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.

 

[DrJ]

QF932 PER-BNE Thursday May 21 738 VH-VZT
Sched dep 0600 actual pushback 0558 takeoff 0608(21)

After a lovely SYD mini break with MrsDrJ last weekend, back to reality of work and solo travel today. Very good service from CSM Shae and FA Natalie.



Scrambled eggs, bacon and ratatouille for breakfast, better than expected, actually trumping some hotel offerings. Small portion as usual but not a problem today after the very welcome non ironic enhancement of pizza in the J lounge at 0500

Indulged in the Lois Lane blanc de blancs on the side, continues to be very good for its price point.

 

[muppet]

QF80 NRT-MEL

Had the beef for dinner, was quite good. Brekkie I had some kind of frittata - was dry and not very good.

 

[OZDUCK]

QF80 NRT-MEL

Had the beef for dinner, was quite good. Brekkie I had some kind of frittata - was dry and not very good.

Is there any other sort of fritata? Absolutely one of my least liked breakfast items.

 

[ToshiMio]

QF42 CGK-SYD 20MAY

Uneventful flight, friendly crew, menu is adequate for a 6-ish hour red-eye. Decided to have dinner and skip breakfast. Forgot to take a photo of the breakfast card but it was basically a small bowl of fruit and/or muffin.



Decent Pinot Noir on offer - didn't get the name or label unfortunately. A nice change from the typical Shiraz varieties Qantas usually loads.




Despite the Beef Rendang looking quite unappealing it tasted decent - let's be honest rendang is not easy to plate beautifully lol. Saw my neighbours papparedelle with king prawns and it looked good as well. Was too tired for cheese or a dessert but the crew brought some lovely truffles around which ended the meal nicely.

 

[Layslow]

QF42 CGK-SYD 20MAY

Uneventful flight, friendly crew, menu is adequate for a 6-ish hour red-eye. Decided to have dinner and skip breakfast. Forgot to take a photo of the breakfast card but it was basically a small bowl of fruit and/or muffin.

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Decent Pinot Noir on offer - didn't get the name or label unfortunately. A nice change from the typical Shiraz varieties Qantas usually loads.

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Despite the Beef Rendang looking quite unappealing it tasted decent - let's be honest rendang is not easy to plate beautifully lol. Saw my neighbours papparedelle with king prawns and it looked good as well. Was too tired for cheese or a dessert but the crew brought some lovely truffles around which ended the meal nicely.
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They can't even do one full meal service. Yikes. Yes it was a late departure - but when you start putting nuts on the menu as a course you are in shallow waters.

 

[ToshiMio]

They can't even do one full meal service. Yikes. Yes it was a late departure - but when you start putting nuts on the menu as a course you are in shallow waters.

Agree 100% but departure wasn't even that late, only 8:45pm. What I find more insulting is that they only had 1 toilet for business class, which is ridiculous!

 

[sudoer]

Agree, but departure wasn't that late, only 8:45pm.

By the time you're at cruising altitude and service is commencing it's probably 9:30pm or later. I think a supper service is fine for this timing.

Besides, at the glacial pace meals are served on QF, three courses wouldn't wrap up until 11-11:30pm.

The breakfast card will be a full meal service served 90+ min before landing.

 

[mad_atta]

QF42 CGK-SYD 20MAY

Uneventful flight, friendly crew, menu is adequate for a 6-ish hour red-eye. Decided to have dinner and skip breakfast. Forgot to take a photo of the breakfast card but it was basically a small bowl of fruit and/or muffin.

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Decent Pinot Noir on offer - didn't get the name or label unfortunately. A nice change from the typical Shiraz varieties Qantas usually loads.

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Despite the Beef Rendang looking quite unappealing it tasted decent - let's be honest rendang is not easy to plate beautifully lol. Saw my neighbours papparedelle with king prawns and it looked good as well. Was too tired for cheese or a dessert but the crew brought some lovely truffles around which ended the meal nicely.
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Excited to hear Qantas managed to stock a Pinot Noir! I can't remember the last time I saw one of those on board. The relentless shiraz bores me to tears.

 

[mad_atta]

Agree 100% but departure wasn't even that late, only 8:45pm. What I find more insulting is that they only had 1 toilet for business class, which is ridiculous!

At least they had the honesty to call it Aperitivo rather than trying to pass it off as an actual course. And for such a short redeye flight, I think an abbreviated supper service makes sense.

Unlike my 16h DFW-SYD flight in J which was somehow also mysteriously classified as a supper rather than dinner flight, despite leaving at prime dinner hour of 8.30pm (and heading westward). Sure, the supper service was a bit more elaborate than the above but still... when you have that much time on a plane to kill, you'd think they could see their way clear to a full dinner service.

 

[ToshiMio]

By the time you're at cruising altitude and service is commencing it's probably 9:30pm or later. I think a supper service is fine for this timing.

Besides, at the glacial pace meals are served on QF, three courses wouldn't wrap up until 11-11:30pm.

The breakfast card will be a full meal service served 90+ min before landing.

Agree the supper service is sufficient, but the breakfast offering was not a full meal, only a bowl of fruit and or a muffin, no hot mains on offer.

 

[PrimeCuts]

and welcome to AFF

Thank you very much

 

[anat0l]

QF838 MEL-DRW dep 2050 a/c 738

Scored an onboard upgrade, so got to experience my first longhaul domestic (same as Trans-Tasman) J meal in quite a long time.

Choices for dinner were either chicken curry with rice or prawns with pasta. The chicken curry was some sort of red curry (maybe non-creamy tomato Indian style or red African style). I went with the pasta, which was a fettuccine with small prawns cooked in a creamy sauce. Since Parmasen cheese was already sprinkled on top as part of the dish, this also made the sauce a bit thicker in parts. A few cherry tomatoes also included.

The dish was delicious and, as a combination goes, makes perfect sense and likely cooked by many people on the ground. However, the risk in serving one of these in the air is basically that of reheating a microwave meal (let alone one that was stored frozen before thawing). You can't help the cream splitting to a degree (hence appearance of grease), and melted Parmasen may be delicious but it wrecks the presentation. The prawns (or shrimps?) were obviously not juicy and squeaky texture, but at least it wasn't tasteless rubber chew toys. The cherry tomatoes were very much needed for contrast, balance and palate reset.

Also on the tray was a dill potato salad with sliced smoked salmon. The latter was not frozen - yay - a fine accompaniment or starter (however you want to frame it). The tray came with Greek vinaigrette, which is odd - potato salad or smoked salmon doesn't need dressing, why provide it? (cue obvious "standard kit" reasons)

Lavosh and cheese block (or maybe a rod of cheese); in a rare what-the moment, there was more crackers than cheese (five lavosh compared to a few inches of mild cheddar / Swiss-ish cheese is a lot!).

To round out the tray was the usual Koko Black bar. This is random from tray to tray - I got a white chocolate bar (a milk chocolate one was also available).

Usual warm sourdough bread was available, but I declined.



I was surprised that after the trays were cleared, the CSM came around offering the "real" dessert of lemon curd ice cream by Maggie Beer. It was ready to eat and not comparable to that which sunk the Titanic.



Curiously, the prawn pasta was much more popular than the chicken curry. The pasta ran out when the CSM was serving 3A/3B - the couple had to draw straws as to who got what.

CSM Jennifer was efficient and precise; her experience shows clearly; perhaps not much of one to carry on a conversation (more introvert than extrovert for sure).