Review: The Private Room by Singapore Airlines

In May 2022, Singapore Airlines finally unveiled the much-anticipated revamp of The Private Room, capping a $50-million renovation of the flagship First Class Lounge that was initially announced back in July 2019.

Having previously visited the older edition of The Private Room, I was feeling very excited to see the newly refurbished space firsthand prior to my Singapore Airlines First Class flight to Hong Kong.

While my previous experience was overall positive, I couldn’t help but feel that the lounge was slightly lagging behind the competition in terms of top-tier ground experiences, so I was intrigued to see what Singapore Airlines has done with the renovated space. 

The Private Room by Singapore Airlines – Access

The Private Room is Singapore Airlines’s flagship First Class lounge and its most exclusive ground experience. In fact, only Singapore Airlines’s own First Class and Suites Class passengers have the privilege of entering this exclusive space.

First Class passengers travelling on other airlines and even the airline’s PPS Solitaire Club members are relegated to the nearby SilverKris First Class Lounge. Furthermore, eligible passengers are not permitted to bring any guests.

The Private Room is one level above the main departure concourse, located on the third floor of Terminal 3 of the Singapore Changi Airport.

To find the lounge, you must first clear immigration and make your way towards Concourse A. From there, an escalator provides a leisurely ascent to the lounge area, affording views of a sprawling 491-square-foot art installation along the way.

As you approach the reception area of The Private Room, you’ll come across a massive, curved LED display that showcases a mesmerizing animation of Singapore Airlines’s iconic batik motif.

Prior to the renovations, The Private Room was known as a “lounge-within-a-lounge-within-a-lounge”. You had to walk through the SilverKris Business Lounge and the SilverKris First Class Lounge before finally arriving at The Private Room.

The new layout directly links The Private Room to the entrance, eliminating any confusion. However, the reception area is still shared by all three lounges within this “lounge complex”, with Business Class passengers directed to the right and First Class passengers to the left, where the First Class…