YYC Lounge

This is hands down my favourite place for chicken wings… random, right? But they’ve got the recipe down right: big wings, perfectly crispy on the outside and super juicy inside, coated in the right amount of salt & pepper… mmm… That being said, I haven’t really tried much else on their menu, I’m such a fan of their wings.
Service here is hit or miss, I’ve had great service and I’ve had times where I’ve been tempted to send a search party out for a waiter. Pretty decent place to come eat, if you’ve got some time between flights and don’t feel like food court food and/​or you’re overnighting in the vicinity of the airport.

Ugh I have so many mixed feelings about this place. I suppose thats in a large part due to the inconsistency of service and quality between visits. There’s usually a great deal of variation between one visit and the next… even within one visit…
That being said, when it’s good its EXCELLENT and when it’s bad its like «where am I and what is this place?». Let’s call it the YYC lounge lottery for now.
Huge bonus points for the sophisticated and complete gluten free menu. I’ve been glutarded from a very young age and have often found myself sidelined to a salad bar while everyone else feasts on whatever delicious things they want. This restaurant is a progressive one (in the dietary sense).
Service is good. Sometimes. Other times its just awful. Again with the lottery. Luck is a fickle mistress.
Now my pet peeve that is consistent across all my visits here (dozens and dozens of visits): This hotel has a large business traveler component. That includes me, and my associates. Every time I check into the Delta (with its itty bitty rooms), the last thing one wants to do is sit in your cramped room all night with your laptop and various electronic devices that are corporate necessities.
Far more preferable would be to go down to the YYC lounge and have a few drinks and eat, and work on some tasks on your laptop/​ipad/​tablet/​cell phone.
BUT, the management here seems to have completely overlooked the fact that these devices need electricity. There isn’t a single electric outlet to be found., So after a long flight, with your devices all discharged, you either have to sit right at the bar (often fully occupied), or sit and wait for a full charge in your room before you can come down and relax. This is HIGHLY inconvenient.
When I asked them why they mumbled something about «safety». Puleezee, wake up and smell the 2014. Starbucks and coffee shops and Denny’s and all sorts of restaurants world wide that are with the times often have many outlets available to customers. So if you’re going to lie, at least lie convincingly.
I know it may seem like a simple thing, but when you’re exhausted and just want to chillax in a lounge, the last thing you want to be worrying about constantly is how you’re going to keep your devices charged (for whatever reason you’re using them).
To sum it up, nothing I’ve mentioned here is a deal breaker. I will continue flying through YYC and stay at the Delta and drink at the YYC lounge at night. I just want to say it like it is and point out that just like the aging and decaying YYC airport, this lounge could stand to get with the times as well.
PS: Try the chicken wings, they rock