Airline Review: EVA Air – Business Class (Boeing 777-300ER Royal Laurel Class with True Flat Beds) : Taipei – San Francisco (BR 18)

Flight: EVA Air BR18 from Taipei to San Francisco

Duration: 11 hours 15 minutes

Aircraft: B773(Boeing 777-300ER)

Class: Business (Royal Laurel Class)

Seat: 2D – 2G (2 Middle seats each with direct aisle access)

Seat Specification: True Flat Bed, Seat pitch: 81.0 “. Seat width: 26 ”

For its long-haul routes EVA Air operates its Boeing 777-300 ER with the industry standard 1 x 2 x 1 seat configuration in Business class. The only thing different on this flight was a different color scheme in the cabin (compared to my previous flights on EVA Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft). I have traveled probably the most times in business class on this carrier and one of my favorite ways to cross the pacific.

EVA Air Boeing 777-300 ER Royal Laurel Class

Middle row best for families traveling together

IFE Control, Power ports, Reading light and small storage area

EVA Air Business Class Dining Menu TPE – SFO

Since EVA Air allows passengers to pre-select from an expanded list of entrees before the flight, we had already selected ours for this flight.

Appetizer – Smoked Salmon with sesame, Shrimp & Crabmeat in Egg Crepe Parcel; Drinks

The smoked salmon as well as the shrimp + crabmeat were absolutely delicious!!

Soup (White Asparagus soup with truffle cream) and Salad

My Dinner Entrée – Rack of Lamb Cutlet coated with lime herb crust with Rosemary sauce served with Mixed Vegetables and Red skin potatoes

The roasted lamb cutlet was very tasty. The meat was juicy and went well with the sauce.

Karen’s Dinner Entree – Roasted Pork Spareribs with Honey Pommery Mustard with vegetables

Dessert Tray – Cheese Assortment, Fruits, Ice-cream

Dessert – Cheese Assortment and Ice-cream

Seat Laid out in bed mode. Their comforter in Business Class is my favorite of all airlines I have traveled in

I went to sleep for about 6 hours and woke up for breakfast service before landing.

Breafast – Gratin Creamy Seafood Crepe with Pesto Dressing and Garden Greek Salad (Left), Fresh Fruit (Right)

The creamy seafood crepe was absolutely delicious although the pictures don’t do it justice!!, This was one of the best airline breakfasts I’ve had.

Bottomline:

Seat: *****

Service: ***

Food: *****

EVA Air has one of my favorite business class seats (except airlines with suites in business class). The cushion is firm, cubby hole is non-restrictive for leg movement. They also have my favorite comforter in business class. 🙂

The food was superb for this flight. The appetizers, soup, entrée all were stellar and hit it out of the park. On top of that, the creamy seafood crepe with pesto dressing was one of the best airline breakfast I’ve had in all my past travels.