Opening Hours: 00:00 – 24:00 (24 hours)
Location
The Crown Lounge is located in the central area of the international terminal at Amman, Queen Alia Airport just behind the main duty free shops (currently under renovation). The lounge is located one level up from the main terminal and you’ll find the elevator just behind Starbucks with minimal signage to guide you to the lounge otherwise.
How to Access
The Crown Lounge is open to Royal Jordanian and One World business class passengers, One World elites, and Priority Pass cardholders. Most business class passengers on other airlines which fly to Amman including Turkish Airlines, Etihad, and Emirates will also have access to the Crown Lounge.
The Lounge
Living in Tel Aviv, the Amman airport has long been my connection point to the Middle East and Southeast Asia. I’ve passed through the Crown Lounge countless times for better or worse, and have become quite familiar with this place.
After taking the elevator up one level, you’ll fine the welcome desk on the left.
After checking in, you can continue straight where you’ll find plenty of seating and a light spread of food and drinks scattered around. There are all kinds of seating, so it shouldn’t be an issue to find a comfortable place to relax, work, or eat before your flight.
Continuing right from the front desk, you’ll reach the other half of the lounge which has the main buffet with plenty of food and drink options, dining tables, a full bar, smoking room, and the restrooms. This side can sometimes have a thick smell of smoke due to the smoking room door usually being left open, so I advise not sitting too close to the smoking room.
Overall, the Crown Lounge is beautifully designed, elegant, and well kept. While the food and drink options are not too impressive and lounge staff virtually invisible most of the time, the Crown Lounge is a perfectly good place to relax before a flight, just don’t expect five star service and a gourmet meal.
Food and Drinks
The Crown Lounge is open 24 hours and offers one set of items throughout the day and a separate offering for breakfast during the morning hours. Breakfast usually consists of some extremely dry pastries which I avoid, a salad bar, and some packaged sandwiches and other sweets.
Lunch and dinner have slightly better food with three to four hot options such as shawarma, lamb kibbeh, mozzarella sticks, and other Arabic finger foods. The salad bar, drinks and desserts are available throughout the day.
The Crown Lounge does have a bar on both sides of the lounge which seems like it should be manned, though never is. The bar offers some Jordanian wines, canned Amstel beer and a small selection of spirits.
Bottom Line
The Crown Lounge is nicely designed with elegant decor and comfortable seating, though doesn’t offer much in terms of amenities, service, or quality food and drinks. This lounge is more on par with the quality of a European business class lounge rather than the better lounges you’ll find at major airports in the Middle East and Asia. Come to relax and get some work done and know if you want to eat, you won’t go hungry.