Aspire Lounge 26
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Aspire Lounge 26 – Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)
The Aspire Lounge 26 at Amsterdam Schiphol airport serves all airlines operating within Europe’s Schengen area, except for SkyTeam carriers, which use the KLM Crown Lounge next door. In addition, the club welcomes members of lounge access programs such as Priority Pass.
The Aspire Lounge used to be known as the Menzies and Servisair lounge, prior to a recent rebranding as Aspire, Swissport’s premium lounge brand. (Swissport is one of the leading global airport lounge operators.)
Aspire Lounge 26 AMS design
The Aspire Lounge is located on a mezzanine above the concourse level, around an atrium which offers a glimpse at the concourse below but unfortunately does not deliver any natural light. The club stretches on both sides of the reception desk, though the area to the left is designated as overflow and opens only at peak times.
Aspire Lounge 26 – Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)
The design is simple and modern, with an emphasis on light tones and clean lines, and an overall European flair. The attempts at decorating the walls to create a backdrop range from good to mediocre: we like the white, translucent curtains by the atrium which let light flow while fostering a feeling of privacy; the large scale picture of Amsterdam Schiphol airport that runs along the wall opposite the window is an interesting touch; however the forest and nature scenery decals which adorn the outside walls and window look good on pictures but feel cheap in reality.
The main seating area is comfortable, albeit pretty densely furnished. Most seats come with power outlets. To the right of the reception area is a dining zone with high-top seating and dining tables, which unfortunately lacks power outlets. Opposite the window is an odd elevated communal area with three long U shaped benches. The space feels exposed and it’s no wonder that it seems relatively little use, save for the counters with power outlets on the edges.
In the back is an additional seating area which seems to predate the rest of the lounge and features loungers that are perhaps a tad more comfortable but lack privacy and light.
Aspire Lounge 26 AMS amenities
Aspire Lounge 26 – Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS)
The buffet offers a substantial selection of drinks with an espresso machine, several fresh juices, soft drinks and water in a cooler – the glass bottles are classy! – as well as a few bottles of wine and a limited, traditional range of liquor and spirits.
The food selection, on the other hand, is virtually non-existent. Even at breakfast time, when it’s reasonably easy to offer a decent spread at a moderate cost, the choices are limited to yoghurt, fruit and a few pastries. Don’t come in hungry or you’ll be disappointed.
A small selection of newspapers is available by the reception desk.
Aspire Lounge 26 AMS bottom line
Overall, the Aspire Lounge 26 at Amsterdam Schiphol airport in the Schengen zone is mostly a quiet place to sit and enjoy a drink. It is comfortable and peaceful, but lacks natural light and doesn’t offer any substantial food. It is difficult to see much value in paying the entry fee, seeing that the airport offers free Wi-Fi and a plethora of cafes and restaurants.
- The drink selection.
- The limited natural light.
- The meager food selection.
Aspire Lounge 26 at Amsterdam - Schiphol (AMS) welcomes:
- Pay-in customers: relax at the lounge no matter what airline you're flying. Purchase access now and save time and money.
- Select premium customers and elite members departing on an airline served by this lounge (see Airlines tab).
Cards accepted
Aspire Annual Membership
DragonPass
Lounge Key
Access may be restricted at peak times
Priority Pass (Standard, Standard Plus, Prestige)
Access may be restricted at peak times
TAV Passport
You may have access to Aspire Lounge 26 as a premium customer of one of the following airlines, or as an elite member of their frequent flyer program. Check the Access rules tab for more details, or use our lounge access wizard to find out if you have access.
Star Alliance
Access for eligible customers traveling on the following Star Alliance member airlines only.
 | Austrian (OS) |  | LOT Polish Airlines (LO) |  | Lufthansa (LH) |
 | SWISS (LX) |
oneworld
Access for eligible customers traveling on the following oneworld member airlines only.
 | Finnair (AY) |  | Iberia (IB) |  | Qatar Airways (QR) |
 | Royal Jordanian (RJ) |
Other airlines
 | Air Serbia (JU) |  | Eurowings (EW) |  | Icelandair (FI) |
 | KM Malta Airlines (KM) |  | TUIfly (X3) |  | Vueling (VY) |
 | airBaltic (BT) |
2.5 / 5, based on 24 reviews
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Overall ratings
I don’t think I’ve ever been in such a rundown lounge before. The plastic covers have been torn away from the seats in various places, so you’re sitting on the foam padding. The choice of food is quite limited, but the choice of drinks is quite good. If you have a Priority Pass or similar membership, you may have to wait a long time, as airline business passengers have priority.
