Review: Turkish Airlines Lounge New York Kennedy Airport (JFK)

What an embarrassment to the people of Turkey that this is the flagship lounge of their flagship airline in the flagship airport of the richest country in the world.

Those are not cheese omelets. They are pucks of rubber and plastic.

Spent an hour and half here recently waiting out a delayed AF flight to Paris (the AF lounge was so crowded so my partner and I opted to try a different lounge and this one was adjacent to our departure gate). The space is open and airy, and the apron views are great. The food was bad and there wasn't much on offer, and no liquor was available that day, not sure why. It's all fairly basic, but clean and unlike the rest of the lounge portfolio at T1, this one felt a bit more spacious but nothing truly exceptional. It is located in what was the old Alitalia lounge.

I remember seeing a 3D model airside of the planned works for T1 starting shortly with its phased demolition and airlines including TK being accommodated elsewhere and the airport authority apologising for any inconvenience. All these lounges you reviewed will be closed and demolished very soon unless of course the works have been delayed.

Visited this lounge earlier this month on our way to Istanbul. Ours was the earlier of the TK flights and around the same time Egypt Air and Asiana airlines were to depart. All were using TK lounge plus all priority pass members. It was crowded and saw lot of people walk out because they couldn’t find a place to sit.

The choices and quality of food was awful just as Ben observed. Very unlike Turkish.

Wow I guess I've been to two of their best, will skip this dog. IAD, and IST especially, were incredible.

There's obviously quite a bit of sarcasm in this review that people seem to be taking literally in the comments.

Probably wouldn't describe IAD TK lounge as incredible. Especially considering if you're flying biz, not using PP & have the time, you can use the Polaris lounge.
Otherwise I do find it interesting that the JFK TK lounge is 4600 SF & accomodates 140 pax while the (bens recently reviewed) T1 prime class lounge is 4300 SF & only accomodates 95 pax.

Yeah the TK lounge at IAD is nice, but not incredible. I'd rank both UA's Polaris lounge and the AF lounge ahead of it.

I don't know why people find the TK lounge at IAD to be nice. Maybe it would be if wasn't always packed to the gills. I don't find the food or the furnishings to be significantly better than what Ben just reviewed at JFK. I'd rather sit in the terminal than the TK lounge at IAD.

I am surprised no one corrected Lucky with the two daily flights : there are three or four daily flights , depending on the day and season, 27 weekly flights .

The Star Alliance Lounge Finder, TurkishAirlines.com, and several other reviewers all indicate that the Turkish Lounge at JFK does serve alcohol. Everybody seems to agree that the decor is weak, but most reviewers are positive on the food offerings. Since the entire terminal will be demolished in less than 2 years, it is understandable that Turkish would not spend much on renovating the Alitalia lounge.