The Hangar Cafe in Surrey Heath

Lovely spot for lunch to watch the planes if you have a couple of days on your hands, service was incredibly slow despite it not being particularly busy. Would recommend getting your order in the day before! When the food finally arrived almost an hour after ordering it was overpriced rubbish. If we had been warned it would be been over an hour for a cheese toastie and a dismal fry up we wouldn’t have bothered.

Ok but you need to order about 40 mins before breakfast arrives so if you are in a hurry or have a plane to catch then breakfast elsewhere

Amazing food, staff are really friendly always smiling and happy to help no matter how busy they are. Meya was hilarious really made us welcome. Caitlins cooking skills are 🔥🔥 Will be back for lunch.

I met with a client who is a very good friend at this cafe yesterday lunchtime and we both had a thoroughly enjoyable bite to eat: their sausages are excellent, and are one of the very, very few cafes or restaurants where I choose this option. I cannot comment on the negative reviews in the last few years about the rudeness or unprofessional service, since we were served immediately by a very courteous young lady and our lunch and coffees were delivered to our outside table within 10 minutes as we enjoyed the flights landing and departing. I have not been here since 2018/2019, but will very happily return when I am next in the area.

A really good and freshly cooked breakfast that is throughly recommended. The restaurant can get very busy at peak times.

Small breakfast and I mean small! Cup of dodgy coffee...£11 ...tasteless. over cooked egg under cooked bacon under cooked tomato half of! Tasteless 6 small halved mushrooms weak coffee..worst ingredients cheapest ingredients you could buy! Bread as thick as there cheap nasty napkinns .£11...

Sitting outside more or less on the tarmac of Fairoaks airport. You can watch the aircraft movement at close quarters.For Linc we had one fry up and another toastie sandwich. Both were excellent. The service was good. A nice way to spend an hour ort wo

Ordered food and it arrived 45 mins later, had to order more tea as last cup went cold, no apology won't rush back bacon very crispy need the time thing sorted, bring tea with breakfast to name but a few things outdoor care needed to improve the welcome and atmosphere to draw folk in

Wasn’t busy but a 25 min wait for three bacon rolls. Pleasant enough atmosphere but we counted multiple failed bulbs in the lights. Two working out of 24! Struggled to see our friend opposite.

Grossly over priced... 4 bacon rolls and two coffee s £22 Tables were greasy... staff un friendly and food just thrown down when delivered to the table. Will never go there again.

We flew down to Thruxton, then to Fairoaks in non too clement weather. Needed a little comfort. Great café, friendly staff and lots of locals in - not just flyers as the weather was pants. Settled for the ‘Light Breakfast’. Perfectly balanced and beautifully cooked. A cracker !!!

The best bacon Baps, I’ve been coming here for many many years now and the food is always brilliant, can quite quite busy sometimes but always worth it. Brilliant food, friendly staff and a great place to watch some aircraft.

I asked the serving assistant if any of the cakes were gluten free. She indicated the chocolate brownies with walnut topping. Two hours later I collapsed with severe reaction not having eaten anything else since my normal breakfast or after the brownie. The brownie either was not made with gluten free flour or it was contaminated by touching other cakes.

Very long wait to order, even longer wait for food order, which was wrong when it arrived. Coffee was very good, but everything else was very regrettable and forgettable. Recommend you leave an hour to get your food. If you just want a drink it's a lot quicker!

Good value breakfast. We enjoyed full and light breakfasts. The service was good and the view of the light aircraft is always interesting. Dog friendly.

We ordered breakfasts and they weren't great.the bacon was streaky cold and hard the beans were cold too .The.rest was edible but customer service wasn't great when there was a mix up with our order. We were told it was probably our fault. They did refund for what we didn't get but I felt their attitude was off hand. I try to see both sides always but think staff could do with more training.i won't be rushing back.

