Review: Amtrak Metropolitan Lounge Portland Union Station

While certainly more private than the station itself, the Amtrak Metropolitan Lounge in Portland, Oregon is hardly a compelling highlight.

You’ll find the lounge toward the left side of the station, as you enter. Coffee and water are available. That’s about it. The lounge does offer wi-fi and has a TV…but think of it more as a private waiting room. You’ll board the train platform directly through the lounge.

a door with a sign on it

a room with chairs and tables

a kitchen with a counter top and a fridge

One potential advantage to this lounge during the summer months is that the lounge is air conditioned while the station is not. On a hot day when the station is crowded, I can see how this lounge would be a welcome alternative to the general seating area.

Portland Union Station is beautiful. I like the stonework and neon lights of the station itself very much. While not as beautiful as Los Angeles Union Station, my wife and I enjoyed a walk around the station before returning to the lounge and soon thereafter boarding our Empire Builder train to Montana.

Union Station with a clock tower

a sign on a wall

people sitting on benches in a train station

a man standing at a counter in a building

a phone booths in a building

CONCLUSION

Compared to the Los Angeles Metropolitan Lounge, this lounge isn’t much. Even so, if you need a drink of water or cup of coffee before your train departs, at least you have that.