Reviews of Plaza Premium Lounge (Departures) Winnipeg Richardson International Airport (YWG) (Night Club)

Ayodele Odeyemi

This place is a classic hotel to enjoy vacation.

Richard K

The breakfast selection and quality is about what you'd get at a hotel with free breakfast. For a 'premium' lounge with premium price, it's simply not worth it.

PR Mapuyan

A must visit when travelling! Food and service is excellent!

Prateek Saxena

When u hv 7 hrs of wait time, Plaza premium is a boon with extra friendly staff.

Nicolas Lesage

The lounge itself is a wonderful convenience. However, it is very unfortunate that when you fly to the US, you cannot access the lounge. It defeats the purpose of having a lounge if you often fly to the US....

Alexis Chacon

Not bad for a small airport

Sean Morrow (SeanLocal)

The Premium Plaza lounge at Winnipeg airport is located beside gate 6 in the international and domestic side of the airport, note that you cannot access it if you are flying to the US. The lounge is a nice open area with glass partitions and it seats about 80 people. They have a nice food and drink offering but premium alcohol is charged for at the bar. There is also a small business centre with computers in one of the corners of the lounge. There are plenty of power points by the chairs and they have dedicated Wi-Fi and a good selection of papers and magazines. Overall a good domestic lounge.

John Johnson

Pretty mediocre, but better than being in the main airport area.

Sam Dumcum

Excellent staff, especially on Christmas day! The food was great. Breakfast was standard scrambled eggs, hash and sausage. Lunch however was amazing, the steak bites were delicious. The setup was excellent A combination of small tables to work at, comfy chairs and individual seating nooks for reading. Ps. Get the craft brew beers on tap instead of Bud Light lol, limited selection but still great options! Will definitely stop in again

Joshua Fang

Great spot to rest up, relax and freshen up before your flight. I was there around 8 am in the morning and it was busy but not to the point where you felt crowded and cramped. It’s nice to see the airport lounges back in operation as it’s been a while since I was in one for travel. The food selection was minimal and the food was still being served by the staff due to COVID so that totally makes sense. I’m a big fan of the plaza premium lounge in the domestic terminal of YVR!

Chris Spencer

Nice little lounge. Self serve buffet with some salads, hot dishes, and desserts. Snacks and drinks are all included. Lots of nooks and tables to get some alone time if you want. Next time I come through the Winnipeg airport I'll hit this up.

CampLife

Some of the best food and service out of the lounges across canada.

Roman Asadollah

Thanks to amex.

Harvey Thiessen

A small basic lounge. Pleasant enough but open and exposed to the main airport.

Kirk Kaminsky

A great lounge but the chairs are uncomfortable. The food is always fresh and the bar staff always friendly. Plus they always have cream puffs frozen. A small upgrade in the seating and maybe direct access to the bathroom would make this five star.

Mayur Mistry

Comfy, good drink selection. Food selection could have been better!

Wai Chan

People were very friendly. Food is decent with good variety. It's a nice place to sit in while you wait for your flight. I took pictures of the food so you can get a better look. I didn't notice many charging ports. It's not a very big lounge so it fills quickly . There is a limit to the amount of alcohol that is free. As I do not drink it's never been an issue, I just noticed a sign posted today. 2 hour stay 4 alcoholic beverages. 3 hour stay is 6 alcoholic beverages. One hour extension is $10. Looks like that includes 2 extra alcoholic beverages. Right now they moved the lattes to the bar. They still do not have decaf. I hope they rectify that in the future.

Michael Day

If you ever are stuck in the Winnipeg airport you definitely need to take advantage of the plaza lounge. Worth it

crewmex “gilbert” maraboto

good service but no washrooms or internet you have to use the same as the airport

Dave Alex

Not the greatest seating but lots of charging stations and very good food. They could use a few more TVs tuned to some different channels.

David Cummins

It was good, could have a few more warm food options

Grant S

As far as airport lounges go, this one is great. Good food and lots of seating

Iverson He

Nice and quiet place.

Wray Johnson

Comfortable chairs. Nice choice of food and beverages

rega Hajiadem

Good customer service- hot food is best compared to Vancouver and Calagry lounges. Well managed

Chip berry

The food selection/quality has really dropped in recent years. Still a quite place to relax before a flight. Compared to other lounges in different airports this needs a little more attention to detail.