They now have track & trace but could do with more SIGNAGE indicating ENTRANCE & EXIT, to improve flow of people,,,(sometimes people are like sheep....baaaa). Good value food & drink & the young ladies serving behind the counter do their best in unprecedented circumstances.. Fantastic view of planes parked up & taking off. Humans, dogs, cyclists etc welcome....not often you can say that,,,

Two hopeless girls behind the counter seemed more interested in chatting to each other rather than doing their job and service took forever, even making a decent cup of coffee was beyond their ability and it was absolutely ghastly and one of the worst I have ever had anywhere, cakes were pretty awful and so sickly as they use that horrible artificial cream instead of the real thing. Never want to come here again.

This was my first visit to the Cafe, although I have lived down the road for 33 years. First impressions are lasting ones, they say........ My first impression of this eatery was of one that had seen better days, the interior being a little 'tired'. However, its the food you go for, not the decor, but their breakfast menu is rather limited. The 'Hangar Breakfast' is fine, but there is no larger option or a smaller one, except bacon rolls etc. My partner said the coffee was excellent, and the tea was good, so they scored high on that front. The breakfasts we had were OK - nothing special, but they did the job. What really disappointed me was the total lack of any attempt to take contact details of the customers. Current Covid-19 procedures for 'eat-in' restaurants & cafes require this to be recorded, to assist in future 'track-and-trace' efforts, should these be necessary. There is a 'one-way' system to keep incoming and outgoing patrons separate, which was completely ignored by the cycling fraternity who make up a considerable proportion of the patronage here. They all just steamed in via the 'exit', along with their cycles. Breakfast surrounded by aircraft on the apron is fine, but breakfast surrounded by other people's cycles leaning up against every available piece of vertical furniture is not my kind of place. Although we would probably eat here again if we had business at the airport, it sadly won't be going on to our list of regular breakfast venues.

Shame about Louise B's experience, I don't think we'd want to go back if we had the same thing. We visited a couple of weeks ago for one of our irregular visits. Bacon rolls chips and coffee / hot chocolate up to their normal standards low cost good value food. Some time after our last visit about 10 days ago my wife discovered she had lost a little wallet full of vouchers, and has been racking her mind trying to think where she could have lost them. She remembered the Hanger Cafe. As a real long shot I phoned to ask if it had been found, whoever answered the phone checked with everyone around but no one knew about them as I rather expected, however about 10 minutes later we got a call back saying that one of the other members of staff did remember it so we thankfully popped back to collect it and had our usual while we were there. For us the staff had been very helpful and polite I hadn't even left a phone number when I asked about the lost wallet so they made the effort to track us down. Service can be slow in busy times as food is cooked to order (There is a note on counter to this effect)

Went to the hanger cafe this Saturday morning for a breakfast and a chat with a friend. There must of been 35-40 cyclists there!! Forget having a chat with the volume of noise they were making shouting and screaming to each other. There were two empty tables with no seats, I asked a member of staff for something to sit on, his reply was the cyclists have taken all the seats!! I wouldn’t mind so much if they were proper customers but on average they were buying a cup of tea or coffee(no food). I saw about six customers walk in then walk straight out when they saw the queues to get served, no seating and the noise. It’s a shame as the food is good and this is pushing proper food eating customers away.

I visited here 3 times with my 80 year old mother to arrange an event following my 80 year old fathers flight from the flying experience next door around Remembrance Day. 3 times we visited to explain our hopes and expectations and ultimately to pay a deposit for food and a place to eat it.Purely by chance I called on the day to be told it was an unreasonable request (why didn’t they tell us???????) and that we were to take our chances to get table and seating - we’d paid in excess of £250!,, My 80 year old mother was ridiculed by the Manager (not Kim[ and disgracefully by the younger staff who told her to move tables even though they had been paid for!!! All in all distressing, humiliating; upsetting and embarrassing for an 80;year old trying to pay for an event for her husband of 6O years. Disgraceful to the extreme!The staff made an admission of fault but this was after .30 80 year olds on Remembrance Day had arrived!, hideous! Can I say that if I were to be offered any recompense I would 100% refuse. NOT about money - about treating customers with respect and NOT allowing young teenage staff to abuse 80 year olds. So appalling it is painful to mention - shame on you Hangar Cafe.If our requests were not acceptable or appropriate we would have simply booked elsewhere - to be told so on the day of the event was appalling behaviour - DO NOT BOOK here!!!

