As part of my four flights across the Atlantic journey, I had an extended layover at Rome Airport. While I spent most of my time at the ITA Airways Lounge, I also decided to check out the Prima Vista Lounge, which is the Priority Pass lounge in the terminal.
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To me the best lounge at FCO is the Star Alliance in T3 Schengen area. While also small, I never saw it as over-crowded as I have seen the international Prima Vista referenced in the article.
It has open kitchen, dishes cooked on demand and in front of you, good bar with variety of drinks. The Prima Vista next door uses the same kitchen but the food (more limited selection) in cooked in batches and re-heated.
During the height of the pandemic up until last March, because both the Star Alliance and the Prima Vista lounge immediately next door (and across from the new ITA lounge) are managed by the same cater, and the Prima Vista was closed, the Star Alliance lounge was accepting Priority Pass.
Good times.
Agree, not an amazing lounge at all. It also gets super crowded in the mid to late mornings as many of the US airlines use this lounge for their premium cabin customers and in summer, it can get really crowded. Was there in July waiting for a Newark-bound UA departure. It was hot (A/C didn't work well) and overcrowded. Waited in the gate area, which was cooler and more tranquil.
You’re joking? Or you have little experience with US PP lounges?
This place is a grim cave.
First time leaving Rome, I let Mrs. Doubt convince me to leave the Plaza Premium lounge for this one because it was right at our gate.
Never again.
It’s a grim cave.
Thanks for the helpful and (from our experience) accurate review. My husband and I are there fairly regularly on our returns from our place in Italy. Two additional things: 1) the staff has always been warm and helpful to us, especially the experienced desk team; and 2) for breakfast, food has been made to order and decent. FWIW, it's all relative... there's really not much upstairs in the NS area, other than a (swamped-in-the-morning) caffe, so we have found the PV lounge a nice respite while waiting for our FCO-EWR flights, even when crowded.
That's fair, NiD. I was focused on the food offerings at Prima Vista, which look pretty tasty
OMG! The seating there screams "20 minutes max. stay".
Wins the booby prize for Worst Lounge Furniture Ever, hands down!
Prima Vista lounge in Terminal 1 in Rome earned the honor of the WORST lounge of the 50+ I have been to. No A/C, extremely warm, horrible food, even kiwi fruit war not edible. Never again!
The Prima Vista lounge moved (as of my visit in August 2023) and is now *before* the train when you walk towards the signs for gate 31 in terminal 3. Hence it is much easier to access if you are departing from other gates in terminal 3, as it is a relatively short walk.
This part of the terminal is not very busy and such is the lounge. It was a nice quiet atmosphere. The design is obviously quite different from this review.
There is a basic buffet (including various pizzas) and bar with house wine and barista made coffee. Overall I enjoyed my stay.
This review that was updated in 2024 needs to be updated again. This review was not of the lounge that I visited in April 2024. The review posted on August 2023 is more accurate.
Awful and terrible food. Hard stale croissants and cold bland eggs just to start. Just terrible. Sorry I even stopped in. Not happy.
I had heard dozens of stories of people being denied entrance with the excuse that they are full when in reality they only let people with a first class ticket get in. So, I get there with my AMEX card and was denied entrance with the same excuse “we are full”. 1 minute later, a group of 5 people get in. When I questioned the lady that told me they were full she said that the group of people got in because they had a reservation. I asked what type of reservation that was because I was going to make one, then she changed her excuse: “Oh, actually they got in because they had business class”. Well, I had business class and I was never asked what type of class I was in, even though what type of class I had should NOT be a factor. When I told her I also had business class, she changed her excuse yet again “we have agreements with only certain airlines” I said “you never asked me what airline I was in, so what if my airline is one of them?”. She was out of excuses, she was visibly embarrassed and shaking but still told me they were full. This lounge profiles people and this is absolutely wrong and disgusting. I also want to add that I was able to see the bar chairs from the outside and all chairs were empty, I could also saw a table on the left side that was also empty. So it was a lie that they were full.