EXCLUSIVE FIRST LOOK: The great new Eurostar lounge in Paris

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• Chris says:

  4 Feb4 February 06:53

  I have been in the lounge this morning – very very impressive. I liked to old lounge, but this is a real step up in gear.

  Nice coffee, simple but effective breakfast selection. Good range of Newspapers and Magazines on display.

  Lounge was quiet (as to be expected at 630am on a Saturday morning).

  Currently on the 713am train to London and looking forward to getting home!

• Leo says:

  4 Feb4 February 07:22

  Interesting indeed. But would be even more interested in the BA Gatwick lounge opening.

  • John says:

    4 Feb4 February 15:03

    It’s open

    • Leo says:

      4 Feb4 February 16:26

      When did that happen?

• @mkcol says:

  4 Feb4 February 08:47

  Looks stunning!
  Hopefully they’ll move those large jugs of juice from the top shelf, that’s an accident waiting to happen.

• Domi says:

  4 Feb4 February 08:47

  With the new lounge location; is there no more direct access to the trains?

  • Chris says:

    4 Feb4 February 10:00

    no

• the real harry1 says:

  4 Feb4 February 16:40

  the idea of a signature gin is frankly ridiculous – sack the marketing bod behind that particular initiative! half-assed idea

  what a waste of energy & focus

  people just want the regular premium gins

  • Rob says:

    4 Feb4 February 18:26

    BA just got one for The Concorde Room ….

  • Leo says:

    4 Feb4 February 18:32

    Signature “artisan” gins are all the rage.

    • Rob says:

      4 Feb4 February 18:34

      I think avocado and mango is still seen as exotic in Harry’s neck of the woods 🙂

      • the real harry1 says:

        4 Feb4 February 18:39

        got an avocado bathroom suite last year, yeah baby

        • Rob says:

          4 Feb4 February 19:34

          My parents had one of those!

        • the real harry1 says:

          4 Feb4 February 19:50

          seriously, artisan gins are going to do precisely zero positive impact for your lounge – so why bother?

          you think that I might slightly prefer it (to the bench) if you have an artisan gin?

          or get in there by chance & think I stumbled on something excellent?

          adds nothing – Leo says they are all the rage but I think he’s talking about gastropubs & restaurants ie retail – nobody sane (in a lounge) is going to pay much of a premium for or ascribe value to artisan gins, they’re simply not better than a decent gin such as Plymouth gin or basic Beefeater/ Gordon’s.

          More to the point: a Eurostar gin is clearly a vanity project and vanity projects always mean rubbish work and sack/ retarget the instigator if you’re his boss.

        • Rob says:

          4 Feb4 February 21:51

          I reckon you would be MORE interested in a lounge. It is an environment where you can try drinks without having to commit to buying a bottle.

          You are a bit off on the gin market though. Doubt there is a single bottle of Beefeater in any house inside Zone 1!

          If you don’t think premium drinks make an impact on a lounge, look back at the critical comments on the Dubai Concorde Room when I showed a photo of the drinks cabinet.

  • Gin and Tonic Please says:

    5 Feb5 February 10:42

    Completely disagree. I’ve tried that gin (it’s been there a while now) and really liked it. And as you can tell by my handle, I’m quite a gin fan… it’s made by he guys at Silent Pool, and you can buy it here, if you’re interested:

    https://www.thewhiskyexchange.com/p/31824/toujours-21-gin

• Lady London says:

  4 Feb4 February 18:02

  Long overdue. Waiting for Eurostar in Paris has been horrible.

  I will be particularly interested in what other ways than Amex there are to access this. I’ve gone Priority Pass with an excellent deal which has once again lessened what I look to British Airways for and I’m not planning to sign up to Amex in the near future. But I would be very interested in accessing this lounge.

  I wonder will the rules for accessing the lounge in Brussels, Paris and London be the same? or whether some memberships will work in one lounge but not in the others.

• TGLoyalty says:

  4 Feb4 February 23:06

  Looks good unfortunately or fortunately depending on which way I look at it I’ll probably never use it.

  Just me that thinks the refrigerator set up looks a bit naff and juices in jugs that high up is asking for trouble!

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