For a fashion capital like Milan, this airport lounge in her major international gateway is certainly a fashion disaster, but it still uphold the Italian standards of good food sempre!
Sala Pergolesi is the only lounge in the satellite terminal where all US and Israel flights depart, so I thought it would make a lasting final impression of Milan's fashion. But after feeling like I'm intruding a city-wide catwalk during my few days in Milan, I was surprised to find Sala Pergolesi to be the ugliest airport lounge I've been. Although it's spacious and has many chairs, the decor - if there was intended to be so - was bareboned and even a colorblind person like me can tell the color schemes are off!
But enough about slamming the bad decor! The chairs are comfortable enough, but most importantly, the food was one of the best I had in an airport lounge! Although it doesn't have the wide buffet like I had in London Heathrow's United Club, Sala Pergolesi's food certainly win with quality.
Lavazza coffee machine, Sanpellegrino drinks, fancy yogurt in glass containers...But dear god, my favorite has to be the chocolate- and custard-filled croissants! Both the chocolate and custard fillings were perfectly sweet and the lightly crisp of the croissant shells made it more heavenly. These stuffed croissants are so good that I actually did not want to leave the lounge until the very last minute because I can't help getting multiple helpings!
Honestly I didn't eat anything else other than these croissants and other cookies (which are good too), but the rest of my party said the other food choices were delicious as well.
For a glutton like me, I prefer a lounge with bad decor and great food over the vice-versa, and Sala Pergolesi fits the former. Lucky you if you have a Priority Pass! You'll have a good time indulging yourself with delicious Italian snacks here before you leave.
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tl;dr version:
1) Ugly lounge especially for a fashion capital
2) Top-quality Italian snacks and coffee
3) Waiting for a plane is never this delicious! read more