Visited with my friend, 5 kids and 2 dogs after a autumn walk. Friendly cafe that allows dogs inside although on this occasion we chose to sit outside as it was dry (as was very busy inside). Lovely menu all at good value (chips are lovely). Have visited a few times and food never disappoints. Can get busy inside at a weekend/school holiday but have outside seating too which is a perfect place to watch the planes. Would recommend.

A small cafe that can’t cope !! This cafe has a maximum of 30 seats and struggles to serve its customers. I had to wait over 40 minuets for 5 potions of chips. The staff are rude and unhelpful. An absolute joke

Lovely menu, great choice,I normally pop in on the way to work. Firstly so I can check what aircraft are in, secondly I love to sit outside with a cuppa and a bacon roll. Staff friendly, food great. Highly recommended for brekkie.....

I had lunch here for the first time with some friends. The food is a very decent price - £3 for any baguette or sandwich with a range of different fillings. The service was also fairly quick. It is a nice place to sit and have a look at the little planes at the airport. Lovely little cafe and will return again!

Had the breakfast and it was great. They accommodated my request by swapping out a couple of items. Staff very pleasant plus the coffee was good. Nice view across the ramp if you sit at the window and even better if it’s dry and warm enough to sit outside in the seating area. Toilets are clean with warm water.

Been here several times and the food and ambiance pretty good. Went last Friday 9th and it was very quiet. Immediately told we'd have a 25 minute wait with a take it or leave it attitude! Decided to wait as we had two smallish kids and they wanted to seethe planes. Waited 20 minutes for our pre-paid coffees and collected them myself in the end. No apology other than to be told they were short staffed and were turning people away saying there was no hot food. I counted 4 people in the kitchen. Eventually the breakfasts arrived.Really not good value for money, very greasy, streaky bacon and a very greasy hash brown. The sausages were however, superb and can be highly recommended. What's happened to this place?

I have been to this cafe a number of times over the past few years and have always found the food to be good. I normally have a panini with Brie and grilled vegetables although recently had a jacket potato with tuna and red pepper which was nice. The cooked breakfasts are popular and good value for money

Visited late morning it was very busy as usual. The food was exceptional, I had the small cooked breakfast and it was plenty, the sausage and bacon was fantastic which is unusual these days, my sister had the big breakfast which was enormous in comparison to mine and would have been far to much for me to eat

Great little cafe with seating indoors and outdoors with home cooked food. Had breakfast here several times, tasty, fresh, big selection of foods. Cheap, friendly and great breakfasts!

Stopped here on a walk, had a great coffee and muffin served by friendly staff, although we had a wait a while as nice sunny day so it was busy. Views of the planes from the little patio area at the back. Will definitely visit again and take advantage of the all day breakfast

I flew in from Southend on a first visit to Fairoaks. The airport gave us a friendly welcome with directions to the Hangar Cafe. There was a extensive menu of toasted sandwiches, paninis, baguettes, baps and plain sandwiches as well as the all day breakfast and other plated meals. The service was fast and friendly. On warmer days there are tables outside overlooking the busy apron. Popular with non-flyers and families.

Do not visit between 10.15-11.15 on a Saturday if you are wanting a relaxing visit. Cafe crawling with cycling club members & it is beyond noisy & busy. Come before & after those times & very pleasant! Breakfast was lovely & reasonably priced.

Visited Sunday 25/11/18 at 1pm. It was a bit cold so outside was empty and the inside was half full. There was 3 adults and 4 kids so we had a big table, which was more than big enough. The food we had was 2 big breakfasts, a regular breakfast, 4 toasted sandwiches, 3 chips , 6 drinks and it came to £46It was a bargain as i go TGI's with 3 people and its £50+The food was amazing and i'd go as far to say the breakfast is one of the best i have had in a cafe....10/10All plates where empty and we even had a plane take off 100 yards awayan absolute gem of a place and its no wonder other reviews say its busywill definitely visit again

A popular and lovely place to go for a meal and to watch aircraft coming and going. The cafe overlooks the main aircraft apron, but the runway is not directly visible because of the rise in the centre of the airfield. There is seating both inside and out. The menu offers a range of tasty choices, breakfast options seems to be a favourite - I had a very nice bacon roll. Overall good tasty food in a nice location.

