Rosey Lea Cafe in Epping Forest

Lovely cafe, nice food, service a little slow but they were very busy well worth the wait.

Such a shame that they had generator problems, we couldn't enjoy their breakfast as planned. The scone was tasty though.

Great location for watching the planes but food price is expensive for what it is Friendly staff but can be busy on weekends

Nice spot for a bit of lunch and a chance to watch some planes and helicopters landing and taking off. The food was ok, decent sized portions but expensive at £35 for 2 baguettes and 2 coffees. However, the coffee was lovely!

I questioned whether our friend who was driving knew where he was going when we entered the airfield through the security barriers. I continued to question him as we drove around the airport perimeter. Fortunately he did know and we soon ended up at the cafe. Plenty of parking, plenty of seating both indoors and outdoors, an excellent lunch menu (I'd recommend the sausage, caramelised onion and cheese toastie), great staff and a view of the planes, runway and police helicopter as you eat. Definitely worth searching out and visiting.

We had a great lunch food was amazing & staff are so friendly & helpful would highly recommend as it’s now our new favourite place to go

Disappointed by the refit of the squadron. It used to have so much character. The Rosey lea cafe part just has zero character now. Foods ok. Strange that they have so few tables When there's lots more space. Had to queue to get a table.

Had a great afternoon tea and lunch with the family

I visited this delightful cafe, situated within the perimeter of North Weald airfield for the first time on Thursday 26 September 2024. It was somewhere convenient to meet up with some old work colleagues for brunch/lunch. What a lovely place! Great atmosphere. Really friendly, professional staff. And wonderful food. We had a mixture of club, bacon and salt beef sandwiches, some with salad, coleslaw and chips, as well as coffee and walnut cake. The tea was served loose leaf in traditional teapots with cups and saucers. We could sit, chat and watch the variety of aircraft manoeuvring outside. The toilets were also particularly modern and clean. All in all a great find and I would definitely recommend. This place deserves to succeed.

Service is friendly but somewhat slow. Nice atmosphere - fun watching the aircraft going in and out

Rosey Lea Squadron cafe is location next to the airfield apron. A plethora of heritage aircraft are right next door. Definitely one for the aviation geeks! Great food too 😀

Afternoon tea excellent staff very helpful keep up,good work tony mbe

Terrific little cafe in a converted quonset hut at an historic airfield. Great food, lovely service, and the space is open and light with a collection of WWII-aviation-focused artwork adjacent.

Great sandwiches etc. Good choice of leaf tea. Efficient staff. Cakes could be better

It was a hot day and we just needed a cool drink , we entered and was told we could sit and someone would be over , 15 minutes passed and we left as nobody came to take our orders, the airfield was amazing!

Brilliant cafe, good food and you can sit right next to the taxiway watching planes go past. If you're lucky you'll see Spitfires and Harvard's flying.

I enjoyed a tasty scone with clotted cream and strawberry jam on my visit to North Weald. The pot of tea, brewed with real tea leaves, was a perfect complement to the scone. The staff were cheerful, welcoming, and made the experience even more enjoyable. It’s a lovely spot to relax and take in the unique atmosphere of North Weald Airfield.

My favourite place! Amazing food, great service and you can plane watch.

Always lovely here. No vintage planes flying today but dakota parked outside. Stopped by for a cake and a hot chocolate which was yummy.

Always good to go to North weald to see the classic aeroplane fly.

We arrived at lunchtime on a Thursday in June 2023. The weather was hot and sunny, but as it was very warm and crowded inside, we decided to sit outside. We managed to get a table with a parasol, so was able to sit in the shade, but there were only 3 parasols between 15 picnic benches!! We really enjoyed our lunch of salt beef sandwiches and the coffee is good. We would definitely visit again.

Superb atmosphere, great food, excellent service 👌 what more can you ask

A wonderful venue watching the planes going to and fro

Not many places in the world where one can enjoy a great cup of tea and a bacon sarnie while watching a Spitfire taxi past a few feet away.

Lovely place and food. Only just discovered it but will definitely be returning.

Unfortunately the staff are incredibly rude which takes away from the food (which is alright but quite pricey) and the location (right next to the runway).

