Old School Cafe in Runnymede - Phone Number, Reservations, Reviews

Fabulous food, beautifully cooked and generous portions. I had the full vegetarian breakfast! Staff were really engaged and very friendly. Emily and Alice were totally fabulous. Gorgeous homemade cakes. I will back very soon!

Delicious food and great coffee, staff very attentive and prompt service & dog friendly. Will definitely pop back sometime soon.

First time visit, first class food, service and surroundings. Breakfast was excellent. Great quality bacon and sausage. Proper Yorkshire tea and nice atmosphere. We will return.

Very sweet looking establishment from the outside. Ample parking and easy to find. Good menu selection, however when we asked for an alternative sandwich filling for the children we were met with an objection which wasn’t handled very well. Food came quickly and was decent quality!

Went for the first time today and had a brunch. I went for American pancakes with bacon and maple syrup. My wife had a bacon bap. Both very tasty. The coffee - a latte - was also very good. Friendly staff and a nice environment.

Really good choice of food in a nice relaxed café. Helpful staff especially Lilly. Delicious food well presented.Just a suggestion - a children's menu would be a good idea if only to make smaller portions available and to offer waffles with bacon and syrup which seems to go down well with grandchildren. Apart from that a definite 10/10

Visited many times. Excellent cafe menu, great value, very efficient and friendly staff, and immaculate loos.

Absolutely amazing people working here. I live away and ordered a drink and a muffin for my sister's birthday. Gave them a call to ask if they could add a happy birthday message. They have gone and above and beyond to make my sister feel special! They attached a lovely personalised message and even added a sweet treat from themselves! If you guys are reading this, just want you to know she is very happy and grateful 🙏🏻 best wishes!

Ideal. Dog friendly. Punchy levels of chilli on the dirty fries. Excellent coffee. Felt full and slightly sleepy afterwards. Even the dog got a sausage!

We popped in when passing yesterday on the off chance, on the way back from Chertsey. Harry was behind the counter and was very welcoming. The bacon baps and hot drinks were delicious. It is nicely set out and light and airy. Although when we were there, it wasn’t that busy, I know it’s very popular in the week. Definitely worth a visit. We’ll be back soon. (Oh and it’s dog friendly). X

The Old School Cafe used to be old school style, but it's changed for the better. They do a generous and super tasty breakfast, with nice sourdough toast. The coffee has been consistently excellent when I've visited. I would go here for the coffee alone. They have menu options for everyone, from a classic full English breakfast, vegetarian and vegan options (ones that look tasty enough to tempt an omnivore such as myself). The only downside is it's clearly popular, so it can be quite busy (though it seems to be well staffed with friendly hard working folks).

We love coming here with the dogs after a long walk - it gets very busy after around 10am usually so we plan our walk early to beat the rush. The menu is wide with plenty of veggie and vegan choices in addition to the standard yummy English fayre. Service level depends on how busy it is, which is understandable. There’s always a sausage from the staff for the dogs which is a lovely touch. Best brekkie cafe in the area by far!

Morning visit at 11 am, Very good breakfast, served promptly. Attentive and efficient staff serving a lot of customers efficiently. Very good value. Toilets immaculate, and premises has a deserved 5 STAR hygiene rating. Only problem is the limited parking spaces as obviously it has many regular satisfied customers.

What great cafe! my husband on his bacon bap today ‘ this is the best bacon bap I’ve ever had’! The menus is fabulous and varied. Well behaved dogs welcome. We visit after a local dog walk. Definitely go & see for yourself.

Beautiful brunch. Cooked beautifully, didn’t have to wait long to be served and for the food to arrive. Served by Tina, who was fantastic

Great Food, lovely staff and value for money and with lots of seating. I found Daisy very helpful and with great knowledge of there produce. I will definitely be visiting again soon. Thank you again Jed

We stopped here for smoothies and coffee whilst cycling from London to Hampshire. The coffee and smoothies were very tasty, particularly recommend the breakfast smoothie if you have a long cycle to go! The place had a pretty gravel herb garden to sit in, and...

