Review: Qantas Lounge Tokyo Narita Airport

Not sure why anyone whorls choose the Qantas lounge when compared to the JAL options. The new F lounge looks amazing.
Horses for courses but I know where I’d be.

I’m surprised QF hasn’t moved to close the NRT lounge. With just two daily services to BNE and MEL from there it’d probably be more prudent to direct pax to the JL lounges. Probably making money from other airlines hence keeping it around.

It’s an absolute zoo before the MEL and BNE departures in the evening, lots of qantas club members to swell the numbers.

It looks like they acquired a Priority Pass lounge...or asked KAL to design it for them. 🙂

Compared to TMW, that's a pretty awesome QF lounge.

Hi Lucky, which OW business lounge in NRT do you recommend? Thanks!

Should have reviewed the iASS lounge which is before security in terminal 2. Best feature is the cheapo sushi place next to the lounge.

There are also the two daily Jetstar flights to Cairns and Gold Coast, which depart within about an hour after the two QF flights. They will also carry a number of QF statusholders who would use this lounge. But otherwise no surprise that this outstation lounge is being treated as the poor cousin given the little QF traffic at NRT.

>My guess is that the selection improves prior to the Qantas flight, and they just don’t bother putting decent stuff out at other hours.

Or airlines using in the morning hours are not willing to spend extra to bring more stuff? Can't airlines negotiate to bring in additional catering if they desire? It's AY and MH in the morning so that's not that surprise.

BA also directs its passengers there. It’s probably the worst QF lounge I’ve ever been to! You’re right about the pictures looking better than reality.

I have heard of JAL refusing some Emeralds from accessing the First lounges. Lucky, have you heard of this?

They were only refusing emeralds access during the lounge refurb. A bit disappointing last time I went through. I wish I id known in advance as I would have stayed landslide. The domestic terminal has some good food options and I probably even had enough time to got to Narita town. Should be OK now.

By far the worst Qantas lounge on the network award would have to go to the HNL lounge... not only is it stuck in the mid 1970’s, it’s extremely small when you consider Qantas often fly B744’s to/from HNL.

Granted HNL in general isn’t renowned for its food options, wouldn’t say the Qantas lounge offers anything decent; unless you like stale cereal.

Ohh and little trivia fact for those playing at home... the Qantas HNL Lounge would have to be the only (if not one of very few) lounges in the world which requires you to press a doorbell to enter! Haha

In comparison, the Narita lounge looks like an oasis!

This Qantas lounge is bad regardless of the time of day as is the selection of food and beverages. I always pop in there to grab the Australian newspapers but I most definitely am grateful to be able to return to the Sakura lounge even when it is crowded.

Qantas has announced that they will be upgrading the Narita lounge.

Reno coming soon, and at any rate, the abundance of natural light is nothing to sneeze at... (QF's International Lounge in Melbourne just makes me sad, even sadder given how nice the new Domestic there is).

I actually just had my first qantas flight today on a domestic flight in Australia. It was decent for an economy flight. Lot better than my past few delta flights.

@Newman Agree regarding Qantas HNL lounge. An embarrassment and about 5 km from the gate to boot. No doorbell when I went in February, not even a person checking passes! Just walked straight in - and then quickly out.

It's a race to the bottom at Narita for lounges. Hopefully the new JAL lounge will help raise standards....they can't go much lower.

This is a lounge screaming HELP!! Obviously designed (especially the seating arrangement) by someone with severe OCD issues.
Definitely a second-rate effort not up to the usual QF standards. Pity.

@Stephen. An update slated you say? On QF's 2024 programme maybe. They are renown for making tenuous future (subject to change) announcements.

Why anyone with OneWorld business class tickets would visit the QF, CX, or AA lounges at NRT when they have access to the JL lounges is beyond me...

This reminds me of the CX lounges with the old design like the ones in Melbourne Frankfurt n Narita

Was just here, I’m very grateful because the lounge has as a shower, versus Cathay (which I was flying) and the JAL lounge Japan close to my gate both did not have a shower. Food selection limited at 1000 but my main priority was the shower. Also there are windows and it was very empty.