With Qantas announcing a much needed refresh to its domestic catering in October 2025, I was excited to fly with them in November 2025 – would I get the revamped catering on my flight? I explored the Qantas Business Class food Brisbane to Melbourne on a morning flight and to be honest I have no idea whether I experienced the new menu. I don’t know how long it took to roll out across the network but my food experience was not noticeably different to previous experiences and I was left disappointed. While acknowledging I flew domestically on a 2 hour flight, I was still hoping for a bit more wow.
Main meal service
No drinks were served prior to take off – alcoholic or non-alcoholic. Water bottle was given to the staff member sitting next to me though.
I chose what was described as the fried eggs, bacon and tomato. The tray came with a slice of bread and a Greek yogurt. The fried eggs were not good and I wasn’t even placing the bar very high. Eggs are hard to get right on a plane – not many airlines serve great eggs. But these eggs were some of the driest and tasteless eggs I have ever had. And describing them as fried and then having them turn up like this just added to the disappointment – there was none of that lovely fried egg taste when they are cooked like this. While I like an eye of bacon occasionally, this bacon was tough like rubber. The half a tomato was delicious. I didn’t try the mushrooms as I don’t like mushrooms so I can’t comment on them. The Greek yogurt was also delicious. I did not try the bread as the dried eggs and bacon made my mouth a bit dry and so the bread unappetising to me.
Nutrition comment
It was good to see only the eye of the bacon was served – it was quite lean. However bacon is still a processed meat. The yogurt, while delicious, was a source of added sugar with approx. 10g added sugar (two teaspoons) per 100g on top of the natural lactose present. Even though I personally don’t like mushrooms it was good to see half the hot dish was vegetables. Having vegetables for breakfast is a great way to get us on the path to the recommended serves of vegetables a day.
Final word Qantas Business Class Food Brisbane to Melbourne
Sigh… I really wanted to love the Qantas business class food Brisbane to Melbourne. But unfortunately I actually didn’t find myself surprised with the meal – the disappointment just felt expected unfortunately. I get some foods are hard to do in the air, but maybe then don’t serve them unless you know they are going to be good. Eggs are so nutritious and I love having them while travelling but this dish just didn’t do it for me. It was good to see the dish was fairly balanced with a decent portion of vegetables – this was a highlight of the meal. I hope this dish was just a misstep – looking forward to trying again.
NOTE: All pictures of Qantas business class food Brisbane to Melbourne are my own and I review the food from the menu I was given, the menu on the website at the time and the food I ordered on my flight. There may be different options available at other times.
For more food reviews of Qantas flights see review of Qantas Business Class London to Perth, Qantas Business Class Canberra to Melbourne, Qantas Business Class Singapore to Brisbane.