Had a refurb recently and the food here is still top drawer. Recommend the Full English, the classic, you can’t go wrong, plenty of it and delicious.

Visited late Saturday morning, cafe not busy, were shown to table and left alone, another waitress offered us a menu, eventually a different waitress came and took our order and said the other mans order would appear on our bill and so would the family...

Haven’t been here for quite a while and was a little worried as quiet, but my worries were unfounded! Still a great breakfast, fresh, just the right size and served quickly..Full English with black pudding & mug of tea all for £10! Amazing value too..will...

Called in for breakfast early Monday morning, most unwelcoming young lady appeared eventually and we were told we could sit anywhere, she wasn’t happy or smiley maybe had a bad weekend. Breakfast was ok but not very hot, tea served in a mug with loads...

Really tasty food, all fresh! Reasonable pricing. Nice vibe inside the cafe since the refit and a nice sunny outside seating area. Will be back very soon! Highly recommend

Visited for a quick lunch and absolutely fell in love. The food was amazing and the service was just as good. The staff were so friendly and welcoming, will definitely be visiting again!

Best full english in Surrey! Would definitely recommend! Very friendly staff and brilliant food!!!!!

Waited 25 minutes for my sandwich and coffee. Small portions and expensive won’t be coming back sandwich was £5 alone!

A cafe as it should be. No pretentiousness, no pretence, no BS . . . . just great produce, perfectly cooked. Lots of parking.

My first visit here in years and it has changed such a lot I did not recognise the place. My first impression is that there was plenty of space between the tables and it was very clean so a very good sign. We sat down...

Not the cheapest, but you get what you pay for and service and cleanliness matched the high standard of the meal. Definitely will go again!

This is the first time I have visited old school since March, and my my how it's changed! It's good to see the place has used the time to refurb the space and make it much more modern. Logo now looks really cool and the...

i stopped using this place a couple of years ago because it got so bad. now looks different and food was outstanding however the prices on the menu are much less than you get charged. my ham egg and chips was fantastic but menu says...

A lovely cafe - very clean and people friendly. We had amazing cooked breakfasts with coffee. Very tasty and plentiful and the best I’ve had for a long while. Even better is it’s dog friendly with both inside and outside seating.

Called in at the old school cafe for a coffee ended up having food. Food was great as was the service, the cafe has just been refurbed and it looks great. So if your in longcross this is a great place to pop in.

Charging stupid prices for multi pack drink omelette wasn't cooked enough ! And chips that are so crispy they cut your mouth not going to be going back and also reporting to trading standard for selling multipack drinks !

Took 2 friends for my Birthday Breakfast ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT the food was delicious and plentiful cooked our way Staff are Friendly Helpful and Polite, place always clean and tidy, WE WILL RETURN

First time at this place, expecting a hearty fry up , as it’s “Fry-Up-Friday .The price was £2.00 more than other cafes around the area .Put in my order, a “classroom” and service was good, approx. 15 mins wait .It arrived and the sausages were very tough and so was the bacon ☹️. The fried egg was one of the smallest I’ve ever eaten and the yolk was hard .The beans were tasteless and the chips were very average .All this, and-without a drink was £7.95 .I also ordered two slices of toast, & 95p each .A grand total of £9.85 (and no tea or coffee) Stop and try this establishment and I look forward to reading your reviews

I went here for lunch last week and said to the lady serving "what do you recommend". She immediately replied "the steak pie". So steak pie it was. With a cup of tea it was just over £10 which did make me wince a bit.However I am a firm believer in you get what you pay for. I really cannot fault any part of that lunch. Peas and carrots had clearly just been cooked and both were of good quality. Mashed potato, seasoned correctly and no lumps. Now to the Pie. Excellent pastry, no soggy bottom here!. Packed full of large pieces of meat with no fat or gristle to speak of. So would I order it again at that price?. In a heart beat.

Driven passed many times, decided to visit for Breakfast. Polite and friendly service, good food as far as I tasted (full English Breakfast), and a nice clean and well set out eating area. Would recommend.

