A fun and unique place with good food and great service!Stopped in early on a weekday and got treated to a booth in the plane with no wait time. The gentleman who sat me told me the history of the restaurant as we walked through the large dinning room (big enough to fit a plane wing in) past the bar, and up the steps into the cabin.The servers were both friendly and helpful. They suggested some great food and drinks and were happy to chat with myself and some of the guests as we waited on the food. Many of the people working in the restaurant are former military.The pricing was about average for a sit down restaurant around this area and the quality was similar as well. What really stood out were the fries. They were potatoes wedges cut thin and fried perfectly.Another thing that made the wait time go quickly was a visit to the pilots seat. They encourage guests to visit the front of the plane and sit in the pilots seat. It was a very fun time and made waiting with younger ones much easier.All around a fun and unique experience thats worth visiting while in Colorado Springs.
I went early, before the dinner rush. Only a few patrons at that time.There are 3 seating options: at bar, in booth on main floor, inside plane.The bathroom trash was overflowing. Probably from night before since it was early. With staff just standing around, that could have been addressed.Servers dressed as pilots tell you to enjoy your flight as they seat you.Food is higher priced as it is more of a casual steak house than cheaper family casual dining.I sat at a main floor booth but walked through the plane. It seemed claustrophobic: a plane with seats removed and replaced with booths.Feel sorry for servers who have to go up and down stairs all day to serve the plane.Kids may play in the cockpit, which has all the instruments.Food is good; on the higher price range. I had the buffalo steak.Service was awful for me. My server left to take care of bar crowd without telling anyone to take over my service. I could not get any server attention. It wasnt crowded and many servers were just standing around but wouldnt attend me since I wasnt in their area.It was 20min from time I finished meal until I got someone to take my dessert order. And that was because I had to go to the host at the door to place my order.Then it took another 15min to be delivered because no one knew who was responsible for it.I couldnt get anyones attention to pay. I started walking to the host again and then my initial server, from the bar, called out to have him take my money.First time in my life I never left a tip.
My husband has a deep obsession with airplanes and I am so glad I finally took him here. The food and service were amazing, and even I (who could care less about the subject) really enjoyed looking at all of the planes and displays. We will be bringing all of our out of state guest to this restaurant. I would highly recommend this place.
Very cool place to eat & look at the plane. Long wait to sit in the plane, lots of empty tables, not enough servers to seat everyone. They definitely need more employees. There were 2 hosts taking names & seating parties, mostly standing around repeating themselves. The food was good, fries were delicious!!! Nice place to look at, but if you dont have time to wait, dont come here.
By far one of the coolest restaurants we’ve been too! The atmosphere and experience is super cool. Everyone is dressed like pilots and flight attendants. The food took a bit but the kids had somewhere to play so it wasn’t a big deal. The hospitality was over the top!! I would recommend trying this place.
We recently moved to CO. Heard about this restaurant and wanted to try. Tried to eat there back in March with visiting family, but the wait was too long as we had kids to feed. They dont take reservations until theres a certain amount of people. Guess we didnt qualify, even though there was over 10. Be that as it may, we returned today for lunch just with our little family of 5. We were told there was a 20-40 min wait depending on if we wanted to eat in the plane or in the actual restaurant area. We didnt care. Again, kids. There were many tables open! We shouldnt have had to wait at all! Ok. Fine. Our server basically ignored us. We had to stop her just to get a refill because she wasnt stopping at our table. The food.. McDonalds is better. It was basically microwaved food. We had the American burger. Our server never asked how we want it cooked. That was clue #1 that this was a heated up burger. My kids had a hot dog and Mac and cheese. Again, just microwaved. We wont return. If we do recommend and thats a big IF, we will make it very clear that youre only there for the experience of eating in the plane. The food and hospitality arent anything to write home about.
Was excited to eat inside a plane but that enthusiasm soon eroded once there. I can understand why they were low on staff but the waiting time was ridiculous. The place was practically empty while we waited to be seated, and then it took a long while to get served. To make matters worse, none of the food we ordered was flavorful or memorable. Spaghetti sauce and the alfredo sauce tasted canned. The fettuccine was over cooked. There wasnt a hint of lobster in the stuffed mushrooms. The staff was friendly but Im not going to return.
