Review: the Cathay Pacific (and BA) lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

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• Worzel says:

  1 May1 May 06:22

  Rob, what was going through your mind when you squeezed the spuds on to your plate?

  Looks good otherwise-cutlery issue aside! 🙂 .

  • Brian says:

    1 May1 May 07:05

    Probably the same thing that was going through his mind when he decided to fly! 🙂

• Nick says:

  1 May1 May 08:05

  I have used the Cathay Pacific lounge in Paris a lot recently as Eurostar repeated delays and the chaotic pre-boarding area at St Pancras have led me to decide that flying between Paris and London is a more straightforward and reliable experience. St Pancras is a really hopeless station – the effort and design has gone into creating an impressive shopping complex at the expense of the security and pre-boarding area which is too cramped and woefully inadequate. My preference is the last flight out of CDG in the evening and I arrive 90 to 120 min early and have a really excellent supper in the Cathay loung with a couple of drinks prior to boarding. This long is so much better and has a more high class and exclusive feel and better catering than the Galleries at T5. There is a row of rather funky and cleverly designed pods to sit in which overlook one of the runways – you can see the back of the pods in the top photo – they are very cool and comfortable too and great for a single traveller.

• Daz says:

  1 May1 May 08:43

  This the only place my Cathy Pacific gold card was used for
  I liked the noodle bar, and the quietness after a hectic weekend in Paris.
  It was a better experience for me than the Galleries on the way out.

• C Y S Yuen says:

  1 May1 May 09:48

  This lounge is fantastic — it’s small but rhere were only two people in total who were there and the food selection is really good.

  If i got it right it has showers as well!

• WehoEuro says:

  1 May1 May 09:49

  I just visited the Cathay Pacific/BA lounge at CDG two days ago. I have visited the adjacent AA lounge a couple of times during breakfast time and it was very good. I deceded to check out the CX lounge because we had a noon flight. We arrived at 9:30. The breakfast was still well-stocked and the quality was very good.
  But at 10:00 the noodle bar opened and the food transitioned to lunch. What a difference a few minutes makes! We tried the Wonton noodles which was delicious and refreshing. The Piper-Heidsieck was perfect with the Wonton. A few minutes later, they brought out an amazing array of hot dishes, salads and dessert. Truly impressive. I wanted to try the hot dishes but I had already had breakfast and noodles! Next time, I will pass on breakfast and wait for lunch!
  The staff was meticulous about cleaning and removing dishes and glasses.
  Next time, we will return to the CX lounge without hesitation. This is a great lounge.
  An aside: Finding the BA check-in is definitely confusing. I rememberd it was downstairs which helped. The lack of sinage is ridiculous. You are almost in the next terminal before stumbling across BA.

• Majunga says:

  1 May1 May 10:20

  Great lounge indeed. The pods are fantastic, a great place to see the Emirates a380 land and dock immediately on the left of the lounge.

  I have always managed to find last minute availability on RFS, which makes it all in all a superior alternative to Eurostar.

  Uber also has a flat fee service to Paris (€45 from CDG, slightly cheaper from ORY).

• Chris says:

  1 May1 May 10:56

  Great review and comments. I have not visited the CX lounge in Paris but I was in the CX Lounge in BKK recently (the new one) which was very similar from the comments made. Great food, great seating, not overcrowded, excellent staff. One thing I don’t understand – it makes sense for BA to use the CX lounge at BKK as BA only have one flight a day and Cathay have several – but in Paris BA must have several flights a day and Rob says Cathay only have one – how does that work????? Anyone got any insight?

  • Rob says:

    1 May1 May 12:05

    Cathay needs to attract high spending long haul pax so sees it is a good investment. A few £ from BA helps to pay the bills.

  • Bob says:

    1 May1 May 13:43

    I think they have at least two flights per day…

    unless the paris attacks in november has decreased the number of passengers.

• Clive says:

  1 May1 May 11:09

  Had to do a run to keep my FB miles alive last year so did an AF out with BA back on an RFS. Tried the CX lounge and thoroughly enjoyed sitting in a pod watching the traffic movements whilst slurping on Dan Dan noodles and Piper.

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