Trip Report – Cathay Pacific Private Day-Break Room & First Lounges – Hong Kong

by Adam

Cathay Pacific’s premier first class lounge at The Pier has six private Day-Break rooms as well as The Haven premium dining area. This review is part twelve of my Bali / Kuala Lumpur trip report and includes a review of The Pier & The Wing lounges as well as my flight from Kuala Lumpur to Hong Kong.

I think for this trip report we’ll start in Hong Kong and work our way back to Kuala Lumpur. Upon arriving in Hong Kong, the closest first class lounge was The Wing. However, the first class area of the lounge was closed for renovation until February 6th. I took a quick look around the temporary first class area but ultimately decided to make my way to The Pier.

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The Pier is located near gate 62 and has separate first and business class entrances.

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Upon entering you are asked if you would like to have dinner at The Haven. I was interested and was promptly escorted over to the host for seating. The Haven is a sit-down dining area that features a small menu as well as a large buffet. A wine menu is also offered upon sitting at your table. It’s no Singapore Private Room dining experience but the food was good and the waiters are excellent about continuously refilling your drinks and seeing if there is anything additional that you require. The menu included a beef filet, a pasta bolognese dish, lamb, and a vegan option.  I wasn’t overly hungry so I opted to sample out some of the buffet options instead. I kept it light to save up room for the long-haul flight and had a tiny piece of brisket and some salad and pasta.

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After dinner, I headed into the main part of the lounge which is made up of several “personal living spaces”. Each space features comfy leather couches and chairs, multiple outlets, and tables. There is fast wifi throughout the lounge. You’ll notice that there are no drink or food areas within the actual lounge besides The Haven area. Instead, lounge staff approach periodically to see if you need any drinks or snacks. There is also a cafe where you can order coffee, tea, cappuccino, espresso, etc.

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I originally sat in one of the living spaces until I saw a sign for the Day-Break rooms by The Peninsula. I had never heard of these before so I wanted to find out more. It turns out that there are six day-break rooms that offer a private room with a Balzac armchair, TV, touch-screen controls that allow for A/C, wake-up calls, waiter service for food and drinks, adjustment of the blinds, and music and volume controls. You need to reserve one of the rooms at the service desk, however when I inquired all six rooms were available.

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The concept for the room is cool as is the concept of ordering food and drinks from the touch-screen monitor and setting a wake-up call. If I was in need of a nap, I may have stayed in the room. However, I instead preferred the open area for getting some work done and just relaxing in a more open environment. The TVs in the rooms are static-prone as well.

KUL-HKG – The Cathay lounge in Kuala Lumpur is a joint first and business class lounge. It has a few food options and a nice selection of beer, wine, and liquor.

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The lounge was pretty packed with only a few available seats about an hour prior to departure. The food was actually very good, I loved my fried noodles with beef and chicken satay skewers.

The almost four hour flight to Hong Kong aboard the A330-300 was standard with a comfortable non lie-flat seat, a small 9″ tv, and excellent food service. I ended up watching a few TV shows on my laptop that I had missed while I was away. Everyone who was in business had their own row and in fact there was no one behind or in-front of me either.

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Very good steamed cod followed by some cookies & cream…

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Up next, potentially my favorite first-class flight experience – HKG-JFK.

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12 comments

David February 18, 2013 - 12:43 pm

Can u use the day break room if you fly into hkg at midnite n leave at 6am?

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adam February 18, 2013 - 5:26 pm

@David – The night I was there the lounge was closing at 1am. Though similar “cabana” rooms are now available at the Pier. Neither lounge has set closing times though – “The Wing and Pier will open at 5:30am until last flight departure. Operating hours (with limited service) may be extended, and is subject to flight schedule”

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joe February 18, 2013 - 4:08 pm

Now that they are both open which is the better first class lounge, Wing or Pier? Thank you

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adam February 18, 2013 - 4:14 pm

@joe – I haven’t visited The Wing since the renovation but based upon the description here – http://www.cathaypacific.com/cpa/en_US/atairport/hklounge_wing , it looks like The Wing might have a slight advantage. They have a bigger Haven area, a champagne bar, and five Cabanas (with a shower, a full-sized bath and day bed).

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Bill n DC January 21, 2014 - 9:10 am

since you re-posted this, I would recommend the Cabanas in the Pier 1st super nice, day bed and deluxe shower + tub I took both nap and shower for about 4 hours or so between flights. then Champagne bar 🙂

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