Originally Posted by
BbTrumpet
Also remember that meal service to row 5 is quite a bit later than rows 1 or 3, about 2 hours into the flight based on recent experiences. For 9pm+ departures, that's a pretty late dinner.
In my flights, I've never found there to be much of a difference in meal service times between the different rows- unless someone has asked for something early/late (which they accommodate more readily in mint), they're usually within minutes of reach other, not hours apart.