Dec 12, 2016, 2:45 pm
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The Consolidated Admirals Club Food and Beverage thread
Including F&B policies, offerings, etc.
For 2016 onward, we have combined the "State of the Soup" and "Drink and Spirits" threads into one F&B thread.Including F&B policies, offerings, etc.
NOTE: Link to Flagship Dining
Food policy and offerings
New offerings in certain locations: Morning: Afternoon: All hours:
New offerings in certain locations:
- Fresh, made-to-order guacamole
- Premium coffee, espresso & lattes
- Hard-boiled eggs & spice bar
- Oatmeal, cereal & spices
- Assorted fruit & yogurt
- Bagels & breakfast breads
- Hearty soups
- Fresh & healthy grain salads
- Vegetables, hummus & cheese
- Cookies & brownies
Fruit, snack mix,
Food for sale
Food for sale
Guacamole made to order (as of July 15, 2016)
Some clubs now feature a complimentary made-to-order guacamole bar in the afternoons.
Ingredients from which to chose: Status per club: Updated by scottmlew
Some clubs now feature a complimentary made-to-order guacamole bar in the afternoons.
Ingredients from which to chose:
- avocado
- tomatoes
- onions
- jalapeño or serrano (location-dependent)
- lime
- garlic
- cilantro
- salsa (at some locations)
- corn salsa
- salt and pepper
- ATL - not available [current as of December 28, 2016]
- BOS - (started 9 Dec 2016)
- CLT B - not available
- CLT C/D - hours 4pm-7pm Mon-Fri, Sat-Sun ???
- DCA (Pier B) - hours 4pm-7pm Wed-Fri ONLY (confirmed 12-19-2017)
- DCA (Pier C) - hours 4pm-7pm Mon-Fri, 1pm-4pm Sun (not available Sat per new signage 9/15/17)
- DEN - not available
- DFW B - hours Mon-Sat 3pm-6pm
- DFW C - hours Mon-Sun 4pm-7pm
- DFW D - hours Mon-Sun 4pm-7pm
- JFK C - (observed multiple occasions)
- LAX (observed 08 Dec 2016)
- LGA - (observed March 2017) - hours unknown
- MIA D30 - (observed 10 Jan 2017)
- ORD G - (observed 19 Dec 2016)
- PHL B/C - (observed 27 Dec 2016, 1 Jan 2017 until about 6pm)
- PHX - (observed 10 Dec 2016)
- RDU - not available
- SFO - (observed 4 January 2017)
- STL - not available
Beverage policy and offerings "House drinks" (lower shelf alcoholic and soft drinks, juices) are complimentary.
Premium drinks (including bottled water, handled by issuing bar chits) are:
- Complimentary juices, soft drinks
- Complimentary "lower shelf" alcoholic beverages
- Complimentary premium drinks (chits): oneworld elites or in F, J on qualifying flights
- For sale: "top shelf" alcoholic beverages, bottles of water to Admirals Club members
- Complimentary premium drinks (chits): oneworld elites or in F, J on qualifying flights
- Complimentary "lower shelf" alcoholic beverages
Premium drinks (including bottled water, handled by issuing bar chits) are:
- complimentary for those with status or class of cabin that allows oneworld lounge access (see oneworld lounge access rules - link), or
- available for sale for Admirals Club members and others accessing Admirals Clubs but not in the above categories.
Link to archived Admirals Club Dinks and Spirits thread
Link to archived "State of the Soup" thread
Updated 27 Jan 2027 - JDiver
Guide to Admirals Club Food / Snack & Beverage
Nov 3, 2017, 1:07 pm
#331
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It was good, except for the time my wife and I were in one of the DFW clubs a couple months ago and there was only one meatball left in the pot. I let my wife have it.
Nov 3, 2017, 4:00 pm
#332
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Then again, I would see people spend two minutes trying to get as many meatballs in their soup as possible. I take it that some people saw it as a challenge.
Nov 13, 2017, 1:43 pm
#333
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LAX T5 AC had a little brunch station set up yesterday at 8 AM. There was toast, a choice of smoked salmon or prosciutto and then toppings of eggs, cheese, avocado and tomato. It was actually really good
Nov 13, 2017, 4:26 pm
#335
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Sounds much tastier than the vegetarian minestrone (not bad) the roasted chicken noodles (not much better than Campbell's) which were the only options at the LAX T5 club the last couple of times that I was there (eight days apart earlier this month).
Nov 13, 2017, 4:28 pm
#336
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MIA D30 had the normal offerings, 2 soups, etc. But they were giving everybody 2 drink chits (regardless of international or domestic). Has this been happening for awhile? Also, the chips for the chips and salsa were really good, feel like they've changed.
Nov 13, 2017, 7:39 pm
#337
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Had the roasted chicken noodle soup last night in the DFW B AC. It was a delicious, restaurant-quality soup! Unlike the previous chicken soup, this was very hearty and packed with large chunks of chicken. It also had lots of pasta and carrot bits. Interestingly, it was much more hearty and "premium" than the chicken soup in the Int'l First Class Dining room in the D AC. I was full after several cups. ^^
Dec 10, 2017, 6:20 am
#338
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Odd situation I hadn't run into before: the RDU AC bar was closed Friday morning. I was at the Club from just after 6 AM until about 7:20 AM and the bar never opened. The shutters were down over the alcohol and no service personnel were behind there to even make non alcoholic drinks.
Dec 10, 2017, 8:20 am
#339
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Odd situation I hadn't run into before: the RDU AC bar was closed Friday morning. I was at the Club from just after 6 AM until about 7:20 AM and the bar never opened. The shutters were down over the alcohol and no service personnel were behind there to even make non alcoholic drinks.
Dec 10, 2017, 9:04 am
#340
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Dec 10, 2017, 9:46 am
#341
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LGA-D recently had a chuckwagon beef chili which was pretty good.
Had the guacamole at ORD-H/K last week and they don't even mix it together for you. just a plop of guac and then they drop any other ingredients for you to mix in on your own. The chips are industrial grade and the salsa tasted just like Tositios from the jar.
Had the guacamole at ORD-H/K last week and they don't even mix it together for you. just a plop of guac and then they drop any other ingredients for you to mix in on your own. The chips are industrial grade and the salsa tasted just like Tositios from the jar.
Dec 10, 2017, 10:47 am
#343
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At IAH on Friday morning, they said that if I could hang around until 11 am or so, they were going to introduce some new food "products". Alas, I had to jet outta to catch a 10:30 am flight. I wonder what the new "products" are? In recent months, the United Club at IAH has upped their game significantly in the food department. I wonder if that, in any way, pressures AA to crank it up a notch?
Jan 25, 2018, 2:09 pm
#344
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I was leaving the Concourse D CLT Admiral's Club yesterday and I noticed a line of about 10 people waiting at a moveable kiosk-type area and there was a person making what looked to be guacamole to order. There was a bowl of chips and it appeared that people had a choice of what they could put in it. I'm usually in AC's about once a month and have never seen this before. Was this a figment of my imagination or is this something new being tried out?
Please forgive me if this has been discussed before.
Please forgive me if this has been discussed before.
She was serving from a cart and had a lot of freshly puréed avocado. She’d put the avocado in what appeared to be a traditional black volcanic stone molcajete and she’d mix with your choice of
- salt
- pepper
- minced garlic
- diced tomato
- diced onion
- freshly squeezed lime juice
- cilantro
- diced chile (looked like serrano)
- cooked yellow sweet corn kernels
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Last edited by JDiver; Jan 25, 2018 at 2:22 pm