Egyptair

Used the new Star Alliance/Egyptair business lounge at Cairo airport terminal 3. Very disappointing. All the newspapers were in Arabic and no magazines. Warm soft drinks stacked on a table and loud children everywhere. There are two rooms one with a nice view of the runways that was jam packed and another which is rather grim that was also pretty full. The floors are tile and echo sounds horribly. Some sandwiches and finger foods and a kettle with hot water. No television or flight monitors in room number two. The staff were indifferent and uninterested in the passengers. Frankly waiting in the main terminal in the food court area offered more options for food/beverages and was just as comfortable as the lounge. Disappointing and not much of an improvement over the old dismal terminal 2 business lounge.

The choice of food for our three hour time here was between mini pizzas and croissants which you could then warm up in a none too clean microwave. Choice of drinks was also very limited - we nabbed the last three cans of diet coke in the lounge. Coffee was instant and made with lukewarm water from a flask by a member of staff. Egyptair is a dry airline and so is its lounge. This lounge in terminal one is situated on a balcony but otherwise open to the rest of the airport so noise and so forth a problem. Seating was reasonably comfortable but old and worn. Staff were chatting to themselves except for the toilet attendants who were intent on making you pay for the privilege of using the loos.