In advance of our Emirates flight to Dubai on a recent trip to Vietnam we popped into the DAA Executive Lounge in Dublin Airport’s Terminal 2. The lounge is used by airlines including Emirates, US Airways, American Airlines and Delta in the absence of their standalone lounges in Dublin airport and, with a perfect late Friday evening departure time, we were ready to sit back, relax and prepare for takeoff!
The Lounge
The lounge is very small and comprises of a long, narrow room filled with armchair style seating. Food and drinks are housed in a small kitchen area at the top of the lounge.
The Lounge:
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Food and Drinks
After many visits to the DAA Executive Lounge in Terminal 1 of Dublin Airport (check out our review here if your flight is Terminal 1 based) we had a good idea what to expect from the Terminal 2 lounge. The offering was similar with brown bread and soup, a small selection of pastries and some cheese and crackers. Drinks included Guinness and Heineken, red and white wine and a range of spirits.
The food:
Facilities
Wi-fi is available in the lounge as well as being free throughout Dublin Airport. The small business centre had printing facilities and an iMac.
Access
We were granted access to the DAA lounge with our Emirates Business Class boarding passes. Access is also available to frequent flyers and business and first class passengers of American Airlines, Delta and US Airways.
Paid entry is available at the door (EUR 29) and through other lounge access programs.
Overall
The DAA Terminal 2 lounge is more of a place to sit down and grab a coffee or a drink rather than to linger for a long period of time. The food selection is limited and the lounge gets quite crowded at busy periods which is even more noticeable given the limited space.
All in all, we found it a strange choice for an airline like Emirates who offer such a luxurious on board business class product on the Dublin to Dubai route while their close competitors Ethiad opt for a standalone lounge just down the corridor.
With Emirates business/ first class every time but this DAA lounge at Dublin airport is the worst. Writing to Emirates few times about this but they just ignored our suggestions.
It would be great if Emirates operated a standalone lounge similar to Ethiad in Dublin. I’ve often wondered why they don’t share a lounge given their premium offerings are a similar standard.
Elaine
Emirates remains silent when we wrote to them about the lounge in Dublin. Just wondering why bother to waste our time. They are not listening. Time to switch to Asian airlines, they are far better in seatings and meals and recently Emirates hikes the price so high. I would prefer take Singapore Airlines with that business price.
Now 30 Euros
Thanks, will update. We were in it last week and that seems so steep for the current standard of the lounge.
Elaine
Couldn’t agree more with the reviews above. Etihad’s Lounge is excellent and T2 is anything but. Emirates should listen to their customers