Virgin Australia Business Class - Meals, Menus & Service

[JessicaTam]

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Please keep to the VA J service discussion.
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[dxwell]

Was it a full flight?

6 out of 8 in J
Probably 30-40% for Y.

 

[Luke B]

VA344 BNE-MEL tonight. Lovely CM who was more than happy to look after us.

 

[dxwell]

And an exact replica for our return J AYQ-BNE.
Luckily the VA chefs watch this thread and took our feedback on.
Attentive service from Charli.
"There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other vegetables, and zucchini". Michael Caine. Probably.

 

[Ccdee]

Cabin Manager on VA1407 last night was great. Kudos to her. Very attentive.

 

[Mattg]

Cabin Manager on VA1407 last night was great. Kudos to her. Very attentive.

Make sure you submit feedback directly to Virgin Australia as well

 

[Layslow]

Took V870 Business from Sydney-Melbourne 5.30pm departure (left 30 minutes late) on 08 December. Lounge was a zoo (as usual) and unfortunately couldn't get on an earlier flight as every seat was booked. Was on one of the refurbished 737-800's with the new (more comfortable) business seating - but with no fixed divider between the cabins. Minus a point for that one. That said the flight went well, the FA was lovely and the meal of Beef Rendang (with the other option being the Mac & Cheese with optional Chorizo). Had a nice Sav Blanc to wash it down and they had two refills which was nice. 7/10.

 

[kerfuffle]

Took V870 Business from Sydney-Melbourne 5.30pm departure (left 30 minutes late) on 08 December. Lounge was a zoo (as usual) and unfortunately couldn't get on an earlier flight as every seat was booked. Was on one of the refurbished 737-800's with the new (more comfortable) business seating - but with no fixed divider between the cabins. Minus a point for that one. That said the flight went well, the FA was lovely and the meal of Beef Rendang (with the other option being the Mac & Cheese with optional Chorizo). Had a nice Sav Blanc to wash it down and they had two refills which was nice. 7/10.

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Same options on VA887 MEL-SYD that I took on Thursday 5/12. No chocolate bar though but I was flying on Rewards points; I'd imagine 2A and 2C (who were served first) would have gotten them as the Cabin Manager was quite attentive towards them

 

[twinaisle]

Same options on VA887 MEL-SYD that I took on Thursday 5/12. No chocolate bar though but I was flying on Rewards points; I'd imagine 2A and 2C (who were served first) would have gotten them as the Cabin Manager was quite attentive towards them

There are no chocolates loaded on the tray for short flights.

 

[kerfuffle]

There are no chocolates loaded on the tray for short flights.

Unless you were Layslow flying on VA870

 

[twinaisle]

Unless you were Layslow flying on VA870

Pretty much the cm doing their own inconsistent thing as we've seen above.

 

[AIRwin]

There are no chocolates loaded on the tray for short flights.

Speaking of which, complimentary festive chocolates for guests seated in Economy:

Virgin Australia prepares for record breaking summer

Wednesday, 11 December 2024: Passenger records are set to soar this summer with Virgin Australia scheduled to operate up to 3,000 flights per week across its domestic and short-hau

newsroom.virginaustralia.com

 

[twinaisle]

Speaking of which, complimentary festive chocolates for guests seated in Economy:

Virgin Australia prepares for record breaking summer

Wednesday, 11 December 2024: Passenger records are set to soar this summer with Virgin Australia scheduled to operate up to 3,000 flights per week across its domestic and short-hau

newsroom.virginaustralia.com

Ho ho ho

 

[MH_fan]

Had the crumbed chicken on my recent CNS-SYD flight and it was nice!

 

[ben95]

Had a Thai vegetable curry (optionally add chicken) on tonight’s VA878 SYD-MEL.

The curry was pretty tasty, though it reminds me of the vegetarian curry served at the Sydney lounge on most Thursday which I’m all too familiar with

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Wasn’t there a new menu supposed to be coming?

 

[Harrison_133]

Wasn’t there a new menu supposed to be coming?

It's already in rotation.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

It's already in rotation.

Yeah. I found the original link. Some of the comments are that there’s not much actually ‘new’. Which was what prompted me to ask when the new menu was coming!

We’ve had the same chicken parmi since early 2023 for example.

 

[fletty]

Quite a different experience last night on an evening BNE>MEL. CSM came around after take off and took drink orders 1A to 2F then handed them out. We then skipped meal ordering entirely and instead he approached each pair (1AC to 2DF) with a prepared tray of each option to choose on the spot.
The water glass was empty so again came around and offered water after that.

I've never had that happen before - usually it's the same process except a 50:50 that ordering is done via seat or status.

 

[Mattg]

VA267 CBR-MEL, 12.50pm departure

It’s a short flight so just two cold salad options - a Japanese noodle salad with chicken or potato salad with optional chicken. I had the noodle salad and it was fine, but pretty bland if I’m honest.



The cabin manager offered me first meal choice, even though I was in 2F. Interestingly he showed everyone pictures of the two plated meal options on an iPad, as well as the full drinks list on his iPad. I really liked that approach as we had a lot more information, making it easier to decide quickly.