Be happy to take a second to take a look at my evaluations of the assorted Flagship Lounges:
American Airways JFK Flagship Lounge REVIEW
American Airways Chicago Flagship Lounge REVIEW
American Airways LAX Flagship Lounge REVIEW
Together with the announcement of the revitalized Flagship Lounge initiative, American introduced their Flagship First Eating idea: a small lounge-within-a-lounge with sit-down meal service and premium meals and beverage choices, solely accessible to passengers touring in First Class on 3-class worldwide and transcontinental flights. I’ve had the prospect to evaluation the Flagship First Eating areas at JFK and LAX (it’s not supplied in Chicago since there aren’t any worldwide 3-class flights) and, as you may learn within the posts linked, the expertise was great.
American Airways opened their glistening new Flagship Lounge at DFW Airport in Might 2019. It’s a big, well-designed area, and I used to be there taking photos through the unique pre-opening ceremonies. Throughout the pre-opening reception we may stroll across the whole lounge and see among the choices from the Flagship First Eating space however the one meals samples we may eat had been from the common Flagship Lounge.
Flagship First Eating at DFW Airport
My girlfriend and I not too long ago traveled to Iceland and had the prospect to pattern the total Flagship First Eating expertise at DFW Airport.
[Disclaimer: this was arranged through American Airlines for this blog post, so they were very aware I’d be coming, in case you were looking for a completely “natural” review. My opinions remain my own and American Airlines hasn’t reviewed or otherwise edited this post.]
The Eating Room
The Flagship First Eating Room is about midway down the lengthy Flagship Lounge at DFW. Once we checked in on the Flagship Lounge we had been escorted to the Eating Room by one of many premium providers brokers on the Flagship Lounge reception space. Attributable to different friends being current, I’m simply going to put up the photographs I took through the lounge opening to guard their privateness. The Eating Room has a cool and fashionable design with accents just like the remainder of their Flagship Lounge community.
The Menus
American Airways had been type sufficient to ship me menus, since, nicely, we’d find yourself having a couple of cocktails and my menu photos might have been somewhat blurry.
Breakfast and All Day Menu
Wine and Cocktail Menu
Dessert Menu
Pre-dinner cocktails
Our baggage was stowed within the little closet space at Flagship First Eating reception and we had been escorted to our desk.
American Airways perked some ears once they introduced they’d be serving Krug Grand Cuvee champagne of their Flagship First Eating Rooms. I made certain to order, within the identify of analysis, some Krug for the girlfriend and me.
Scrumptious, as at all times.
American refreshes their cocktail menu seasonally, and the supervisor introduced all of them for us to pattern and take photos. We began with the Headin’ Down South (made with whiskey, raspberry lemonade, and candy honey, completed with mint) and the Jalisco Outdated Normal (Republic tequila, agave, and fragrant Whiskey Barrel bitters). The Jalisco Outdated Normal was good however I’m an excessive amount of of a daily Outdated Normal fanatic and like these, known as me quaint I assume (HAHA GET IT?). The Headin’ Down South was actually gentle and refreshing, which might come in useful later since we selected such savory and wealthy dishes.
Up subsequent had been the Prickly Pear (Maestro Dobel tequila, Cointreau, prickly pear syrup, lime juice, and garnished with black lava salt) and the Farmers Department (gin, lime, cucumber, and basil syrup). The Farmers Department (named after the city simply northwest of my workplace in Dallas), which is on the fitting within the image under, was very gentle and crisp, just like the Headin’ Down South solely not as candy. All cocktails would bow down earlier than the Prickly Pear, nevertheless. Put merely, it’s my favourite drink out of any of the Flagship First Eating experiences I’ve had (sure, even higher than the Pisco Bitter in JFK!) and one among my favourite cocktails ever. It was somewhat extra on the candy aspect however not as candy because the Headin’ Down South. The salt on the rim of the glass was absolutely the good complement to the fruity components of the drink. Completely phenomenal.