A very unique place to eat at. It wasnt very busy when my husband and I arrived but we waited 20 mins, which wasnt bad considering the wait increased as the incoming parties got bigger. Our first server was friendly, took our drink and lunch order. Our 2nd server brought our food to us. They were short handed on staff but the food was very good!!
What a wonderful experience for an aviation buff! The while restaurant is decked out in models, photos, and other aviation gear. Then there is the elephant in the room...a real USAF KC-97 tanker! You can choose a table around it or better yet, eat inside. Take a trip to the cockpit and feel the history, or take a trip to the tail and look at the mock up of what a refueler does. Good American fare for any taste - large menu. Great place to take the family for a dinner adventure or if you just want to grab lunch to get out of the house.
It was our first time and it was absolutely awesome experience!! Food was so delicious and awesome service from our server Lisa! Wonderful place and my wife was so happy as well,we were celebrating her birthday with some family from out of town! I will definitely be back!!!
Colorado Springs, Colorado —-My experience at the “Airport Restaurant” was 5 Star for hostess, 5 Star for my flight attendant (aka server) “Valerie”, 5 Star for the atmosphere & flair, but 1 Star for my food, thus the 3 Star overall rating.My $16.95 buffalo burger would be bad bar food, let alone restaurant food. My buffalo burger was thin, dry, & tasteless. They should be embarrassed to place this on the menu for $2.99. No quality & no quantity - I left disappointed “&” hungry.My food experience makes we wanna avoid any future meals here. I would return, but for the service I experienced, the eating in the plane experience and the experience of the seemingly endless airplane flair. Of course, I would limit my food intact to a cold beer - they can’t mess that up.I did appreciate the patriot flags displayed in the plane, the flag on the beer glass & the full-sized flag visibly waving through the window seat. I thank you for your patriotism.I thank “Valarie” and the hostess for the quality smiles they gave me.“Run-A-Way Bill” was here!01.29.21
The Airplane Restaurant is a must stop. The food is delicious and the staff is friendly and makes you feel welcomed. The restaurant has a great atmosphere and the decor is amazing. You can sit and eat inside the plane or the main restaurant, both are excellent. My husband and I have eaten here numerous times. Absolutely enjoy eating here.
Decent place to eat. Service was pretty slow considering we were there at 3:30 in the afternoon to eat. Food was just okay, not delicious but not terrible. Pricing was a little higher considering the food was just okay. Eating inside the plane is pretty tight, not all booths had a window.
We saw an advertisement for The Airplane Restaurant and loved the idea of eating in an airplane. This place did not disappoint. Our server Valerie was friendly and tended to our every need. We loved the atmosphere sitting in the Boeing KC 97 for lunch. Our food was amazing! Thank you Chef. It was a very family friendly atmosphere and so much aviation memorabilia to see.
One of my favorite places to go as a kid with my gramps. Coming back home to find it still open, service is still great and the food is even better than I remember!
I went to the restaurant to possibly eat food but the seating situation with the hostess staff was so confusing that I opted to be seated at the bar. The bartender seemed nice but was a little stressed out a little, after a while things went well and the drinks were good.
My kids LOVED this place! it was a long wait but well worth it. the kids were disappointed that we couldnt sit in the plane, but that disappointment was fleeting when the food came. it was delicious; we would definately come back again and have been telling all our Colorado families about it!
My husband and I were really looking forward to taking our 2yo here but it ended up being a bust.We did come at dinner time, realizing we’d have a wait…but we couldn’t get past the horrible hosting/service.Unfortunately, you could tell the hostess was a little slow, not all there. That was frustrating but we tried to be patient. She asked our preference.. we said by a window. We waited 20minutes and it turns out that was for inside the (practically vacant) restaurant, not the airplane. She was like, yeah, that’s all full. That will be another 45 minutes.What!? Why wouldn’t you specify the location from the beginning!? That’s literally your job. When asking aisle or window in the context of plane, this seems obvious!!! Why would we come with a little kid to NOT sit in the airplane!?With bad communication and service from the beginning we just left. From other reviews, it doesn’t sound like we missed much, food wise, anyway. Would’ve been cool to eat in an airplane though.The inside with memorabilia was neat. Too bad this was such a bad experience we likely will never go back.
