JeredF

[Admin: please feel free to move to new 2024 thread]

The card:



Note: still pouring the Justin Justification on 1/1, which is a perfectly good red (if a bit fruit-forward for my tastes).

I had the beef. It was cooked to hell, but edible. (On a smaller cabin I ask if they can pull mine early so it’s just warmed, but I didn’t want to bother the harried crew.) The cauliflower cheese thing was great, although the sawdust on top was odd.


Adult 1 had the beef also. Adult 2 had the paneer. I don’t have the pic yet (will add) but he texted “God the paneer shares nothing with actual paneer. It’s like steak sauce + cuppa noodles + halloumi. Do they have chefs on staff at United?“. He can’t say I didn’t warn him.

Child meal was the meatballs, which failed to entice the 3yo. Not sure if there are pics. Ice cream for lunch again!

Not food, but traveling in Europe with a small child really shows the difference in corporate priorities. LH Senator Lounge staff gave him a captain’s hat, an Eisbär stuffie, colored pencils, an activity book, and a memory game! United’s kit is better than nothing, but wow, we were really blown away by LH. (Even AC gives all kids a neoprene satchel, kid-sized headphones, and puzzles - we still use these on UA.)

MatthewLAX

This thread is for posting examples of present Polaris meals. It serves as a resource for those want to know what might be served during their future flights. Also Q&A about expectations.

As many have issues with UA's inflight service / meals, there is a separated thread created long ago for that discussion.
General discussion of UA's inflight service (Domestic / International, all cabins)
It is a sticky making it easy to find.

This discussion thread is the place for commenting on UA's present and present in-flight service, individual dissatisfaction, potential reasons for the present state and how other carriers are preforming in comparison.

This thread is for the following all flights marketed as Polaris Business. In general, this includes

• Most Trans-Atlantic flights
• Trans-Pacific flights (except to/from Guam)
• South American flights branded as Polaris

Don't forget to post the date and route information along with the meal information!

Here's United's official page on this category of Polaris dining:
https://www.united.com/ual/en/us/fly/travel/inflight/dining/business.html

For the curious folks, the 2023 thread is here:
2023 Let's Eat - Polaris Business

With that, Let's Eat 2024!

Carfield

January 2024
United Polaris Business Class
UA 801 Los Angeles to Hong Kong

Welcome Aboard
Pre-meal beverage and snack as requested

Express Dining
If you’d prefer a consolidated meal service, please ask your flight attendant for our express dining service. You can choose to receive all courses at one time or only select items and your meal will be presented at your request.

Salad
Romaine Lettuce Salad
With carrots and cherry tomato

Appetizer
Shrimp machboos
With tomatoes and mint yogurt dressing

Burrata
With cracked black pepper, balsamic glaze, cherry tomatoes, basil and frisée

Entrée
Seared Beef short ribs
With green peppercorn sauce, parsley mashed potatoes and charred brccolini

Lemongrass chicken
With coconut jasmine rice, bok choy, grilled lemon cheek and Thai red curry sauce

Grilled Salmon
With roasted green asparagus, lemon, thyme-roasted red bliss potato wedges and turmeric lemon zest beurre blanc

Jasmine and wild rice mix
With stir-fried lotus root, mixed peppers, blanched carrots and kai lan

Dessert
Ice cream sundae
Vanilla ice cream scoop with assorted toppings

Cherry coffee cake

Assorted cheese plate
Gouda, Grand Cru Gruyere, Butterkase cheese sticks, grapes and crackers

During your flight
Available between meal services

Grilled cheese sandwich on Texas toast
Roasted creamy tomato soup
Selection of Sweet and Savory snacks
Assorted fresh fruit basket

Before Arrival
Poached shrimp
With chicken broth congee, butternut squash, ginger, shallot and scallions

Horchata steel-cut oatmeal
With agave apple

260C008-1 USA to Hong Kong Lunch/Dinner (LD81) 01/24

Wines
Reds
LVE Signature Series North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon, 2019/2021, North Coast, California
Pike Road Pinot Noir 2022, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Landmark Overlook Pinot Noir, 2019, Sonoma County, California
Chateau Larose-Trintaudon Haut-Medoc, Cru Bourgeois Superieur, 2019, Haut-Medoc, France

Whites
Chartron Trebuchet Chablis, 2022, Bourgogne, France
Nicolas Potel Bourgogne Aligote, 2022, Bourgogne Aligote, France
Whispering Angel Rose, 2022, Cotes de Provence, France

Champagne
Champagne Heidsieck Monopole Blue Top Brut, NV, Champagne, France

002W001 Standard

Carfield

January 2024
United Polaris Business Class
UA 284 Brisbane to Los Angeles

Welcome Aboard
Pre-meal beverage and snack as requested

Express Dining
If you’d prefer a consolidated meal service, please ask your flight attendant for our express dining service. You can choose to receive all courses at one time or only select items and your meal will be presented at your request.