Lovely place to have breakfast / brunch. Being next to the airfield you can watch the planes & helicopters fly by. Inside and outside seating.

What a great place to have breakfast/ lunch, it had great views,great food if the weather is good you can sit outside

We booked a table for 10 and arrived with 40 of us in the Porsche drive group. 🫣 Can’t believe just how helpful everyone was to try and accommodate us. Everyone is so friendly, I can’t recommend it enough. Thanks for a great morning and thanks for being able to feed us all without notice of numbers.

I take my car group here sometimes for breakfast. The guys there are very friendly and accommodating and the food is great too . Recommended

Staff were excellent. Service really top drawer and matched by the quality of the food.

As we attended as a large group , our food and drinks arrived cold , and some inedible .

Loved it - watching planes and helicopters coming and going - great for plane enthusiasts!

Very clean very professional, it is not a greasy spoon , fine bone China and a teapot , parking can be a little tight but we found space for all of our cars. Set outside and watch the aircraft a very good interesting morning.

We had to wait for a table as it was busy. It was worth the wait. We sat in the window and had great view of all the goings on. Food was excellent. I opted for a fruit tea which was fab. Will definitely return.

Great place nice food good to see the planes

Great bacon and egg sandwiches and a decent cappuccino

Thank you to the young man yesterday who helped with my dad's wheelchair access. He was so pleasant and understanding. We got a fantastic seat by the window where my dad loved seeing the planes bringing back childhood memories not to mention the helicopters taking off. The food was excellent as usual and the atmosphere very relaxed. Thank you we definitely recommend a visit and will be back.

Lovely food but pricey but get what you pay for, watching planes in the sun Spitfire fantastic

It was not busy , but waited far to long... Staff were friendly but probably inexperienced

My visit to the Rosey Lea Cafe was with the sole purpose of observing my son in flight with a Spitfire from their garden, at the North Weald airport. But it turned out into one of the most relaxing and enjoyable days we have had recently. To start with, the whole experience was well organised: the flight, the helicopter, the actual Spitfire were absolutely superb, and the pilots and the staff were supremely helpful and accommodating. The cafe surpassed my expectations also - the food was excellent, the very generous helping were cooked with fresh ingredients, and were well presented, and reasonable in price. The staff was lovely, too, and although the service was a little slow (very busy on Saturday afternoon), it was worth the wait. The premises are in fact a small hangar, very cosy, clean, new, comfortable, relaxed and well spaced. Lovely outdoor sitting area, looking right onto the runway, so all aircraft taking off or landing was easy to observe from any of the picnic tables. A worthy combination of flying, eating and observational experience!

Love this place, great service and great food whilst watching the planes and helicopters take off. It's great for kids who can stand outside feet from taxing planes but safely fenced off. Tables outside and inside. Takes a bit of finding on the airfield as you have to drive right the way round the inside perimeter road. Drive carefully and obey the signs as you are on taxi strips and cross the end of the runway.

Located on an active airfield, serving nice food with views of airfield. Tea is servd in bone china cups and teapot with loose tea.

Lovely little place, an untapped gem

This is a really fantastic place to eat and watch planes! There is a great selection of food, the staff are really friendly and you get table service too. The outside tables are right next to the taxiway, so you get a perfect view of all the planes going to and from the runway. My daughters love it for the great selection of cakes and desserts.

Very nice food. Friendly and attentive staff. Getting to watch planes go by and take off made lunch more exciting than it usually is.

Great place. Lovely view of the planes taking off and landing.

Very nice ambience with views of the airfield, food was good & reasonably priced ( bacon sandwich & full English breakfast) very friendly staff. We’ll be back.

Fabulous spot for a delicious lunch whilst watching the planes and helicopters take off.

Good food bit on high side but very n8ce great place to sit and watch planes

Beautiful surroundings, lovely food. Really pretty, dainty crockery etc. The food is on the pricier side but definitely worth it!

This is one of our favourite places as you never know what you might see, always something going on. The place itself is lovely to sit in, lots of natural light, nice and cosy as well. There is seating outside as well for warmer days, or to to sit and watch the planes go by. Food is always good, lots of choice so something for everyone. Coffee is great, very important 😄

Slow service. Will give it another try and update my rating if better next time.