Lovely situation and great sausages to be fair! but sadly miserable staff.Please don’t ask to swap things on the breakfast menu! They don’t like that and make sure you know it’s not the done thing if you of you dare ask!! I won’t be going again!

My little boys have always loved coming here to watch the aeroplanes taking off and landing, or even just to see them parked on the airfield if there aren’t any flights that day. The cafe has a yard at the back which is open to the airfield, with chairs and tables and a small shaded area. We love to bring the children here, as the menu is very child-friendly too. There are lots of vegetarian options. There is always a good mix of customers, from professionals to families. There are comfortable sofas inside too.The staff in the cafe are welcoming and friendly, and the food is both tasty and reasonably priced.This cafe is such a hidden gem and I’m so pleased to live nearby.

If you want a delicious Full English in a unique environment, then this is for you!Watch the light aircraft coming and going while you drink lovely tea from good sized mugs and enjoy freshly cooked brekkie with all the trimmings, served on request with a variety of sauces.This place is popular with cyclists, so may not always have tables available, but if you wrap up warm, there is always room outside to enjoy your meal!

I enjoy taking time out at this place, ideal if you’re a plane spotter too! Can be very busy during the holidays but the standards never seem to slip, during term time in a summers day its ideal.

This cafe is often full as there is so much going on at Fairoaks. I popped in for a pre-flight coffee and, as so often, the cafe was full; no surprise however as a generous and well-priced menu, coupled with great coffee and friendly staff tends to keep punters happy up and down the land. It's a great place to sit and watch the planes take off and land and it feels like a perfect slice of Britishness being here! Would be a disaster if the proposed housing project were to rid the local community of this particular gem.

Haven't been here for a while as got fed up with the big queues of cyclists but managed to avoid them today. Always love the sausage and egg bap.

This was my first visit to the Hangar Café based on the airfield. We went on a Sunday lunch time. The décor indoors is very modern and attractive. As it was a sunny day we sat outside and the furniture was a little tired and needed some TLC, The staff were young and friendly. The food was above average and tasty. I would have liked a freshly baked gluten free cake instead of one bought in. The non GF cakes looked very appetising.

Its been a while since Mr Crow ate here - always a favorite place to wait whilst having car serviced - normally lots of interesting going on's in the airport and great food.Todays visit for breakfast had lots of view but food was not up to much. Mr Crow suspects a change of ownership or a different accountant. Lots of cost cutting in the ingredients.Normally, Mr Crow would still be eating a Big Breakfast, but the big breakfast served today was far from big. Mushrooms were probably a couple of small ones cut very thinly, a couple of narrow strips of bacon that had probably once been one rasher but cut into strips. If I had wanted eggs to be served as they had been, I could have gone to McDonalds instead. I think there was a tomato in there somewhere. The only things of any substance were a couple of sausages. Bread was luke warm and probably out of a bag. Even the earl grey tea had been poorly presented in a mug, with milk added whilst teabag was still in there. Had to ask for serviettes.Thankfully the cycling crowd had not taken over today and with seating outside, plentry of room inside - just that most of the condiments had made themselves outside.Normally a bi-annual indulgent treat, but after todays visit, all very average (below par for bacon and mushrooms) at above average price.

Excellent value, everything fresh and tasty. We had a selection of salad, sandwiches, baked potato and sausage, beans and chips. We have an adults portion that we split for a five and three year old. Worth every penny!

Went for an all day breakfast. Easy parking. Lovely views of the airfield, fantastic staff great prices.

Decent cafe, serving a good selection of food. Popular with the airfield residents as well as visitors. Seating inside and out with great views of the airfield.

