WATCH: Emirates' First-Class Lounge Buffet Rivals Vegas

Image: PHOTO: Emirates Airline might have the most amazing first-class lounge. (Courtesy Flickr/Bill Holler)
Image: PHOTO: Emirates Airline might have the most amazing first-class lounge. (Courtesy Flickr/Bill Holler)
Rich Thomaselli
by Rich Thomaselli
Last updated: 10:00 AM ET, Thu March 16, 2017

Say goodbye to a few pastries, some cereal boxes and lukewarm milk, plastic cutlery that breaks when you try to butter a bagel and anything else you ever knew about an airline lounge: The Emirates Airlines first-class lounge in Dubai rivals that of any Las Vegas buffet.

The lounge itself is just a name; the area is as big as any Vegas food space and looks more like its own concourse.

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In fact, it runs the lengths of several gates while the seating area is so massive that it offers buffet areas right near the games. You don't have to walk a mile to get a generous plate of manicotti and then trek all the way back to be near the gate of your departure.

In addition to the buffet, there's also a regular sit-down restaurant, pour-yourself champagne and wine on ice. There's a bar. There's a cigar lounge. There are day-beds in secluded rooms.

And then there's a food.

My goodness, the food.

How does a prawn bisque, followed by risotto primavera, a nice white wine and a little namoura ashta for dessert sound to you?

That alone might be worth to the trip to Dubai.


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