The Ballot - Greeks, Turks, Last Post and those Marbles

[amaroo]

Decent selection - very tasty!

 

[OATEK]

Decent selection - very tasty!

I found the BA meals and service surprisingly good on our recent flights (ATH-LHR-TXL).

Certainly a cut above anything on QF in J from on recent flights.

 

[amaroo]

Views from the seat.

London 2012 Rowing Venue (Dorney Lake)



Windsor Castle





Excellent flight with a "captain of industry" on board. Special Services agent waiting for him at the aircraft door - but we managed to beat them thru C&I, baggage and finally the waiting limos ... it was a wonderful feeling . The SS agent escorted him the whole way.

Hotel house car



Home for the next 4 days

 

[robd]

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No meat free Vego meals on offer? Jnr & I have IST-LHR on BA J in a couple of weeks. Jnr is vegetarian (no meat - eats fish & dairy etc.) but never wants me to put in a pre-flight request for Vegetarian meals, because she reckons the non meat meal from menu is usually better than what is served as a vegetarian meal.

 

[amaroo]

No meat free Vego meals on offer? Jnr & I have IST-LHR on BA J in a couple of weeks. Jnr is vegetarian (no meat - eats fish & dairy etc.) but never wants me to put in a pre-flight request for Vegetarian meals, because she reckons the non meat meal from menu is usually better than what is served as a vegetarian meal.

Could be slim pickings. We were only given one menu ... didn't notice other meals or menus. Might be safer to pre-order....

 

[Flying mermaid]

I found the BA meals and service surprisingly good on our recent flights (ATH-LHR-TXL).

Certainly a cut above anything on QF in J from on recent flights.

I thought the service and meals were terrific, but the legroom for J was terrible. It is economy seating - was fine LHR- VCE. And Rome to LHR because they were hour flights and LHR-IST we had a 767 but coming back 4 hours in that sort of seating was just plain terrible! However I must be in a minority as there were over 30 people in J and obviously happy to pay J prices for economy seats with good food and service!

 

[amaroo]

I found the BA meals and service surprisingly good on our recent flights (ATH-LHR-TXL).

Certainly a cut above anything on QF in J from on recent flights.

Agreed. Beyond CE, I've been a BA fan since 2005 - the food , service, people including flat (stable) J beds ... where QF are still selling rubbish angle and slope flat - what a sad joke!

I thought the service and meals were terrific, but the legroom for J was terrible. It is economy seating - was fine LHR- VCE. And Rome to LHR because they were hour flights and LHR-IST we had a 767 but coming back 4 hours in that sort of seating was just plain terrible! However I must be in a minority as there were over 30 people in J and obviously happy to pay J prices for economy seats with good food and service!

CE cabin is ridicolously crammed. Thank god we don't live in Europe ... don't mention the lounges I do like the arm room - our cabin was full.

 

[amaroo]

Firmdale Hotels https://www.firmdalehotels.com is our favourite hotel brand. IMO better than FS, MO and the rest.

Slowly working our way through them all. This trip sees us tick off our 4th London hotel in the group ... Charlotte Street Hotel https://www.firmdalehotels.com/hotels/london/charlotte-street-hotel/ what a beauty!

Junior Suite









Well stocked mini bar

 

[amaroo]

The view

 

[amaroo]

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[amaroo]

Fantastic brand, hotel, location ... Do yourself a favour and stay here!

 

[amaroo]

How good is this! Interior design detail for our room.

 

[amaroo]

Time to eat - Chinese.

Hakkasan (Hanway Place) 1 Michelin Star http://hakkasan.com/locations/hakkasan-hanway-place/menu/a-la-carte/









Impressive wine list! One of many eye watering pages...



Great ambiance - excellent meal! Worth a visit.

 

[amaroo]

English breakfast with a twist.

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London - love it!

 

[Flying mermaid]

OK - you convinced me . Just booked for Hakkasan Mayfair for tomorrow night. Only booking we could get was at 22:30 - should be nice and hungry by then.

 

[amaroo]

OK - you convinced me . Just booked for Hakkasan Mayfair for tomorrow night. Only booking we could get was at 22:30 - should be nice and hungry by then.

The pressure is on!

The next meal was a 2* in Mayfair .... Hakkasan was the winner. Enjoy!

 

[amaroo]

OK - you convinced me . Just booked for Hakkasan Mayfair for tomorrow night. Only booking we could get was at 22:30 - should be nice and hungry by then.

Just noticed the time ... full marks!

We secured a table at 9.30pm on a Sunday evening - very popular!

 

[amaroo]

British Museum





What a great school excursion!

 

[amaroo]

Those Marbles!

Elgin Marbles. For those that have been listening this bring us full circle from our visit to Athens http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin_Marbles. We wanted to see what all the fuss was about.

 

[amaroo]

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