The best thing in this lounge is the service. The staff are kind and helpful, but that’s about it. The food is very mid, not a huge selection (mostly small snacks and drinks). The lounge is one huge open space, the ambiance is not great since it feels like a different but also very similar waiting room as outside the lounge.
Everything is super old. Every single piece of furniture available was broken! The food didn’t look very appealing.
They don’t bother to manage cues, over 30 minutes some 40 people went out, staff wouldn’t allow anyone in. Even the paper flier stating users need to cue up is old and filthy
Horrible! Worst lounge I ever been in. Dirty, no variety in food and drinks. No kid friendly food, worn down and broken furniture
Visited this lounge a few weeks ago by chance as the Star Alliance Lounge next door was still closed. It was very crowded when I came around 8:30am with not much available seats to take. Breakfast offering was mediocre, bread, cheese and cold cuts and fruits.
Poor in all aspects. Poor selection of foods, Poor selection of drinks. Slow staff not interested in guests.
Definitely not for celiacs. Lounge 26 is completely lacking glutenfree foods. In addition to that, staff appears to br conpletely unaware what glutenfree means. These could be easily fixed with A)having something glutenfree and B) marking it, so that guests as well as staff would know.
Poor quality, both for the worn and tired furniture as well as the very limited food choice.
For many years I have a Priority Pass. Even though I never use (used) it at Schiphol and I never went to the Aspire Lounge No 26, because in 99% of the case I travel with my partner who is KLM Gold member. Therefor, we are used to enter the KLM lounge No 25 (or abroad to enter other lounges) based on her membership and an invite for me.
By exception I travelled to Spain on my own in June 2022. For the first time in my life I tried to enter the Aspire Lounge No 26. Well, you probably already guessed it: there was a handwritten sign (A4 paper) placed outside the reception to inform me the lounge was full and they did not allow other passengers to come in. The one time I tried to use Aspire Lounge No 26….
Pre-booking (making a reservation) in Aspire Lounge No 26 is not possible / not allowed with a Priority Pass card. However, for some other cards pre-booking is allowed. That way, Priority Pass holders have a disadvantage.
I think it is a bloody shame to refuser (some) passengers just because you are not able to handle the increased demand (not even offering a poor possibility like “to just wait untill another person leaves”). Even though I can understand this is a force majeure, I cannot (will not) accept that it is normal to turn that into the problem of your customers. Priority Pass is not a free product or service. Customers did (one-way-or-another) pay money for that card and it (should) include some rights for them.
In case of problems like “it’s so busy” both Priority Pass and Aspire Lounge No 26 should be flexible, creative and customer focused in finding ways to handle that situation, other than just closing the door.
Anyway, this first Aspire Lounge No 26 experience was a big disappointment.
Not the best!
Last time they did not let me in, reason overfilled.
unfriendly
I did not appreciate being “welcomed” by rudely telling me by what time I needed to leave. As I pointed this out to the receptionist, rather than accepting a genuine customer feedback she became defensive. What a sorry excuse for customer service.
As for the actual service and offerings inside the lounge, I have stopped by Aspire lounge on a few occasions as my travel patterns only seldom take me via Amsterdam. Food offering is basic, lounge interior is dated and the acoustics is quite noisy. This lounge is definitely not one of my favourites.
Receptionist is ok. But as a once a week visitor of this lounge, I really dislike it. It is one of the worst, no THE WORST, lounge you can visit. No newspapers or very few, food really is an insult for the word food. They serve a mustard soop every day, never change, the salad bar is a disgrace, drinks are okay but meals really are terrible. No choice, always the same. Toilets are not the cleanest. Staff is talking loud, not quite shouting but just too loud. This louge should be closed and replaced by adequate staff with better meals and newspapers. Priority pass shlould nit accept hthis, this is a disgrace for Amsterdam!!!
Receptionist very friendly- the only positive experience ..
