How much to eat/drink on UC lounge?

I'll be flying UC for the first time in July and just wonder whether you are supposed to only order one breakfast meal or snack or whether it's acceptable to order more food later if you want to?
What about drinks? I'm not sure what the "done thing" is (or if there even is one).
I note that it appears to be buffet style food in the V room and I presume you can have as much as you wish. Can I have as much as I wish in the club lounge? And also, is this included in the cost of the holiday? I'd hate to be embarrassed by being presented with a huge bill for food and drinks!
I apologise if the answers to my questions may seem obvious, but this is my first time in UC and I want to understand everything properly.
Thanks

Hi Chelseagirl
All food and drink is free in the clubhouse so help yourself to as much as you like.

Thanks for your reply. I'm so worried about potentially making an idiot of myself!

It's free. No bill. Fill your boots. Have multiple breakfasts and cocktails and something later (though apart from burger, lacks non breakfast choices), but you might want to leave room for food on the plane. Some say perhaps not...

I'm assuming you mean Gatwick with mention the V-Room. More choice in Heathrow.

I'm unsure if you'll be able to access the V-Room in Gatwick. Isn't this paid and only through Virgin Holidays? And why would you want to. The VS lounge is better... No buffet section though, unless I just haven't looked hard enough yet.

I visited the LGW club house a couple of months ago, and order the full breakfast - but was disappointed to find they used smoked bacon, which don't like at all. So I ordered a sausage bap as a "top up" and no one batted an eyelid...

We are in the LGW v-room in a couple of weeks, and I understand that is the same kind of setup. The menu at: http://www.virginholidays.co.uk/_data/d ... d_Menu.pdf doesn't say it is a buffet...

Thanks Smid. Yes, I do mean Gatwick. I wasn't intending to pay to enter the V room. I just wondered whether the food in the club lounge would be buffet style or cooked to order and whether there was a limit to how much you could eat and drink. ( and the issue of cost too!).
Thanks for your help.

Thanks Smid. Yes, I do mean Gatwick. I wasn't intending to pay to enter the V room. I just wondered whether the food in the club lounge would be buffet style or cooked to order and whether there was a limit to how much you could eat and drink. ( and the issue of cost too!).

Cooked to order. I enjoyed the breakfast, I'd choose it over the Hilton one.

It tends to be breakfast based because pretty much the flights are done by about 1pm. Most boarded by 11:30...

I thought that I had read in a few places that the food and drinks were buffet style in the v room. Perhaps that has changed?
http://www.thedibb.co.uk/forums/archive ... 99955.html

Thanks for your reply deep_south. My 14 year old son is a bottomless pit right now regarding food. I reckon he must have hollow legs as I can't imagine where it all goes. There's not much meat on him! He'd be horrified if he could only have one thing to eat in the lounge, so thanks for clearing that up!

edit - only just saw you are a LGW, if you are in UC the clubhouse there is definitely the place to go rather than the v-room

as above, it's all free

which airport? assuming LHR, which is the clubhouse:

my approach is arrive as far ahead of the flight as i can, then...

bubbly, bubbly, bubbly, deli, bubbly, burger or brekkie as appropriate, bubbly, bubbly etc.

sometimes i switch the order of deli and burger/brekkie, or simply add another meal (the food is much better than on-board)

the LHR CH deli is a semi-buffet section, staffed with people ready to slice chunks of crusty bread and ply you with delicate morsels

there's also the main menu to order from, you can do this wherever you are sitting, some people sit at the dining tables, others in the various comfy chairs, i like the long glass walled area behind the bar as it's a bit quieter/cosier

the CH staff make regular rounds, you can keep ordering food/drink from them to your heart's content

also, there are nice shower rooms (free), a range of spa treatments (mostly paid for, make sure you book on arrival as there is limited capacity), and a shoe-shine service

do listen out for your flight being called, this first occurs with plenty of time to gather yourself together and stroll (or stagger) to the plane, where you'll be greeted with an offer of a refreshing bubbly once you're seated

the LGW clubhouse is smaller with fewer features, but otherwise works the same way with the same menu/drinks service

at LHR there's also the revivals lounge for morning arrivals (it's up one floor from arrivals level), there're shower rooms and much better brekkie than the one served on the plane, UC/AU passengers can use it but you cannot take guests into revivals

Thanks Smid. Yes, I do mean Gatwick. I wasn't intending to pay to enter the V room. I just wondered whether the food in the club lounge would be buffet style or cooked to order and whether there was a limit to how much you could eat and drink. ( and the issue of cost too!).
Thanks for your help.