Oh, they usually made certain that our glasses of Krug had been by no means too empty.
Suggestion for American
Determine some type of approach to bottle up these cocktails and supply them to First/Enterprise Class passengers. It might be a cool approach to tie collectively the Flagship merchandise. Sure, sure, I do know there’s most likely all method of contracts concerned and fully legit causes this wouldn’t be attainable, however suggesting it anyway.
Appetizers
We seemed over the menus and I made a decision on the BBQ Texas Quail appetizer whereas Emily opted for the Child Beet salad. Each had been introduced out promptly, with meticulous consideration paid to plating, which made it really feel all of the extra premium.
The quail was very nice. The BBQ sauce offset the gaminess of the quail properly and it was cooked excellent, which might be powerful with quail. The Child Beet salad acquired good evaluations as nicely, though I can’t personally confirm, as neither Child, Beet, nor Salad me.
Foremost programs
I had heard from different frequent flyers that the filet was simply great at DFW and I used to be excited to strive it for myself. The supervisor knowledgeable me, although, that the filet had not too long ago been swapped out for a locally-sourced ribeye from Dean & Peeler. Nicely, my philosophy is that the one factor higher than steak is Extra Steak, so I went with that. Emily took my advice of the Flagship Burger, which is among the greatest burgers I’ve ever had.
Whereas ready for our mains the supervisor introduced by one other spherical of cocktails, which made us crack up as a result of we had been each feeling well-imbibed by that time and needed to make certain we’d be capable to make our flight. They informed us we wouldn’t have any points making our flight (I’d discover out why in a bit), however simply to be secure we slowed down our cocktailing.
The mains arrived completely on schedule.
The ribeye was juicy and cooked to perfection. It rested on cheddar gratin and was topped with a couple of Shiner beer-battered onion rings.
The Flagship Burger seemed simply pretty much as good as I remembered and tasted as such.
Dessert
The dessert menu was handed out and I went for the traditional Flagship Sundae. Emily selected the Peach & Blackberry Cobbler.
The plating was completely great, eclipsed solely by how nice each tasted. Each dishes had been savory with out being too wealthy, which was particularly appreciated as we had been about to board an extended flight. I cherished the southern-ness of the cobbler, it made me consider massive household meals the place two or three aunts would every carry monumental cobblers and we’d all nap the Nap of the Actually Carefree the remainder of the day afterward.
Flagship First Eating Employees
The workers had been completely great. Granted, our go to being for media functions was fairly apparent, and one of many attendants on the reception space even acknowledged me and reads the weblog! We felt very nicely cared for and, most significantly, it seemed like paying clients had been receiving nice service as nicely.
5-Star Choose Service
Unbeknownst to me, American had organized for us to strive their 5-Star Choose service as nicely. After dinner, our lounge attendant got here to assemble us and get us to our flight. However we wouldn’t be taking the SkyLink. Our attendant took us into an elevator right down to the ramp the place a Cadillac Escalade was ready for us!
We left from the center of Terminal D for a fast experience over to our 757 at Terminal A. Having beforehand been pushed to my aircraft as a part of Lufthansa First Class Terminal service in Frankfurt, I can vouch personally that it by no means will get outdated!
As we handed among the A gates we noticed the Stand Up To Most cancers A321 at a gate.
We arrived at our 757 taking us to Iceland proper as they started boarding.
Sure, we might have been barely buzzed by that time however we ended up safely ensconced in our seats with full bellies and nice recollections of an ideal premium eating expertise.
Last ideas
I’m blissful to report that the DFW Flagship First Eating expertise meets (and the Prickly Pear exceeds) the already sterling status set by the JFK and LAX rooms. If in case you have the prospect to expertise it, both by flying in First Class on a qualifying itinerary or, because it seems, paying for it by way of 5 Star Choose service, get to the airport early and depart your self loads of time, you’ll take pleasure in it!
Have you ever eaten at Flagship First Eating? What did you suppose? Inform me within the feedback under!