Gareth Falkingham

Not really much for the price. Really need to have a few drinks to get value out of it. Not sound isolated, so still hear all the airport bustle.

Timur W

not worth it

Stuart BURNS

Always a welcome visit. Good food

Rick Jonsson

The Premium Plaza lounge at Winnipeg airport is located beside gate 6 in the international and domestic side of the airport, note that you cannot access it if you are flying to the US. The lounge is a nice open area with glass partitions and it seats about 80 people. They have a nice food and drink offering but premium alcohol is charged for at the bar. There is also a small business centre with computers in one of the corners of the lounge. There are plenty of power points by the chairs and they have dedicated Wi-Fi and a good selection of papers and magazines. Overall a good domestic lounge.

Lydia Calhoun

The food is great and staff are so nice. Super cozy chairs. It's above the baggage claim so you can people watch.

Phil Polvorosa

Food is always fresh. Service is always prompt and courteous.

Tammara Kennelly

Terrible service, from the time I checked in. Seems it was one employee manning the front desk, bar, and bussing. Not enough. The food selection was not great and the quality and taste was poor. The seating isn't any better than in the airport and the noise isn't blocked at all. Seating was dirty and garbage in many of the vacant spots. And my dirty dishes sat the entire 3 hours and nobody picked them up. Great value for $25 but paying $60 for 3 hours, I expect more.

John Pettigrew

nice Lounge good staff

James Sab

Clean establishment, food so far not bad and the customer service so so.

Edward Allen

Helpful staff, lovely food, pleasant surroundings too. (Only clear weakness is lack of washrooms)

Daniel Roscoe

Wow. This is the life. Fancy lunch, excuse me, lunches, they even have Ft Garry Dark on tap. My wife says there is only one scotch at the bar, but it is a good one. I've never bothered with the place, but for my 60th my daughter upgraded a trip to Ottawa for me and paid our entry to the lounge (she found some sort of a deal online) It is a nice space to wait. Chairs, power points for electronics, it's own wifi, unlimited buffet that changes every couple of hours, coffee, soft drinks. Expensive if you do it all the time, but if you are stuck waiting between flights it sure beats waiting at the gates or sitting in the Tim's

John Ramos

Nice and friendly staff. Not much choice for food.

Monir Imamverdi

Fresh food, open air space, plenty of seating! Better than most you'll find in JFK or LHR.

Bob Davies

Love this place. It gets me ready for long trips, and I don't mind the cost--some might.

Daniel Strang

Phenomenal service, was there with a group and they were extremely welcoming.

Izabela Rachwal

Great staff and overall good experience

John Bellesfield

Always Clean, Great Conversation. Excellent Customer Service,

Robert Okabe

Great place to unwind or to catch up on work.

Kyle Schmick

Decent lounge, always the same food but it's not bad.

Earl Kellner

Great lounge to relax prior to, or between flights. Food is fresh and surprisingly really good. Chairs are very comfortable. If you know traveling well is as important as the relaxation destination, then this lounge is well worth the money.

David Shaw

very clean, quiet. Polite staff. Bar is not self serve like other locations and they appear to really limit alcohol consumption but I didn't test that :).

Michael Yasieniuk

Great food and service.

Hank Lemoine

One of the best lounges !

Frank Littlefield

Just ok. Said they were open till 9 pm but wanted to kick us out at 8:45! If it says open till 9, clients should be able to stay till 9, wouldn't you think?

Linda Boivin

Comfortable and close to amenities

Samuel McLaughlin

Decent, but not amazing. Everything you need when escaping the terminal, and not much more.

Wayne Chin Quee

Got in with my westjet gold membership. There was snacks and food. Terriyaki Chicken and variety of salads. Pop and juice all included.

Sean Morrow (SeanLocal)

One of the nicer lounges in Canada. Decent food, including hot selections and the bar is quite nice - nothing premium but included. They ran out of glasses though... so we had half pint glasses used for wine and vodka on ice.

Bernie Turpin

Food is good, staff are attentive and friendly.

kevin knight

The lounge was nice and the service by the staff is great. The only issue was i found it closed early concidering there was still alot of flights that day

Danna Ramma

make sure that you have time if youre going to eat here before ur flight. service is really slow and took forever just to get drinks... we had an hour and had to rush to eat our appetizers. not much else for option at the airport seems like most places are pretty slow. decent food though if you have the time to wait.

Stewart Mann

For the price it could offer better quality.

