I was hoping for a quiet, pleasant space to wait for my train. I was greeted with 3 flights of dirty, paint splattered stairs, just what you want with your suitcase. The lounge had a group of network rail and virgin staff being very loud and annoying. I know rail staff get paid enough to be going everywhere first class. But I'm guessing they were freeloaders. Always the same with virgin first class. There's always a noisy group of them on the train, or their noisy family who seem to always go first class.
It also smells of smoke in here.
The noisy group left a couple of minutes before I did. Once they left I could appreciate the lounge is nicely decorated, a bit quirky. Looked like there were plenty of refreshments.