QF business lounge vs AMEX lounge Sydney intl

[mirkinnod]

Hi all - I'm new and have a question I'm sure has already been answered previously but can't find.

I am VA gold (work fly them) but on a cheap personal trip to Auckland next week the timing of VA/NZ redemption options were rubbish so went for a Qantas classic award on the LAN dreamliner instead. I am well and truly a bronze Qantas FF.

I've signed up for two credit cards in the last 6 months for the signup points - the 75k signup Qantas point black card from ANZ (with the no annual fee promotion), and the 110k signup Velocity Amex card. Each of these cards comes with 2 (only) lounge passes, 2 for the Qantas lounge with the ANZ black, and 2 Amex lounge visits with the Amex.

My question, which lounge would people recommend for the 11:30am LAN departure? I haven't been to either lounge before and I don't want to use two invites trying out both lounges on the off chance I'll be flying non AirNZ/VA with a guest again in the following few months. I'll be cancelling both cards early in the new year so won't get subsequent invites for a while...

I quite like hanging out in airports so I'll get there nice and early and will have a couple of hours to enjoy the chosen facility. Given the late morning departure (1130) I guess I'm looking for the better breakfast, better coffee, better view and whichever lounge is likely to be quieter so I can get through some work.
Thanks in advance for the advice!

 

[smit0847]

I visited both last month. I was very surprised at how small the Amex lounge was. I preferred the QF lounge because it much a much wider range of f&b.

 

[bsb]

The AMEX lounge is nice enough, but Qantas would be hands down the better option.

 

[CatherineC]

Agree. AMEX Lounge is ok but quite small and no where near as luxurious as Qantas Business lounge. The latter has a great variety of food and drink and plenty of seating and tvs and papers. The AMEX Lounge has a much more restricted offering of all these things in a much smaller area.