Dec 12, 2016, 2:45 pm
Last edit by: DenverBrian
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
- jalapeńo 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
May 17, 2019, 12:44 pm
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ORD-H/K a day and a half later now has new McDonald's-ish ranch dressing.......very premium:
Edited to add the bartenders here seem extremely frazzled.....one yelled out loud: "I have no glasses", another one in the back is not very pleasant. Hopefully Ernesto is just having a day off and didn't leave this club!
Now just witnessed two different bartenders arguing with each other in front of everyone while trying to get drinks out........great stuff LOL.
Edited to add the bartenders here seem extremely frazzled.....one yelled out loud: "I have no glasses", another one in the back is not very pleasant. Hopefully Ernesto is just having a day off and didn't leave this club!
Now just witnessed two different bartenders arguing with each other in front of everyone while trying to get drinks out........great stuff LOL.
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May 17, 2019, 5:14 pm
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ORD-H/K a day and a half later now has new McDonald's-ish ranch dressing.......very premium:
Edited to add the bartenders here seem extremely frazzled.....one yelled out loud: "I have no glasses", another one in the back is not very pleasant. Hopefully Ernesto is just having a day off and didn't leave this club!
Now just witnessed two different bartenders arguing with each other in front of everyone while trying to get drinks out........great stuff LOL.
Edited to add the bartenders here seem extremely frazzled.....one yelled out loud: "I have no glasses", another one in the back is not very pleasant. Hopefully Ernesto is just having a day off and didn't leave this club!
Now just witnessed two different bartenders arguing with each other in front of everyone while trying to get drinks out........great stuff LOL.
May 17, 2019, 5:57 pm
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Shouldn’t a company so well established in the airport space have been more prepared for such a transition and one that touches so called premium customers??
May 17, 2019, 6:30 pm
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ORD-H/K a day and a half later now has new McDonald's-ish ranch dressing.......very premium:
Edited to add the bartenders here seem extremely frazzled.....one yelled out loud: "I have no glasses", another one in the back is not very pleasant. Hopefully Ernesto is just having a day off and didn't leave this club!
Now just witnessed two different bartenders arguing with each other in front of everyone while trying to get drinks out........great stuff LOL.
Edited to add the bartenders here seem extremely frazzled.....one yelled out loud: "I have no glasses", another one in the back is not very pleasant. Hopefully Ernesto is just having a day off and didn't leave this club!
Now just witnessed two different bartenders arguing with each other in front of everyone while trying to get drinks out........great stuff LOL.
May 17, 2019, 6:37 pm
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[QUOTE=chrisny2;31112822]I know it doesn't look as nice in those little packs, but keep in mind that we weren't have house-made dressing before. It was something like this. At least the packs are more sanitary (though certainly less environmentally friendly.)
Isn't AA all about being eco-friendly these days, with the elimination of plastic straws on planes etc? HMS Host is just lazy AF and their new employees working the lounges are not happy.
Isn't AA all about being eco-friendly these days, with the elimination of plastic straws on planes etc? HMS Host is just lazy AF and their new employees working the lounges are not happy.
May 19, 2019, 6:59 pm
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Meanwhile over at the AC in HNL they’ve got a really nice spread out: chicken tomato dish with green beans on the side, a tasty Japanese beef curry, ramen, self serve sparkling rose and the usual self serve bar.
The overall space seems to have been updated with better lighting and many more outlets and brighter furniture too.
Thanks, JAL!
The overall space seems to have been updated with better lighting and many more outlets and brighter furniture too.
Thanks, JAL!
May 20, 2019, 3:58 am
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Meanwhile over at the AC in HNL they’ve got a really nice spread out: chicken tomato dish with green beans on the side, a tasty Japanese beef curry, ramen, self serve sparkling rose and the usual self serve bar.
The overall space seems to have been updated with better lighting and many more outlets and brighter furniture too.
Thanks, JAL!
The overall space seems to have been updated with better lighting and many more outlets and brighter furniture too.
Thanks, JAL!
Jun 3, 2019, 2:12 pm
#669
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Okay, so... does anyone have any update or gossip on AA's "light hot food" en-devour? It was a year ago (or so) that we saw them roll out their plan to provide limited hot food options -- in ORD specifically, we saw a few months of meatball sandwiches, then a few months of pasta with red sauce, and then a few months of some strange potato-bean thing (?). Now, the heat lamps that these items generally sat under have been otherwise empty. Then, we see AC put weird ranch dressing with the already provided pita bread (which isn't anything new / not part of AC's light meal experiment). No, I'm not talking about the Avocado Toast and Afternoon Guac. That's a different offering.
Have they ended the trial run? Is it gone forever?
Have they ended the trial run? Is it gone forever?
Jun 3, 2019, 3:10 pm
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Okay, so... does anyone have any update or gossip on AA's "light hot food" en-devour? It was a year ago (or so) that we saw them roll out their plan to provide limited hot food options -- in ORD specifically, we saw a few months of meatball sandwiches, then a few months of pasta with red sauce, and then a few months of some strange potato-bean thing (?). Now, the heat lamps that these items generally sat under have been otherwise empty. Then, we see AC put weird ranch dressing with the already provided pita bread (which isn't anything new / not part of AC's light meal experiment). No, I'm not talking about the Avocado Toast and Afternoon Guac. That's a different offering.
Have they ended the trial run? Is it gone forever?
Have they ended the trial run? Is it gone forever?
Jun 5, 2019, 11:17 am
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Sitting in the DEN AC, and the coke free machine still is out of Dasani sparkling water lemon lime, it was like that two weeks ago when I last passed through here. Seems to be the new catering can't even get the simple things working.
Jun 5, 2019, 11:46 am
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Lazy.
Jun 5, 2019, 2:37 pm
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Okay, so... does anyone have any update or gossip on AA's "light hot food" en-devour? It was a year ago (or so) that we saw them roll out their plan to provide limited hot food options -- in ORD specifically, we saw a few months of meatball sandwiches, then a few months of pasta with red sauce, and then a few months of some strange potato-bean thing (?). Now, the heat lamps that these items generally sat under have been otherwise empty. Then, we see AC put weird ranch dressing with the already provided pita bread (which isn't anything new / not part of AC's light meal experiment). No, I'm not talking about the Avocado Toast and Afternoon Guac. That's a different offering.
Have they ended the trial run? Is it gone forever?
Have they ended the trial run? Is it gone forever?
Jun 5, 2019, 3:40 pm
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I think it was a last ditch effort to get AA to keep their old vendor - I think they dipped into their margins to win good customer feedback and justify a renewal. Bet HMS promised them the moon until AA signed on the dotted lone and now we get even less despite membership fees going up
Or, of course, it could have been promises made over some drinks and expensive steaks in a very nice restaurant that never quite made it into the actual terms...
Jun 5, 2019, 3:48 pm
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Either way the Clubs have gone down hill since the transition.
anyone have any more info on the updated Comp wines they’re rolling out this month? Can we for the love of ____ please get a Comp white wine other than Chardonnay?
SkyClubs have a SB, Rose and bubbles complimentary.
anyone have any more info on the updated Comp wines they’re rolling out this month? Can we for the love of ____ please get a Comp white wine other than Chardonnay?
SkyClubs have a SB, Rose and bubbles complimentary.
