Although the delicious menu beat out a Centurion Lounge's, the modest size and lack of a full, premium complimentary bar, cocktail menu and bathroom brought the lounge down a notch. Overall, I'd place this lounge firmly between a domestic airline lounge and a Centurion Lounge. Premium passengers traveling with British Airways, Azores Airlines and Norwegian also get complimentary access. Centurion cardholders have the option to enter with a spouse and dependent children. You can enter, along with two guests, if you have a Platinum Card® from American Express, or are an authorized user on someone's account. This Escape Lounge falls somewhere in that overlooked group of lounges that aren't an airline lounges, a Priority Pass lounges or a flashy Centurion Lounge, though it has been part of the Amex Global Lounge Collection since last May. I normally don't have high expectations for lounges in these smaller airports, which is what made the OAK Escape Lounge even more of a surprise when I visited recently. OAK, on the other hand, caters to more budget airlines and passengers. San Francisco International (SFO) handles four times the number of airlines and passengers, including the vast majority of international traffic. Oakland International Airport (OAK) is the oft-forgotten little sibling to its counterpart across the bay.

In 2019, Ravi and Hanak partnered with chef David Golavin to debut Dear Inga, a modern Eastern European-inspired restaurant in San Francisco's Mission District.Update: Some offers mentioned below are no longer available. Ravi is a Food& Wine “Best New Chef” and San Francisco Magazine “Chef of the Year”. In 2015, Ravi partnered with Jeff Hanak (Nopa & Nopalito) to open Liholiho Yacht Club as a brick-and-mortar restaurant, which received praise from diners and critics alike including a James Beard nomination for Best New Restaurant, Eater SF's “Restaurant of the Year”, and was named a “Best New Restaurant” on both GQ and Bon Appetit's annual lists. Born in Hawaii to his Native Hawaiian & Chinese mother and Indian father, Ravi started Liholiho as a pop-up dinner series, combining influences from his heritage with California ingredients. Savor delicious dishes like Roasted Chicken with a Greek yogurt and cilantro glaze.Recognized for his heritage driven cooking, Ravi Kapur is the chef and co-owner of the critically acclaimed Liholiho Yacht Club and Louie's Gen-Gen Room, Liholiho's cocktail bar, located in San Francisco's lower Nob Hill neighborhood. Absolutely no reason why I would ever want to go out of my way to come here instead of the Sk圜lub, honestly, and I'm relieved I'll be able to go back to my usual Delta flight which the powers that be have thankfully restored to its proper position in the flight schedule.Įxperience a taste of James Beard Award-nominated chef Ravi Kapur's heritage cooking and Californian inspired cuisine. Sweeping views of the tarmac, food, while nothing to write home about, is generally a step above this bland cafeteria style fare.

The Sk圜lub at SFO is dated at this point but overall is still a far preferable experience, to me.

Despite not being here for years it looks the same and the new design looks like a DIY project, slapdash and poorly thought out. They added space but clearly didn't want to spend money on an architect, interior designer, or anyone who might have done something a bit more clever. The expansion is underwhelming as well - long, awkward walk back to a room in the back, no design sense, no attempt to do anything particularly special with the new layout. I am a tea guy and Sk圜lubs serve Harney and Sons tea, a creditable line of teas, this lounge just has Twinings which is basically Lipton's with an English sounding name. Just lukewarm chicken thighs and overcooked, dry string beans, dry and unappetizing rice, dried up pita bread. Most of you already know this, of course, but I remember the days when they tried to hire local chefs to curate the menu - those days long gone. Last time I was here was pre-pandemic and pre-switching my loyalty from JetBlue to Delta, and the menu is really disappointing. Regular Delta flier here, but due to Delta temporarily changing their flight schedule and no longer doing late evening flights to LAX (a change they have reversed now, thank God) and I have to say, underwhelmed by the 'new' SFO Centurion.

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