Qantas Business Class meals & menus

[anat0l]

Fat fingered typo, should have been “big”.

Not if you were a Kiwi.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Not if you were a Kiwi.

lol. I’d assumed MrK was a kiwi and the OP was being very funny!

 

[Katie]

QF512 SYD-BNE, 10 am departure.
Full J cabin - 3 options - frittata, french toast, or a French-style salad with vinaigrette dressing.

I was in 3C, Mr Katie (who has an Aussie accent and was born here in Qld) was in 3D.
The FA served 1AC then 1DF, 2AC and 2 DF, but then 3FD and 3CA.

3F declined a “schnack” as the FA was calling them - Mr Katie in 3D got the second-last French toast.
It was then up toe and Mr 3A to dexide who wanted the last French Toast or last Salad.
He let me choose, and I chose the French Toast.



I was surprised to see bacon, spinach and beans …
The “toast” was eggy on the bottom and bready on the top.

Overall a very confusing concoction.

 

[ozflier]

I'm travelling BNE to PER next month and have the choice of the 0830 vs the 1320 departure .
I'm interested in what the meal will be on the 0835 service.
Will it be breakfast - my experiences with a QF domestic have not been positive .
I enjoy the hot meals on domestic longer distance flights .
I would prefer the earlier flight but not if it was the classic breakfast offering.
Thanks in advance for your advice.

 

[anat0l]

I'm travelling BNE to PER next month and have the choice of the 0830 vs the 1320 departure .
I'm interested in what the meal will be on the 0835 service.
Will it be breakfast - my experiences with a QF domestic have not been positive .
I enjoy the hot meals on domestic longer distance flights .
I would prefer the earlier flight but not if it was the classic breakfast offering.
Thanks in advance for your advice.

I'd put my money on breakfast, even if 0830 is sort of just on the cusp.

 

[ozflier]

I'd put my money on breakfast, even if 0830 is sort of just on the cusp.

Any readers got an idea of what the BNE-PER J bfast looks like ?

 

[anat0l]

Any readers got an idea of what the BNE-PER J bfast looks like ?

As you alluded to, it probably won't be anything very different to what you would be used to seeing. Some egg dish, probably a cold dish (muesli), maybe a wild card like pancakes or some sort of toasted cafe sandwich.

Happy to hear further from the crowd

 

[anat0l]

I'm travelling BNE to PER next month and have the choice of the 0830 vs the 1320 departure .
I'm interested in what the meal will be on the 0835 service.
Will it be breakfast - my experiences with a QF domestic have not been positive .
I enjoy the hot meals on domestic longer distance flights .

Just did a search again - there is an older post on AFF of someone flying BNE-PER, but it's a 0900ish departure.

Right now.

QF935 BNE-PER 0900 departure.

‘Lunch’ at 1030 EST/0830 WST. Three options. A standard chicken/veg, moussaka and a prosciutto salad.

I went for the latter as a lighter option at this time of day. Very acceptable. Again, not a bowl of NP Rabbit Food in sight.

Red was a Vic shiraz. Can’t recall from whom, but it was fine.

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[MEL_Traveller]

QF512 SYD-BNE, 10 am departure.
Full J cabin - 3 options - frittata, french toast, or a French-style salad with vinaigrette dressing.

I was in 3C, Mr Katie (who has an Aussie accent and was born here in Qld) was in 3D.
The FA served 1AC then 1DF, 2AC and 2 DF, but then 3FD and 3CA.

3F declined a “schnack” as the FA was calling them - Mr Katie in 3D got the second-last French toast.
It was then up toe and Mr 3A to dexide who wanted the last French Toast or last Salad.
He let me choose, and I chose the French Toast.

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I was surprised to see bacon, spinach and beans …
The “toast” was eggy on the bottom and bready on the top.

Overall a very confusing concoction.

Oh! That’s the french toast I was raving about up-thread.

