Aspire Lounge in Manchester

I like aspire lounges ... usually !First off let's start with staff, can't fault anything here as they were all friendly and pleasant during the stay.The facilities are good, it had a nice view of the airplane stands with big glass windows and a toilet inside the lounge itself.The let down was the food and drink, it was extremely limited and not well stocked. There was no fresh milk only soya milk for a cup of tea and a lack of options for fruit and veg.The cooked breakfast items weren't bad but again could have been bulked up with an option of toast or even just bread, (there were a few baps).I really don't expect the best food in the world but a better selection of fruit, some milk and cereal etc. would really make a difference and as a minimum in the UK a good cup of tea is an essential.Three stars for the nice environment to sit in but I really can't give any more due to the food and drink.

Always try and book the lounge before a flight, aspire lounge was lovely and relaxing, the staff were fantastic and very helpful, recommended for a great start to your holiday.

It's good, construction work in progress. Face covering is still mandatory. Self check-in and web check-in make everything better.

Good selection, food choice a bit limited.

Best staff ever brilliant atmosphere great service

Nice visit good food and drink ,just a bit cold needed to put heating up

Although it was unusually empty when I visited, I found the experience quite pleasant. Food was OK and they also have an automatic pancake maker! 😁

Booked this Lounge for a little special treat for my wife and myself. Was disappointed with the experience, the choice of food on offer was disappointing cold salad was of poor quality. Choice of two dishes of hot food one a curried dish were left out on a heated area for self service far to long. The choice of deserts was better. The bar while being reasonably stocked one could not get cocktails. Limited sockets for recharging phones or laptops. The one saving was that we had not paid the full asking price.

Great quiet place well worth the small extra cost and you get your monies worth!

IF I COULD GIVE - MINUS STARS I WOULDWe booked this as a special treat for the start of our holiday, it was supposed to be a nice relaxing chill with a bite to eat and a drink.How wrong were we......It wasPACKED OUT LIKE A CATTLE MARKETNO. OR VERY LITTLE FOOD.NO TABLES PLATES OR CUTLERYSOME STAFF VERY RUDE WHEN WE COMPLAINED ABOUT NO FOODTHE BIT OF CURRY ON OFFER DRIED UP AND COLDTHEY WERE TRYING TO DE FROST BURGER BUNS TO OFFER AS BREADWe paid almost £50 for the 2 of us for what... a bit of ham & cheese brought out of the kitchen last minute.DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY.I have complained and this is the reply I got from the ASPIRE LOUNGE.Liz Gray (Holiday Extras)12 Nov, 19:01 GMTHi KayThank you so much for your patience while I have looked into this for you, I have received the below response from the lounge:----------------------------I have fully investigated this.I have checked temperature and quality control checks and can see the food was replenished, the salad bar in the photos taken is a full salad bar, you can see the guests with lots of food on their plates, this would have been replenished no longer than 15 minutes later.Again with the hot dishes, both hot dishes including the rice are served at the correct temperature and kept at that temperature whilst on display. The picture shows the rice needed replenishing, I have checked temp checks and can see it was checked twice during this guests visit which leads me to believe it was replenished within 7 minutes of it running out.From the other images, I can see cakes available , cream for the pastries and scones, selection of fruit.Unfortunately staff can not control how much food guests take but it is replenished as soon as possible this is the same with crockery and cutlery.The plates we offer are small in size, we have taken this feedback on board and have ordered larger plates which should arrive at the lounges soon.I will not be passing on the feedback about the staff member as the way the guest has described the staff member is not very nice.As food and crockery was replenished through out this guests time in the lounge we would not refund this booking.Kind Regards