Qantas Los Angeles First Lounge

Hours

6:30am to 11:30pm daily

Airlines Serviced

Qantas
One World Airlines

Access Rules

First class on an Oneworld Airline.
Emerald status in Oneworld.
One guest of the above.

The Lounge

On my first visit here was through Los Angeles from Cleveland on my way to Malaysia, and I had 7 hours of layover to kill. After going to the Flagship Lounge, I headed to the International Terminal to enter the First class lounge.

At first I could not get in, because my check-ins for Cathay were a little messed up, so I had to leave security and let's just say after using the kiosk (as nobody was at the Cathay desk yet) and many calls to American Airlines, I was able to print my boarding pass and my lounge invitations. Back through security and to the lounge I went. Travel isn't always seamless; the important thing is to roll with it and figure out how to overcome the minor obstacles you may face.

I've now been able to visit a few times and it's been a great experience each time.

There is ample seating for just doing nothing. More than most any lounge I have seen, especially a premium lounge. It's pretty comfortable for a long stay also.

From here you can see down into immigration, and regular level of entrance, and the lounge level, it's actually a great spot to waste time

Bar

The bar was really stylish and nice looking and now has a great selection of high end alcohol behind it.

Same pretty bar as years ago just better drinks now

Dining Area

The dining area has is a full-service style restaurant. The menu was really deep, and you are completely handled from seating to finish.

I had the sea bass my first time here, as I wanted something different than just steaks all the time. It was supremely tasty. The dessert was pretty awesome too. Well as I have landed here more, the options have changed regularly.

This is what is called a minute steak, I guess because it takes a minute to cook? It was much tastier than I expected

This was the vanilla bean creme caramel. Little more spongey of a dessert than I am used to but it was just the right texture and flavor

Showers

Now as I tend to have a long day either to LAX or coming back from someplace through LAX, the shower facilities are a want, if not a need, and they do not lack here, the amenities and space is really good. Water is also hot.

Waiting

So I have been there for an extremely long time before, and for a few hours I just looked out the window at the people passing, in a very comfortable lounge chair. Also very high quality wine was self-serve in several areas about the lounge.

All the wine, I could not drink that much or really much at all. I'm getting out of practice

On of a couple of self-serve coffee stations. You can get fancier ones at the bar

Summary

This is an incredible lounge with an amazing amount of space. The level of service is astounding. The food, the wine, 5 star restaurant quality. The drinks that were lacking in 2016 have been rectified, so there is not one item in this lounge that is below world class. This is the best lounge I have been in, in the United States, and better than several in Asia and Europe too. Very delighted with it.

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