Rick Cuzzetto

Clean and new.

Christopher Killeen

Good was excellent

Paul J Ogilvie

Fast food version of thin crust, fired pizza. Decent prices and good services.

Thiru Thusan

Clean, but lack of selection for food.

Mirko Crevatin

Food is decent. Bar is not self service. It is open to the airport on the back side. It's no maple leaf lounge but a decent alternative.

Farouk Youssef

Great place to spend sometime before flying to your destination.

Sandeep Arora

Food options are ok. They always have some hot food though. Generally not crowded.

Tim Brydges

Great place to wait for your next flight!

Kevin Jacob Kurian

It was nice to find a Priority Pass lounge in Winnipeg airport. The entire terminal is new and so is the lounge. A bit on the smaller side though and there is no dedicated restrooms for the lounge (There are public restrooms available just beside the lounge). The food selection was also pretty decent.

Allan Chan

Food is better than Pearson terminal 3, but compared to any international Plaza Lounge, it's only just ok.

Paul Nolan

Nice atmosphere....and away from the crowds.

Pablo Listingart

I always stop by before a flight. Love to go there, have some breakfast, and the people there are really nice too

Anne Claros

It's definitely one of the cleanest lounges I've seen. Its layout is very spacious. The glass walls help the space seem even larger. The staff here are extremely friendly. Good addition to the Winnipeg Airport.

Trevor Schellenberg

Not the best but not the worst airport lounge. Could use a better variety of food.

Janice Overend

The food is bland, but at least there is cappuccinos and wine to be had while you work. They have minimal tables, and the work booths are pretty cramped.

Roxy S

Excellent quiet airport lounge with variety of hot and cold foods/drinks. I had a free pass through my credit card, but it would be worth it to pay $50 for 2 hours during a layover.

Raymond Menard

Best airport lounge that I’ve visited in Canada. Clean. Comfortable. Decent food. Real cappuccinos & lattes. Basic but sufficient liquor selection. Good wifi. I’m impressed.

Christophe diezma

OMG! this lounge is off limits if flying to the USA! the worst set up ever.

Chris Wragg

Totally worth it if you have a 2-3 hr layover in YWG. Full breakfast, great coffee, quiet, with outlets at every sear

Karen Breeck

Ho hum. No hot food. Few electrical plug outlets.

Amir Rezaee

This Plaza PREMIUM lounge really sucks! In general WestJet loyalty program was very poor during COVID. Low quality food, short of staff, uncomfortable sitting area, limited operating hours & more. This is so sad that organizations used the pandemic to justify poor service or cutting the service.

Keith Gozon

Very good service. Nap rooms are comfortable. Showers are available too

Chantal Chips

Very cute lounge with a nice balcony view of the airport below. Newly renovated Winnipeg airport lounge with group session, couch seating and office desk seating. Food selection includes: salad bar, soup, sandwiches, drink bar. The washroom however, is located outside the lounge

Frank Rinella

Small but clean and open air. Nice view over the airport. Food was decent for a plaza lounge. The service was over and above. Which was really appreciated as I was flying with my family. Fort Garry dark on tap and beer nuts are always a bonus. Right next to the west jet gates is convenient. Enjoy

Alan Warwick

Nice simple breakfast options. Lots of seating options and private workspaces. Friendly staff were very helpful for our first time visiting. A relaxing experience.

Megan Ward

Great food.

Jordan Shelest

Disappointing. Not a huge selection of hot food for breakfast. Eggs were grey...

Paul Bortoluzzi

Food is good and the staff are friendly.

Ganesh Srinivasan

Clean, polite efficient staff. Good Coffees.No frills snack and bites

Seamus Moriarty

No bathrooms in the lounge. Limited poor range and quality of food available and a bar that is unmanned so you have to wait at to be served. Not anywhere near a decent standard lounge. Save your cash.

S M

This lounge is one of the better lounges in Canada - possibly North America I have been to. Always enjoy my stays here while waiting for my flight. If delayed or have time at the airport - check it out.

