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earlier discussions
New United Club menus to be "announced" 4 March 2015
United Clubs to be renovated
Most domestic clubs similar version of the food offerings. Full spread at all domestic hubs, with cut-down or hybrid versions at most outstation clubs. Although from time to time some experiences occur at various UCs.
International Clubs with different catering: GUM, HKG, MEX, LHR, NRT
You can also get a food menu with ingredients list by using "food" instead of "drinks" in that url.
Menus aren't kept very up to date, though, and many are quite inaccurate. All hub menus appear to be same, but outstation ones vary.
Perhaps they've stopped updating these files now that the pandemic has "ended" (move away from prepackaged, stop emphasizing cleanplus / minimal touch points, etc.).
earlier discussions
New United Club menus to be "announced" 4 March 2015
United Clubs to be renovated
Most domestic clubs similar version of the food offerings. Full spread at all domestic hubs, with cut-down or hybrid versions at most outstation clubs. Although from time to time some experiences occur at various UCs.
International Clubs with different catering: GUM, HKG, MEX, LHR, NRT
Menus aren't kept very up to date, though, and many are quite inaccurate. All hub menus appear to be same, but outstation ones vary.
Perhaps they've stopped updating these files now that the pandemic has "ended" (move away from prepackaged, stop emphasizing cleanplus / minimal touch points, etc.).
UC amenities - regular & special food / snacks, power, wifi, work areas, ...
#1
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: DCA, IAD (not BWI if I can help it)
Programs: UA 1MM 1K, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Explorist, status-free on AA, AS, B6, DL, WN, Amtrak, etc.
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Five and a half hours--and counting--of wx delays at DCA today have allowed an usually detailed inspection of the UC food options there. Some notes:
- The breakfast menu included somewhat normal-sized bagels but no toaster for them, which made them a nonstarter.
- They also had out two wrapped croissant sandwiches, one labeled "salmon" and the other "shrimp," but I wasn't hungry enough at the time (silly me, I didn't realize I had at least three more hours to while away here).
- The rest of the breakfast spread was the usual set of prepackaged stuff, like hard-boiled eggs and Chobani yogurt.
- For lunch, I had the soup--a delicious roasted red pepper and smoked gouda bisque.
- No prewrapped sandwiches at lunch to match what they had at breakfast.
- Very good brownie slices, also prewrapped.
- They just now put some individually packaged servings of chicken salad, which might be my next snack. (Update: It was, and a tasty snack at that.)
Last edited by DCA writer; Jan 3, 2022 at 12:01 pm
#4
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: DCA, IAD (not BWI if I can help it)
Programs: UA 1MM 1K, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Explorist, status-free on AA, AS, B6, DL, WN, Amtrak, etc.
Posts: 1,474
The LAS club was ridiculously better than I remembered from pre-pandemic times this morning. They had a charcuterie board of sorts--slices of ham and hard-boiled egg, plus artichoke-tomato-mozzarella-olive skewers--followed by a tray of scrambled eggs that came streaked with melted cheese and flecked with parsley and roasted bell pepper. The wrapped croissants, bagels, waffles and muffins next to that weren't that special, but then at the bar I found a chicken-and-waffles station, with a choice of toppings that included strawberries and banana slices in some kind of syrup. I kept thinking "This is a United Club? And not at LHR or even a domestic hub, but an outstation?" I didn't even think of checking out The Club, the Priority Pass lounge closer to United's gates at LAS.
Note also the fresh fruit, not that anybody goes to Vegas for their health.
Note to self for the next time: try making a breakfast sandwich by combining the eggs with some of those ham slices in one of the croissants.
To be fair, the chicken had spent a little too much time under a heat lamp.
Note also the fresh fruit, not that anybody goes to Vegas for their health.
Note to self for the next time: try making a breakfast sandwich by combining the eggs with some of those ham slices in one of the croissants.
To be fair, the chicken had spent a little too much time under a heat lamp.
#6
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Join Date: Aug 2008
Location: DCA, IAD (not BWI if I can help it)
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Posts: 1,474
Could be! Although United should have known better than most that a lot fewer people would show up this year: By late December they had cut fares to and from LAS so much that I was able to cancel my CES flights and book comparable ones for well under half the price.
#7
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: DAY
Programs: UA 1K 1MM; Marriott LT Titanium; Amex MR; Chase UR; Hertz PC; Global Entry
Posts: 10,112
At the Newark club in Terminal A.
Apparently they have changed the house liqours. Instead of Beefeater, they are now pouring "Fleischmann's"
Definitely a step back.
I don't have the entire lineup. Smirnoff stayed, but Johnnie Walker Red has replaced the bourbon...was it Evan Williams? I don't recall.
I am told no house bourbon is available (but it is a substitute bartender, so might not be getting accurate info on that.)
Anyway, significant changes being rolled out.
Apparently they have changed the house liqours. Instead of Beefeater, they are now pouring "Fleischmann's"
Definitely a step back.
I don't have the entire lineup. Smirnoff stayed, but Johnnie Walker Red has replaced the bourbon...was it Evan Williams? I don't recall.
I am told no house bourbon is available (but it is a substitute bartender, so might not be getting accurate info on that.)
Anyway, significant changes being rolled out.
#8
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 11,327
At the Newark club in Terminal A.
Apparently they have changed the house liqours. Instead of Beefeater, they are now pouring "Fleischmann's"
Definitely a step back.
I don't have the entire lineup. Smirnoff stayed, but Johnnie Walker Red has replaced the bourbon...was it Evan Williams? I don't recall.
I am told no house bourbon is available (but it is a substitute bartender, so might not be getting accurate info on that.)
Anyway, significant changes being rolled out.
Apparently they have changed the house liqours. Instead of Beefeater, they are now pouring "Fleischmann's"
Definitely a step back.
I don't have the entire lineup. Smirnoff stayed, but Johnnie Walker Red has replaced the bourbon...was it Evan Williams? I don't recall.
I am told no house bourbon is available (but it is a substitute bartender, so might not be getting accurate info on that.)
Anyway, significant changes being rolled out.
#9
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Wayne, NJ USA
Programs: UA Million Miler, Lifetime United Club member
Posts: 2,174
At the Newark club in Terminal A.
Apparently they have changed the house liqours. Instead of Beefeater, they are now pouring "Fleischmann's"
Definitely a step back.
I don't have the entire lineup. Smirnoff stayed, but Johnnie Walker Red has replaced the bourbon...was it Evan Williams? I don't recall.
I am told no house bourbon is available (but it is a substitute bartender, so might not be getting accurate info on that.)
Anyway, significant changes being rolled out.
Apparently they have changed the house liqours. Instead of Beefeater, they are now pouring "Fleischmann's"
Definitely a step back.
I don't have the entire lineup. Smirnoff stayed, but Johnnie Walker Red has replaced the bourbon...was it Evan Williams? I don't recall.
I am told no house bourbon is available (but it is a substitute bartender, so might not be getting accurate info on that.)
Anyway, significant changes being rolled out.
#10
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: DAY
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Posts: 10,112
#11
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Houston
Programs: UA GS 2.6MM & Lifetime UC, Qantas Platinum, Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Bonvoy Platinum, HawaiianMiles
Posts: 8,627
#12
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: PHL, EWR
Programs: UA Gold; AA; Amtrak Select Plus;HH Diamond;Hyatt Disc;Hertz PC; Total Wine Grand Reserve!
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#13
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Join Date: Aug 2015
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#14
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: SFO
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Another reason why I prefer to avoid UA/EWR on premium transcons. JW Black, et al. available (self-pour) in the AA FL at JFK.
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: PHL, EWR
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