How would one know which crew one was getting?
Until you asked if you could also have some cheese with it.
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Not sure what everybody else thinks, but I received the above cheese platter on a southbound ex-GLC Virgin service that I boarded at Lancaster on Friday.
Three biscuits, a piece of fruit bread, two big wedges of cheese (mature cheddar and some very interesting looking and tasting green stilton) as well as butter, plenty of grapes and served along with coffee and wine.
This was after a decent portion of chilli con carne (made with beef steak rather than mince, very avant-garde I thought) and frequent runs of the drinks trolley, with fantastic smiling service from motivated staff.
Such a shame that East Coast cannot hit this level of consistency and generosity.
It looks good!How does this shape up against the East Coast offering the other night - Dave Newcastle
Good questions, and I don't know the answer.. . . I am interested to hear reasons why overstocking the train with cheese, biscuits and other accompaniments would be a ludicrous idea given any surplus can be used either the next day or even offered as an off-the-menu option on the next journey.
and perhaps maybe possibly if wee keep at it trial a full dinner service southbound
Thanks for your report. Good to hear it went well and was to your liking.I was very impressed with both the Breakfast and the All Day Offer.
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I know this isn't going to go down too well with some people on here, but this is how I see it and my personal experience with East Coast.
I'm not sure what you expect?
I'm not interested in all the moaning and whining amongst this thread, it seems very much so a witch hunt by enthusiasts because the restaurant car has been withdrawn.
I was very impressed with both the Breakfast and the All Day Offer. The staff were all excellent and the product matched Virgin Trains equal offer. The breakfast was of good quality and they came through with drinks FIVE times between Doncaster and Edinburgh which was more than enough, and also offered Toast twice also between that journey.
I'm not sure what you expect? The breakfast was of good quality, fresh, hot and enough for a breakfast. It seems many of you want it lumped on the table, heaped upon so you don't have to eat anything else in the rest of the day. I think many of the moans are because they expect sometimes to get more than there monies worth; which shows because often it is the people who pay the cheapest tickets is often who want the most!
The All Day Offer (which some of you did initially make me wonder), I found was excellent, again on a Edinburgh - Doncaster journey. The staff were excellent and very attentive, asking me how many sandwiches I want and serving Alcoholic Drinks 3 times between that journey (I suppose thats not enough and you have to be obliterated out of your mind to get the money back?). They also offered me more Sandwiches enroute, plenty of Cake and Biscuits to be also had. I was very impressed with the All Day Offer as well.
I know this isn't going to go down too well with some people on here, but this is how I see it and my personal experience with East Coast.
I know this isn't going to go down too well with some people on here, but this is how I see it and my personal experience with East Coast.
I'm not interested in all the moaning and whining amongst this thread, it seems very much so a witch hunt by enthusiasts because the restaurant car has been withdrawn.
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I know this isn't going to go down too well with some people on here, but this is how I see it and my personal experience with East Coast.
I'm not interested in all the moaning and whining amongst this thread, it seems very much so a witch hunt by enthusiasts because the restaurant car has been withdrawn.
Virgin trains First class food thread, 2 pages, East Coast 184, I think that may well give EC management a clue that all is not well with their First class food service.
Virgin trains First class food thread, 2 pages, East Coast 184, I think that may well give EC management a clue that all is not well with their First class food service.