't speak enough lingo to know how! So last night we had 'meh' food for £40 and night before great food for less than £20. Go figure!

Anyway, this morning (for it is 7am here) we're travelling all day down to Hiroshima and the island paradise of Miyajima. And I'll write that TR.

ah sooo looking forward to hearing about your travels.

Sorry to resurrect such an old topic, but it's sort-of relevant...
Has anybody had the opportunity to compare LHR T2 lounges at all? We're flying out form there in September and see we will have a choice of United, Singapore, Air Canada, Lufthansa - anyone had the chance to do a lounge hop or shall the investigation be down to us in September?

Thanks in advance

Cheers! Nick

I believe Air Canada lounges have a poor reputation and I think you might find reviews of the United, Singapore and Lufthansa T2 lounges by Raffles on Head for Points if you search.

I am sitting in the United lounge now and it is excellent. I have only tried the Singapore one once and that was good too. The LH one gets good reviews too. I think, from what I remember, that people seem to rate United as #1, LH a close #2, Singapore as #3 but that it can get rather crowded in the Singapore one.