British Airways Concorde Room, London Heathrow Terminal 5: Excellent thanks to new decoration

To wait for my next flight to Paris Charles-de-Gaulle, I’ll be using the Concorde Room at London Heathrow, which is open to passengers on a long-haul First itinerary, or to Gold Guest List passengers on the British airline’s frequent flyer program.

Connection process

As always, the connecting experience at Heathrow was not very premium for very high-contribution passengers. The route is the same for everyone: disembarkation at the gangway, shuttle and false Fast Track for security checks. For me, it took just over 25 minutes from disembarkation to arrival at the secret entrance to the Concorde Room.

Location

The lounge is located in the Galleries South block of Heathrow Terminal 5. It is accessible either via this small secret entrance to the right of the Fast Track security checkpoint, or via its main entrance opposite that of the Galleries First lounge.

Lounge design

The main design of the lounge remains unchanged, as you can see from my previous reports.

However, a welcome change of furniture has brought a modern touch to the different areas.

I took a seat on the terrace and migrated to the adjoining catering area for lunch.

Catering

This time, I took advantage of the lunch offer at the lounge.

As an aperitif, I had a glass of Laurent Perrier Grand Siècle Champagne, excellent as usual.

For starter, the soup of the day: peas and mint, a delicious English classic.

For the main course, I chose the iconic Concorde Burger, customizable with the addition of cheese and bacon: good but really too much for my small stomach – the fries, on the other hand, were too soft for my taste and not hot enough.

To complement the à la carte offer, a small “English picnic” buffet was set up on the terrace with cold meats and cheeses.

Bottom Line

A very good stay at the lounge, which was full throughout my stay.

Itinerary

As a reminder, here is the itinerary followed:

#	Type	Post
1	Diary	Short week-end in France
2	Lounge	American Airlines Admirals Club, Boston Logan (unreported)
3	Flight	American Airlines Domestic First, Boston Logan – New-York JFK, Embraer 175 (unreported)
4	Lounge	American Airlines & British Airways Chelsea Lounge, New-York JFK T8 (unreported)
5	Flight	British Airways First Suite, New-York JFK – London Heathrow, Boeing 777-300ER
6	Lounge	British Airways Concorde Room, London Heathrow T5
7	Flight	British Airways Club Europe, London Heathrow – Paris Charles-de-Gaulle, Airbus A320
8	Hotel	Intercontinental Paris Le Grand
9	Lounge	Grand Voyageur Lounge, Paris Est
10	Train	TGV InOui First Class, Paris Est – Nancy
11	Restaurant	L’impromptu, Nancy
12	Train	TGV InOui Second Class, Nancy – Paris Est
13	Train	SNCF TER Nomad First Class, Paris Saint-Lazare – Caen
14	Hotel	Ivan Vautier, Caen
15	Flight	Air France Economy (operated by HOP), Caen Carpiquet – Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Embraer E170
16	Lounge	Confluence lounge, Lyon Saint-Exupéry
17	Flight	Air France Business, Lyon Saint-Exupéry – Paris Charles-de-Gaulle, Airbus A321
18	Hotel	Holiday Inn Express, Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Roissypôle
19	Lounge	Extime Lounge, Paris Charles-de-Gaulle 2BD
20	Flight	British Airways Club Europe, Paris Charles-de-Gaulle – London Heathrow, Airbus A320
21	Lounge	British Airways Concorde Room, London Heathrow
22	Flight	British Airways Club World Suite, London Heathrow – New-York JFK, Boeing 777-300ER
23	Lounge	American Airlines & British Airways Chelsea Lounge, New-York JFK T8 (unreported)
24	Flight	American Airlines Domestic First, New-York JFK – Boston Logan, Embraer 175 (not reported)