First time we have been here. I was quite impressed loved the teapot with real tealeaves and propper old cups and saucers. Food was great too. Nasty day raining so no planes taking off but it must be lovely in the summer with plenty of outdoor seating. Couldnt fault the staff either. Came round asking if everything was OK

A very pleasant lunchtime stop. A new building in an historic setting. It's a good place for anyone with flying interests.

20/2/24 Went to a private function here, got to say first class Food,Service and place great, would recommend will return Staff could not do enough for you, excellent cakes Well done to all Regards Colin

Great little place. lovely food and nice bright and clean place. Great watching the light aircraft come and go

We love going here, great food, there are always planes and helicopters taking off and landing so plenty to watch while eating. They always seem under staffed, which is the only slight down side. However the food, cake and buzz make up for it.

Great food, lovely atmosphere and location. Perfect for a relaxed bite, maybe not somewhere to go if you’re in a hurry though.

Absolutely lovely place! Friendly, polite staff. Good quality, reasonably priced food and drinks. Good viewing area over the Airfield. Seating outside when weather warmer. Would definitely recommend a visit.

Prices now up 25%! eg £8.30 for a basic cheese & tomato on toast! Also, very noisy due to all the hard surfaces. Hard to hold a conversation, especially as they play music too.

Very good service, great quality. A bit noisy - probably due to the structural design (curved roof)

Went here as a large group of 18 and booked number of people so they were prepared. Ordered scrambled eggs on toast which cost nearly £10 and took an hour to arrive! The food itself was not remotely worth £10. At this point we had finished our tea and we were all left gasping for another drink which was never offered. Won't be returning.

Nice little cafe on the airfield. Watch the planes while you grab a cuppa and a bite to eat

Nice cafe and good food although a bit expensive. The biggest problem is service is super slow and can not cope in busy summer days, even in winter the service is still quite slow

Nice food and service with views across the airfield

First time here. Lovely service great views. Will definitely be back

Very hard to find as you have to drive a couple of miles when you get into the airfield but well worth the trouble. Friendly staff, good food and especially tea, and dog friendly.

Been a customer of Rosey Lea for years and the addition of North Weald to their locations is excellent as not only is it nearer for me, the airfield setting is very impressive and charming too. This one is more spacious compared to wickham hall and the food and service is consistently brilliant also. Highly recommended.

Had to send my bagel back as it had been cooked too long and was hard. The replacement was exactly the same. £49 for 2 bagels, 1 baguette, 4 diet cokes and 1 cappuccino!! Way overpriced for a cafe which is shame as its a lovely position overlooking the airfield

Nice food but extremely noisy due to all the hard surfaces, meaning the sounds echos and bounces around, not helped by the fact that they play music too. Even with a just a few people there it's very hard to hold a conversation.

Always enjoy a Rosey Lea tea room (even though I don’t drink tea or coffee). My 18month old son loves planes so this was a great location to watch them. Good food and drink selection at reasonable prices. Plenty of seating inside and out. Friendly staff too during our visit. Will definitely come again.

Where else can you get great food, atmosphere, aeroplanes including a spitfire at close hand. Marvelous venue.

Had breakfast. Plenty of dietary options. Goid service and value for money.

One of the best breakfasts I have ever had and the location is great if you helicopter and planes

Loved this venue. Friendly, good food and generous portions. The service is friendly and sits in a great setting.

Food Stone cold, chesse not even melted in the toasties, charging 6.50 for a tiny portain of chips that the price is not on menu so you don't even know you are being ripped off. Spoke to the manager and he said they can't update menu with new items, what a joke, never again.

Really good food, friendly staff. Lovely place to meet friends.

You can't lose with this place. Pretty tea sets for the girls, light and classic planes for the guys. Plus good nosh and cake for all. Note: you have to drive onto the airfield to get to the cafe. Google maps sent us off in completely the wrong direction. Gate security were kind enough to give us a map to get to the cafe.

Please don't tell anyone how marvellous this place is. Just rock up and have a scrumptious breakfast, lunch or afternoon tea. No faff, no pretentiousness, just super food and lovely service. Keep it a secret, we can't let just anyone know, it's so very very good shhh!!

