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Review: Austrian Airlines Lounge Vienna (VIE – G Gates)

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 14, 2019September 14, 2019 6 Comments

The Austrian Airlines lounge in Vienna is a nice place to escape the crowds and enjoy a light meal and perhaps even a nap.

Our flight to Yerevan was outside the Schengen area, therefore departed from the G Gates area. Prior to reaching the lounge we cleared security and passport control. We found the lounge directly past the passport control area.

The lounge is open daily from 05:30 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.  Even though I was flying economy class on Austrian, I gained access by virtue of my Star Alliance Gold card. The lounge has a two sections, one for business class and one for Star Alliance Gold cardholders.

We arrived around 10:00 p.m. The lounge was largely deserted, with just two other people on the Senator side. Plenty of seating is available, but what caught my eyes was the quiet area in the back corner. There were five couches designed for napping…the juxtaposition between those and the rigid economy class seat I would soon endure were quite stark.

An assortment of magazines and newspapers were available:

Austrian flights are catered by Do & Co and so is the lounge. We head eaten a large dinner earlier so I was not hungry at all, but could have made a nice snack with the pasta, salad, soup, and bread.

The buffet also included whole fruit, a wide range of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and even a special sleep enhancing “Snooze” drink that looked too dodgy to risk trying.

Restrooms and showers are located on the business side of the lounge, which is separated by the check-in lobby.

My favorite part of the lounge, however, was the charging ports located on tables. No plug necessary…just lay your phone down on top of it.

CONCLUSION

I appreciated the late checkout from the Andaz Vienna over more time in this lounge, but this is a perfectly functional, comfortable lounge.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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6 Comments

  1. Christian Reply
    September 14, 2019 at 10:47 am

    The lounge is way too small at normal times! I was just there last week and in the morning when their US flights leave it’s a zoo! No seating at all.

    • Paolo Reply
      September 14, 2019 at 11:26 am

      Plus, at other times the (lousy) food seems to just sit there, hour after hour, without replenishment. Fine if you enjoy limp lettuce and petrified pasta.
      The catering is said to be provided by some swanky joint: but is hardly a good advertisement for it. IMO, better to eat upstairs in one of the cafes.

  2. 121Pilot Reply
    September 14, 2019 at 1:06 pm

    How does the business class side compare? Have you been there in the past?

  3. Marissa Reply
    September 14, 2019 at 1:45 pm

    I was in the business section a couple of years ago in the evening. Very busy. Amenities and food were ok but not brilliant.

  4. Iassen Reply
    September 15, 2019 at 1:28 pm

    Btw there are restrooms and one senator/*G shower opposite to the lounge desk

  5. David Hopkins Reply
    January 6, 2020 at 6:24 am

    What a complete and utter disgrace …… an absolutely appalling business class lounge. Disgusting, cheap and nasty slop trying to be passed off as top rate food. Do yourself a favour and don’t bother stepping foot inside. Spend a few dollars in the food courts ….. that would be money well spent.

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