Finished work early so decided to visit for a mid morning breakfast like I have before , it was very quiet .I ordered the full English with an extra egg and a tea . I took the tea to my table , it did look quite strong , it was actually really strong and also it didn’t taste nice , not a good start .My breakfast soon arrived , the two eggs were cooked to within an inch of their lives , hard yolks .The fried bread was very pale and hardly cooked , I wish I had taken a picture it looked as bad as it tasted . As I say there were not busy at all . I don’t really like to complain , I’m not fussy , but the whole meal was so poor I didn’t know where to start , and it’s not cheap . Off home for a nice cup of tea but won’t be back .

Me and a colleague visited this ‘cafe’ We ordered two egg baps with mushrooms hash brown and cheese for a bit of enjoyable Friday morning pay day sustenance,,, how we were wrong.Enjoyable i think not, how can you ruin not 1 2 or three fried eggs, BUT FO4R, all the eggs in our bap had been mutilated beyond repair, scrambled / bartered- destroyed eggs, you can imagine our despair to top it off we had approximately 3 1/4 small pieces of mushrooms and a small handful of NON melted cheese incorrectly positioned at the bottom of the bap with no chance of real melting on the top of eggs or hash brown?!?The has brown was ok.How can you not have runny eggs in an egg bap, I’m quite flabbergasted to be completely honest. I think the said egg chef should resign with immediate effect and the restaurant have an over haul review on their egg service.

It’s been a while since we’ve had breakfast here but today’s was grrrreat. Full English for £7.25 including a good mug of coffee is good value. Especially considering the quality ingredients. Lovely sausage and bacon, top notch. Proper fried bread, not that deep fried crunchy rubbish. Well done, we must go back again soon.

So good that I always come back. Bacon sambo is to die for and I love hash browns so much, thick with a golden crisp on the outside. Ten out of ten. Every. Time.

My family and I ate here for breakfast. The ladies were cheerful and helpful, service was swift and the food was delicious. I thought it was good value - cheaper than a restaurant. We all left feeling full and happy. T

I had ham, 2 eggs, burger and chips. The burger was hand pressed and very tasty. She had an all day breakfast.

Had to drop hubbys car next door he then suggested we pop in for breakfast before driving home. Great breakfast, really hot and well cooked with friendly service. Going to pop in again on Saturday when we pick up the car.

Have been here on a number of occasions but not for 3/4 months. The food was distinctly average and items from the set menu were simply forgotten and when reminded there was a couldn’t really care attitude from some of the staff. Not just our table, but four others all had to query the orders that were wrong.

Can’t fault the service or the fare. A little off the beaten track but a nice find, none-the-less, and well worth stopping for. A reasonable amount of off-Road car parking as well.

An excellent place. Looking at the negative reviews below I can only assume the local competition is gaming this site. The food is great, healthy size portions and the interior is terrific.

waited 50 mins for our breakfast. I was told I could not have my coffee with my food and my mates espresso was just a small cup of coffee, refund refused. Plate had to be returned to the kitchen because it was swimming in grease. shocking experience from a place that at times is very good

Passed this cafe lots of times but never had the chance to try it but today I have a job near by and with plenty of time to drive there and have breakfast and was not disappointed fantastic selection of food but of course I had a fat boys breakfast very good quality food

Just been to the Old School Cafe, unfortunately I had a very poor experience. I ordered 2 poached eggs on toast with beans and tomatoes, with a latte.

I have used this cafe many times. I always get what I ask for and enjoy it immensely.

Being going here for years. Have to say the last 3 visits have been disappointing. I think it’s gone downhill. The food is average for the price but that hasn’t changed much. Front of house service is terrible. Expect a long wait just to order and pay if it’s even slightly busy. Think perhaps they just can’t get the staff but it takes forever to order. The other problem is if people order a Latte etc it’s the same person who makes it and adds to the time. 2 Saturdays ago it took over 20 min just to queue up and get a tea! They really need to sort it out.

The Old School Café, junction of Longcross Road / Accommodation Road, Chobham / Chertsey, is a medium sized café doing great food especially the English cooked / fried Breakfast options. Been a few times now, the last a few days ago, food always good and of good value, presented promptly by welcoming, helpful and competent staff.

