Review: Cathay Pacific The Wing First Class Lounge Hong Kong Airport (HKG)

It all goes pre covid for me, but as serene as the Pier is in a Park Hyatt way (was it not designed by Tony Chi?) the Wing gets the win for the decadent swank. When I have been there, I expect the Great Gatsby to emerge around a corner.

When I visited in 2018 The Wing Cabana Suites provided clothes pressing, through a hanging cupboard with a rear door. I drew my foam bath, hung my shirt and pants in the cupboard, pressed the button therein, and staff pressed my clothes while I bathed. When I opened the cupboard after bathing, my freshly pressed clothes were waiting for me. I keep reading about The Pier's superiority but...

The Wing Business and First Class Lounges were both renovated around 2011 to 2013. They were mirrored to the short lived "The Cabin" designed by Foster + Partners, debuted in 2010. I believe "The Bridge" opened in 2013 was the same.

The Pier was renovated later (2015 or 2016?) and designed by Studioilse, and we see other locations (TPE/LHR/SIN etc) adopting the similar concepts.

Granted, The Pier makes you feel more like "home" while the Wing is quite institutional feeling. Also how interesting when CX first introduced the Wing, the semi-open space was the biggest selling point for them 🙂

I am a little confused about your dining option reviews as you mention 'the haven' twice and not 'the atrium' at all. I think the first part of the dining review is meant to be the atrium instead of the Haven that is written?

I agree, I much prefer The Pier. I guess the benefit of The Haven is its location literally as soon as you pass passport control.

What I do like though is how CX has given two First Class lounges in the same airport a totally different vibe instead of two of the same.

@ Duck Ling -- Was a typo on my part, my mistake. Fixed now. Thanks for bringing that to my attention.

Fond memories of me and my business partner doing some serious damage to that self-serve champagne station during long layovers, back when we were younger and had more stamina. And I always loved the planespotting from up there. But the first time I set foot in The Pier, I never looked back…

I love both 1st class lounges, but there is not enough plugs in the wing and the inability to charge my devices at every seat is an nnoynce

The food at Pier and Wing First class (even with the new caterers from Rosewood) serve the same quality of food as the Dnata paid lounge in Singapore. Qantas' lounge at HKIA is hands down the best in terms of food - before COVID they offered char siu rice and soy chicken and many healthy Australianish options. Cathay needs to up its F&B options. It was lacklustre before COVID and remains unchanged.

If you ask a receptionist they will lend you a universal power adapter, since the lounge only has local outlets.