Salad
Mesclun Salad
With fennel, orange and cherry tomatoes

Appetizer
Shrimp
With Marie Rose sauce, cocktail vegetables, dill and extra virgin olive oil

Buffalo Mozzarella
With tomato, Kalamata olive, basil and balsamic glaze

Entrée
Beef short ribs in red wine sauce
With green beans, roasted cherry tomatoes and crispy garlic and chive potato mash

Grilled BBQ chicken thigh
With creamed corn, chive potato mash, blanched kale and grilled lemon cheek

Seared Barramundi fish fillet
With grilled broccolini, potato cake, stir-fried cabbage, prawns and lobster bisque sauce

Impossible Aussie pie turnover
With watercress, sugar snap peas, lemon and tomato sauce

Dessert
Ice cream sundae
Vanilla ice cream scoop with assorted toppings

Apple Crumble cake

Assorted cheese plate
Camembert, Viking Blue, Cheddar with grapes and crackers

During your flight
Available between meal services

Grilled cheese toastie
Roasted creamy tomato soup
Selection of Sweet and Savory snacks
Assorted fresh fruit basket

Before Arrival
Spinach, feta and rosemary frittata
With roasted potatoes, chicken sausage and herb roasted tomato

Smashed Avocado Toast
With Feta crumbles, hard-boiled egg, pickled red onion, seasoned seed mix and grilled lime

Wines
Reds
LVE Signature Series North Coast Cabernet Sauvignon, 2019/2021, North Coast, California
Pike Road Pinot Noir 2022, Willamette Valley, Oregon
Landmark Overlook Pinot Noir, 2019, Sonoma County, California
Penfolds Koonunga Hill Shiraz 2021, South Australia

Whites
Tyrrell’s HVD Single Vineyard Semillon, 2017, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Nicolas Potel Bourgogne Aligote, 2022, Bourgogne Aligote, France
Whispering Angel Rose, 2022, Cotes de Provence, France

Champagne
Champagne Heidsieck Monopole Blue Top Brut, NV, Champagne, France

002W003 Australia

hirohito888

Here's a New Year Day flight.

IAH-FRA
UA46
Boeing 777-200ER
Meal: dinner, breakfast

Menu


Appetizer - burrata. I was not asked about my choice, so I have no idea what happened to the shrimp appetizer

Main - lemongrass chicken, it was ok, very typical UA food. Also not sure why they included a lemon in it

Dessert - cherry coffee cake

Breakfast - oatmeal. Only 3 pieces of apple in it. I wish UA would do something like B6 and have optional bacon served on the side or something


Flight was overbooked in economy with lots of active military personnel. Business went out 70% full. Slippers were provisioned at each seat.

Food quality is declining again. I was not impressed with the food. Kind of dreading my next UA flight. Service was good, given the light load in the aft-J cabin.

flobowcav

Traveling to South Africa from IAD later in the year United Business. Evening (6:35) departure. Wanted to get an idea what kind of meals to expect. Thanks!

MileTrek

New Year's Day FRA-ORD 12:50pm departure. Went with the roast chicken breast which hit the spot for me. The salad and appetizer were fresh and the bread roll was warmed. Overall pleased with the quantity, especially after having some breakfast in the LH lounge. I had the sundae but forgot to take a photo (nothing special there) and skipped the arrival meal.

RobOnLI

What you see posted now will have no bearing on what you're offered later in the year (which I take to mean several months out at least). United does rotate their menus periodically but in general you can expect a beef, chicken, fish and pasta/vegetarian dish. You'll also have the option to pre-order a meal which may or may not be different from what's offered on board. I'd check back in this thread as you get much closer to departure to see what's being offered ex-IAD to at least Europe if nobody posts IAD-CPT/JNB.

But the general rule of thumb is to just eat in the Polaris lounge because the food offerings there are far fresher and definitely nicer than the slop served on board.

-RM

goodeats21

New Years Day
MUC->ORD

Main was surprisingly OK. One of the better meals on United for me lately.
"Ice Cream" sundae was crap. Really off texture and flavor. One bite and done for that one.

And the pre-arrival chicken sandwich was pretty poor. Soggy/slimy bacon and horrible fries.
(I was on Singapore and EVA in December, blown away by how good a burger/sandwich can be on a flight)

albundy9999

Looks alright

jonisflying

There was a request above for IAD to South Africa (6:35PM departure).

Also, for me, EWR - DXB menu for January?

Chiro1979

If anyone has a recent menu to/from DEL, I would love to see. Please and thank you

pampa

My requests are IAD-GRU and GRU-IAH

sngiants

Flew this route earlier today, had the short ribs & wasn't impressed. Meat was tough and chewy. Shrimp appetizer was tasty. Pictures to follow once FT allows me to post some.

Incidentally, they were still serving the Justification red vs the LVE Cab.

narvik

If Kirby had his way, and the trend of meal devaluation continued, expect something like this later in the year:




But I suspect it will be pretty much the same as it now for the remainder of the year, i.e. no changes.
So you should be able to judge from recent posts within this thread (or the later pics in the 2023 thread) what the UA meal offerings will likely look like.