Yours looks a little pale compared to mine. Mine was eggy on too as well as underneath and was really delicious!

 

[Justinf]

Fat fingered typo, should have been “big”.

Just pronouncing it in the accent of the destination.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Refreshment service SYD-MEL yesterday, choice of ploughman’s or toasted pita bread with roasted mushrooms. CSM recommended the latter. Filling was delicious! Sort of like a rich bolognese mince. Pita bread didn’t reheat well. Was sort of odd.

Couple of slices of bread and washed down with G&T.

Superb CSM and crew. I’ve let my subscriptions to disney and parma mount lapse, so board early and use the time to catch up on shows!

 

[DrGear]

Currently on QF19 SYD-MNL 18/3/25

Grabbed the apertivo which had some great nuts and the margarita was decent but too sweet for my taste. Mixed in a little water and it made for a more palatable drink.



Went with the soup for starters and gotta say, that was damn good. Nice and flavorful, good texture and the temperature was solid. The bread, like every time I’ve had it, tastes like fridge. Wasn’t noticeable with the soup though. Salad was salad, was fine.



The mains was surprisingly good. The silverbeet reminded me of my grandmothers cooking, which isn’t high praise. Tasted fine, but was overcooked and limp. The steak was good, especially for something that’s cooked to well done. Most of it was actually pretty tender with only two patches that were somewhat dry. The sauce was stellar. Needed some salt and once that was on, it all came to life. The polenta chips were amazing. I’m a sucker for polenta chips at the best of time but these were great.



Finally, desert I went with the ice cream sandwich. Standard affair but was rock solid like most airline ice cream.

 

[GDSman]

the margarita was decent but too sweet for my taste

When I ordered it the other day the flight attendant warned me that she thought it tasted too sweet...and she was right!

 

[anat0l]

When I ordered it the other day the flight attendant warned me that she thought it tasted too sweet...and she was right!

Tommy's got a sweet tooth then!

 

[DrGear]

When I ordered it the other day the flight attendant warned me that she thought it tasted too sweet...and she was right!

It was like someone put twice as much syrup in as you’d normally expect. I prefer my margaritas a little more fresh, less sugar.

 

[Balorfi]

From all the correspondence so far, I'm guessing that most of those flying out of Hobart in the early morning are totally unconcerned about the fact that there are often no meals on offer. Anyone from Qantas reading this will think it is OK to not offer meals in business class. I have always thought it was very cheeky on the part of Qantas. "Leaving too early for catering" is absolutely no excuse. Whether the passenger wants the meal or not isn't the point. If there is not going to be any meal service, we should be forewarned well ahead of the flight and an appropriate refund should be offered. After all, it is advertised as a full service flight.

 

[RooFlyer]

From all the correspondence so far, I'm guessing that most of those flying out of Hobart in the early morning are totally unconcerned about the fact that there are often no meals on offer. Anyone from Qantas reading this will think it is OK to not offer meals in business class. I have always thought it was very cheeky on the part of Qantas. "Leaving too early for catering" is absolutely no excuse. Whether the passenger wants the meal or not isn't the point. If there is not going to be any meal service, we should be forewarned well ahead of the flight and an appropriate refund should be offered. After all, it is advertised as a full service flight.

I agree its pretty pathetic. What do they offer? Cheese and crackers?

If they actually wanted to (service $$ paying customers, not just saving money) I'm sure there would be some type of vacuum-packed meal not requiring refrigeration they could heat and offer.

 

[anat0l]

I guess the 6am departures miss out as there is no catering at HBA. Never do those flights anymore so don’t notice but I’ve said a couple of times that I think the mid morning flights are over-catered!

I agree its pretty pathetic. What do they offer? Cheese and crackers?

If they actually wanted to (service $$ paying customers, not just saving money) I'm sure there would be some type of vacuum-packed meal not requiring refrigeration they could heat and offer.

