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The Club SFO opened in San Francisco Airport's Terminal 1 in late June 2024 as the largest lounge of The Club, which also operates 20 other U.S. lounges in ATL, BOS, BUF, BWI, CHS, CLE, CLT, CVG, DFW, LAS, MCO, MDW, MSY, PIT, SEA, and SJC, as well as London LHR and Hong Kong HKG. It's accessible to Priority Pass members, which is how we entered the lounge.
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The Club SFO Location, Hours, and Access
The Club SFO is located after Terminal 1 security, before Gate B4, and is open daily from 4:30am-11:30pm. Access is permitted up to 3 hours before flight time. Priority Pass Select members via the Chase Sapphire Reserve enjoy complimentary access, and can also bring in up to two guests free of charge. For CSR holders, each guest after the first two costs $27 per person.
If you don't have complimentary access via Priority Pass, the cost is $75 per person (infants under 2 are complimentary).
When we arrived at around 5:50pm, we were told the lounge was full and there was a 20 minute wait. We put our name on the wait list and 25 minutes later received a text message that we could return (space is held for 10 minutes to return and check-in).
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The Club SFO Amenities and Food
We liked the warmth of the wood accents in reception and the soaring ceiling, as well as the gas “fire pit” and sofas near the entrance to the main seating area by the buffet.
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There are armchairs as well as smaller and larger tables near the buffet:
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There's also additional armchair seating by the bar.
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And there are some cozy cubbies that remind me a little of AMEX Centurion Club Lounges.
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There are more food options than at most domestic lounges, although the food offering isn't as extensive as Chase Sapphire Reserve or AMEX Centurion Lounges. The regular hot buffet was nothing to write home about, with a Chinese chicken dish in a gloppy sauce, rice, and a soup, but I liked that there was a fresh tasting kale salad and two other salads.
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There was also a veggie wrap and some picked over mixed cut fruit (mostly melon, since much of the pineapple had already been eaten).
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There were also bananas and small oranges; no apples, however.
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The highlight was the Chef Action Station, where there were small plates available. This is served 5-8pm only, and perhaps contributed to how crowded the lounge was.
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I neglected to take a photo of the soft pretzel with cheddar ale fondue, but my teen enjoyed it. And the cioppino and shrimp romesco were tasty, albeit very small portions–you'd need several if hungry, and indeed, I saw several tables with stacks of plates.
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Don't bother saving room for dessert, since it was nothing special, at least on our visit: a cloyingly sweet meringue and run-of-the-mill brownies.
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There are cold and hot filtered water dispensers, as well as infused water, tea by Bigelow, and a coffee machine.
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There are shower facilities available for an additional fee: $25 at time of writing. We didn't have occasion to use them, but did visit the bathroom. I liked that they were individual stalls with a solid wooden door that reached to the floor, maximizing privacy.
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The Verdict
The Club SFO is one of the nicest U.S. domestic Priority Pass lounges we've seen, given its chef small plates and shower facilities (although these are for an additional fee). Unfortunately, however, this means that the lounge is very busy and there's often a wait to enter, which makes it less useful, at least for us (since we don't like to spend a lot of time at the airport waiting for our flight).
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