ANA lounge in Porto: really mediocre

The ANA lounge in Porto doesn’t stand out for its comfort, and even less for its food and beverage offer. It has the merit of being a place to wait for your flight, but nothing more.

Unfortunately, it was time to head back to Paris, and as I’d arrived at the airport relatively early, I was going to kill time in the airport lounge. If I’d known what was waiting for me, I’d have hung around the hotel more.

At the bottom of the page you’ll find a summary of articles about this trip to Porto.

Lounge location

It’s located on the mezzanine, on the 3rd floor, almost at the end of the terminal opposite gate 32. Not a central location at all, but given the size of the terminal it’s not a real problem.

You’ll have to take the elevator or the escalators and, depending on where you’re coming from, walk for a while down a sad corridor before you find an entrance so badly signposted that you can walk right past it without suspecting anything.

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Eligibility

The lounge is used by all the airlines that offer this type of service to members of their high-status frequent flyer programs or business class passengers. In fact, it’s the only lounge at the airport.

Layout and design

The lounge comprises a large “closed” room and a balcony overlooking the terminal.

The main part is really old-fashioned and charmless, and you soon find yourself crammed in.

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As for the balcony area, it’s perhaps the least worst in the lounge.

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A lounge without much charm, where electrical outlets are hard to find.

Catering

Breads and pastries are available in cellophane.

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Cereals.

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Unappetizing mini-sandwiches.

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Fried fritters, a bit like falafels.

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The only hot dish: soup.

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Salads.

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As for drinks, softs are available in a small fridge.

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The usual coffee machine.

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And the range of alcoholic beverages on offer is finally adequate in view of the above.

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All in all, a buffet that’s neither appetizing nor of high quality, and barely tasty at all.

The facilities

The lounge doesn’t even have a toilet: to get there you’ll have to go out and cross the corridor.

Atmosphere

Quite quiet but not pleasant when I first arrived, it gradually filled up and became a little noisy, making me prefer a stroll around the terminal.

Bottom line

Not pretty, very mediocre catering and not even toilets… a lounge you can easily skip.

The articles about this trip to Porto

#TypePost
1DiaryPreparing a trip to Porto
2HotelMoxy CDG
3LoungeAir France Roissy 2F lounge
4FlightParis-Amsterdam – Air France – Business Class – A220
5FlightAmsterdam-Porto – KLM – Business Class – Embraer 195
6HotelRenaissance Porto Lapa
7RestaurantGruta
8RestaurantCantinho do Avillez
9RestaurantCafeina
11RestaurantIn Diferente
12DiaryVisiting Porto
13LoungeANA Lounge Porto
14FlightPorto-Paris – Air France – Business Class – A319
15DiaryDebriefing my trip to Porto
Bertrand Duperrin
Bertrand Duperrinhttp://www.duperrin.com
Compulsive traveler, present in the French #avgeek community since the late 2000s and passionate about (long) travel since his youth, Bertrand Duperrin co-founded Travel Guys with Olivier Delestre in March 2015.
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