New Adelaide Qantas Club & Business Lounge

[AIRwin]

Funny - I just checked the Qantas Newsroom and nothing about it there. It is, however the airline's 90th anniversary of international flying

https://www.qantasnewsroom.com.au/

Ironically no international flying from ADL... yet!

 

[Pushka]

Ironically no international flying from ADL... yet!

I reckon people have moved on from that. It's forced people to choose different airlines and have liked them. Removed the handcuff so to speak.

 

[JessicaTam]

Nothing to see yet. The CL is operating so the roped off section has gone. “3-4 weeks” is the thought from the staff.

Oh, and a post-mix machine should be there in about a week so they can dispense* with the soft drink cans.

*see what I did there!

 

[mviy]

Oh, I guess I may just miss being able to use the new lounge on my next trip after all, but should be able to use it on the one after that.

 

[DC3]

Oh, I guess I may just miss being able to use the new lounge on my next trip after all, but should be able to use it on the one after that.

Something to look forward to. And try-out the new soda fountain.

 

[kangarooflyer88]

Hopefully someone can share photos of the new lounge. What I will say is that I will miss the old combined lounge at ADL. It was fairly spacious and I always found the food and amenities to be a touch above what I would find out of the QF Club in SYD

 

[Daver6]

Hopefully someone can share photos of the new lounge. What I will say is that I will miss the old combined lounge at ADL. It was fairly spacious and I always found the food and amenities to be a touch above what I would find out of the QF Club in SYD

At the time when domestic J lounges weren't really a thing, the ADL QP was certainly one of the best domestic lounges IMHO.

 

[Flyfrequently]

What I will say is that I will miss the old combined lounge at ADL. It was fairly spacious and I always found the food and amenities to be a touch above what I would find out of the QF Club in SYD

I used to do my status runs to have lunch in ADL QP

 

[utaussiefan]

It always seemed that with ADL not having a J lounge, they always made the Qantas Club slightly more elevated in the food that was on offer and had space to move in it.

 

[JIMMYTHEJET]

It always seemed that with ADL not having a J lounge, they always made the Qantas Club slightly more elevated in the food that was on offer and had space to move in it.

I’m surprised they didn’t mix the lounge together again . Brings everyone together.
Now there’s a divide

 

[utaussiefan]

I’m surprised they didn’t mix the lounge together again . Brings everyone together.
Now there’s a divide

That would have meant keeping it just as a Qantas Club, Adelaide never had a Business Lounge. Qantas certainly would be wanting to standardise the lounge offerings in all the capital cities with them having a J & QClub.

 

[jase05]

I’m surprised they didn’t mix the lounge together again . Brings everyone together.
Now there’s a divide

ADL needs to be standardised with what the other Capitals have. The higher tier and J pax should get nicer offerings than what the QPub offers

 

[SYD]

ADL needs to be standardised with what the other Capitals have. The higher tier and J pax should get nicer offerings than what the QPub offers

and now to see if there’ll be some signature food offering? Any guesses?

 

[Cloud9]

and now to see if there’ll be some signature food offering? Any guesses?

Hmmm... Burger bar, maybe?
I'd like something like Italian, but can't see that really being workable at scale with any meaningful quality to it.

 

[mviy]

ADL needs to be standardised with what the other Capitals have. The higher tier and J pax should get nicer offerings than what the QPub offers

Not holding my breath waiting for a J lounge to open in HBA another Capital city airport.

 

[utaussiefan]

Hmmm... Burger bar, maybe?
I'd like something like Italian, but can't see that really being workable at scale with any meaningful quality to it.

It would be nice to have something unique to Adelaide, but with them not increasing the actual footprint of the lounge area, it's unlikely it would have a signature theming.

 

[SYD]

Hmmm... Burger bar, maybe?
I'd like something like Italian, but can't see that really being workable at scale with any meaningful quality to it.

I almost suggested Italian (or specifically a pasta specialty). There are quite a few options that can be passable from a Bain-Marie out back in the kitchen. Lasagna of course can easily be done in bulk and served up.

 

[CaptJCool]

For Adelaid Le

German Hahndorf & Barossa
Seafood. Port Lincoln tuna or fish or coffin bay oysters
Champagne

Vietnamese

 

[SYD]

For Adelaid Le

German Hahndorf & Barossa

Could do wurst…

Seafood. Port Lincoln tuna or fish or coffin bay oysters

Maybe sushi?

Oysters might be tipping the price point plus a dodgy oyster or mussel before a flight isn’t good.

Champagne

Save that for the CDG QF lounge…

Vietnamese

Saving that for SYD?

 

[anat0l]

I almost suggested Italian (or specifically a pasta specialty). There are quite a few options that can be passable from a Bain-Marie out back in the kitchen. Lasagna of course can easily be done in bulk and served up.

For Adelaid Le

German Hahndorf & Barossa
Seafood. Port Lincoln tuna or fish or coffin bay oysters
Champagne

Vietnamese

Italian makes a lot of sense for Adelaide. The problem I see is that I have little faith it will be implemented well. Put up a paltry effort and every Italian mama in Adelaide will be assaulting the lounge staff with wooden spoons, and it will be deserved.

Lasagne sounds great until you realise everyone will take the edge pieces first (or pass up the tray until a new one comes out with edge pieces), plus I have little faith in people to actually dish up a block of lasagne (let alone a scoop) neatly. It's gonna look like a dog's breakfast (or what it ate, but thrown up) very quickly. Taking a step back, if the lounge doesn't bother to make a good lasagne al forno in house and just get a mass catered one... I'm sure we've had enough of those, and they are horrid (the sugo is tasteless, the cheese is cheap and there's hardly any meat).

Pasta dishes sound great except that the longer pasta sits in a hot tray, the worse it gets because the pasta overcooks quickly. Refreshing it to be of quality at all times would waste a lot of pasta. You could do pasta to order to overcome these difficulties, and I think that would be nice, e.g. one penne arrabiata and another is pesto handkerchiefs (cue everyone saying you just picked two of the worst ideas as examples).

Pizza is an option, but that copies Perth.

Some quality antipasti, served with charred Italian bread, would be a winner, but it has to be good quality stuff, i.e. not just Don salami which you get at the supermarket.

German food... I see plenty of pork and potatoes in that. Sorry, Germans.

Tuna or fish might be offered as plates of the day. I wouldn't go down the sushi path as that's likely to be mass made and horrible. Maybe sashimi sliced to order during peak times (I'd say that'd go extremely fast, particularly if you don't limit how much people are allowed to take at a time). Oysters - hell no (not because they are disgusting, but because without live supervision and proper handling of fresh oysters, you're inviting a health / food poisoning suit).