Virgin Australia Business Class - Meals, Menus & Service

[williamsf1]

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edit: Oh, and does anyone know where the various snack times/meal times are documented anywhere on the VA website?

Domestic | Virgin Australia

 

[Zephyrana]

I've been offered staff meals when Business catering has been inadequate, so access to Economy snacks is probably entirely up to the cabin crew ... as is most of the Virgin experience in the air.

 

[Moopere]

Domestic | Virgin Australia

I have been to this page but I just can't see it. Talks about "hearty Breakfast" and Lunch options but doesn't actually specify when breakfast or lunch actually start or end.

Even the over three hour flights where "three-course dining experience" is offered its only mentioned in relation to lunch and dinner, but again, when is that?

 

[MarkD]

Pretty decent breakfast on Bne- mel 6/11/14. 5.30am dep. the bread roll was a croissant type pastry thingy

 

[MarkD]

And on Mel-Akl PE
this chicken dish was served. It was actually quite tasty. Service was excellent

 

[blackcat20]

Pretty decent breakfast on Bne- mel 6/11/14. 5.30am dep. the bread roll was a croissant type pastry thingy
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Looks nicer than what was served on my recent transpacific flight...

 

[BNEFlyer]

Flew CBR-MEL-OOL on Thursday. CBR-MEL was 46 minutes flying time, the brilliant CSM Ally served all 4 pax in J (on the E90) our first choice, the duck fettuccine, with pre-during-after dinner drinks. The wine was a delicious WA Shiraz, and when I mentioned that I enjoyed the wine, a bottle somehow ended up in my carry on...


30 minutes after landing I was on board my MEL-OOL flight. That was an 'evening snack' service. 6/8 in J on the 738, served by CSM Erica. Choices were a charcuterie plate or a vegetarian quesedilla. I took the charcuterie plate and mentioned I was a bit hungry, so Erica kindly offered to keep a quesedilla aside for me. She also kept me topped up with the delicious Hunter Valley Genovese, I think I must have drunk the whole bottle. And she did make sure I wasn't driving on arrival before topping up my glass for the fourth time. The dessert was Serendipity lime & coconut sorbet and a Cherry Ripe Ganache (Erica gave me two, one for now and one for later).

*I have photos but when I uploaded them, they were all upside down. Any advice to fix that?

 

[pythonisman]

Pretty decent breakfast on Bne- mel 6/11/14. 5.30am dep. the bread roll was a croissant type pastry thingy
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Is that a huge slab of butter in between the bacon and the beans? Or just a very square chunk of something eggy? Either way it looks tasty, but my immediate thought was "woah, that's a huge stick of butter"

 

[Bolthead]

Is that a huge slab of butter in between the bacon and the beans? Or just a very square chunk of something eggy? Either way it looks tasty, but my immediate thought was "woah, that's a huge stick of butter"

I have had a similar meal and I think it may be polenta... good for soaking up the juices.

 

[MarkD]

Is that a huge slab of butter in between the bacon and the beans? Or just a very square chunk of something eggy? Either way it looks tasty, but my immediate thought was "woah, that's a huge stick of butter"

Was some kind of egg thing. Was quite nice

 

[Eggsbenedict]

Just flew Sydney to Brisbane, Snack service was a crackers and Soya Bean cheese substitute. I can't even comprehend what is going though someones mind on this one. It was absolutely terrible.

 

[toowongman]

Just flew Sydney to Brisbane, Snack service was a crackers and Soya Bean cheese substitute. I can't even comprehend what is going though someones mind on this one. It was absolutely terrible.

If they dish up something cr*p just say "not good enough" and ask for a range of items from the Y menu.

 

[serfty]

Just flew Sydney to Brisbane, Snack service was a crackers and Soya Bean cheese substitute. I can't even comprehend what is going though someones mind on this one. It was absolutely terrible.

I had that in Economy SYD-MEL early this month - this is a thread about Business Catering.

 

[under the radar]

Just flew Sydney to Brisbane, Snack service was a crackers and Soya Bean cheese substitute. I can't even comprehend what is going though someones mind on this one. It was absolutely terrible.

in J/C ???? :shock:

 

[dk4]

... ask for a range of items from the Y menu.

I am forced to a'la carte all the time on VA.

They don't do pre-meal nibbles with drinks (like Qantas), so I a'la carte nuts & pretzels in from Y.

And they have dumbed down their desserts, so I a'la carte something else sweet in from Y at the end of my meals too.

 

[Zephyrana]

I love that Photobucket gives the Christmas card option with that pic.

 

[dk4]

They don't do pre-meal nibbles with drinks (like Qantas)

On longer length domestic B737 flights. (I should have been more specific. i.e. mid-con to compare correctly with similar length QF flights.)

 

[MarkD]

Agree entirely. Bit ****house though that you have to do that. If they charge J fares, they should deliver a consistent product.

If they dish up something cr*p just say "not good enough" and ask for a range of items from the Y menu.

 

[pauly7]

If they dish up something cr*p just say "not good enough" and ask for a range of items from the Y menu.

Good idea - almost put this into play when I was thrown a soggy egg baguette thing as a snack. I handed it back and said I'm not eating this.
I looked at the Y menu but it's junk food / canteen offerings. So I had water.

When are VA going to sort this out?

 

[RickyT84]

Travelled from SYD-BNE on the 11am service on the E90 and was offered a sweet corn fritter with smoked salmon and pickled onion or a vegetable sandwich. The CSM came out with the booklet which contained the detailed description complete with photos.

I opted for the former which came with a bread roll and a passionfruit yoghurt. Quite tasty and hit the spot.