Great experience with a unique atmosphere. We sat in the plane and it was hot at first but was tolerable. Our waitress was amazing. The special which was the chicken Alfredo took 40 min to come out and wasn’t fantastic but the baked spaghetti was to die for, my husband said.
Cool plane. I wish they has healthier options.
Great airplane. Nice to see up close. The restaurant, however was dirty and low quality
Very nice and staff very attentive and food was very good.
The food was super delicious! steaks cooked perfectly! Staff was super friendly! my kids enjoy playing in the airplane. When we left both kids said cant wait to come back again
Great atmosphere, great help but the food is not that great. Matter of fact, it isnt very good at all. I probably should have known better to order a seafood platter from a landlocked state. Thats on me. Very cool to visit and have some beers though. Its worth checking out.
Food was pretty good, ambience was very unique. It was a little warm for comfort inside the plane in late August, and a couple flies were quite persistent, but overall I would return. Never been to a restaurant with a real plane inside.
MY ONLY COMPLAINT WAS THE HOST. The young man seated someone in the plane and then came right to us and asked if we wanted to be seated in the plane, we said yes, he then took 20 mins to get back to us because he was taking his sweet time walking around the whole restaurant (we watched him the whole time) to then come tell us we can sit in the airplane...... I felt like I was in the twilight zone.We came around dinner time and the wait time for our two burgers was fast. Our waiter was very professional and timely. The food tasted great but was too pricey for my liking. The decor is on point and I would recommend eating here once if your in Colorado!
Fun place and good food. Toddlers would love it.
We had a great time here. Willy, the gentleman who sat us was a hoot and told us about the history of the plane. Our waitress was friendly and attentive, and the food was delicious. Visiting the cockpit is also a must.
This has to be the most unique place I have ever eat the prices where great the staff was amazing the food was great. I can not express how happy I am to have found this place. They are operating at a half capacity due to local rules on covid 19 so a bit of a wait. But it was no longer then any other place in the area rite now. Well worth it. They also let u go into the cockpit of the old plane the restaurant is built in and around it was a awesome experience.
This may have been around in Colorado às long as Ive been here and yet Id never visited. Both the plane and non plane portions of the restaurant are filled with memorabilia, models, and kitsch. Was not overly expensive for what you receive, and was quite good for a place like this. Burgers were tasty, good mashed potatoes, etc. Servers were attentive and kept drinks filled. A fun visit.. a good add on to a visit to the WWII museum.
Came here after visiting the WWII aviation museum ✈️ I sat in the plane and my server Valerie was super friendly and gave great service👍You can ever check out the cockpit !
Waited around 10 minutes to be seated when no one was in the dinning area. We ordered an appetizer (spinach artichoke dip) that came literally seconds before our food. The dip looked like someone put shredded cheese in the microwave. It was gross. We then got our food and I ordered a cheeseburger. It was cut up like 4 times, i guess they were trying to see if it was done, and it was the driest burger I’ve ever eaten. Then there was a hair on my plate. None of my family ate their food because everything was disgusting. The plane is cool but that’s it. I wouldn’t eat here again even ic someone paid me to. Worse restaurant in Colorado Springs
I’m usually not one to put reviews, but I had my hopes really high for this restaurant, and was super disappointed! We were one of three tables that were seated, and it still took our food an hour to come out after we ordered it. I usually am understandable since I’ve worked in the food industry, but the waiter didn’t even acknowledge it and only came to our table a few times. My Caesar salad came out and the croutons were SUPER burnt. I gave 3 stars because my main entree (club sandwich) was actually pretty good.
Fish and chips were really good! Exceeded my expectations. Service was good as well. Cleanliness prevented the 5-star
Great service, fun experience.
Fantastic food and prompt service!Our kids loved it! Highly recommend you bring the kiddos.
Definitely an interesting place to eat. The service was just okay, our food was delayed. I had the reuben sandwich, it was good. I would go back.