Hidden away from everything is this lovely cafe. I really liked the atmosphere and food but, other than the location, it was a typical cafe.

When in the "deep part" of Surrey I always find time for the Full English at the Old School Cafe. Pleasant interior with spacious tables in an old school. Very clean with reasonable prices and friendly staff. Open 7:30am to 3pm most days.

Ya que yo vivo a pocos minutos en coche de este café, quizás tendría que visitarlo más a menudo. Sin embargo, mi pareja había estado pidiendo que muestra sus ofertas durante un tiempo y así que le dimos una oportunidad. La comida en sí no podía ser criticada, y se sirve caliente sin esperar demasiado tiempo. El personal era lo suficientemente amable y ciertamente alegre, pero sentí que mi 'Completo desayuno inglés 'le faltó algo. Por más de 6 bebidas extra, no parecía estar muy lleno y me dejó un poco decepcionados. El café es muy popular y concurrida, pero ciertamente no será personalmente en una prisa para volver ya que hay muchos más cafés en la zona de los alrededores, que ofrecen una mejor relación calidad-precio.

Nos gusta el ambiente de las mesas son sólidas y espaciosas y han sido regularmente teniendo nuestros ingenieros allí para un almuerzo de trabajo para un número de años a pesar de que tienen que conducir en el centro de la ciudad pasando un número de otras cafeterías. La vieja escuela es nuestro favorito por mucho. Muy limpio y la comida muy buena tiene un menú variado (aunque siempre el mismo orden) y una agradable taza de té. Además, nunca he salido de olor como si he estado en un café.

Siempre un desayuno consistente. Personal agradable, buena comida, calidad mismo cada vez. Buen café limpio y no un "boliche". He estado aquí muchas veces y muy recomendable.

Sorprendentemente decepcionados intentamos 3 visitas en esperanza sería mejor. Solía ser un destacado que va a esta joya de lugar en años. Por desgracia cada vez no muy amable nadie sonrisas. 3ª visita dejaron esperando en el mostrador de sólo 4 personas comiendo así no...

Tuvimos que viajar desde Portsmouth a Chertsey para una cita en el Hospital de runnymead,

La vieja escuela Café es un punto de referencia en la zona y es utilizada por los obreros, golfistas, gente de negocios y locales pasea a los perros/jinetes - ha sido alrededor por años y es excelente para el desayuno en el camino a la vieja usanza. Gran servicio, bien dirigido y siempre acogedor y eficiente.

Popped in for a Brunch today, popular little cafe. We had traditional breakfast fayre, husband had bacon, eggs, etc. I had a bacon, sausage & egg sandwich. All beautifully cooked and plentiful! All washed down with a nice strong cup of tea, just the way I like it. Popular spot, plenty parking outside. Staff polite, friendly. Cafe clean, food freshly prepared. Menu seemed to cater for all times of the day with a large choice of breakfast/brunch foods, lunch time options, such as burgers, Chilli, Omelette's. Great range of cakes for afternoon tea's What more could we want. Will definitely visit again & wonder why we haven't before!!

I work near by and pop in most mornings and lunch times to get a diet come and sometimes eat. They do a mean sausage, bacon and fried egg sandwich. The service i get is always spot on and i would recommend to anybody. Keep up the amazing standards ladies.

This lovely café is constantly busy (although there's always a space!) and the atmosphere is always buzzing and cheerful. In the midst of all the activity the friendly and helpful staff produce the most amazing cooked breakfasts plus a variety of other goodies for those who prefer something different. The staff Team is to be congratulated on providing a venue that attracts a whole range of customers and seems to have something to suit us all! Highly recommendable!

While travelling today I stopped for a breakfast at the "Old School Cafe" I had been there some years ago, when it was more of a greasy spoon. But now it still serves the typical builders food? Yet feels a little more refined now? That's probably why they feel they can charge slightly more than a normal run of the mill builders/transport cafe? The food was good, fresh and of a comfortable size portions. The staff were polite and efficient. The cafe was clean, tidy, bright and interesting, having been and old school house converted. I will return when next passing.