DO NOT FOLLOW GOOGLE MAPS VIA WEALD HALL LANE. Entry is only via the airfield by the control tower. Great views of planes taking off and landing especially at weekends. We were treated to a Spitfire! Food, service and atmosphere great.

Situated airside on North Weald airfield, this is a great, if slightly expensive, treat. A pot of Tea and a sandwich (served with a salad) will set you back about £12-£13, but sitting outside a stone's throw from a parked Dakota and with a Spitfire taxying past you as you eat, well; priceless!

Great place by the airfield. Good range of choice, good service and good prices

Excellent American pancakes with bacon and maple syrup and excellent service.

Can’t say how disappointed we are to have chosen to come here this Sunday, beautiful location but the fact of the matter is the kitchen is far too small for the amount of tables, so rather than seat you in said beautiful location they make you stand alongside the corrugated metal building unable to watch any of the planes, with the premise of a 10/15min wait! After waiting over half an hour we had to moan at the poor staff sent to do the managers dirty work, Once taken to our table we were advised of a further wait (the wait we apparently were avoiding by standing outside) Had we been told from the off we were looking at an over an hours wait (we arrived at 12:15 and received a drink not food at 13:36) we certainly wouldn’t have stayed, it’s the poor young staff I feel most sorry for. You need a booking system that allows for your in-proportionate kitchen to tables!

Terrible! We’re told to que outside for a table to stop to he kitchen getting backed up with orders, we were told this would be a 10-15 minute wait. Waited for over 25 minutes. Once seated we thought the service would be relatively quick as not many people were actually seated. It took a further 25 minutes for them to take a drinks order. Followed by another 15 minute wait to order food. Drinks then took another 20 minutes to arrive. Overall we waited 1hour 30 to even receive a drink. Such a shame!

A nice experience here slightly let down by the wasps that wanted to invade our lunch. Obviously this is out of the owner's control so I'm not going to penalize based on mother nature. We came on a glorious sunny day so this is to be expected. It's pretty cool having an afternoon lunch and seeing some planes/helicopters taking off. It's quite a unique experience. I would recommend this for anyone who is local. Reasonably priced as well. I will go back given the opportunity.

We had lunch here today and it was really lovely ,there was a bit of a wait for a table but once we were seated they couldn't do enough for us ,great food, friendly service. Our first visit we will be back

Great place to watch small planes.

Food was good quality but £6.25 for a tiny basket of chips is ridiculous. Wouldn’t have order if I was told the cost beforehand.

Nice place. We waited for over 20 minutes for the waiter to take our order but he was nice.

Amazing little spot, especially if you like aeroplanes. The food was delicious as always. We have been to their other branches aswell. Lovely food, good prices. Staff a very polite and helpful too.

Food order was done wrong twice brought wrong food to table twice, also when you order chips they come in these little baskets, you get literally 6 chips In this little basket and they charge 6.50 for it????? Doesn't make sense at allll. Was £60 for 3 baguettes 2 drinks and a portion of chips what a RIP

Very nice café with an awesome view with lots for my channel, Airshows.by.johno

Nice enough food but extremely noisy, as the whole cafe is full of hard surfaces, so the sound is amplified and reverberates around. I wish the management would install some softer wall or floor surfaces, as at the moment it's very hard to hold a conversation, and this is made worse by the piped music.

😍 gorgeous place Great food tasty, loved the mixed China crockery. Lovely and clean eatery

Too slow and can’t get a basic order right then argues when you say that’s not what I ordered

Been here quite a few times and the surroundings are lovely, it's all very new and pretty but today I just felt robbed! £40 for two adults bagels and a kids breakfast - one drink each.. the produce isn't organic or locally sourced, the bagels were burnt and the knives and forks had to be returned because they were dirty: overall I won't return again after today. Staff are overall nice enough but very young and slow.

A quaint and quirky tea rooms. A must do visit!

First time visit, very much tucked away, but worth finding, spacious, clean and tidy, outdoor seating available you can enjoy full English, or cream tea, various salads and sandwiches, as well as cake, good service, good food, good visit