The Plaza Premium Lounge network operates over sixty lounges worldwide. The Plaza Premium Lounges typically offer a consistent lounge experience with a broad food presentation, even when visiting outside of regular meal hours. Today’s travel took me through the Plaza Premium Lounge Singapore in Changi International Airport Terminal One. I would find a pretty reasonable and nice looking Plaza Premium Lounge with outdoor daylight use along with excellent regional food and beverage.

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Review: Plaza Premium Lounge – Singapore Changi International Airport Terminal One, Singapore

If you are departing from Singapore Changi Airport Terminal One, you may also have access to SATS Premier Business Lounge, which we have reviewed previously.

On today’s departing flight, we were departing on Bangkok Airways Singapore – Ko Samui from Singapore Changi International Airport – Terminal One. After a brief visit to The Jewel Lounge at Changi Airport, we ended up passing through immigration over to the secure side.

Locating the Plaza Premium Lounge:

The Plaza Premium lounge Singapore Changi Terminal One is located in the far left hand corner of Terminal One. It’s especially convenient if you happen to be accessing Terminal Three as the connecting concourse pathway is close by.

After checking into Bankgok Airways Singapore – Ko Samui, once we passed through Singapore’s immigration E Gates, we found ourselves in the middle of Changi Terminal One. Turning left we started walking the length of the concourse towards the Plaza Premium Lounge.

Since there are a number of lounges through Changi International Airport, it’s likely easiest to navigate towards the Plaza Premium Lounge by using the overhead blue lounge signs and looking for the Plaza Premium logo. The Plaza Premium logo is decorated in simple purple with the familiar Plaza Premium circle logo in the middle.

You’ll pass by several other lounges operated by SATS, before getting to the escalators for Plaza Premium.

Once you walk the length of the concourse, you’ll get to the end where the concourse splits in a T-formation. There are escalators immediately up and to the left, which will take you to the Plaza Premium Lounge and neighbouring Emirates Lounge and Qatar airways lounge precinct.

After getting to the top of the escalators, you’ll find yourself at the Plaza Premium lounge reception. As with many Plaza Premium lounge’s, there’s frequently a line of people waiting to get in as they sort out their premium credit card access entitlements.

The Plaza Premium is fairly well marked as with many other locations at Singapore Chang international Airport. I had no trouble locating the lounge and getting to the lounge space.

Accessing The Plaza Premium Lounge:

There are several ways to access the Plaza Premium Lounge.

The Plaza Premium Lounge accepts reservations for entry on it’s website. The reservations are split into blocks of time ranging from three, five and ten hours. As of the time of writing, the prices was as follows:

• Three Hours = $55 SGD or $40.44 USD
• Five Hours = $97 SGD or $71.43 USD
• Ten Hours = $195 SGD or $143.60 USD
• A Shower was an Additional $20 SGD or $14.71 USD

The above pricing included applicable taxes and fees.

The lounge also offered sleeping pods and private resting suites. These were priced just underneath what you might expect the attached Crown Plaza Changi Airport hotel to provide, without offering all of the features he may expect from a private hotel room.

I would imagine that most visitors paying to access his lounge would be going for the three hour package. It’s hard to imagine anyone spending five or ten hours in the Plaza Premium Lounge at the Changi International Airport given how many entertainment amenities there are at this particular airport. The Changi International Airport is known for having butterfly gardens, movie theatres and with The Jewel mall right across the street, you’ll probably spend limited time inside the Plaza Premium Lounge itself.

The Plaza Premium Lounge network also partners with several credit cards to provide access. This includes many credit cards worldwide, which include DragonPass, LoungeKey, LoungeClub, and the Club. You do not need to make an advance reservation while using these systems.

Within North America, the lounge is also part of the American Express Global Lounge Collection, which offers a suite of lounges available for access with it’s premium American Express Platinum Card and American Express Centurion Cards. Access can be granted by presenting one of these cards.

The lounge has recently rejoined Priority Pass. As a result, if you have a Priority Pass membership, you can gain access to the lounge.

