I had the Band 1 afternoon tea outbound from LGW to AMS last week, and dinner on the way back. I knew better than to be excited about the afternoon tea, but it really was terrible--half a slice of supermarket ham, one piece of lettuce, a baby cherry tomato, a wedge of cheddar, chutney, butter, half a sausage roll (not a scotch egg), and a squished piece of white bread. The cheese was the best part; I couldn't handle more than a bite of the sausage roll. At least the Victoria sponge was tasty, though I demolished it in two bites. I know it's a short flight, but I was in row 3 and we weren't served until about 20 minutes left in the flight.

On the return to Gatwick, the three (whole!) prawns and pasta/whole grain salad were actually pretty tasty, but not filling. I really enjoyed the apple cinnamon mousse dessert. Service was pretty good, although they didn't bring out the bread rolls until everyone had been served. Too bad BA doesn't offer pre-departure beverages in Club Europe; I could have finished off a G&T on the 20-minute taxi out to the Polderbaan runway at AMS.