Gatwick airport lounges advice please!

[Motherofboys]

Hi, we are flying from Gatwick (North terminal) and there are 3 airport lounges to choose from!
Can anyone recommend any particular one and why?
We are 2 adults, 2 children - 11 & 7.
Thanks

[Alices Aunt]

We always go for the no1 lounge. Which meets our needs. But having just had a look we may try the club aspire to get a comparison.

Mylounge is ok as well but a little more casual so that may suit as well.

[teachx]

Originally Posted by Motherofboys

Hi, we are flying from Gatwick (North terminal) and there are 3 airport lounges to choose from!
Can anyone recommend any particular one and why?
We are 2 adults, 2 children - 11 & 7.
Thanks

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No 1 Lounges have 3 at Gatwick: My Lounge, No 1 Lounge and Clubroom. Just to say if anyone has a Fairfx card you can get 25% off the price if you look on the offers tab on the Fairfx website on sign in. Currently the offer also includes complimentary Premium Security Access.

[Rding]

We used NO1 lounge when we flew from LGW admittedly there were only the two of us both adults but were impressed enough that we are going to use the South terminal one when we layover this August with the kids.
It was a 1st for us and I just thought it was so much a calmer start to the holiday with a decent breakfast and a few drinks without all the hustle and bustle. The range of foods were excellent from porridge to bacon and sausage. We were lucky that we also got to sample the lunch menu just before we left. Only gripe for me was I like a pint pot for my beer not a small glass but I just ordered double.
There was a thread for getting it at a reduced/free cost not so long ago. I think its discounted via the LGW app, also via dragon pass/telegraph paper and we have taken advantage of the Amex gold card to get 4 free passes so will just have to pay for one of the kids.

[itsmeGAV]

Originally Posted by Rding

We used NO1 lounge when we flew from LGW admittedly there were only the two of us both adults but were impressed enough that we are going to use the South terminal one when we layover this August with the kids.
It was a 1st for us and I just thought it was so much a calmer start to the holiday with a decent breakfast and a few drinks without all the hustle and bustle. The range of foods were excellent from porridge to bacon and sausage. We were lucky that we also got to sample the lunch menu just before we left. Only gripe for me was I like a pint pot for my beer not a small glass but I just ordered double.
There was a thread for getting it at a reduced/free cost not so long ago. I think its discounted via the LGW app, also via dragon pass/telegraph paper and we have taken advantage of the Amex gold card to get 4 free passes so will just have to pay for one of the kids.

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We used the No1 lounge in South this year (haven't used North) however in South you are given either a Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner menu upon arrival and you have to go to the bar and order your food. (I'm not sure if this is the same for North?)

There however is a food station in the middle of the lounge where you can get fruit and other snacks such as peanuts, soup, crisps etc but there isn't a walk up hot food bar if that makes sense?

There is a soft drinks machine and 2 coffee machines which the soft drinks machine had some more fruit and some brownies & cupcakes to pick from.

Overall it was a nice experience, a good excuse to not be in the hustle of the terminal etc, but won't be rushing back before any future flights.

[Rding]

[QUOTE=itsmeGAV;13801552]We used the No1 lounge in South this year (haven't used North) however in South you are given either a Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner menu upon arrival and you have to go to the bar and order your food. (I'm not sure if this is the same for North?)

That's good to know regarding the food. What was it like portion wise? Normally with the kids we do a F&B breakfast or something similar and two of mine eat like horses so im thinking it might not be a good idea if they have to repeatedly have to order food (if that's allowed)

[itsmeGAV]

[QUOTE=Rding;13801575]

Originally Posted by itsmeGAV

We used the No1 lounge in South this year (haven't used North) however in South you are given either a Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner menu upon arrival and you have to go to the bar and order your food. (I'm not sure if this is the same for North?)

That's good to know regarding the food. What was it like portion wise? Normally with the kids we do a F&B breakfast or something similar and two of mine eat like horses so im thinking it might not be a good idea if they have to repeatedly have to order food (if that's allowed)

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It's nothing to shout home about in regards to portion sizes, we had a chili and rice meal each which was quite small. Looking around at what others were eating were also quite small portions.

In regards to repeatedly ordering food, I don't think you can as they took our menus once we ordered so it would seem that it's only 1 meal pp per visit.