Good place to get away from the terminal crowds but, on the day we visited, it was just as crowded inside here. We wound up sharing a table with another traveler. The food section can get a close snug when it's crowded. Portions go quickly so many were hovering round, waiting for the refill. But, definitely worth visiting if you have the time before your flight. They also have a quite room if you can find a seat. No phones! ;) Hope you get to find a seat quickly and full trays of food. Enjoy!!! read more

Sala Montale - Snacks...it was packed on the day we were there so slim pickings on the food. - Airport Lounges Near Me - Ferno, Virginia

Last face it with the advent of credit card and cash access to lounges, longes are just more crowded (kinda) than the basic waiting areas This lounge is quiet in the morning but gets crazy busy later Good assortment of snacks and drinks but no formal meal service. Nice areas that are more private and chill read more

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Overall: C // 3 stars A priority pass-accessible lounge located in Terminal 1 of the Milan Airport, this lounge is VERY easy to access and the number of people there reflects this as every seat is almost taken with little room between tables. The food spread is very mid in quality and availability, but is a good way to get any bite before YOLOing your food intake on the airplane. As with Europe, the alcohol and drink options are expansive, which is a great way to destress before a long flight. Their bathrooms are quite nice, but unfortunately there are only a few of them so they easily become a bottleneck. Given that the airport has a lot of areas to explore including various exhibits, this is a lounge I would not go out of my way to use. Food: E Drinks: +1 Access: E Atmosphere: -1 Service: E Amenities: E Overall: 3 stars Insta/Beli/Yelp/TikTok: @amei_eats read more

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Decent airport lounge which is clean, well maintained by staff. It was not super packed as I stopped by before a morning flight. Breakfast buffet was mostly pastries with a limited fruit selection. They did have orange and pineapple juice, as well as coffee machines. There is a conference room available for reservation. read more

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Over-crowded lounge with rarely enough seating for the number of people that get access. The food area is ridiculously cramped, barely enough room to pass another person. Drinks fridges are low by your shins, so you have to stick your hands through someone's legs to get a drink. To add to the crowd are the kitchen staff constantly looking to see if the food trays are nearing empty. Which is nice that they're on top of things, but equally frustrating when there is so little room. For some reason the front desk has more space than the food service area. read more

If you need a place to stretch and work it's fine. Plenty of spaced out seats (when we were here) but the food is horrible- only vegetarian dishes, most room temperature. No liquor, only wine or beer. read more

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Early morning flight out of Milan and this was one of the nicer Priority Pass lounges. We were in between breakfast and lunch so the choices were slim. The croissants were fresh. Self service nice coffee machines, although the first one I tried wasn't working correctly, but there were 2 others so all was fine. Clean and comfortable. A nice place to charge your electronics and relax before e the long flight home. read more

There are a few lounges in this airport and this was the first (only) we tried and it definitely served its purpose. Easy and quick check-in. Plenty of seats and seat types, which I always appreciate. The food was okay, a couple of options but nothing terribly interesting (some finger sandwiches, some pastries). They have a nice mix of red, white, and sparkling wines. Soft drink and energy drink options are plentiful. The bathrooms are super clean/nice and the views from the seating area are pretty nice. Wifi worked great. Definitely a nice option to spend some time before a flight for this airport. read more

Good airport club. Nice surroundings. Great breakfast buffet. Clean bathrooms. Staff keeps place organized. read more

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VIP TRASH If you ever thought there is charm in airline lounges, spend 2 minutes here to convince yourself of how monumentally wrong you are. This is pure TRASH. I have a huge respect for queer TRASH. This is not queer, it is just massified bad quality. FOOD A tiny buffet, with all sort of variations of breadish soft industrially-baked doughs, with sort of industrial generic cheese and Jersey-produced tomato-flavor powder, attracts literally dozens of people who use their little disposable plates to dispute bites that they would probably be needed to be paid to eat anywhere else. The quality of the food is just not-bad enough so that the responsables would not be imprisoned. Just in the threshold between unbelievable bad and disgusting. Having Milan such a rich culinary context, this is just a shame. AMBIANCE It is so pack, that is close to feel like there has been a climatic emergency, and flights were canceled for an entire weekend. People are camping here, and at any time there are at least 40 people walking around trying to find an empty seat. It makes those with premium memberships and business tickets look miserable. Was this the goal? BATHROOMS The line in the bathrooms made me think of my years parting in underground bars. Not a memory that I was enthusiastic to entertain. RESPECT My respect for the staff. If one good thing can be said is that the staff keeps it reasonably clean and they keep a smile in their faces. Not easy to remain so professional surrounded by advanced capitalistic dystopia. My respect for the staff. Dear Decision Makers: Please pay them what they deserve and don't arbitrarily change their shifts. They deserve to be supported, considering the mess they need to deal with. THIS IS AN OBSERVATORY OF THE COLAPSE OF EUROPEAN CAPITALISM This place is an excellent location to observe the decade of our societies. People paying a fortune to travel business to then have the strange privilege of volunteering to the worst possible hospitality experience, and place themselves in the need to fight fight for space and a food that situates them on the threshold of being poisoned. This might be a training camp to become a shark, or the warning of what life after retirement looks like. Truly scaring. Don't miss this one. It will help you confirm why you don't need a Delta Platinum Membership. read more

