Korean Air's Newly Renovated and Expanded Lounges at Incheon Airport
Korean Air has unveiled its renovated lounges and opened new ones at Incheon Airport starting August 18, 2025!
Existing lounges have been refreshed, and two brand-new lounges have opened:
- Prestige East Garden
- Prestige West Garden
I recently had the opportunity to visit the newly opened Prestige East Garden Lounge during my trip to Australia, and here's my review!
✔ Prestige Lounge Access Eligibility
You can access the lounge if you meet one of the following conditions.
We visited using a Morning Calm Club lounge voucher provided to Morning Calm members!
*Morning Calm Club Lounge Voucher Usage Conditions:
Lounge access is available at the departure airport on the same day as boarding a Korean Air flight (flight number starting with KE).
Can be used together with Korean Air customers accompanying the member (lounge usage count will be deducted).
✔ Checking Prestige Lounge Congestion
In the Korean Air app, there's a menu that allows you to check the real-time status of lounge usage at Incheon Airport!
Tapping it takes you to the following screen.
The lounge congestion level is provided in real-time:
Smooth, Crowded, Very Crowded
Excluding the Miler Club for now...
When I was using the lounge, only the Prestige East Garden was showing as Smooth.
The other two were all Very Crowded, so I used the Prestige East Garden.
However,
there's a reason why the Prestige East Garden is Smooth, lol.
It's so, so far away????
✔ Prestige East Garden Lounge Location
The Prestige East Garden Lounge is located near Gate 281.
It was quite a journey as it's located at the very end of the east side...
After completing the departure security check,
head towards Gates 249-291.
From here, it took about 15 minutes on foot.
You'll see the Korean Air Prestige East Lounge on your left as you walk.
Although it was showing as Very Crowded,
I took the escalator up just in case, but
there were already too many people waiting... so I immediately gave up and moved to the East Garden.
If you keep going,
there are still many stores that are scheduled to open,
and it's sparsely populated, so you might be unsure, but
you can find it if you continue towards Gate 281????
✔ Prestige East Garden Lounge Entrance
When you enter the entrance, there are stairs straight ahead,
and an elevator on your right.
After checking your passport and boarding pass at the counter,
scan the barcode on your boarding pass to enter!
(You must scan your boarding pass again when you leave.)
✔ Prestige East Garden Lounge Interior and Shower Room
There are lockers to store personal belongings.
There's a screen displaying flight schedules, gate information, and current status,
so it's good to check it from time to time!
I arrived at the Prestige East Garden Lounge around 5:30 PM on Saturday,
was able to enter immediately,
and although some tables were occupied,
I was able to use it comfortably :)
The garden view is also great.
It's very clean and pleasant!
There are wide table seats,
and separate seating areas for private use,
so it's great to use them according to your preference~
The restrooms are hotel-quality,
and there's a spacious and comfortable diaper changing area for babies.
The shower room is available by reservation,
but there's quite a wait,
so if you plan to use the shower room, I recommend making a reservation as soon as you arrive and then using the lounge!
✔ Prestige East Garden Lounge Food
Korean food, Western food, salads, sandwiches, bakery items, cup noodles, ham & cheese, fruit, juice, coffee, liquor, and soda
were all prepared in various types.
Before the flight,
it was great to have a quick bite, rest,
and relax!
Salads, fruit salads, bean salads, and cherry tomatoes.
There were also pork cutlet kimbap and vegetable kimbap.
There was rice and bibimbap ingredients,
so you can make it to your liking.
Sweet and sour chicken and kimchi pancakes.
There was also tuna kimchi fried rice and stir-fried baeksundae.
The porridge and soup options were
vegetable porridge with soy sauce and sesame oil, and budae jjigae.
There were caprese sandwiches, turkey swiss cheese sandwiches, cheese and ham.
For bakery and desserts,
there were bread, cookies, muffins, cakes, peanut butter, butter and jam, and Nutella.
Two types of cup noodles
Shin Ramyun and Tempura Udon were available.
Bananas and apples. The apples were all gone...
There's a separate bar area,
and you can request whiskey, wine, beer, cocktail liquor menu, and soda at the bar!
There are various options for orange, apple, tomato juice, milk, and coffee.
In the Western food corner, there was basil pasta and beef stew.
I ate well, rested well, and moved to board the plane!
Korean Air Prestige Lounge East Garden was a great place to eat lightly, simply, and rest comfortably.
If you have plenty of time and want to rest comfortably, it seems like a good place to enjoy some leisure.
However, I was disappointed by the location being too far away. (A 30-minute walk round trip...)
Refer to the review and
Have a great time in the lounge before your flight????
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