They might as well change the name to 'cyclists cafe'. Attempted to go to the cafe on a number of occasions but everytime I walk in its flooded with cyclists - I wouldn't mind so much if they actually spent some money but the majority of them don't buy anything, at close a cup of tea. They are just using it as a stopping point to chat about cycleing. If your thinking of going on a Saturday or Sunday morning forget it you won't even get a seat. Won't be returning untill they put a ban on them. It's rediculous.

We liked this café because it serves delicious food and drink. There is outdoor seating and plenty of indoor seating. However, it can get very busy during the week at about 12noon to 1pm and also at 2pm to 3pm, as we know this from previous experiences. Also, on Saturdays there are a big group of cyclists who come around 11am.There are waitresses/waiters who serve you very quickly after your order has been taken. Free Wi fi is available and there are adequately clean toilets.

The inside of the cafe is very small and the tables and chairs could not be more basic. The food served is very much from the " Workings Man's Cafe " from another era. Good value though and the staff are very pleasant and friendly. OK if visting the Fairoaks airfield or on one of the rambles/hikes that pass through here.There is outside seating which could be an attraction on a fine sunny day especially when there is some small planes and helicopter activity.

The Hangar Cafe is popular with ramblers and cyclists as a stop of point. here is outside seating if the weather is suitable where you can watch the small plane take off and land. However if it very cold or wet the interior is small with limited seating. We had the full English breakfast costing £5.70 which was nice but very greasy. The sausage was great but the fried egg was very poor. A old fashioned" Greasy Spoon" meal.The hot drinks were cheap.

The Hangar Café, between Chobham and Ottershaw on the Chertsey Road / Chobham Road at Fairoaks Airport, Chobham GU24 8HU, England, is a good interesting place to get a small meal or breakfast or any other refreshments. Used a lot by airport staff, ramblers, walkers and cyclists.The location is great, right next to the airport which allows you views from the veranda of small aircraft and helicopters coming and going. The Café is reasonably tolerant of muddy ramblers and dogs ( it has indoor and outdoor Café eating facilities ), car parking facilities are great, but unless you are very local, you will need a car to get here.Food at this Café by my taste preferences is a good quality average - prices reasonable to a little on the high side for what it is, but with a great variety of menu from Full English to almost everything else as well as lunchtime food. Do give it a try though because that is just my opinion.Summary - overall very good, you will enjoy coming here.

We walked from the Horselll Common Wetlands Centreto Fairoaks Airport. We found theHangar Cafe here and stopped for a drink which was very reasonably priced. Whilst we did not eat the menu with a full English Breakfast ,Bacon or Sausage baps etc looked very tempting and next time we will stop for a bite to eat. Inside there is a lack of seating and it is quite basic. The service was efficient and friendly.

I babysit for a family of older children. I have come here a few times with them and my dog. Its a lively friendly cheap place to kill an hour or two with them. Just wish they could change the metal chairs to something that couldn't be dragged... concrete and metal can hurt ears i tried to teach the kids to lift the chairs instead of dragging!

Great place for a big all day breakfast with outside seating so you can watch the planes. Great if you have kids young and old who love plane spotting.

Came here to watch my dad have his first flying lesson but the range looked good. We didn't eat but just had hot drinks. Very popular with cyclists passing by. and outdoor seating is limited same with the amount of shade. Particular yesterday when it was very warm. It is a shame that there only 1 person serving so the queue was very long.

Sunday morning and we were waiting to take a helicopter experience so popped in. Too early they did not open until 10am. When we came back at 11.30 the place was packed. The queue was long and so was the wait. I cannot see what they can do, with the staff and the size of the place. One serving and making drinks, one clearing and waitress and two in the kitchen. Just expect to wait at busy times. However, a good menu selection and the breakfast was lovely. Great view point across the airfield at the back.

I come here from time to time for a fry up on a Saturday or Sunday morning, and they are fantastic! The sausages are the best, and local!

The usual cafe sausage in my experience is precooked and then warmed up- leaving a really tough skin- not so here - the sausage was large and juicy. All the rest was nice though the eggs were overdone a bit - hence 4 stars rather than 5. While having breakfast on the terrace you can take in the life a nice little airport- long may it last.