Why would HBA have no catering? Seems odd... even VA would need to stock up on all their buy on board items at a minimum (not all of them can be maintained at ambient temperature overnight). Where does the QP get its catering from - some of that stuff in the lounge must be hot.

I suppose if they had refrigeration at the airport, surely packing some continental breakfast trays and a stack of bread can't be farfetched, at a minimum. Maybe they should offer airport credit to all J pax to use at the concessions before boarding (unless none of those are open at 5am in the morning).

QF ran a HBA-PER service for a while - where did the catering come for that? Double catering from PER would be odd, given the cross-country trek is over 4 hours on a 737 no less (i.e. space).

HBA might not have any qualified QF engineers on site to call (have to fly them in from the mainland), but surely catering can't be ridiculous.

When daylight savings is on, BNE flights to SYD and MEL leave at 5 am. But hey, that's not too early at all for catering to load up proper full meals. Get your act together, Hobart.......

 

[RooFlyer]

Why would HBA have no catering? Seems odd... even VA would need to stock up on all their buy on board items at a minimum (not all of them can be maintained at ambient temperature overnight). Where does the QP get its catering from - some of that stuff in the lounge must be hot.

No commercial airline kitchen at HBA or Tasmania; the flights ex HBA (and the others, I think) get double catered out of wherever they came from but not the first flight out, where the plane sits at HBA overnight.

I did the HBA-PER-HBA a couple of times. I THINK for HBA-PER the catering came on the plane the inbound to HBA from MEL, SYD etc.

And no, nothing hot in the HBA QP - just the salad and deli type stuff prepared in a kitchenette out the side, and the much vaunted sandwich maker!

But hey, that's not too early at all for catering to load up proper full meals. Get your act together, Hobart.......

When Jetstar started, Qantas wanted to eliminate all QF flights from Tas - it was only the pollies that saved us from that fate (so its said). If you've ever had the dubious pleasure of a stay in the QP at HBA, you'll be able to see how much the airline cares about Hobart pax ... (Virgin of course have no lounge but that's due to zero space, I'm sure.)

 

[anat0l]

No commercial airline kitchen at HBA or Tasmania; the flights ex HBA (and the others, I think) get double catered out of wherever they came from but not the first flight out, where the plane sits at HBA overnight.

So VA must be the same for their first flights of the morning (for J anyway)... so what do they serve?

I suppose of all the things that can be kept at room temperature (or maybe lower, given that HBA is cold most of the year), there would be muffins, cookies, some forms of danishes (especially sweet ones), cakes (e.g. banana bread),

I did the HBA-PER-HBA a couple of times. I THINK for HBA-PER the catering came on the plane the inbound to HBA from MEL, SYD etc.

That would make some sense, but I still did wonder how all that extra catering fits in 737 galleys (keeping in mind that PER flights would have three choices of mains for J and carrying full catering for Y, i.e. the "tucker boxes").

There's a few 737 international flights that apparently can't be double catered properly (according to a fairly recent AFF article), so I wonder how much extra catering could have been put into the 737's galleys.

And no, nothing hot in the HBA QP - just the salad and deli type stuff prepared in a kitchenette out the side, and the much vaunted sandwich maker!

I thought they would put out some eggs (scrambled or boiled), and/or some baked beans.

When Jetstar started, Qantas wanted to eliminate all QF flights from Tas - it was only the pollies that saved us from that fate (so its said). If you've ever had the dubious pleasure of a stay in the QP at HBA, you'll be able to see how much the airline cares about Hobart pax ... (Virgin of course have no lounge but that's due to zero space, I'm sure.)

Visited HBA QP a couple of times... and it's not as below par compared to other QPs as such. Food selection quite comparable, but I've never seen it in the morning. (The last time I flew from HBA in the early morning I didn't have status and I was in Y... very long time ago).

VA made so much noise about a new lounge at HBA (and yes I realise this was pre-pandemic) to no avail.... without realising that there's no space?