I was here today with my friend the service was very good and the food was very good although I found this café a bit on the expensive side the extra expense was worth it if ever close by I will visit here again

This is our go to place for a cooked breakfast. They cover all the options and make a great, clean, non-greasy breakfast. Having vegi breakfasts with Quorn sausages makes it a winner for us. They also have lunch dishes like vegi chilli and qourn korma.

I love this place. Once I'm in Egham it's on my list of must go places. The fry-up they make is mind blowing!!! The food, the tea, the service.. all is excellent. Well done Old School Café

Saw this place on the way and liked the way it looked. Good service and friendly staff. Food was fast and good. Place is clean. Toilets are also clean. Ample car parking if you are driving. Would recommend.

Call there today after work had the ham, egg and chips. As always great food and great service would highly recomend

A good range of breakfasts, including larger " Olympic" ones for the big eaters in both full English and vegetarian. They bring you order to you with a number they call out. shame they dont open on Sundays and later in the day . We go here a lot and leave satisfied every time! . Car Parking is limited and so is the outdoor eating space ( shame) but otherwise excellent!

I was looking for somewhere to eat after a driving experience at Longcross and came across this wonderful Café. Friendly staff, very clean, lovely large tables and dining areas. All accompaniments already on the table.Following recommendations from previous reviewers we had to have the English Breakfast and I agree, excellent. Toast, good quality sausage (two would have been better!) and bacon with beans and egg - piping hot. A side order of onion rings (85p for three rings - really?). A good cup of tea in a builder's mug. A gem of a find and do wish it was nearer to home, but on second thoughts it's probably just as well it's not!!!! All this for two of us at £15.00 - marvellous value.

Fab breakfast when visiting family in the area. Will definitely visit again. Fried egg cooked perfectly for me.

A great breakfast, lunch or just a drink to eat in or take away. Set in a lovely countryside setting so if you're passing by pop in for great service and food!!

Really recommend ... great breakfast, superbly cooked and real home cooked food. Not just breakfast ... lots more too. Without doubt a little gem!

Have been here a few times, and for £5:95 get a consistently fabulous breakfast.Smiling girls serving you, good quality sausages and bacon and eggs that are alway fresh..and you get a mug of tea as well.Wonderful !!

Just love this place, always great food, would go there for a full cooked breakfast everyday if it was good for you!

We go here from Lightwater just for a breakfast sometimes!! Its got to be one of the best value for money Cafes for miles. Friendly enough but can be busy .... sometimes sharing a big table is done, but that's because of what you get! Reasonable quality, Sausages average but the full works for aroung £6 .... great!

£5.95 for a full English with a cup of tea is pretty good. You might expect cheap bacon and sausage at these prices, but no. Three (should have been two I think) good quality rashers of bacon and a rather nice sausage. Beans were good and I rather liked the fried bread which was pan fried rather than deep fried. Fried egg was good and you my extra mushrooms topped it off nicely.Surprisingly decent sauces, HP and Heinz.If your passing it's well worth a stop, give it a go!

Visited after driving past it many times before. Very welcoming, especially to the the children and couldn't do enough to make us welcome. Prices were, I would say, pretty standard. Would have liked a bit more choice on the cake front maybe? But all in all a good experience.

We've been here several times over the last year. We think it's one of the best cooked breakfasts we can get - and we love the atmosphere of the café - with hard working staff and always bustling. Thoroughly recommend it - thank you all.

Generally expensive despite evidently being staffed by cheap to employ, rapidly changing, students.Quality of the breakfast ingredients acceptable but unremarkable. Tea best avoided as is allowed to stew all morning in a large urn.Service is often very slow, due to an apparent lack of efficiency in the kitchen, cooking one plate at a time despite having a large number of similar breakfast orders queued up.Proprietors are inflexible and lack customer focus.Visited several times in the past as I enjoy a cooked breakfast on a Saturday morning, but have now given up on the place. There are cheaper, quicker and friendlier options elsewhere.