Staff was extremely noisy ( they were refilling food) , calling each other from one end to the other..
very rude dish cleaner told me to get the children’s food so they wouldn’t help themselves with too much: my daughter gave back one slice of chickenbreast because it was inedible…
All in all not worth 25€ …
Very rude receptionist who was very argumentative upon arrival due to the fact the lounge was full and they were not accepting priority pass card holders. Didn’t manage to get the name however she was on shift the evening 10/10/17 around 20.00pm. When returning back after some time I was again turned away and told that it hadn’t been 1 hour yet and her attitude was very bad. Should NOT be working in that role. It was want an issue for me that the lounge was full of someone spoke to me nicely. Did not return back after that and won’t be again!
Traveling to AMS every week – food selection (if you can call it like this) consists of one salat with lots of onions and since a few week of some other warm Couscous, and some Dutch (sorry but not international) Style do it your self bread roles. Lounge always crowded… Comment of the staff “If you like to eat something properly, you need to eat outside – this is not a star alliance lounge…well THEN PLEASE BUILT ONE in AMS !!! worst selection of food and seats compared to all EU SEN Lounges I know…
Very crowded, sometimes difficult to find an empty seat. Not very relaxing. Staff not friendly. No place to relax / lay down. Very limited daylight.
Very basic offer (some bread, some cheese, some salad for lunch). Quality of food not good
Some PC-area, but limited offer on newspaper. Free Internet available but very slow. Restrooms are clean.
Dump. No food uncomfortable seats. When I was there the lounge was half full. After flying all night – I stretched out over two seats basically for a power nap and was woken up by a woman who said sir you cannot sleep here. I completely get it if the lounge was full – I’m not a rude person – but really????? Reminded me of grammar school and I’m surprised she didn’t wrap my knuckles. No shower. Crappy wifi. Small, dirty bathrooms. You’re better off in the main terminal. Under no circumstances pay for it. I was a transient passenger and have many routing choices – this dump in enough to make me avoid AMS- which otherwise is a great airport. Probably the worst lounge ever- and I travel 200,000 miles a year. Would have rated zero stars if app allowed.
The worst lounge I have been at. Lufthansa and all Star Alliance members should do something. Dirt everywhere, no one cleaning tables, personnell enganged in chit-chats without caring of filling up the empty trays of a poor quality foor and very limited in choice. Coffee machine so dirty!!! Can’t comment more.
I complained to the lounge reception desk very strongly….
As nice Schipol airport is, this Aspire Lounge 26 is to be skipped completely. Pay your Euros and get a decent meal in a restaurant at the airport. Your gold card or business class ticket means nothing here.
Pros : very quiet , lot of space , very comfortable seats
Cons : wifi is slow , food and drinks are a pure joke , there is FIDS only at entrance so you need to leave your seat and check the status of your flight
If you can go there for free , then do it but do not expect more than a place to seat with free orange juice and toilets
Food and drinks are a pure joke.
Wifi is slow, there is FIDS only at entrance so you need to leave your seat and check the status of your flight.
Pros : very quiet , lot of space , very confortable seats
Cons : wifi is slow , food and drinks are a pure joke , there is FIDS only at entrance so you need to leave your seat and check the status of your flight
If you can go there for free , then do it but do not expect more than a place to seatt with free orannge juice and toilets
A basic lounge which provides comfortable seating, Wi-Fi, and drinks, but don’t expect much overall. The lack of natural light is unfortunate.
The lounge is very centrally located, most gates can be reached within 10-12 minutes. No views, though. The interior is modern and comfortable. There`s enough space for everybody. Friendly ambience.
Been there in the morning. Some breakfast items were offered but the buffet is rather small.
WLAN is free. There`s a faster WLAN-Service which has to be paid for. Small selection of newspapers and magazines.
Plenty of seating available – been there several times and it was never crowded. In fact only the mai area was open while two other areas were always closed. Staff at the reception has always been very friendly, only setback that they really check in detail if you are eligible to visit the lounge. Boardingpass alone won`t do they always needed to see our cards.
Food selection is very simple, beverage selection is ok but certainly not outstanding.
Free WIFI, but only for 2 x 30 minutes. Selection of newspapers and magazines. TV. Bathrooms are ok.