CIP Lounge (VIP lounge):
They tried to enter the VIP lounge twice using the Privilege card.
In 2022, it was possible to visit. There are a lot of people in the hall, there is very little space, there was a queue for the women's toilet.
In 2024, it was not possible to visit: there was a huge queue at the entrance, which did not move in 40 minutes. Visitors with VIP cards were queuing, and a message appeared on the screen next to the entrance: "Sorry, due to the high load, we cannot accommodate you." Crowds of people who have cashed in for the "cip pass" service from tour agents are escorted to the next door by "Staff only".
It is time for those companies that cooperate with this airport in providing business lounge services to reconsider the terms.
Business lounge, Terminal 2.
Such a "VIP service" is still necessary to look for!!! The queue for visiting the hall is 50 minutes!! Groups of "VIP-VIP clients" are constantly held out of turn, which are formed by guides at the hotel from anyone who is willing to give a certain amount). In short, business in Turkish! There were 50 people in line to visit the business hall... What a surprise it was, when you got inside, you could see the occupancy of the hall by 10%, i.e. if you started all the people eating at once, the occupancy would be 50%!!! Well, the service, compared with Russian ones, is no, the range is very, very meager! There is no voice notification of boarding passengers in the hall (a very strange decision, despite the fact that passenger data is available at the entrance)!
A very unpleasant sediment remained ...
Good luck to everyone!))
We also read reviews that we couldn't get in, but we still passed (at the end of August), with a premium subscription. There were plenty of empty seats, you could sit. There are charging inputs. It seemed stuffy, which is not very comfortable. The food is very poor, probably the worst business hall in this regard. Rustic potatoes, fried chicken (as in kfs), vegetables, yoghurts, biscuits, nectarines, drinks (cola, tea, sprite, lemonade, water). WIFI -it seems to be there, but it does not catch at all. But if you are with children, then of course it is better here, there is nowhere to sit at the airport at all.