My husband and I decided to visit The Old School Café as it had been recommended to us. I was a bit dubious as I had always thought that it was a geeasy spoon café for builders and lorry drivers. I imagined it was not frequented by females. How wrong I was. The café on Saturday at 10.45 was packed with families, groups of ladies and some workers of the male variety!We had a nicely cooked breakfast and tea and toast. The brown bread was very thin-which was a disappointment to me, and our cups of black tea had been stewed in the large tea urn/pot. The bacon was lean and the sausage served was Cumberland. Although" changes are not permitted" according to the menu you can choose between beans or plum or fresh tomatoes, between fried bread or toast and between fried egg or scrambled - what more could you want?The café was very noisy but it was clean and tidy with old pine furniture. The staff were all friendly despite being very busy.Next time we will try the Olympic breakfast as it appeared to be better value as it included a hot drink and extra Hash Brown and onion rings for only £1 more than the full English.

I have been to the Old School Cafe twice in the last few weeks and it's a great alternative for me when I get bored of the same office canteen fare.Following a comment on here I made a point of ordering a coffee (espresso) the last time I was there and I am pleased to say is was made from a decent machine, served correctly with a nice biscuit and tasted delicious. Equally my BLT sandwich came with a nice amount of mayonnaise, crispy bacon and wonderfully soft bread. The staff I have dealt with on both occasions have always been pleasant and courteous but then that's how I am to them, which may not always be the case with some customers.I will definitely go back to the Old School Cafe to sample more of the menu soon.

Had to order a 'create your own' as I was unable to swap out any item from the regular meals on the menu which is a luxury I've been afforded in literally every other establishment I've ever been in. Ended up paying nigh on nine quid. The girl taking my order for some reason seemed to have a particular problem with my request for an extra hash brown on my girlfriends order, not that before this point she was ever gonna win any charm awards. We sat down, my toast came, we waited ten mins. Our (luke warm) food came. I requested politely (and I was very conscious of being polite as there appeared to be an air of 'I couldn't give a f@&k' resonating from the 'team') that since my toast had been sat in front of me for ten minutes, it could perhaps be exchanged for some fresh toast, not an unreasonable request I thought?! Well, the reaction to this from the Kevin and Perryesque 'waitress' would suggest I had well overstepped the mark! I was literally leered at as if I'd broken into her house on Christmas morning and pi$$ed all over her presents! In hindsight, I was clearly bang out of order to make such a demand, and I should've suffered the stone cold toast, alongside the £9.00 plate of barely heated goodies in front of me. The toast was replaced, but the little part of me that died inside the cafe that morning never will be!

Well cooked but not good value for money , would normally expect to pay around £ 4 .00 for a breakfast as small as this not £6 .95 .

the cafe is in a beautiful area of woodland, just far away enough from the big roads and towns. I had a really good veggie breakfast, I've seen bigger portions but it was all very tasty. The staff are great, but what let the place down (for me) was the dreadful coffee. If that doesn't bother you, then it's 5 stars, but it's a 2 star deal-breaker for medefinitely go if you're in the vicinity and you fancy something to eat

Rude staff horrible food a living HELL! The sausages tasted like dried sock. The toast tasted like Daniel Radcliffes eyelashes

After many years passing by and recommendations by friends, finally visited the Old School Cafe. Not disappointed by food or service. I had one of their breakfasts and thoroughly enjoyed it and the person I was with had their Cottage Pie. All was fresh and tasty and portions were generous. A fair range of options and cakes looked inviting.Will visit again if and when I have a chance.

First time visit to the Old school cafe,situated in lovely countryside,character building.Good customer service,had the full English breakfast,had to wait a little longer than most cafe's i've visited but well worth the wait,food cooked to perfection and wonderfull taste,great value for money at £5.95.Will be going back asap tom sample more of quality food on offer!

We have passed the cafe before but never stopped . Thought we would stop for a hot drink and had lunch as well!! Great service, pleasant building, good prices, would definitely stop there again when in the area.

I go out of my way to stop here for breakfast. Always cooked to order, the food is piping hot and top quality. Fast friendly service rounds it off. Top Marks, and thanks.