Haris Rafiq

This Plaza Premium Lounge is lots of options available. Freshly prepared food is constantly being brought out into the buffet. Lots of great snack options too. Workstations to setup your laptop and very comfortable seats to get some rest.

donna kowal

We had 2 free passes fr our mastercard gold and tried it in the Winnipeg location today. The greeter "Marilyn " was excellent. Although there was no printer in the lounge for customer access she offered to print some documents for us , which was very nice of her ☺.They serve one hot lunch entree and some sandwiches available. The entree was label spicy to fore warn people. Perhaps they should offet a 2nd hot food entree that was non spicy like pasta etc. This would also appeal to those traveling with children, who generally are not into adult spices. Since this is totted as a family lounge too, they should offer some dishes that would appeal to children like mac n cheeze, pizza, ice cream etc. Plus, adults would like these too :)

Craig Price

Food great, service terrible only one person checking in and serving on the bar.

Dwight Froude

Nice and quiet with friendly staff.

Peggy Lok

The staff are very courteous, good choices of food and beverages.

Ingo Schubert

Very friendly and helpful staff

Masud Sethi

Nice and good seating arrangement. Food was good and staff was friendly.

Cyndie Schram

Great food

Joanne Manning

Excellent food, service and environment

Anthony Reimer

Quiet and relaxing, very enjoyable!

Glen

Great place to put your feet up.

Jasmine Cotnam

It was ok

Frank Jurcik

Excellent as usual, food the best of all lounges and the staff makes you feel like family.

Mark Sandberg

Great place to relax at the airport

Ivanka Bazalakova

Terrible food

Garth Render

It's over crowded and closed at 7pm?? Not much of a perk for those of us with a later or delayed flight

Darlene Clarke

Very, very poor food choices. We visited this lounge on dec24 2019 .. late afternoon early evening. The food choices were unacceptable, the only meat item was pork , we don’t eat pork as I am sure there are many people that don’t eat pork. Or meat for that matter .. the other choice was garlic rice , we did not want to consume garlic while traveling. The veg was carrots with other vegetables. Very soggy / overcooked there was potato salad that was ok. The ceaser salad was very soggy. ,, There was some kind of coleslaw salad also very soggy .. the soup was ok .. for dessert was a small piece of carrot cake.,, also store bought cookies ,, & some kind of thin overcooked crust with chocolate syrup on it .. there was plenty to drink , but the tomato juice was sour , we couldn’t drink it ... there was plenty of alcohol if you wanted ... I explained we don’t eat pork & asked if there were any sandwiches or bread ,the answer was No .. so for the price of $37 Canadian this was a ripoff.. Also the furniture/ fabric was very soiled / dirty. Very hard to find a comfy chair to sit on that wasn’t soiled / dirty ... they should always have some fruit & sandwiches available.. This was a very disappointing experience. Compared to other lounges at other airports this Winnipeg one is sad.

Peter Cheung

Second time used this lounge, soups were way too salty, other foods were ok

Archie Hafichuk

Gather your bearings before catching your flight

Jimmy Bejjani

Always the same food, they should change things once in a while.

Stefan Wall

Clean lounge, great food, and a very relaxing environment. Highly recommended.

Fred Lee

Good place to rest before flying out YWG.

L Nel

40.00 for 2 hour diversion however they were only open for 30 min longer. This includes somevtidbit foods

Don O'Hara

(Translated) Three serene (Original) Tres serene

marcel tomkulak

Good lounge. Very good dinner food and comfy seating with a reasonable amount of outlets for charging. Like other people have noted the bathrooms are outside the lounge which is inconvenient. Similar to all lounges I wouldn't consider paying for the service but if it's included in your membership or ticket by all means take advantage.

Yvonne McKee

Nice little place, lovely food????

Barret Procyshyn

Best food of plaza premium lounges in the west that I have been to.

Kishwar Mirza

The food was excellent. I loved the noodle salad They made us fantastic lattes

Fahad A

Only one employee taking care of the whole lounge which made the service very slow...the couch were a bit uncomfortable compared to other airport's lounges I've been to

Bill Lucenkiw

Good place to stay if you have a long wait

S

Angry miserable check-in staff

Aaron R

Fantastic lounge. Comfy, quiet and good food and staff... The bathrooms are outside the lounge which is unfortunate, but otherwise fantastic place to relax between or before flights

Andrew Osachuk

I don't know what this place is.

Guy Langevin

Great café latte but not from the machine this one was awfull, confortable seating area, meals are average, potatoes were almost cold.

