Jan 7, 2016, 2:16 pm
Last edit by: KARFA
This thread gives the current catering options for the Galleries First Lounge (Flounge) in LHR Terminals 3 and 5. This lounge is open to BAEC Gold and oneworld Emerald card holders. Passengers flying BA on a First ticket can also use the Concorde Room. The catering supplier was changed on 2 May 2013 to BaxterStorey. Click here to see the former thread, which covered that turbulent period.
The T3 lounge is identical to T5 in terms of food and drink options. However there is no Concorde Room in T3 so from 18:30 hrs there is a pre-flight dining option for First travellers, see here for more details.
The current catering options in the First lounge can be found in the first post in the thread, or you can click here. Currently lounge menus are not always on display in the lounge, but this link may be your best bet to see the options.
Catering options - other LHR lounges
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR : menus 2018
Galleries Club lounges LHR: Dining menu and food options - T3 and T5
For the First and Club lounges at Gatwick and the UK domestic lounges in Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Leeds, Aberdeen, and Inverness
First Lounge London Gatwick Catering options
Galleries Club Lounge Gatwick (North Terminal): Catering options from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014-2018 threads)
UK Domestic lounges (outside London) - catering arrangements from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014-2018 threads)
BA Champagne & Wine thread
The LHR CCR cocktail menu - cocktail menu introduced May 2014
The 2017 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
Archived food & drink threads
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2017
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2016
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2015
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2014
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2013
Concorde Dining Room IAD: menus and food options - see new Concorde Rooms and Bars: JFK, IAD, SIN, DXB linked above
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2015 - T3 and T5
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2014 - T3 and T5
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2013 - T3 and T5
First Lounge London Gatwick (North terminal): Catering options from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014 or 2015 thread)
The 2016 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
The 2014 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
The 2013 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
International Lounge Terminal 1 LHR - catering options from May 2013 - T1 international flights
The T3 lounge is identical to T5 in terms of food and drink options. However there is no Concorde Room in T3 so from 18:30 hrs there is a pre-flight dining option for First travellers, see here for more details.
The current catering options in the First lounge can be found in the first post in the thread, or you can click here. Currently lounge menus are not always on display in the lounge, but this link may be your best bet to see the options.
Catering options - other LHR lounges
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR : menus 2018
Galleries Club lounges LHR: Dining menu and food options - T3 and T5
For the First and Club lounges at Gatwick and the UK domestic lounges in Newcastle, Manchester, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast, Leeds, Aberdeen, and Inverness
First Lounge London Gatwick Catering options
Galleries Club Lounge Gatwick (North Terminal): Catering options from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014-2018 threads)
UK Domestic lounges (outside London) - catering arrangements from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014-2018 threads)
BA Champagne & Wine thread
The LHR CCR cocktail menu - cocktail menu introduced May 2014
The 2017 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
Archived food & drink threads
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2017
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2016
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2015
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2014
Concorde Room (CCR) LHR: menus 2013
Concorde Dining Room IAD: menus and food options - see new Concorde Rooms and Bars: JFK, IAD, SIN, DXB linked above
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2015 - T3 and T5
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2014 - T3 and T5
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options 2013 - T3 and T5
First Lounge London Gatwick (North terminal): Catering options from April 2013 (n.b. no separate 2014 or 2015 thread)
The 2016 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
The 2014 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
The 2013 BA Champagne & Wine Thread - covers LHR & LGW lounges and in the air
International Lounge Terminal 1 LHR - catering options from May 2013 - T1 international flights
Galleries First (Flounge) LHR: Dining menu and food options
Jan 29, 2016, 2:42 pm
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Jan 29, 2016, 3:11 pm
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Jan 29, 2016, 3:14 pm
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Glad the duck cassoulet is still there and that pork belly is back. On the other hand the to order menu looks to me like being slowly enhanced away.
Jan 29, 2016, 3:38 pm
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It's all change between the three lounges. I remember having bread and butter pudding in GF from the old menu...that is now on CCR. Is that really a true first class dessert? Seems very GF to me. LOL.
And now not even ice-cream unless you are in the "know" which describes an awful lot of improving ones BA experience.
The buffet is not good at all, as I wrote above even LOT Polish is better with tastier and fresher dishes. LOT. I thought some of the cooks were Polish?
A real pet peeve of mine is the cubed cucumber. Its cubed cos I imagine its pre-prepped off site and otherwise would end up like cucumber paste at the thinness they will be required to cut and the time it will stew. If it is prepared in the kitchen, then can it please be slices like in CCR?
