Virgin Australia Business Class - Meals, Menus & Service

[ole nimeton]

VA950, BNE-SYD lunch service. Choice of some sort of salad with optional chicken or this pork belly. One of the better meals I’ve had on domestic flight, at least in memory. Overcooked broccoli could’ve been discarded with no loss to the meal.

Was offered exactly the same meal choices on CBR-OOL a few days ago. Was a bit surprised it was a lunch service given it departed at 10:30am and arrived at 11am (just ticking over midday down south, I suppose).

Pork belly and veg was really nice - loved the sauce and the smell of fennel. The other option was mushroom pasta salad with optional chicken.

Snack basket with potato chips, nuts, cookies etc was passed around at end of the meal for us to take as much as we wanted (apparently getting thrown out otherwise).

Great service from flight attendant who chatted to passengers throughout and ensured drinks etc were full.

 

[LoungeAttack]

VA811
7am Melbourne to Sydney
Breakfast.

Some quiche like thing, with some beans.
It is actually quite nice. The 'pie' thing was savoury, and beans were a little tangy, sweet. Goes well together.
Cake is ok.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

spanakopita?

 

[LoungeAttack]

spanakopita?

Erm.. maybe? Not really familiar with greek food.

The ones on Bing images look so much better than what was served though..

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Erm.. maybe? Not really familiar with greek food.

The ones on Bing images look so much better than what was served though..

I’d say that’s a pretty accurate relegation of most food served on board!

 

[stm1sydney]

VA77 CNS-HND on Tue 29 Oct, the main meal was nice without being great (chicken a bit boring), but everything else was superb. Wonderful service from Laurence, absolutely pitch perfect. Plenty of drinks, snacks offered, etc. Central Otago pinot noir is always lovely. The fried rice (chicken again!) as the second light meal was good. Also had a nice flight up from SYD.

 

[AIRwin]

VA811
7am Melbourne to Sydney
Breakfast.

Some quiche like thing, with some beans.
It is actually quite nice. The 'pie' thing was savoury, and beans were a little tangy, sweet. Goes well together.
Cake is ok.

View attachment 413449

Omelette with bacon and the same cake on my BNE-SYD flight. Full cabin and still ended up with my first preference even though the others ahead ordered the same as 2 decided to skip the meal.

 

[blackcat20]

Lunchtime MCY-MEL
Pork and rice. Alt mushroom pasta.

 

[LoungeAttack]

VA925 9am
Syd - Bne

Some corn fritter thingy, and cheese on top.
Didn't really like it. They were quite soggy.

The banana bread was ok, but I think the ones Rex gives out for their 'sweet' choice is better.

 

[twinaisle]

New menu launches 20th Nov.
Bread rolls and butter side will replace the odd previous side dish/entree on transcontinental and ISH

 

[bernardblack]

I have an evening flight this Thursday and because of late booking the business fare was worth the increment. Are they serving spirits in J on SYD-MEL flights at the moment?

 

[kerfuffle]

Are they serving spirits in J on SYD-MEL flights at the moment?

I reckon you could ask for a G&T without issue (going by a few years ago when my seatmate asked for one with breakfast)

 

[Harrison_133]

Are they serving spirits in J on SYD-MEL flights at the moment?

Yes.

 

[Harrison_133]

Summer business class menu:

Breakfast (menu items available on a rotating basis)

• Mixed berry and coconut chia
• Banana bread with hazelnut spread, mascarpone, fruit and coconut
• Spiced oats with coconut and fruit compote
• Breakfast quesadilla
• Scrambled egg with potato and mushroom with optional chorizo
• Greek Yoghurt with summer fruits
• Bircher muesli with fruit
• Passionfruit & mango pancake stack
• Sausage & frittata with beans
• Waffle with rhubarb mascarpone, strawberries and maple syrup
• Fruit salad
• Fresh fruit chia pudding with summer compote
• Apple loaf with custard and berry compote
• Bacon, scrambled eggs, beans and potato
• Vegetable frittata with bean ragout and vegetables

Lunch/Dinner (menu items available on a rotating basis)

• Spiced chicken mezze with pitta
• Creamy pasta salad with optional chicken
• Spiced chicken with rice and salsa
• Tomato pesto macaroni with vegetables and optional chicken
• Beef rendang with aged rice and vegetables
• Mac and cheese with ratatouille and optional chorizo
• Chicken noodle salad with nuoc nam dressing
• Summer potato salad with salsa and optional sliced chicken breast
• Singaporean-style chicken curry with rice and vegetables
• Pasta Napolitana with ratatouille and optional chorizo
• Pork in sticky lemon sauce with aged rice and vegetables
• Creamy pasta with mushroom sauce and optional prosciutto
• Chicken pasta salad with tzatziki
• Roasted vegetable and couscous salad with optional prosciutto
• Beef quesadilla with charred corn salsa
• Vegetable and chickpea tagine with aged rice and optional sliced chicken breast
• Southern-style chicken with potato wedges, vegetables and boscaiola sauce
• Yellow vegetable curry with optional sliced chicken breast

Dessert (items available on a rotating basis)

• Salted caramel slice
• Lemon cake
• White chocolate and macadamia cake

Source: Virgin Australia plates up new business class menu

 

[Zinger]

I arrived home to CNS flying VA78 from HND this morning after a month in Japan. Just not long enough in Japan. The process of undergoing HND security and clearing immigration was completed in about two minutes.

Only seven of us in the business class cabin area and I think only four opted for a meal service.

I chose the bento box option and was not disappointed. Lots of interesting items and everything was fresh.

Service was friendly, very quick and the cabin manager was always very happy to offer to refill my glass when he saw it empty or nearly empty.

It took an hour to finally leave the CNS international terminal after arrival. As usually in CNS, priority luggage will be the last to appear and not on the same carousel as the rest of the luggage. It also appeared to be a training session for border farce and many of us were held up and given extra screenings.

I'm considering another trip to HND before the cessation of this service.

 

[FishFood]

Breakfast on a morning Perth to Adelaide service. 2F so by the time I was served just one choice. Overall happy as it was tasty and very hot.

 

[MH_fan]

Butter chicken on my evening flight from SYD to BNE. Very tasty and went down well with a G&T. It was so funny. Got my order taken first (I was in 1A) and the next 3 (1C, 1D and 1F) thought it sounded good and went with the same order!

 

[henrus]

BNE-MEL last night. The chicken or the gnocchi with pumpkin. Great crew with constant drink checks. Ordering was done row 2 first then row 1.

 

[SJF211]

VA218 - ADL-MEL
SDT: 1140 - FT: 1:20
Pushed and departed right on time. Very smooth once above the clouds and pretty much perfect day for flying. Two options: beef quesadilla with corn and been salsa and sour cream or vegetable and chickpea tagine. I opted for the quesadilla and delivered quickly. Personally found it very tasty. Probably would have preferred the salsa seperate as it did make one half soggy.

 

[drakcir]

Flying SYD-MEL at 10:30am last week I was offered a chicken burrito or a chicken curry (which could be made vegetarian if desired). I declined both, as I am allergic to chilli, and asked for a basic sandwich or something similar instead. I was given a packet of potato chips, a cheese & crackers and a chocolate. I was surprised to be served lunch at 10:30am, but okay...

This is probably the 3rd time it has happened in the past year that I've been unable to eat either meal offered and it's pretty frustrating. The breakfast served on the 9am flight a few days prior was great.