On the A380, the single light behind your shoulder that is attached to the seat is perfect during cabin mood lighting to point at the dishes for photos - or the overhead light via the remote control (as featured in this thread).

I have two upcoming segments in F. CDG-DOH and DOH-BKK.
Pre-select dining is available for both flights. The first segments shows 6 options, while the second one shows 7 (with a weird mix of "dinner-type" mains like lamb, next to some breakfast items like a french brioche).

Is there any point pre-selecting the meal? Are there any choices available online that won't be available on the day off? Or is it the same exact selection as what I would get from the onboard menu?

There may be a special dish you cant get onboard, for example the lobster I had recently DOH-HKG was not avail had I not preselected it. There was a lobster roll available on the normal menu but not the dish I got.

If you see something you like go ahead and select it but once onboard it really wont matter too much as far as the regular dishes as you can let them know in advance everything you want. In both Q Suites & QR F I was able to get everything I wanted except one item, on QF F actually. It was the scrambled eggs and they only catered 1 and the other Pax took it. That was a bummer but I went with the omelette for my eggs choice.

Btw, that French toast is horrible. Total joke. And not b/c its a more of a bread pudding but simply b/c it is disgusting. DL's bread pudding French toast while not great is far better.

Does anyone have this month�s F menus for QR835 BKK - DOH 8pm departure.

DOH-HKG







More wines in the wine thread.

Nice to see the redeye got its full service menu back it seems?

Great to see the return of Krug! Looking forward to it while also waiting to try the Rose on my BKK-DOH leg later this month

Oh very nice to see KRUG back, are they serving KRUG on the regional first flight (DOH-AUH) by chance?

Flew last weekend BKK to DOH in F on the ex-Cathay 777. I fly quite often QR in C and I always think it�s a great product (service, food and seat). However I was shocked about my recent F flight.

It started about with a big chaos at the check-in for F & QR Platinum / Emerald members. I strongly assume people which weren�t supposed in this lane just didn�t care and staff didn�t managed it at all. It continued during a chaotic boarding and let half of the plane board through first class.

Inflight service (for my seat section) mainly provided by the Cabine Director which was very poor executed and slow.

Food (despite Caviar) no difference to Business. Champnager was Charles Heidsieck / Bollinger Rose.

Once arrival in Doha on remote location Business deplaned first until staff realized First class should have their own bus.

I did upgrade my flight with QCredits, so I can look over it. However no chances in this world I would pay something for such a flight / service. It was very very poor, especially by very poor service in First class.

Did you use the Qatar premium lounge at BKK, and if connecting onto another flight at DOH, did you use their F lounge using your inbound boarding pass?

Wondering if it is better to eat on the ground at BKK and at DOH and skip the meals altogether on board.

I did use the QR Lounge in BKK, Service is excellent. I usually get myself a table in the dining area (in front of the kitchen). Staff is very attentive, food is good. However I believe I overheard they were running out of the Surf & Turf meal.

I personally wouldn't skip the onboard meal, but just don�t expect (aside of the caviar) anything else than a meal you get in business class. I believe if you have a more attentive crew (than what I had on the same flight as you booked) the experience will be as well better. I didn�t had time in Doha to visit Al Safwa Lounge as my connection was very tight (only 55 minutes) and we landed on a remote/bus stand. Crew let business class deplane first and filled the half bus with C class passengers while suddenly realizing First class passengers should have their own bus. Let me know any question as I took the exact same flight as you booked (ex-BKK).

Thank you for the information, very helpful. I posted this in another thread but thought you may be better placed to help since you have flown the exact route and aircraft recently:

These are the options from the meal preferences options on MMB:

Grain fed beef short rib with ka prao sauce

seasonal vegetables and duo rice

Gulf style chicken biryani with cucumber raita and almonds

crispy shallots

Roasted Chilean sea bass

braised puy lentils and seasonal vegetables

Spinach and ricotta ravioli�

butternut squash and Savoy cabbage

Any recent F menus/wine list to MLE?
is Krug still the F Champagne or chanching route by route?

I believe QR has different F Champange route by route. On my recent F Flight (BKK-DOH on ex-CX plane) they served Charles Heidsieck / Bollinger Rose. As I can observe by different posts / reports Krug is mainly served to Europe / HK and maybe OZ.
I still try to get over my very very bad F flight expierences from BKK to DOH. From Check-in, Boarding in BKK, F&B and most disapointing Inflight Service by the crew to disembark in DOH... wow, lucky I just upgraded with my Q-Credits and didnt pay any $$$ for it.