Qantas Business Class meals & menus

[JessicaTam]

QF1297 MEL-HBA (20:05>21:25)
After a day spent eating and drinking from Auckland to Melbourne, food wasn't really on the radar.
Options were a chicken and mushroom pie with mashed potato or a chesse plate.

I took the cheese plate. which was actually good. The blue was very strong but the cheddar/hard cheese was starting to crust at the edges.
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A pack of lavosh more than coped with the amount of cheese.
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Grapes were still firm but the nuts were stale.
The dark chocolate went well.

The Shiraz was good but I was past wine appreciation hour by this time.

I had the chicken and mushroom pie on my MEL-SYD flight yesterday. It wasn't bad.

 

[FlyingKangaroo]

QF1297 MEL-HBA (20:05>21:25)
After a day spent eating and drinking from Auckland to Melbourne, food wasn't really on the radar.
Options were a chicken and mushroom pie with mashed potato or a chesse plate.

I took the cheese plate. which was actually good. The blue was very strong but the cheddar/hard cheese was starting to crust at the edges.
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A pack of lavosh more than coped with the amount of cheese.
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Grapes were still firm but the nuts were stale.
The dark chocolate went well.

The Shiraz was good but I was past wine appreciation hour by this time.

I'm sorry but a few hunks of cheese of varying quality, packaged crackers, a handful of grapes, and stale nuts. This is not a business class meal. Nor is a pie.

At least my expectations are in the gutter for my upcoming flights.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

I'm sorry but a few hunks of cheese of varying quality, packaged crackers, a handful of grapes, and stale nuts. This is not a business class meal. Nor is a pie.

At least my expectations are in the gutter for my upcoming flights.

The cheese is generally pretty good! Compared to the offering on CX for example… which really is bland and feels inexpensive. Closing my eyes on CX I couldn’t tell between the three cheeses on offer.

The QF one by comparison is hefty, and tasty.

Agree the nuts are stale… or maybe theyre activated, or it is unactivated? Anyway… they’re not that enticing.

 

[JimmyJ]

QF29 16/5/26
No real complaints. Check in was a bit arduous given they had 5 flights departing within an hour. Unsurprisingly 2 business class check in desk were not coping.

The crew and food were great on this flight. Burrata to start, they ran out of fish so I had the vegetable green curry which was delicious and had a good amount of spice, cheese and ice cream went down well. Wine pours were generous and forthcoming. Water bottles kept topped up throughout the flight. It’s refreshing when you get a good QF crew who actually love delivering good service.

Will see how it compares to Cathay biz to Tokyo on Tuesday.

 

[sudoer]

they ran out of fish

What row?

 

[JimmyJ]

What row?

I was in 4E.

I think it worked in my favour, the fish didn’t look that great (looking from across the aisle) and the green curry turned out to be very good.

My partner’s steak was cooked to a pinkish medium as well.

 

[DrJ]

QF646 PER-SYD Friday May 15 A321 VH-OGE "City of Orange"
Schedule dep 1000 actual pushback 1002 takeoff 1012(03)

Off on a rare leisure trip with MrsDrJ to visit my son and DIL, and to see Alexander Gavryluk perform Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini at the Opera House tonight. First time on in J on the A321, excellent service from CSM Larissa and FA Renae.

Pre lunch drink of the Churchview Soli chardonnay 2025. Pleasantly drinkable, but nothing special - the Credaro Kinship is far better. Stopped at one glass. The usual Santos mixed nuts accompanied.



The beef was a slow cooked cut of some sort but surprisingly good, accompanied by some prosciutto on the side. Had some Serafino McLaren Vale Cabernet with this, again smooth enough drinking but nothing special. Both wines today in the low $20 range and tasted as much, really hope QF lifts their game in this area, particularly with their (presumed) access to good bulk/ marketing deals with wineries.

The other choice was chicken, MrsDrJ approved of this.

Maggie's ice cream and dessert wine served later.

 

[mad_atta]

QF29 16/5/26
No real complaints. Check in was a bit arduous given they had 5 flights departing within an hour. Unsurprisingly 2 business class check in desk were not coping.

The crew and food were great on this flight. Burrata to start, they ran out of fish so I had the vegetable green curry which was delicious and had a good amount of spice, cheese and ice cream went down well. Wine pours were generous and forthcoming. Water bottles kept topped up throughout the flight. It’s refreshing when you get a good QF crew who actually love delivering good service.

Will see how it compares to Cathay biz to Tokyo on Tuesday.
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Looks like a solid menu, and notably good plating by QF standards (so makes sense you said this seemed like a crew who seemed to care). I'm usually amazed by just how badly QF biz meals are plated - like a blind person threw food at a plate from across the galley.

Not the most important thing in the world, obviously, but it doesn't create a great impression.