The Club, Las Vegas Airport

The Club has two locations in the Las Vegas airport, one in Terminal 3 at the E gates (that I didn't visit) and one at the D gates, which is a satellite terminal accessible by train from either Terminal 1 or Terminal 3.  It is that one that I visited, briefly, when flying out of Las Vegas recently.

I somehow failed to take photos of the actual space, but it is a totally reasonable lounge, fairly large, fairly light filled, with plenty of seating, all different styles.  There was a side room with more comfortable seating, a bar area with seating, a dining area adjacent to the buffet, and more assorted seating along the windows.  Plenty of power and USB outlets.  Wifi worked well.  They even had showers.

I had access through Priority Pass, and there was no wait (mid-week, mid-day).  

Buffet

The buffet at this location is really quite minimal, as the focus is more on made to order items, which I hadn't seen at a Club location before (granted, I've only visited the very ho-hum ones in Boston and in Seattle, and the newly opened fairly impressive one in San Francisco).

In addition to the food, there was a water tap for still or sparkling, and self-serve coffee machine (it did not make hot chocolate, which was quite a sore point with a family there when I arrived).  I didn't see any sodas available.

Basic Salad Bar.

The main offering is a salad bar, with mixed greens, carrots, croutons, red onion, and dressing.  Everything was fairly fresh and vibrant.

Salad Bar Toppings.

They also had tomatoes, pepperoncini, and olives.

And that was it.   No pasta nor potato salad as most Club locations have.  No celery/carrot sticks nor hummus.

Basic Salad.

Still, I made a basic salad.

It really was fine, the greens crispy and not limp nor browning, the tomatoes relatively juicy.  I wasn't unhappy with my simple side salad.  ***+.

Breadsticks & Soup.

As is common in lounges, there was also one soup of the day (garden vegetable) and warm breadsticks.  Kids seemed really into the breadsticks.

Snack Mix.

There was also a trio of snack mixes: milk chocolate raisins, "Sunburst Trail Mix" and "College Crunch", all from Truly Good Foods, who supplies all of the Club locations.

The milk chocolate raisins were standard. The trail mix is basically GORP, but with the addition of almonds. The college crunch was 90% sunflower seeds, some quality control is needed here!

Made to Order

Each table / seat has a QR code to scan to place an order for other food and drinks.

Menu

There were 4 small plates available: one vegan/gf, one vegan, one meat, one chicken.  And just one dessert (brownies, that seem like they could easily just be on the buffet line?  I saw them served to others, and they didn't do anything to embellish them, no whipped cream nor berries nor drizzle of sauce, so really not sure why they weren't just on the buffet).  You were limited to ordering 2 per person.

Hot Italian Slider.

"Ham, salami, pepperoni, provolone, hot cherry peppers, pepperoncini on an Italian seasoned brioche bun."

Somehow it felt fancier to order the slider through the mobile ordering.  I realize in retrospect that if this was sitting in a buffet, as is standard for little sandwiches, I would have looked right past it.  But it felt ... special somehow to order it.  Lol.

Anyway, um, yes, it was just a deli meat slider.  Not quite sure what I was expecting.  I think maybe it was supposed to be served hot?  But it was kinda just room temp, with the provolone cheese kinda congealed like it had been melted long ago, pretty unattractive.  Again, I would have looked right past this on a buffet, but now I had it in front of me.  Oops.

Inside, along with the congealed cheese, was a single slice of salami, a single slice of pepperoni, and a piece of ham folded over, along with 3 slices of pepperoncini.  There were no condiments of any kind, no mustard nor mayo, so it was really quite dry.  The deli meats were low grade average.  The bun did have a sprinkle of Italian seasoning on top, but it wasn't particularly flavorful, and didn't taste particularly fresh.

Overall, really lower end buffet quality, even if ordered in a slightly fancy way.  *+.

Vegan Cauliflower Wrap. (Vegan, GF)

"Filled with chili seasoned cauliflower, shredded cabbage, and pico de gallo."

I was moderately excited for the cauliflower wrap, which just happened to be vegan and gluten free.  I go through phases from time to time of really liking cauliflower, generally roasted or grilled.  My brain somehow thought this was going to be battered fried cauliflower, or perhaps buffalo cauliflower style, but it wasn't either of those.  It was just ... as they said, chili seasoned cooked cauliflower.  Lukewarm. With cold pico de gallo, in lettuce.  It lacked anything creamy, it lacked anything for crunch.  Just, boring, very healthy, vaguely Mexican I guess. Eh. **.

I did not try the chicken tacos, nor the bruschetta.

Drinks

Beer, wine, standard cocktails, and a few signature cocktails and mocktails are also available through the app.  These are limited to 1 per person.

Wine List.

The wine list was fairly large, with 3 white, 3 red, and a rose on offer.  All seemed to be in the $10-15 range.

Colby Red Blend.

I went for the red blend, and was given a generous pour.

It was an absolutely fine wine.  Low acid, low tanin, easy to drink.  Not too boring though, a bit of complexity to it.  I was more than happy with it and would get it again.  ***+.