Review: EVA Air Lounge Taipei Airport

We spent a majority of our time at Taoyuan Airport checking out all the Hello Kitty goodness, though we also spent a bit of time visiting EVA Air’s lounges. EVA Air has four lounges at Taoyuan Airport — The Garden, The Infinity, The Star, and The Club.

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If my understanding is correct, The Garden is for EVA Air Diamond members, The Star is for Star Alliance Gold members, The Infinity is for business class passengers, and The Club is for EVA Air Silver members. I’ve reviewed The Infinity and The Star several years ago, so I figured it’s time for an updated review. If you aren’t an elite member or flying in business class, there are still a couple options available in Taipei for those with a credit card with lounge access.

All of these lounges are located one level above the main concourse in Terminal 2, just past security and immigration. The escalators are just beyond the immigration checkpoint.

Escalator to EVA Air Lounges Taipei Airport

At the top of the escalator is The Club to the left, and then past that is The Garden.

EVA Air The Club Taipei Airport

EVA Air The Garden Taipei Airport

The Infinity and The Star share an entrance, which has a pretty cool robot butler. I’m not sure what exactly the robot is supposed to do, but it’s pretty cool nonetheless.

EVA Air Lounge entrance Taipei Airport

EVA Air Lounge robot butler Taipei Airport

I first visited The Infinity, which is the business class lounge, located to the right of reception.

Entrance to The Infinity Lounge Taipei Taoyuan Airport

I’m really conflicted about what to make of the lounge’s decor. On one hand, I appreciate that they’re going with a theme. On the other hand, that theme seems to be somewhere between the 1970s, a gentlemen’s club, and Tron.

There’s a long entryway with rows of seating to the left.

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge entryway Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge seating Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge seating Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge seating Taipei Taoyuan Airport

The lounge gets progressively more interesting the further back you go. There are chairs with dining tables, and then all kinds of flashing lights.

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge seating Taipei Taoyuan Airport

There’s a big display of sorts in the back of the lounge, which changes colors every couple of seconds.

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge seating Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge seating Taipei Taoyuan Airport

For reasons I can’t explain, the decor has sort of grown on me since my last visit a few years ago. It’s not that I actually like the decor, per se, but rather that it’s a nice departure from the typically boring outdated lounges I otherwise visit (this lounge, on the other hand, is outdated but not boring). 😉

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge seating Taipei Taoyuan Airport

Back near the entrance was a business center with a few PCs.

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge business center Taipei Taoyuan Airport

That’s also where the restrooms and shower rooms were located. Each of the lounge’s shower rooms is named, ranging from “Metro Forest” to “Smile Zone” to, ahem, “Fantasy Flow.” Alrighty then…

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge showers Taipei Taoyuan Airport

In the back right corner of the lounge was the buffet spread, where breakfast was being served.

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

I’ll let the pictures of the food mostly speak for themselves (I passed on the “fried fiber”).

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

However, I feel obligated to point out that they had a freezer with Movenpick ice cream. I had a scoop, and damn, was it good.

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge ice cream Taipei Taoyuan Airport

There was also a selection of self serve liquor, wine, and beer.

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge drink selection Taipei Taoyuan Airport

Then there was some TWG Tea, as well as several types of coffee machines.

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge tea selection Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Infinity Lounge coffee selection Taipei Taoyuan Airport

After briefly checking out The Infinity Lounge, I headed to The Star, which is the Star Alliance Gold lounge on the opposite side of reception. My assumption was that this is the “premium” lounge, given that typically Star Alliance Gold lounges are better than business class lounges.

Entrance to The Star Lounge Taipei Taoyuan Airport

The Star had a long hallway leading into the lounge, with newspapers, magazines, and a business center along the way.

EVA Air The Star Lounge entryway Taipei Taoyuan Airport

Compared to The Infinity, the decor in this lounge was downright boring (perhaps with the exception of the faux-sky ceiling, which you’d expect to see in a cheesy Italian restaurant).

EVA Air The Star Lounge entryway Taipei Taoyuan Airport

I will say that this lounge was much less crowded. There were rows of leather seats along the interior of the lounge.

EVA Air The Star Lounge seating Taipei Taoyuan Airport

Then further into the lounge there were different types of leather seats.

EVA Air The Star Lounge seating Taipei Taoyuan Airport

Then there was a big area with dining tables set up in rows.

EVA Air The Star Lounge seating Taipei Taoyuan Airport

There was also a TV area.

EVA Air The Star Lounge seating Taipei Taoyuan Airport

The buffet was back towards the entrance of the lounge, and looked remarkably similar to the selection in the other lounge.

EVA Air The Star Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Star Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Star Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Star Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Star Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Star Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Star Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Star Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Star Lounge buffet Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Star Lounge coffee Taipei Taoyuan Airport

EVA Air The Star Lounge drink selection Taipei Taoyuan Airport

This lounge also had ice cream, though rather than having Movenpick ice cream, they had Haagen-Dazs. Interesting. I prefer Movenpick, though is Haagen-Dazs considered higher end, or…?

EVA Air The Star Lounge ice cream Taipei Taoyuan Airport

After checking out both lounges it was time to head to the departure gate for the flight to Singapore. I covered the rest of the ground experience in the previous installment.

EVA Air Lounges bottom line

Ultimately the highlight of Taoyuan Airport are the themed gates, in particular the Hello Kitty one, of course. 😉 EVA Air’s lounges at the airport are decent, though nothing special. There’s something quirky about this airport, and that theme extends to The Infinity Lounge.

I wouldn’t plan a long layover or arrive at the airport early in order to visit EVA Air’s lounges, though they’re not at all an unpleasant place to pass time.

Personally I think I prefer The Infinity Lounge to The Star Lounge, as the decor is a bit more fun. However, it also seems to be more crowded, on average.