rewrite this title Inside the New AmEx Centurion Lounge in SLC – NerdWallet

American Express just opened a new Centurion Lounge at Salt Lake City International Airport on Oct. 28, 2025. Located in the expanded Concourse B, it’s AmEx’s 31st Centurion Lounge location and the airport’s first credit card issuer lounge.

It’s also the first AmEx Centurion Lounge location with a fireplace, with one indoors and another outdoors for good measure. Its amenities are designed around the state’s famous natural attractions, including an outdoor terrace with stunning views and a recovery room for tired hikers, skiers and snowboarders.

This is what the new Salt Lake City (SLC) Centurion Lounge in Concourse B looks like on the inside.

The entrance to the Centurion Lounge at SLC is located in Concourse B near gate B31. Once inside, you’ll need to either take the elevators or the stairs to the second floor for check-in.

If you are departing from the A gates, it’s a short seven-minute walk/ride on some moving walkways through a tunnel to get between the two concourses.

This 18,000-square-foot lounge isn’t the biggest Centurion Lounge, but it packs in pretty much all of the features a traveler could want: a coffee bar with a barista, outdoor space, a shower stall and a luxurious respite from the airport terminal.

The centerpiece of the lounge is the 360-degree fireplace in the “Hearth Room,” which is reminiscent of a ski chalet. It has armchairs surrounding the fireplace and a beverage station along one wall, making it the perfect place to sit by the fire and enjoy a cup of coffee.

Next to the Hearth Room is a long and narrow cafe-like space that has natural light spilling in from the skylights above. The Blue Roast by American Express coffee bar sits at one end.

The booths in this area were popular places to sit, especially if you need to open a laptop while you’re at the lounge.

For a darker, more intimate space, there is also booth seating in the same room as the buffet, as well as seating around the indoor bar.

The buffet, indoor bar and bathrooms are located a few steps up from the coffee bar. For accessibility, there’s also a ramp to reach that level of the lounge.

The lounge’s buffet offers restaurant-quality dishes. The lemongrass chicken, Earl Grey panna cotta and red velvet cookie were especially good.

You’ll also find some of the staples of AmEx Centurion Lounge food, such as the salad bar, chocolate chip cookies and an ice cream cart.

Next to the buffet is a beverage station, including a tap-like soda dispenser. There are also flavored syrups and other ingredients nearby to make your own “dirty soda.”

There are some additional snacks at the Hearth Room’s beverage station and in a display case by the coffee bar.

The coffee bar has baristas making espresso drinks, cold brew and smoothies, too.

There was also a large drink selection at the two bars in the Centurion Lounge. The signature cocktail is a “Park City Sling,” a gin cocktail with tart cherry and lemon.

Behind the indoor bar, travelers can access the outdoor terrace, which is designed to be used year-round. It has heaters and fans, as well as a second fireplace.

There is also a second bar on the terrace, where you can order drinks from an armchair overlooking the tarmac and stunning views of the Wasatch Mountains.

There is one spacious shower room tucked away near the men’s and women’s bathrooms. You can reserve a time slot for the shower stall at the front desk.

The recovery room next to the buffet doesn’t have napping pods (it’s not that kind of recovery), but it does have three armchairs and several different types of massagers and compression boots to help relax sore muscles.

The compression boots cover your entire leg, making the experience better than a typical chair massage. This recovery room would definitely be worth a visit if you’re returning from a ski trip.

For families or coworkers visiting the lounge together, there are some more private rooms with televisions. These are first-come, first-served.

The lounge also has two workstations located just off the Hearth Room, but they don’t offer any privacy or soundproofing.

They’re basically two desks built into a wall. It might be distracting to have people walk behind you, and if you have to attend any video calls on camera, you’ll be terribly backlit by the floor-to-ceiling windows directly opposite the workstation.

There are also spa-like bathrooms with AmEx’s signature blue in the tiling. The bathroom products are from the beauty brand L’Occitane En Provence.

The Centurion Lounge is a welcome addition to the growing Salt Lake City airport. There are also two Delta Sky Clubs and a Minute Suites location, but this location has more amenities and a better food and drink selection than the other options. It is a bit inconvenient to visit this lounge if you aren’t flying from the B concourse, but the trek is worth it. Besides, you can kick your feet up and sit by the fire once you get there.

Top photo by Meghan Coyle/NerdWallet.