Originally Posted by
DeathSlam
I think that is the same as what I said. You *can* do it in an hour but you will feel rushed.
Would you rather that lounges fed you as fast as possible in all cases? Do you think that is also what everyone else wants?
Personally I like to take at least an hour over a meal.
In a fine dining establishment I'm likely to want to take 3 hours over it

We are definitely in the 'angels on the head of a pin' zone here.
If you want relaxed fine dining you need to be outside the airport.
If you want decent food on a timescale you can plan ahead and alert servers who will usually do their best to accomodate your wishes.
Who said anything about fine dining? If only..
I think as fast as appropriate for an airport lounge where people have flights to catch would be good, primarily delivering the next course without significant 20-30 minute wait times.
Even saying at the Chelsea lounge “I need to leave here in 60/70/75 minutes” recently doesn’t seem to make the blindest bit of difference.
My first thought was maybe 1 hour in the lounge wasn’t enough for a meal but it seems I’m not alone!