I booked this for myself and nine friends after I visited for breakfast with my partner. After reading the lunch reviews, I did worry but it was all so good. Plenty of hot and cooks food choice and drinks flowing, Would highly recommend and thank you to all the staff especially Kira and Stanley.

I have been meaning to write this. We were once again greeted with a nice, friendly smile. Shown to our table by a friendly gentleman. Selection of food is very good. I would like slightly larger plates as I found myself going up a few times to fill up the small plates and was concerned. That we might have looked greedy but then thought, "Oh well."😀 Selection of drinks great once again served with a smile. Tables cleared quickly. I believe the lounge is being extended, which would be great. Nice to be in a nice environment without all the hassle of trying to find somewhere to sit, let alone something decent to est. See you next year.

Spend 3 hours in Escape lounge prior to flying to Turkey. Great to beat the queue. Food and drink as advertised. Recharge yourself and your phone whilst sipping Prosecco (or Guinness in my case)

Booked directly with escape lounge rather than used my priority pass which proved to be a good decision as people with PP were being put on a wait list and turned away. I was initially given a table nearer the top end of the lounge and asked to move further down as I wanted to be able to see out of the windows. That wasn't a problem and the lady seating us found us another table. In terms of views of the runway the lounge is not well positioned and the best seats in the lounge are reserved for the emirates business class customers. I did find this a little odd as I'm sure do the emirates customers. The lounge does have wifi which was a pleasent surprise after the east midlands escape lounge didn't earlier in the year. The food is the same as all the other escape lounges and does the job but its more nibbles than a full meal. The lady serving behind the bar was wonderful. Happy talkative and quick with the drinks she is a real asset to the lounge. Oh and she told me the real name for the pink prosecco :-) The lounge was pretty full but there was still plenty of space unlike some of the others and I never waited long for anything. I would definately go back and I don't say that for all escape lounges.

Despite some negative reviews, we were pleasantly surprised by the lounge. We didn’t have to queue and were immediately taken to a table. We were happy with this although others asked to sit elsewhere if they wanted to. Food selection was very good and fresh. We were there around 12pm so there were breakfast pastries, bacon, hash browns, rolls. They also had a sandwich selection with crisps and a hot food selection. The hot food included pasta, cauliflower cheese and cottage pie. Drinks were self serve apart from the bar. Staff were friendly and helpful. Better than some other lounges we have been too so would recommend.

Relatively underwhelming given its cost . Nice to have a bolthole away from crowds . The food is adequate and varied , the bar staff are very nice . Overall I’d probably not bother again unless it was the height of the season and it meant a bit of peace and quiet . Coffee machine was broken and due to health and safety there is no toast !!

This lounge has winter hours and now closes at 7.30pm which is generally fine, however, really it closes at 645 or there about as all of the food and refreshments are closed down and it seems like the staff would not be paid after 7.30 and therefore want to get things cleared away. I understand the need for last orders and a time to eat the refreshments and feel that 7.15 would be a more appropriate time to start closing down for guests of the lounge. Sadly one of the worst that I visit as a regular traveller. Lovely staff but a review needed!

I booked the lounge for 26th December at 5am, wasn’t sure what breakfast would be like but was pleasantly surprised. We were greeted by very friendly staff at the desk and were taken to a table, a table had been reserved for us but we chose to sit in a different one. I was quite impressed with the selection, there was fresh water melon, galia melon and pineapple alongside the usual bananas, apples and oranges, berries & yoghurt, a good selection of pastries and bread rolls. There was a hot breakfast buffet and vegetarian sausages could be cooked on request. We have a nice couple of hours in the lounge, good breakfast, a few glasses of Prosecco & friendly staff. We have been before at lunch time and also had a good experience. Would book again.

Stansted’s Escape Lounge is basically average by UK standards: the scrambled egg is always awful (please fix this, it’s always so watery yet dry at the same time) and the decor is not particularly nice. Nothing new there, then. What massively redeems this lounge versus others in the UK, however, is its staff. Regardless of the time of day, including the earliest hours of the morning, they are always a cheerful and well-organised team, and appear to have fun going going about their work. They efficiently manage the space they have and treat guests with warmth and good humour, including when the lounge is busy and occasionally hectic. I particularly like the fact they always appear to have a host responsible for seating guests; my feeling is this helps the team at Stansted ensure they only become ‘at capacity’ when they really, absolutely are (unlike the majority of UK airports which seem content to have an ‘at capacity’ sign up for swathes of the day — the only country on the planet to do so). Sparkling wine AND coffee machines were both broken on today’s visit, but, ultimately, if you can leave a lounge feeling relaxed and with a smile on your face because the staff have made you feel so welcome, that’s really the whole point. Good job!

Liz & Tracy was very accommodating. This lounge is obviously one in a proportionally very busy airport and with all the things that come with it; however, the lounge staff always makes one feel as appropriated as under the circumstances possible and frankly, much better than most not busy lounges. Thank you all at EL STN. That said, you may want to book in advance, since it does get quite busy and having waited in line for a number of times, I’m still coming back and I will try to make a reservation in advance whenever possible