Originally Posted by
choosethedrew
Ordinarily, I would take table service every time, because that would usually guarantee more inventive and cheffy dishes. However, BA being BA, I don't feel the food is any more ambitious or interesting than what's provided by the buffet. As the ability to customise is reduced, the portions smaller and the wait time far longer, more is lost than gained for me.
IMHO I don't think table service would get more cheffy dishes in any UK airport.
If we want table service to be good/cheffy then it has to be in a dedicated restaurant area in the lounge. The best example I know is the Qantas run lounge at Los Angeles (LAX) .
The food there is genuinely good. Way better than the Concorde lounge in LHR T5. This is because there is a full kitchen there and everything is cooked from fresh.
Similar in the Cathay Pacific Lounge at Hong Kong.
UK/USA/Europe airports/airlines don't seem to be able to manage this . (Might be exceptions in AF CDG First or LH Frankfurt First, not tried those, but have read about them here).