London North Eastern Railway (LNER) First Class service

[ainsworth74]

Judging from this trip report it would seem that the chef difficulties at Inverness have thankfully been resolved!

 

[Blindtraveler]

Good to hear.

 

[Sealink]

That's the only time I've seen LNER first full to be fair, leaving KX in the morning and arriving in the morning before 9AM.

Everytime I've boarded the Highland Chieftain (1200hrs from Kings Cross) it has been full. That's the only service I can speak for

 

[800Travel]

I would like them to add haggis to their 'Full LNER' breakfast.

I think they'd have relative success with some sort of 'classic' British meal like cottage pie, hotpot, if they want to be fancier, wellington.

Cottage pie would be a nice idea! Still to try a dine service, every time I've booked one it has been swapped out! Hoping that the sausage and mash doesn't disappear, but have a bad feeling it will

 

[styles]

Cottage pie would be a nice idea! Still to try a dine service, every time I've booked one it has been swapped out! Hoping that the sausage and mash doesn't disappear, but have a bad feeling it will

If it's the same sausages they have on their full breakfast, they're very tasty!

 

[800Travel]

If it's the same sausages they have on their full breakfast, they're very tasty!

They are different, I think it's because otherwise it'd be slightly repetitive with the same sausages all day - having different ones probably offers a little variety

Source: https://www.lner.co.uk/globalassets/lner2810-dine-menu-jan-2025-web.pdf

Full LNER

Lincolnshire sausage, smoked bacon and black pudding all from Taste Tradition, hash brown, baked beans, mushrooms and free-range fried egg. 576 kcal

Toulouse sausage and mash GF

Toulouse sausages, from Yorkshire-based Taste Tradition, served with champ mashed potatoes, fine green beans and a red wine jus. Ultimate comfort food! 506 kcal

 

[Doctor Pepper]

Has anyone ever ordered a meal, and then been completely forgotten about? Happened to me yesterday, on the 15:30 EDB to KGX. Ordered the curry. Subsequently saw a bunch of other people get served, with dishes being carried down the train, but for me nothing. What really irked me was when a group got on at a subsequent station, ordered the curry, and then were served, when I still hadn't been given mine! I tried to grab the attention of the crew member who served them, but he walked off....despite looking back at me as I called out to him............

I had to grab the attention of another crew member, who was doing the drinks run. Eventually I got my meal. Nice, but the naan bread was a bit firm tbh.



My experience on my previous journey was odd too. This time the 13:00 KGX to EDB on Monday. There were very late taking food orders, and again I saw other people being served and dishes being whisked passed me for what seemed like quite a long time. I began to suspect they'd forgotten about me this time too. Eventually my meal turned up, with an apology for the wait, so I'm not sure what that was about. Given the train departed KGX at 13:00, I didn't actually receive my meal until gone 3 pm!

This one was a Dine train, so I had the sausage and mash, and very nice it was too.

 

[Blindtraveler]

Sausage and mash was always my favourite on the old gner restaurant menu, back in the good old days when you paid for it and first class was simply teas, coffees, water and snacks. I still feel that this was better

 

[WesternLancer]

Sausage and mash was always my favourite on the old gner restaurant menu, back in the good old days when you paid for it and first class was simply teas, coffees, water and snacks. I still feel that this was better

I very much agree - the quantites were substantial too and the quality was superior for the food.

 

[trebor79]

I was in Austria this week and stamped the restaurant car on one of their Railways. Very nice, proper meal served on proper plates etc. quite reasonably priced too. Seems every Railjet has a restaurant car open for the duration of the journey.
Why can we do that? I'd gladly pay for a proper meal on LNER rather than the diddy portions provided "free".