Amazing experience to eat a burger in a airplane. Really well preserved air plane. Feels like a museum once we enter the restaurant, it has all the history you need to know about the plane. Good food but great experience.
Today was my first time at the restaurant and I have to say it was very nice and cool to eat inside a airplane ✈ . The food was good, very fresh and the waiter was very nice, he would check on us to make sure we were okay and had a pleasant smile he gives great service. I wish I got his name. I will be attending again very good place to eat at.
We visited from WI. We absolutely loved it!! We wanted to eat in the plane so we did lunch and got there about 11:15 on a Saturday and we had no problem. You can walk around and see the cockpit. Our food was great. Three of us did the fish sandwich (holy cow it’s HUGE) and my son did a cheeseburger. He is very picky and he said it was amazing. The only downfall was the host. He seemed not happy at all. But I recommend this to anyone!!
Food was pretty good. Ambience was great. Tale a pic in the cockpit. :)
Wonderful staff. The food was delicious.The Aviation War memorabilia is something to see. Amazing. you can even eat in the War Plane part of the restaurant.
So good 👍👏. Great steak great hamburger and the kid loved his chicken and fries!
Please stick with serving packaged peanuts, pretzels and canned beverages and charge admission. for walking through “the plane”. Leave the cooking to a experienced cook or chef and a properly equipped kitchen with a grill, oven, stove top, and broiler. Sushi grade salmon with Lobster and shrimp hollandaise sauce for $21 once cooked in microwave is no longer considered sushi grade and a Cajun chicken tender also microwaved is like dental floss Also priced at $21.
These themed restaurants seem to always fall short with the quality of the food. My waitress tried telling me that she had to make fresh tea. Im no tea expert, but that tea was old, lady! We sat in the plane. Which is plain. The cockpit is fun for the kids, but IF we ever go again, Id want to dine inside the restaurant. 3 brass stars.
Fun place for kids that like airplanes. Food is typical dishes, burgers, and sandwiches. I had a teriyaki grilled chicken and it was excellent. Wife had a chicken Philly sandwich and said it was great. Waitress was very accommodating in since we were traveling with our dogs and sat outside...until the rain and hail came. She changed our order to go and had all we needed in the bag. Highly recommend if you are in the area!
Food was meh, service was okay. The restaurant was cool. But they didnt ask how I wanted my steak cooked and I forgot to tell them.. it came out like medium well and completely unseasoned.... $50 dollar. The experience was cool but the food was poor quality.
If youre looking for a unique experience, this place will probably satisfy that. If youre looking for good or cheap food, look elsewhere.For the price and taste, the food at The Airplane Restaurant was not worth it. We ordered the Reuben Von Crashed Bison Sandwich with Sweet Potatoes and the Blackened Salmon Caesar Salad. The Reuben Von Crashed Bison Sandwich was mediocre -- it wasnt remarkable, but I do remember it being dry. As for the Blackened Salmon Caesar Salad, Joe, a friend of mine, would say its the best he has ever had. Granted, it was his first time eating salmon, so who knows. I took a bite of his Blackened Salmon Caesar Salad, but it didnt leave an impression -- it tasted just like a normal salmon.The customer service was mediocre.Yeah, the environment/experience was unique. It was like being in a museum, with food, but in typical museums, there is a restaurant either nearby or within the museum. The Airplane Restaurant was just like that.Overall, would I return to The Airplane Restaurant? No, Ive already had my experience. Do I recommend this place? Only if youre interested in this type of thing. Was it cheap? No, so if youre a budget traveler, I wouldnt recommend visiting this place.
Highly recommend!! Delivered a great lunch for our staff meeting -- delicious food and professional service.
Fun fun interior. We were hungry so decided not to wait for a table upstairs inside the plane. Got a table immediately with a great view of the outside of the plane. Excellent friendly service. Food was straightforward, nothing fancy — just go there for the decor!!
Very cool experience. Kids definitely liked it.
Wait staff was great! Food was really good and the kids loved checking out the plane. The kids also loved the childrens ice cream from the dessert menu.
Special. The plane is one of a kind. The meal is really good. Service is outstanding. Restaurant is a pleasure for kids with plenty of historical aviation info.
