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
Mar 10, 2018, 1:31 pm
#377
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Rather disappointed by the offerings of lunch today (13:00) at T5 Galleries First.
A *very* small selection of salad , no other starters, although there are some sort-of-tapas (like hummus and little bits of tortilla).
Mains are 2 types of meat gloop, some chicken wings, and smoked fish arancini. Tried the arancini - almost 100% rice - with a "perfume of
smoked fish" LOL. Parmentier potatoes, rice, jumbo carrot lumps and brocolli, penne pasta (allegedly in a sauce, but its barely noticeble).
No desserts. They have left over breakfast pastries on the counter, plus sandwiches (just the selection of 3 types - why is that???) and
cake and scones.
It seems as though they have aggregated all three meal times and serve them all at once and use components of each to substitute missing elements of others.
What do others think? Am I being over critical?
There are multiple flavours of kettle chips though and the white wine and bubbly is resonably cooled.
The staff are also managing well with clearing and service, but the lounge isn't that busy.
A *very* small selection of salad , no other starters, although there are some sort-of-tapas (like hummus and little bits of tortilla).
Mains are 2 types of meat gloop, some chicken wings, and smoked fish arancini. Tried the arancini - almost 100% rice - with a "perfume of
smoked fish" LOL. Parmentier potatoes, rice, jumbo carrot lumps and brocolli, penne pasta (allegedly in a sauce, but its barely noticeble).
No desserts. They have left over breakfast pastries on the counter, plus sandwiches (just the selection of 3 types - why is that???) and
cake and scones.
It seems as though they have aggregated all three meal times and serve them all at once and use components of each to substitute missing elements of others.
What do others think? Am I being over critical?
There are multiple flavours of kettle chips though and the white wine and bubbly is resonably cooled.
The staff are also managing well with clearing and service, but the lounge isn't that busy.
Mar 10, 2018, 10:57 pm
#378
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Mar 10, 2018, 11:59 pm
#380
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Rather disappointed by the offerings of lunch today (13:00) at T5 Galleries First.
A *very* small selection of salad , no other starters, although there are some sort-of-tapas (like hummus and little bits of tortilla).
Mains are 2 types of meat gloop, some chicken wings, and smoked fish arancini. Tried the arancini - almost 100% rice - with a "perfume of
smoked fish" LOL. Parmentier potatoes, rice, jumbo carrot lumps and brocolli, penne pasta (allegedly in a sauce, but its barely noticeble).
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What do others think? Am I being over critical?
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A *very* small selection of salad , no other starters, although there are some sort-of-tapas (like hummus and little bits of tortilla).
Mains are 2 types of meat gloop, some chicken wings, and smoked fish arancini. Tried the arancini - almost 100% rice - with a "perfume of
smoked fish" LOL. Parmentier potatoes, rice, jumbo carrot lumps and brocolli, penne pasta (allegedly in a sauce, but its barely noticeble).
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What do others think? Am I being over critical?
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The main dish was a kind of North African bean stew - vegetarian. It wasn't bad at all. But it was a mighty bizarre dish to serve to people who are about to spend several hours on a plane!!!
Mar 11, 2018, 1:16 am
#381
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OK - it wasn’t raw ...... my mistake..... having eaten chicken the whole of my life I have no idea what raw chicken looks or feels like.
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aks120
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aks120
Mar 12, 2018, 3:45 am
#387
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None of that was surprising to see on the hot buffet: it's all a pretty standard selection, and it was exactly what we needed given that we had precisely 10 minutes to get some lunch and yesterday we wanted something hot. We've always taken the view that if what's on the buffet isn't appealing and we have a little bit more time for some hot food, that's what the menu items are for, and there's usually something on the menu that's interesting enough. Of course, there are other days when the sandwiches / scones / tapas are more appealing because it happens to be one of those days.
Mar 13, 2018, 2:26 pm
#389
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Avoid the Burger , l was looking forward to it after flying in from Chicago, It was warm, not at all tasty and totally spoilt the Coke..as for the flipping amazing sauce, lm still looking for it, and the chips were twice cooked but im not sure what they were cooked in .....
Mar 13, 2018, 2:45 pm
#390
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Avoid the Burger , l was looking forward to it after flying in from Chicago, It was warm, not at all tasty and totally spoilt the Coke..as for the flipping amazing sauce, lm still looking for it, and the chips were twice cooked but im not sure what they were cooked in .....