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Home  >  Lounge Reviews  >  Review: Krakow Business Lounge Schengen (KRK)
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Review: Krakow Business Lounge Schengen (KRK)

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 16, 2022August 15, 2022 6 Comments

Prior to my flight to Chicago I spent some time in the Krakow Business Lounge located in the Schengen area of John Paul II Kraków-Balice International Airport. It was crowded and I wasn’t hungry, so I did not stay long. Still, it’s a respectable lounge with a very reasonable selection of food and drinks.

Krakow Business Lounge Schengen (KRK) Review

This lounge is located past security in the main terminal. After clearing security, turn left and you’ll find the lounge between gates 9 and 10. As the only airport lounge in the Schengen area, this serves as a business class lounge for airlines as well as a Priority Pass lounge. Paid access (three hour limit) is also viable for PLN 120 (currently 26USD). Opening hours are daily from 4:30AM to 10:00PM except on Sundays when the lounge closes at 9:00PM.

Once your credentials are validated, the lounge-–with a bright lime green color scheme–is all on a single level with a buffet area in the middle and an L-shaped seating area around two sides as well as a bathroom in the rear.

There are no showers, but the restrooms were clean.

The buffet included:

  • Cake
  • Cereal
  • Yogurt
  • Whole fruit (pears, apples, bananas, plumbs)
  • Sliced meat and cheese
  • Vegetable crudités
  • Salad (Caesar with chicken and green)
  • Gherkins (or maybe pickles?)
  • Candy
  • Marco Polo bars

Drinks included:

  • Tea
  • Coffee (a nice Swiss-made Jure coffee machine, though I did not try the coffee itself)
  • Beer
  • Wine
  • Vodka (or Wodka as they call it…)
  • Gin
  • Whiskey
  • Cognac
  • Water
  • Soft Drinks

CONCLUSION

There’s a cookie-cutter non-Schengen lounge that was closed during my visit but has since reopened with more limited hours. I would never arrive early to use this lounge, but I’d rate this a solid average lounges with enough food to make a meal, a generous assortment of drinks, and the only drawback being the crowding during peak times.

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Matthew Klint

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. Aaron Reply
    August 16, 2022 at 7:08 am

    How was the wifi and charging plug situation?

    • Rich Reply
      August 17, 2022 at 2:08 pm

      During CoVid, this lounge easily out shown Warsaw Chopin lounge. The author must have hated his visit to PL based on this review and flight back to Chicago. In neither article did he reference price of business class when compared to competitors (LOT much less). Fair balance reporting, not whining, should be the norm.

      • Matthew Klint Reply
        August 17, 2022 at 2:17 pm

        I used miles and it cost the same as any other Star Alliance carrier…

  2. PolishKnight Reply
    August 16, 2022 at 11:58 am

    Brings back fond memories. When I visited friends in Krakow and still had status, I would want to go to this lounge early and enjoy a free Zywiec or Tyskie (the two main Polish beers) but they’d want to hang out in the general area and chat. Yes, not the best lounge around but still pleasant to hang out. I’d still jump in quick to grab a few drinks even as LOT back then served beer and wine even on short flights in economy class.

  3. Ania Reply
    August 17, 2022 at 12:58 pm

    Prince Polo* and they’re delicious.

  4. Tony N Reply
    August 18, 2022 at 6:38 am

    Don’t forget your disinfectant hand wipes. Although I could comment on the unhealthy excessive food intake, I’m not going to.

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