Complimentary food and alcohol really set the Maple Leaf lounges apart from other North American airline clubs. And plenty of seats, internet access, and clean restrooms offer additional comfort.
Sure, like every lounge, it takes longer to check in here than it did for your flight. And some of us regular visitors wish they would change up the hot soup schedule...why is every Thursday the same chicken and rice and cream of mushroom? But these are trivial in light of the simple, but important benefits mentioned above.
I generally refrain from referencing anyone else's reviews, but the folks giving this fewer stars because of very specific lounges in fantastic places are better? Come on, of course they are. But by that same logic, no restaurant could ever score above 3 stars because The French Laundry and El Bulli exist somewhere in the world. And that isn't the point of the rating system.