What I Liked
- Natural light came into the lounge
- Tasty hot buffet
- Well-designed lounge
- Luxury tea selection
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The Qantas lounge is in Heathrow Terminal 3. Four Oneworld lounges are in Terminal 3. There are also lounges for BA, American and Cathay Pacific.
This Qantas Lounge Heathrow Terminal 3 review covers the lounge itself. It is pretty good, too.
I was here at breakfast time before my American Airlines Business Class flight.
The lounge is a rectangular shape with runway views. There was a small hot buffet with tasty food.
I stumbled on the Qantas lounge before an American Airlines Business flight, breakfast service in full swing. Four Oneworld lounges share Terminal 3, so it's worth knowing this one specifically holds its own.
The lounge runs over two floors, which gives it more depth than the rectangular footprint suggests at first glance. Design-wise it's a cut above what I expected — proper leather sofas, a marble-effect manned bar doing the drinks. Plenty of natural light comes through the windows too, which makes the runway views feel pleasant rather than an afterthought.
It's not without its limits, mind. There's a small kids' room with a table and a few books, which is a nice touch if you're travelling with little ones. Just don't expect it to occupy them for long. The bar itself pours a proper range including Prosecco, so it's not just a coffee-machine-and-hope situation.
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Here's how you get access to the Qantas Lounge at Heathrow:
The Lounge Access with Priority Pass
If you're after the Qantas Lounge Heathrow Terminal 3 price, I don't have the exact figure for Qantas Club membership to hand, but airline-branded lounge memberships like this tend to cost a fair bit more than the alternative.
Priority Pass is a better value option in my view. Signup here and get a 30% discount. Standard Plus costs £183 and gets you 10 lounge visits, working out at £18.30 each. The cheapest membership is £48.
A coffee and something to eat at the airport before a flight adds up fast, so a Priority Pass membership can easily pay for itself in a visit or two.
Priority Pass isn't perfect — lounges can get busy, and you might be turned away if it's full. I'd pre-book a timeslot for £6 to guarantee your entry.
There are several other Priority Pass lounges in Heathrow Terminal 3, including My Lounge and the No1 Lounge — I've reviewed both.
If you're wondering where the Qantas Lounge Heathrow is, it's located in Terminal 3 — a five-minute walk after security.
It’s next to all the other lounges. Including the British Airways Lounge, Virgin Clubhouse and some Priority Pass Lounges.
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The Qantas Lounge Heathrow Terminal 3 is a rectangle shape. It is mid-sized. The lounge is located over two floors.
Hot food is served from the buffet. Alcohol is served from a manned bar.
The seating is mainly classy leather sofas and seats.
I liked the lounge design. There were expensive pieces of furniture dotted around, and the seating felt more considered than your average airport lounge.
The lounge wasn't too busy when I was there.
The lounge had windows out to the apron, which meant a decent amount of daylight even at breakfast time.
There was a very small kids' room with some kids' books and a small table.
The lounge doesn't publish seat counts or exact opening hours anywhere I can verify, so I won't guess at those. What I can say: despite spreading across two floors, it's on the smaller side compared to other Oneworld lounges I've visited — worth knowing if you're picturing something sprawling. It didn't feel cramped when I was there, but it's not a lounge built for a packed peak-hour rush either.
All of the food was served from the small buffet counter.
The Qantas Lounge Heathrow Terminal 3 menu had a small variety of well-made hot dishes when I was there during the breakfast service.
I had some of the mushrooms, which were nicely cooked in thyme, with plenty of flavour.
I took a look at the other dishes. The bacon looked awful and undercooked. But I'm vegetarian, so what do I know?!
Don't pity me for being vegetarian. It's my own fault!
The marble-effect bar handled all the alcohol service.
The bar had a good range of drinks on offer, including Prosecco.
Coffee came from the machine.
There was a luxury tea selection.
I had an English breakfast tea, which was nice.
The Qantas Lounge Heathrow won't blow you away with scale, but it didn't need to. It's calm, comfortable and a cut above what I expected for a mid-morning stop before a flight.
It's not perfect. The lounge is on the smaller side, and the food comes from a small buffet counter rather than anything more elaborate — my mushrooms tasted good, but this isn't a place chasing culinary fireworks. The luxury tea selection and manned bar pulling proper drinks including Prosecco go some way to making up for that.
If you want somewhere calm, well designed and not rammed, this is a solid Terminal 3 choice if you're flying Oneworld. If you're after a sprawling lounge with bells and whistles, look elsewhere. For a pre-flight breakfast stop, though, I'd happily go back. That's my Qantas Lounge Heathrow Terminal 3 review — solid, not spectacular, but worth it for a calm start to the day.