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Surprised with this Priority Pass lounge that was for sure a hit on my travel books. After being in some of the Amex lounges I for sure figured I'd be disappointed in hitting up a "less luxurious" lounge and I was completely wrong. Fine, they don't have the massage or fitness room and the speakeasy but the food options are pretty incredible and always fresh stuff is being put out. Some people do for sure act up and expect to be served rather than to figure it out and realize everything here is self serve, yes, INCLUDING the bar! Which in my opinion, is kind of the best part. The have a nice mix of whites, reds and Prosecco to choose from with fridges of beers and soft drinks. The liquor area is pretty stocked with the basics, I was happy to make my own aperol spritz and finally not get a diluted version (since some or the lounges put more Prosecco and ice than aperol). To me that was a plus on it's own! We came in between breakfast and lunch so had a chance to have some mini chocolate croissants and delicious sweets while enjoying salads and warm items for lunch. Even though we were only here briefly since our flight was coming up it for sure has been one of my top favorite priority pass lounges! This one for sure hit the mark. The only annoying part was the arrogant travelers that were beyond pathetic besides that, pretty rad lounge to hang out for a bite and a couple of drinks. read more

This is a clean and comfortable place to wait for your flight to board. It is not fancy as far as food goes, only offering cold food for breakfast. The alcohol is self serve and there are plenty of choices of yogurt and fruit. As the morning progresses it is getting more crowded. The plugs are a little hard to find. read more

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Although it's nice to have space without the noise, just be prepared to be welcomed with the rude reception at this place. Perhaps it's the language barrier, but rude nevertheless. read more

Due to my flight being severely delayed I was able to finally check into on of the lounges at MXP. This lounge is conveniently located in the Gate B area and has a great view of the flight line. The lounge was extremely crowded but still comfortable. The two ladies working to keep the lounge restocked deserve a raise. As soon as the food was put out it was gone. I personally enjoyed myself in the lounge and look forward to going back. I hope they expand their beer selection, not that Peroni is bad. read more

Easy and relaxed with enough food choices . The staff is welcoming and the ambiance is modern and clean.

Came to this lounge while in the Milan airport. It was a nice experience. plenty of seating, plenty of snacks and lots of to-go items that can be taken on the plane. read more

This place is sooooo clean. The shower was an extra $18. It was so very much worth it. A great selection of food and drinks. The ladies here were very accommodating and nice. You read more

Sala Montale - Nice shower. $18.00 extra but worth it - Airport Lounges Near Me - Ferno, Virginia

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Reasonably decent lounge to wait for our flight. Food was just ok. Very good melon. Self service bar and coffee with a wide variety. Helpful staff, clean facilities. read more

A basic airport lounge at Milan Malpensa. About 80+ degrees with no air conditioning during my visit. I don't know if it was broken or just because Italians are not fond of ac. All self serve. Understaffed. Used paper cups for wine as there were no more wine glasses. Cold turkey meatballs with cold tomato sauce and bulgar not very appetizing. Some small sandwiches were edible. read more

Needs total upgrade to be up to par with other international lounges. Chairs and tables look like they belong in a cafeteria. There's leather sofas but they look worn out. The staff was friendly the bathrooms super clean and plenty of snacks so the pros outweigh the cons read more

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Overcrowded, dirty, small selection of food ... and home of the forever flushing toilets. Kind of uncomfortable to use. However, after the zoo of a check in process, my expectations were low. To their credit, the staff are really trying hard to keep up with the large influx of people here. Food is replenished quickly and they are really trying to clean up after the mess. read more

Sala Montale is one of the airport lounges in Malpensa and it is located in the non-Schengen area of the Terminal 1. If you are coming from an intra-Schengen flight, you will have to go through passport control before accessing the lounge. Since it's not operated by any airline flying to Milan's main international airport, the use is not dedicated to customers of a certain alliance. I was there twice in a recent trip and the experience was good, comparing to the other outsourced lounges I have used in the past in different airports. The facilities looked quite new and even during the busiest hours, there was enough space to accommodate all customers. Available services included: business center with computers, an isolated family room for the ones travelling with kids, showering facilities and a corner with a selection of food and beverages. Moreover, there are screens in which you can check the status of all flights, even though announcements are made in Italian and English for the customers boarding in one of the next flights. I intensively took advantage of the food and beverage corner and I would say that there is more of quantity rather than quality. Food was just ok with assorted sandwiches and other finger food, but disappointment came with the wine section. Come on, when you are in Italy, you expect to have at least a decent wine, which doesn't mean expensive, but the ones available were way below average. Other than wines and other spirits, there is an espresso machine, juice, tea and sodas. In terms of staff, the first time I had a minor issue with the frequent flyer number of the airline of my choice, but the lady in the reception managed to politely solve the issue and I was able to use their facilities while waiting for the next flight. In overall, it's a convinent and clean lounge to stay while you wait for your flight, but please, do not expect to be wowed. read more

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This is the best "admirals club" and VIP lounge I've been to in Milano airport. The food is the exact same as the other smaller (priority pass) VIP lounges but it's much more spacious and fresh in the summer (people don't turn on their a/c in Europe!). The staff is way more friendlier too and there are a lot of computers with Internet for guests. The ladies bathrooms are ok...no toiletries but each stall has a big sink and counter and lots of space but in the summer it's hotter (in the summer) as the actual lounge itself so if you are putting your makeup in the bathroom prepare to sweat! Lol!! The best feature here really are the chairs! Very comfy and you can lay down on them or just put your feet up and really unwind, unlike the other lounges in this airport which are small and have uncomfortable furniture and layout. But watch out: this is only for biz or 1st class departing passengers or people with admirals club passes NOT priority pass. For priority pass there are those smaller VIP lounges I was comparing this one to. Hope this helps and safe travels! read more