The 10 worst airport lounges in Asia: 2026

I built this list from Lounge Frog's own ratings: every open lounge in South, Southeast and East Asia with at least eight rated metrics, sorted from the bottom. The Middle East gets its own list. Nap suites, spas, restaurants and bars sold as lounge "experiences" are left out, and so are lounges rated on only one or two metrics, of which the site has plenty at Chinese and Indian airports.

One thing to say up front: India is over-represented, and Bengaluru alone has three of the ten. The two Bengaluru rooms at the very bottom are landside arrival lounges, and the airport's airside lounges are among the better Priority Pass rooms in the region.

Scores between 2.7 and 2.9 are close. Four lounges show 2.8; where scores tie I put the one with lower individual scores first.

Arrival rooms on the wrong side of security#

1. T1 Lounge (Kerbside), Bengaluru, 1.3. A Priority Pass room outside Terminal 1 arrivals, near Arrival Gate 13. If you are departing from Terminal 1, clear security and use the 080 Domestic Lounge on Level 2, also on Priority Pass, which rates 3.8 with 5s for seating, power and workspace.

2. 080 Arrival Lounge (T2), Bengaluru, 1.6. The same idea in Terminal 2: a landside room on Level 0 of the arrivals hall, Priority Pass, two-hour cap. Airside in the same terminal, the 080 Lounge (Domestic T2) rates 4.4 and the 080 International Lounge 4.5, both on Priority Pass.

8. Aviserv Lounge (East), Mumbai, 2.8. Landside in Terminal 2 arrivals, Level 2, near Arrival Gate C, open around the clock on Priority Pass. If you are departing Terminal 2, the airside Adani Lounge (Loyalty, Domestic T2) rates 4.8 and the international Adani Lounge East 4.6, both on Priority Pass.

In fairness to all three: an arrival lounge does a different job. If you land at 2am and need somewhere to sit before a meeting, the airside lounges are no use to you and these are. If you are departing, go through security first.

Contract lounges at the Chinese hubs#

3. VIP Lounge No. 25, Hangzhou, 2.3. The Priority Pass lounge for international departures in Terminal 4, on the 5th floor, open 06:20 to 23:00.

7. VIP Lounge No. 69, Shanghai Pudong, 2.8. An airport-run lounge near Gate 69 in the Terminal 2 international zone, on Priority Pass and Plaza Premium. Walk to the China Eastern No. 77 Lounge opposite Gate 77 instead: same terminal, same two programs, 3.6 overall, with noodles cooked to order and showers. With oneworld status, the Cathay Pacific Lounge in the same terminal rates 3.8.

Beaten by the room down the hall#

4. Matina Lounge West (T1), Seoul Incheon, 2.7. Incheon has some of the best Priority Pass lounges in Asia, which is why this one stands out. Its sibling, Matina Lounge East opposite Gate 11, is in the same terminal, takes Priority Pass, LoungeKey and DragonPass, and rates 4.7 with four showers. The Sky Hub Lounge East rates 4.8 on the same cards.

10. 080 VIP Domestic Lounge, Bengaluru, 2.9. Also called Courtyard Club, this is a paid section inside the 080 lounge complex on Level 4 of Terminal 2 domestic departures, booked through Plaza Premium. The room it sits inside, the 080 Lounge (Domestic T2), rates 4.4 and takes Priority Pass.

Thin choices#

5. The Coral Executive Lounge (Domestic), Bangkok Suvarnabhumi, 2.8. On Concourse A for domestic departures, 05:00 to 22:00, on Priority Pass and DragonPass with walk-up entry sold. The Thai Airways Royal Silk Lounge on the same concourse rates 2.9 and is limited to Thai and Star Alliance business passengers and THAI elites.

6. IASS Executive Lounge (T2), Tokyo Narita, 2.8. Landside on the 4th floor of Terminal 2, above the departures hall, 07:00 to 21:00, on Priority Pass, LoungeKey and DragonPass. With oneworld status, the JAL Sakura Lounge (T2, main) rates 4.8. Priority Pass members flying from Terminal 1 have the Korean Air KAL Lounge at 4.1, a different terminal.

9. Garuda Indonesia Business Class Lounge (International), Jakarta, 2.9. The surprise on the list: an airline's own international lounge at its home hub, Terminal 3. The alternative in Terminal 3 is the Plaza Premium lounge near Gate 6, on Priority Pass and open 24 hours, but it has no ratings on our site yet, so I can't tell you it is better, only that it exists.

Left off the list#

Mumbai's Good Times Bar in Terminal 1B rates 2.6, which would put it fourth, but it is a bar, so it stays out. Delhi's former Amex lounge in Terminal 3 would have rated 2.8, but it closed at the end of 2025.

For the same exercise by subregion, see India, Southeast Asia, Greater China and Japan and South Korea. For the other end of the scale, start with the best lounges in India, Japan and South Korea. How the scores work is in our methodology.