After enjoying the Fiji Airways Business Class food on my trip to Fiji back in 2022, I was happy to fly them again when I headed on my next trip to Fiji in May 2025. I enjoyed my last experience with them – the service was so friendly and the food was decent for a 4.5 hour flight across the pacific. After experiencing some average business class food experiences on short haul international flights from Australia in the past, it was refreshing to be on an A350 and having it feel like a business class experience.
Fiji Airways business class food menu
This was a four hour flight to Fiji and they were serving lunch.
Main meal service
There was a pre-dining service offered after take off with drinks and a snack served. The snack was a cheese flavoured biscuit snack.
The meals came with a side salad and bread however I didn’t experience the bread with my meal as turbulence hit and the meal service had to be paused. By the time they came around with bread I was long finished my meal and didn’t feel like it anymore. I chose the Chicken Provencale which was a fairly satisfying dish. The sauce was flavoursome and the chicken was moist and plentiful. The potato galettes tasted ok but were a bit stodgy – they had a sort of sticky texture when eating them. I was disappointed the sweet corn mentioned on the menu was only a tiny sprinkle on top of the galettes. The cous cous salad sounded great on the menu however I found it lackluster. It was mostly cous cous, with only few and small pieces of vegetables (which didn’t impart much flavour). The types of vegetables in the cous cous were also a but random I thought – corn, eggplant, carrot, cucumber and iceberg lettuce. In fact the cous cous salad lacked any flavour at all. It really needed the balsamic vinegar served on the side to make it palatable which was unfortunate as I don’t really like balsamic much. I also found the bowl quite large for the amount of cous cous served – it made the salad look quite small.
My partner chose the Walu (fish) and prawns with sweet potato, spinach and coconut cream which he really enjoyed.
After the main meal was cleared away dessert was served. I chose the Fijian Purini which was described as their signature dessert – it was delicious.
Nutrition comment
The meals were balanced in terms of protein and carbohydrates, however the vegetables were lacking. While the menu described a variety of vegetables within the dishes, unfortunately what was in the dishes experienced was more like garnishes of vegetables.
Kids meal
My little frequent flyer was also travelling with us and we had pre-ordered him the kids meal. He is 3 years old and he was served macaroni and cheese with chicken and peas, a bowl of chopped fruit, a mousse (I think – I didn’t try it as he stuck his hand it lol). It also came with a muesli bar. I had a mouthful of the macaroni and cheese and it was absolutely yum! I actually thought I wouldn’t have been disappointed if I had it for my meal.
Nutrition comment
What was great to see is the meal contained fruit and vegetables and was largely a ‘wholefoods’ style meal (rather than a number of pre-packaged foods for kids). The bowl of chopped melon was a stand out for kids and my little one ate nearly the whole bowl. The pasta dish while cheesy had a decent amount of chicken providing lean protein, and the peas provided some fibre. The muesli bar did not have any nutrition or ingredient information on the packaging so it was hard to provide more information from a nutrition perspective. However I believe I saw it had some chocolate on it (my little one ate it fairly quickly he loved it).
Snacks
There were three types of snacks available after the main meal service which the cabin crew brought around in a basket; crisps (chips) with seat salt, Grain Waves (sour cream) and little packets of M&Ms. The snack basket was also available in the galley.
Nutrition comment
The snacks were all prepackaged and fairly processed. It would have been good to have some fresh fruit or cheese available as snack options too.
Final comment Fiji Airways Business Class food
I really enjoyed my second flight in Fiji Airways business class. It was a solid business class food experience – even if not the ‘fanciest’. The flavour and food quality was notable – a really delicious meal. The Fijian flavours made for an interesting menu. There were some nutritious elements to the meal however it could have been improved. The kids meal balanced foods and flavours kids are likely to enjoy, and was inline with a business class food experience for them, and also had some nutritious elements to it. Following on from this experience I would be interested to explore their longer haul product from Fiji to the USA.
If you are flying out of Nadi, Fiji here is a food and nutrition review of the Fiji Airways Premier Lounge in Nadi
NOTE: All pictures of Fiji Airways Business Class food flying are my own and I review the food from the menu I was given and the food I ordered on my flight. There may be different options available at other times.