Mark Darbyshire

not worth it

Justin Duong

Very nice friendly service and very nice selection of food

Bob Brogan

Accessible and open and good selection of food and drink

Mark Doctoroff

A Great addition to the Wpg. Airport. Like most restaurants, one often has a substantial wait before boarding. As frequent travellers we LOVE the Plaza Premium Lounges! The staff are well trained and "very professional"-- i.e. they work well as a "team". The menu changes throughout the 24 hour day. The food items-- include soups, main course options, salads drinks, great coffee as well as newspapers, WIFI... Most important of all is that they are very comfortable and peaceful-- while accommodating all of one's needs. I hope that this Review has been helpful.

Soice Construction

Was there Oct 6th so it's open again, so I was really happy to see that

Brian Peyton

Great place to relax at if you have a long wait at airports in Canada.

Proud Dad

The Toronto one is way way way better, here you can't serve yourself at the bar and their selection is very limited and you have to pay extra when in Toronto it's all include in your price

Ané Maré

Love that place!

haydee madlangsakay

It's an ok lounge, smaller than other airports

Chrys Lalonde

Great experience. Relaxing, good service, good food

Scott Smith

Probably one of the better lounges, but still far too expensive for what you get. Staff was nice and helpful. Drink limitation seemed arbitrary but reasonable.

Ryan Silveira

So you have a flight after 5pm and the lounge is closed .. ????

Benjamin Fallis

Great experience. Staff were welcoming, despite what some reviewers have said. Food was good, better than expected to be honest and they had a good selection. First lounge I have been in that had a drink limit, but that was not an issue for me and I think it's reasonable. Only complaint is no boarding announcements in the lounge, however, I understand they want to keep it relaxing and you could still sort of hear them from the rest of the terminal.

Shaun Axdal

Good place for a quick meal before you depart on you adventure.

Giju George

How can PINOY STAFF LET PINOY PEOPLE IN FOR ME. Ate you for real .... I pay $450/ per year. Plaza Premium, please change the Winnipeg branch to PINOY PLAZA.

jackie korchak

Always greeted with a huge smile and a sincere welcome!

Shaun S

Good place to hang out

Victor Carter

Not as comfy as Maple Lead Lounge. The ladies pouring drinks are a little judgemental, would rather care for myself. The food is good but the privacy and space are both limited. Not exactly sure the price is worth the experience considering drink limits and exposure. Attitudes of staff not appreciated but it’s whatever. This lounge may be ok for a shorter layover and if you want to eat a bunch of food, but if you have the time you might want to sit at one of the airport restaurants. Bigger glasses and friendlier staff

Maggie Deveau

Great option between check in and take off, especially on shorter flights that don't serve meals. Clean, secure WiFi, nice hot food and salads and a variety of drinks and juices.

K W

My wife and I visit may airport lounges in Canada and the US. We always find this lounge to be one of the best. Great food , very clean and friendly staff.

jarett mclaughlin

Staff were great, very helpful and pleasant!!!

Will Brown

Met by friendly staff, good food and relaxing.

jason kolaski

Food was good, better than most other lounges I have been at. People very friendly too. Only issue was they were out of spiced rum and limes.

Steve Fontes

Nice lounge food good service good to .I don't fancy the chair /sofa in lounge there's to narrow for my shoulder (I'm big tall guy) quiet place

Will Kennington

Flight was delayed and spent the time in the lounge. One of the best lounges I have been in. The service was top notch.

Tj Grewal

Drove 2.5 hours to Omaha. Spent the night in a hotel with a broken AC that kept waking me up. Got to the airport for my 6am flight. Landed in Minneapolis and made it on my connecting flight- plane was broken. So had to de-plane. Took the next flight and missed my connection in Winnipeg. Now I’m in Winnipeg in the lounge because I have to fly to Calgary at 6 pm so that I can make my connection to regina in order to get in at 10pm. Long story short, there is a 4 drink limit, which is hardly enough to make me feel better. Most lounges don’t have a limit. This one does. So please be conscious of that before entering this lounge.

Umesh Sharma

Great ambience, well kept and clean with warm and welcoming service. Buffet is good with a variety of beverage options as well. Nice and quiet inside the venue. A great way to relax before boarding. Love it very much ????

Justin Travis

Nice and relaxing

M V

Truly useless for anyone flying after 5 pm

Justin Rivera

Had a 4 hour layover and decided to take advantage of my lounge vouchers and was not disappointed. The food filled us up, the chairs were far more comfortable than the main terminal seating options and the staff members were really friendly and willing to help.

Collier Jiang

Great food selection, staff are friendly.