The Marhaba lounge in Singapore offers a fairly decent service for a contract lounge, but it’s a bit out of step with the overall standard of excellence at the airport.
After a short night in Singapore, it’s time to fly to my final destination, Bali. I’m traveling with Garuda Indonesia, which doesn’t have its own lounge and sends its customers to a contract lounge, the Marhaba Lounge.
You will find a summary of the articles on these holidays in Singapore and Bali at the bottom of the page.
Lounge location
It is upstairs shortly after passport control (in Singapore, you go through security at the gate… keep this in mind when calculating how long you need to leave the lounge) in one of the huge duty-free areas, which are actually like shopping malls.
Given the size of the airport and depending on your boarding gate, it is likely that you will have to walk quite a long way to reach it.
Eligibility
It is accessible to elite and business passengers of airlines that send their passengers there, of which I do not have a list.
It is also accessible to holders of various cards, including Priority Pass, and offers paid access.
Design and layout
The lounge consists of a single long room.
Not really ugly, but not pretty either, and absolutely no charm. Comfort is also fairly average when the lounge is full, given how cramped it is due to the layout of the tables and chairs.
Catering
The buffet is located in the middle of the lounge.
As in Asian salons, there is an abundant selection of hot and savory dishes, which I prefer to what is typically served in European lounges.
Butter chicken (excellent), chicken sausages, hard-boiled eggs, local dishes, and of course rice.
Bread, pastries, and fruit are also available.
As for drinks, there are the usual hot beverages.
Soft drinks and beer.
Wine.
Not an exceptional offering, but at least it filled you up, and the butter chicken was really good.
Facilities
The lounge has toilet and shower facilities.
Atmosphere
Calm when I arrived, but less pleasant later on when the lounge filled up due to the high density of seats, which were very close together.
Bottom line
Ultimately, a very average lounge, which is all the more noticeable given that the other trade shows on the platform are generally of excellent quality.
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