Disgusting! The worst food poisoning I have ever endured! Notice all the reviews here are 6 to 10…read moreyears old...
My spouse and I ate the same thing for our entire Mexico City trip, and we managed to stay well, not even an incident of bubbly stomach. Then I ate something at this lounge, alone, while my spouse refused to eat or drink anything...
We had an extra hour before our 11:20pm direct flight to JFK last Thursday, so we used this lounge for an hour prior to our boarding. The staff was extremely kind, welcoming, and professional.
But... The space is tiny, dark, outdated, and in really bad shape, with uncomfortable and nasty looking furnishings. There was also a weird smell. The bathroom was absolutely disgusting. There was this nasty, scary looking, black crust covered the space between where the sinks joined the countertop. It was more like a gas station convenient store bathroom.
I ate only 2 bites out of this tiny ham and cheese slider and a bowl of tortilla soup with lemon water because there was no food service on this red eye to JFK. My spouse did not touch anything in this lounge. So the culprit came from this lounge... The flight was only about 4 hours, and it took me only 1 hour to get my checked luggage and clear Global entry at JFK, and another 45 min to get home. By the time I got home, which was about 6.5 hours after I had the tiny amount of food and water at this lounge... Armagon! Nonstop watery diarrhea, vomiting, fever, chills and shivering, body aches, cold sweat, severe abdominal pain. I could not even make it to the ER. 2 days of hell. I was soooo sick. Pepto Bismuth helped a little. I just started getting better a few hours ago (but not completely).
I would rather pay and use another lounge at this airport. AA, shame on you for keeping this lounge in this condition. It's disgusting.