Nice breakfast good place to take children to watch the planes. Reasonably priced too. Staff were helpful.

Love this place! Good reliable cafe food in a lovely situation with great staff. Recommend taking children there as they can look at planes/helicopters coming and going.

The breakfasts are good value and well cooked, The device is a bit slow, which is not the staff's fault just that one person taking orders and making drinks slows everything down.The other major problem is tea made of hot water and milk and the teabag put in all at once is just so wrong.

Excellent dog friendly café with good smiling staff. Cooked breakfast hit the spot and will be back for more.

This fits perfectly for a walk on horsell common. You can walk across the back of the mcclaren factory and past one end of the runway on the way, and then back past the other end of the runway the other way. Coffee and cake was just right, and if the weather's good you can sit outside and watch the planes.

This is one of the best cafes in the area. For many things really. The staff are nice and helpful and efficient. The food is no fuss, well cooked, tasty and filling with plenty of choice. It's warm and cosy. To top it you can watch the planes.What's really good is the couple of breeze blocks by the fence which the kids can stand on so they can see.I've been coming here for years with the kids, friends and family. Enjoy it while it lasts as the airport is due to be replaced by housing.One tip: try to avoid 10.30am on a weekend as it gets very busy with cyclists who rightly use it as a tea and cake pit stop.

A good cafe in an interesting setting, virtually on the runway of Fairoaks Airport, from which you can watch helicopters and private jets take off a few feet from where you are eating. Standard cafe food, cheerfully and swiftly served. One criticism - why is thefence round the outside eating area so high that you have to stand up to see the planes?

This is a great little cafe. Very friendly with great food, simple but all freshly cooked. Nice cakes and good coffee. Lots of parking.

I now visit regularly with an elderly gentleman with dementia. The staff could not be more helpful and the food is absolutely delicious. The cafe has a great close up view of the planes and runway. Great any time of year! Well worth popping into.

Well cooked, hot and wholesome food, Great and very extensive menu, Well priced, Lots of planes to watch Pit stop on a long walk - just perfect

Had a lovely breakfast here on a Saturday morning. Lovely fresh ingredients and cooked to order. Nice and hot. Reasonable price for full breakfast at £5.50. Nice places to sit, inside or out to watch the planes. Will be back

A excellent cafe at Fairoaks Airport with a terrace overlooking the airfield. Good varied breakfast menu in a busy atmosphere. Food is of a good standard and quality and service was efficient even on a busy Saturday morning. Good place to visit with kids who like seeing small planes landing and taking off.

Having lived in the area all our lives this was the first time we'd come here and we will be back! We enjoyed lunch for 2 adults and a toddler with drinks and a muffin for under £16. Can't be bad!The food was simple but tasty and filling. The menu was extensive. Whilst it was busy the service was fast. The big selling point is watching all the planes coming and going - a very exciting event for our daughter! A lovely little place, one i will visit more in the future.

Visited today for breakfast having been regulars prior to leaving the area several years ago.Delighted to find the same staff, value & quality we had previously appreciated.Excellent breakfast, well cooked and with quality ingredients. (Minor niggle - wish they stocked butter rather than [or in addition to] spread.)The best and most reliable sit down breakfast venue in the area.

Having extensively tested local breakfasts this is our favourite, great sausages. Daughter has individually made baked beans sausages and hash browns. Son and I have the 'All day breakfast' £5:40. Drinks extra tea £1:10 filter coffee £1:20

Always busy, excellent value and friendly staff. Children love watching the activity on the airport and nothing too much trouble, whether cutting a toastie in half in the kitchen for two toddler plates or variation from the board. Always fresh, highly recommend.

Fairoaks Airport combines the executive jet and the private enthusiast with tiny single engine two-seaters up to leer jets and helicopters. The Hangar café allows you to be in among the planes with tea or coffee and cake or for the bigger appetite you can have one of their great baked potatoes with a choice of fillings or may be a salad. The braver or more careless could have a full breakfast! Either way, with a bit of luck you can fill your senses with the small airport at the same time.