Now that you're turning left on boarding, you must get into the habit of saying 'Clubhouse' .

Go as early as possible and get a spa treatment too .

Thank you for your comprehensive reply sungod. We'll be travelling from Gatwick.
I don't normally drink alcohol much, but I think a few glasses of bubbly may well be in order.

Haha slinky09! Still can't quite believe I'm going to be turning left. At the moment I'm more excited about the clubhouse (;)) and flight than the holiday!

I was the same CG when we did our first UC flight in October. In fact I think I had such an idea from here as to what the Clubhouse was going to be like I was almost disappointed when we got there as there weren't any surprises!

I'd forgotten about the shoe shine man. He actually came round to all the passengers asking if anyone wanted their shoes done. I had mine done and he did a great job. Just had to sit there drinking breakfast martinis with no shoes on!

I'd forgotten about the shoe shine man. He actually came round to all the passengers asking if anyone wanted their shoes done. I had mine done and he did a great job. Just had to sit there drinking breakfast martinis with no shoes on!

Ah yes, I remember the shoe shine, and the gatwick dude was so enthusiatic. I had to track down the Heathrow one to get mines done...

Didn't lose the shine on the much better Heathrow Clubhouse though...

And it was the Heathrow clubhouse which showed me I could store my bag in the clubhouse, and have the great experience of walking about the duty free shops simply with my boarding pass. Can do that at Gatwick too, but didn't realise it at the time. And was so used to keeping my bag close to me...

Thanks for your reply deep_south. My 14 year old son is a bottomless pit right now regarding food. I reckon he must have hollow legs as I can't imagine where it all goes. There's not much meat on him! He'd be horrified if he could only have one thing to eat in the lounge, so thanks for clearing that up!

Rest assured it won't be a problem.

I took two 15 year olds to Antigua in July . They both had two breakfasts AND more in the clubhouse.

http://v-flyer.com/forum/index.php?f=6& ... =viewtopic

On the flight home one ordered every single item on the breakfast menu on the plane home.
http://v-flyer.com/forum/index.php?f=6& ... =viewtopic
Worse still he devoured it all, and we still had to stop half way back to Cornwall for him to have a panini in a drive-through Starbucks.

No one in the CH or on the flight batted an eyelid, in fact the crew had a bet with him that he couldn't eat it all.

He is stick thin, in case you might wonder.....

bubbly, bubbly, bubbly, deli, bubbly, burger or brekkie as appropriate, bubbly, bubbly etc.

sometimes i switch the order of bubbly and redhead bubbly, or simply add another bubbly (the bubbly is much better than on-board)

the CH staff make regular rounds, you can keep ordering bubbly from them to your heart's content

I've made my own adaptation of Sungod's post

Thanks for your reply. I'm so worried about potentially making an idiot of myself!

I really wouldn't worry. UC is all about being a bit pampered and having an enjoyable experience. You can eat and drink as much as you like (within reason) and you shouldn't be reluctant to ask for what you want -- it's part of the deal.

We are in the LGW v-room in a couple of weeks, and I understand that is the same kind of setup. The menu at: http://www.virginholidays.co.uk/_data/d ... d_Menu.pdf doesn't say it is a buffet...

It is a buffet of sorts, but the hot food is served up on a plate by a chef at the buffet kitchen counter. Cold stuff is help yourself. Portion sizes are extremely small but I'm pretty sure it's ok to go back for more (my teenage son has at least 3 plates full before he is satisfied and nobody has complained yet). Note though, that alcoholic drinks are charged extra, and fairly expensive.

Thanks for all your help and reassurance. Really looking forward to being spoiled.