As I said the Male flight was about 5 years ago and was def dry. Offered apple or orange juice on boarding (in Business) and no wine with meal even. At the time the Bus lounge at Male was also dry.

On to better news - our trip to MRU is now in Business :-)
As the BHX to DXB legs are 777 and the DXB to MRU presumably we will be in the A380 Hub Lounge on the way out and a different lounge on the way home?
Any tips?
Outbound will be early morning and inbound very late at night.