I gained access to the Plaza Premium Lounge as a result of my American Express Platinum Card as part of the American Express Global Lounge membership.

After my digital membership card and boarding pass was validated, I was invited into the lounge as a single travellers without any additional wait.

Inside The Plaza Premium Lounge Singapore:

Plaza Premium lounge in Singapore Changi Terminal One is a 7000 square-foot space that offers a combination of table booth and lounge chair seating. While the lounge itself is not overly large, it does offer everything you might expect from an international departure lounge operated by the Plaza Premium brand.

Immediately upon entering into the lounge you’ll find yourself facing the general lounge seating area. The general lounge seating area was walled off by a series of family oriented booths. The family booths were marked with reserved for groups and most of them sat empty during our visit.

The general lounge space is marked with bright daylight floor to ceiling windows that offer air side views of the west end of Singapore Changi International Airport.

During our mid afternoon visit, we had no problems getting a seat in this area. However given the lounges smallish to medium size, I could imagine the lounge chair space getting to be quite busy during the evening, when there are more flights departing Changi International Airport.

The floor to ceiling windows offered a lot of daylight into the Plaza Premium Lounge Singapore. While there weren’t too many planes parked in this particular row, we did happen to enjoy airside views.

Heading left past the family booth lead travellers to a quiet desk and workspace area. The space was set up like a small cubicle farm. While this area didn’t have direct window access, it was occupied by a few people looking for a space to work.

At the rear of the cubicle farm, was the Plaza Premium showers and nap rooms.

Similar to my experiences at Plaza Premium Lounges worldwide, the emphasis here is on medium to high density seating. Given the limited seating, you’ll definitely find the lounge seating much more comfortable, when the airport is not at peak hours.

Food and Beverage:

The Plaza Premium Lounge networks are normally pretty generous on food. On today’s visit, they had a substantial offering.

The Plaza Premium lounge Singapore offered a small dining area that consisted of about 10 tables and a few long tables. Given the lounges location in Singapore, the food was Singaporean based and looked more appealing than the average Plaza Premium Lounge

As expected, the lounge offered a variety of beverages that included coffee machines juice and water. There was also tinned soda available although the selection was not super diverse. Your primary choices were a Coca-Cola or Coca-Cola light.

The lounge offered some light salad items with chickpeas, radicchio lettuce and other sauces.

There are a number of hot buffet items available that was about as expected for a Plaza Premium lounge. The food was nicely presented and looked fresh.

The best part of the Plaza Premium Lounge Singapore was the à la carte menu. Most Plaza Premium Lounge’s offer an à la carte option. However in the case of the Singapore Plaza Premium Lounge the à la carte options included regional Hainan Chicken Rice, Singapore Laksa and a vegetable noodle soup. How delightful!

MrsWT73 enjoyed some vegetables noodles with red chilies overlooking an airside view. The food was freshly prepared and looked quite appealing.

The Plaza Premium Lounge Singapore offered a standalone bar service. Like with most Plaza Premium Lounge’s some drinks are free and some are at charge.

The Plaza Premium Lounge met all expectations of what you’d need from an international pay – to – use departures lounge. There was enough to eat food-wise, and there was a reasonable amount of beverages available.

I would end up departing on Bangkok Airways Singapore – Ko Samui shortly after my visit.

My Thoughts on the Plaza Premium Lounge Singapore:

Plaza Premium Lounge’s worldwide have always provided a fairly consistent product. The Plaza Premium lounge Singapore is no different.

The Plaza Premium Lounge Singapore offers a comfortable medium sized lounge. While the alcohol was not on a complimentary basis, the lounge made up for this by offering better than expected food.

While this lounge might be busy during peak periods, you’ll find all your needs satisfied, by visiting this particular space. The Plaza Premium Lounge Singapore is best suited for a short stop over while en route to your departing flight.

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If you’ve have a choice of lounges in Singapore Changi, do you prefer visiting the Plaza Premium Lounge Singapore over others?

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