I remember looking forward to the food in GF.
And now not even ice-cream unless you are in the "know" which describes an awful lot of improving ones BA experience.
The buffet is not good at all, as I wrote above even LOT Polish is better with tastier and fresher dishes. LOT. I thought some of the cooks were Polish?
A real pet peeve of mine is the cubed cucumber. Its cubed cos I imagine its pre-prepped off site and otherwise would end up like cucumber paste at the thinness they will be required to cut and the time it will stew. If it is prepared in the kitchen, then can it please be slices like in CCR?
I remember looking forward to the food in GF.
Jan 29, 2016, 4:37 pm
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I used the arrivals lounge till 9.30 and left the airport to work from outside - came back in the evening to FLounge. While the thai curry and ice cream were excellent - the whole dining area was crowded and filthy.
Jan 29, 2016, 5:23 pm
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I ate in the Flounge last week. Pork Belly was good but cubed roast potatoe vile. The broccoli. And carrot mix was rock hard.
I completed a text survey at the end of which I agreed to my details being passed to BA. 20 minutes later I was called on my phone and the lounge manager came to meet me.
She agreed the roast potatoes were poor but seemed genuinely surprised that I was unimpressed with the overall food offer. Clearly doesn't read Flyertalk.!!
I completed a text survey at the end of which I agreed to my details being passed to BA. 20 minutes later I was called on my phone and the lounge manager came to meet me.
She agreed the roast potatoes were poor but seemed genuinely surprised that I was unimpressed with the overall food offer. Clearly doesn't read Flyertalk.!!
Feb 7, 2016, 7:56 am
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Having lunch here now.
The Moroccan bean thing is not too bad although had I not known what it was, couldn't have told you.
Potatoes are potatoes and still like the carrots even though I won't eat them generally.
Waiting to see what comes out for supper assuming I'm not too bloated after the scones etc I'm about to have ( always cream / jam on one and jam / cream on the other half to get a Cornwall / Devon balance).
The Moroccan bean thing is not too bad although had I not known what it was, couldn't have told you.
Potatoes are potatoes and still like the carrots even though I won't eat them generally.
Waiting to see what comes out for supper assuming I'm not too bloated after the scones etc I'm about to have ( always cream / jam on one and jam / cream on the other half to get a Cornwall / Devon balance).
Feb 7, 2016, 8:01 am
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Having lunch here now.
The Moroccan bean thing is not too bad although had I not known what it was, couldn't have told you.
Potatoes are potatoes and still like the carrots even though I won't eat them generally.
Waiting to see what comes out for supper assuming I'm not too bloated after the scones etc I'm about to have ( always cream / jam on one and jam / cream on the other half to get a Cornwall / Devon balance).
The Moroccan bean thing is not too bad although had I not known what it was, couldn't have told you.
Potatoes are potatoes and still like the carrots even though I won't eat them generally.
Waiting to see what comes out for supper assuming I'm not too bloated after the scones etc I'm about to have ( always cream / jam on one and jam / cream on the other half to get a Cornwall / Devon balance).
Feb 7, 2016, 8:05 am
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Well had breakfast here, brunch in the DUB lounge and now lunch / afternoon tea here. Flight not until 6:30pm so I've 2-3 hours of eating and drinking before my HKG flight.
Might as well try everything although can't see Tiger beer anywhere.
Might as well try everything although can't see Tiger beer anywhere.
Feb 7, 2016, 8:30 am
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Unless the Chnese New Year promo is still on, I think you may find it's been replaced by Amstel Light. There's another thread on this somewhere, and Tiger was not present when I went through the Flounge earlier this week.
On the brighter side, I was pleased to hear staff (it may have been the same person to different customers) proactively asking people if they wanted double portions of Egg(s) Benedict. The breakfast was pretty decent too, buffet well stocked. I also had the opportunity to compare the Taittinger and Castelnau (just a sip, it was lateish breakfast-time). I don't consider myself an expert, but the Castelnau is not to my taste.
On the brighter side, I was pleased to hear staff (it may have been the same person to different customers) proactively asking people if they wanted double portions of Egg(s) Benedict. The breakfast was pretty decent too, buffet well stocked. I also had the opportunity to compare the Taittinger and Castelnau (just a sip, it was lateish breakfast-time). I don't consider myself an expert, but the Castelnau is not to my taste.
Feb 7, 2016, 9:23 am
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