We experienced a British Airways Club Europe Business Class dinner onboard an evening flight from London Heathrow (LHR) to Nice Airport (NCE). Their evening meal is fairly decent and preferable to the BA inflight afternoon tea. I usually book afternoon flights, so we usually experience the British Airways afternoon tea, which is an insipid meal at best.
Review: British Airways Club Europe Afternoon Tea
If you fly on British Airways in Club Europe (European Business Class) between 2:00 - 5:00 pm you may be expecting a rather nice salad or perhaps even some kind of warm meal. Alas no. The British Airways famous afternoon tea will be on offer, and as you can see from the above picture, it is not as luxury or "Business Class" as you would hope. One key advantage of British Airways Club Europe over Economy, beyond the added space with the blocked middle seat and the complimentary meal, is the generous luggage allowance.
Pre-flight, we filled up on curry, mash, salad, cake, and ice cream in the Galleries South Lounge in Terminal 5. The food and drink in the British Airways Galleries lounges are always excellent, more reliably tasty, and more plentiful than inflight dining, so it’s worth filling up in the lounge rather than relying on the inflight food in Club Europe.
Review: British Airways Galleries North Airport Lounge Terminal 5
Terminal 5 exclusively hosts British Airways flights, and we have reviewed the British Airways Galleries North Airport Lounge Terminal 5 below. You can access the British Airways Airport lounges in London Heathrow Terminal 5 by buying or upgrading your ticket to Club Europe, Club World, or First Class. Oneworld Sapphire or Emerald members, and British Airways Executive Club Silver or Gold, also get free access to this lounge, whatever class of travel they are flying.
British Airways Flight Experience
The flight experience in British Airways Club Europe is usually pretty good, with friendly staff. Club Europe flights are quite short, usually under 3 hours, so the time spent onboard is bearable, even with the lack of legroom throughout their European aircraft.
The flight from London to Nice only took around 2 hours. Soon after we took off, the BA staff distributed dinner to the six rows of Club Europe seats.
Food & Drink
If you’re sitting at the front of the Club Europe Cabin, you usually have two meal choices, but if you’re at the back, there is often only one choice remaining.
For this British Airways dinner, I chose a chicken salad as the main course, which came with a flavorful coleslaw side and a moose dessert with an orange topping. All were enjoyable, although I’d have preferred a hot main.
Review: British Airways Club Europe Breakfast
We experienced the British Airways Club Europe Business Class breakfast onboard an early morning flight from London Heathrow (LHR) to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) last week. I never book Redeye flights. However, we experienced their early morning service a few days ago due to a flight mess-up, so I thought it would be worth reviewing.
Conclusion
The British Airways staff are cheery and kind, and this evening meal was very good. We have also reviewed the Club Europe Breakfast and have written an overview of the entire smorgasbord of British Airways Club Europe food with various pictures of the meals we have experienced so you know what to expect if you fly in Club Europe on British Airways.
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