The food was amazing but the experience was even better.
Average to above average American food, great atmosphere and service, great for lunch. Kids loved eating on the plane and playing in the cockpit, great lunch dining experience.
Unique restaurant with excellent burgers. Quiet atmosphere with plenty of aviation memorabilia to check out. Moderately priced, our large family enjoyed dinner for under $100.
Wait was about an hour even though there were tons of empty tables, hostess was forgetting where she was at on her list and seated people I they asked how long it would be skipping the line. One waitress berated the poor overwhelmed girl IN FRONT OF EVERYONE!!! GOT SEATED OUR WAITER WAS WONDERFUL!!! Food was good and ambiance was nice. Not a must stop but q good one.
First time there was a nice place to eat
Good food, wonderful staff, and a very cool setting. Try to get a table in the plane and make sure you visit the cockpit with your kids!
Great place its like your in a plane waiters wear pilot shirts. Good food, great service.
Food was better than expected. Atmosphere was awesome. You can even eat on a plane witch kids love. Only flaw is wait time to get food was longer than normal.
Not a bad place for lunch. New waitress was very nice and cordial (dont remember name but she just moved to Colorado Springs from Alabama
The food was good and the service was great. The servers stay in character to some degree using phrases like welcome aboard and how was your flight! It was super fun and the food was great! It was a fun place to eat while visiting.
Fun place to take kids to and enjoy a meal.
It is always a fun, and interesting time when I visit The Airplane Restaurant. You literally get to eat in a museum, the displays and memorabilia are great dinner conversation.
I am back since my last review with even better service. We went here a few weeks ago. Jenna and Isaac were great at our table and during the wait we went to the bar and Jennifer was great! Incredible drinks and service. For food, we both got chicken meals and they were very tasty and cooked great! If you come here make sure to expect a wait but also expect the food and service to be worth the wait.
This place needs some work. I love coming because of the planes and because my kids love it. Thats about where it ends. Kids meal is fairly standard, maybe just a bit below normal. My food was terrible. Frozen patty that wasnt any better than McDonalds. No flavor, dry and grey. Kids are my fries so they must have been okay! Staff was good, nothing to complain about. I hope this place can take off (wink wink) and get a bit better.
Neat building. Inoffensive food. If you happen to be in a nearby hotel, its worth checking out for sure. If you arent in a nearby hotel... Its a tough call. If you love aviation history, I suppose it can be worth it. Otherwise, just avoid. Youll find much better eateries all over this city.
First rime visitor and as an aviatuon enthusiast, I loved it. Food and service were good.
We had the best time ever. The food was absolutely delicious. The servers were fantastic!
Service was not great. We had went for my husbands birthday and our waiter was overwhelmed. However the owner and his wife were amazing sharing their history of how this restaurant came about and all of his knowledge was remarkable. Great place to go try if your in the Springs just dont got if your on a time crunch.
The Airplane Restaurant (previously, Solos) is comfortable, like an old A-2 jacket that is faded and has the cuffs and waistband heavily pilled and barely elastic. Other than a few new zaps on the door, nothings changed much in 20 years. The memorabilia and aircraft models are all the same, though theyre usually kept fairly well dusted. Few new photos, and much of whats there is fading. The menu has had a few changes, and the kitchen is still solid and the service is usually pretty good. A great place to grab a burger and a beer and chat. Some evenings get pretty lively and, every now and then, a squadron from one of the local bases shows up for a going away or other event. Again, its comfortable, if a little threadbare in places.
Fun place! Best meal on an airplane ever!
Great, interesting place for lunch or dinner. Food was delicious and the atmosphere awesome. Wait staff was excellent. Lots of things to look at.
Just awesomeness. Our waiter was friendly and informative. The food was delicious and the ambiance was even better.
Cool restaurant. Lots of models of planes and photos as well. Food is super with a good selection of choices
Service was qyick and friendly, great food, perfect if youre out exploring Colorado Springs
Good food and a unique dining experience in an old C97. Employees are very welcoming and made lunch fun.
Wonderful experience. Our waitress was the absolute best. She was personable and attentive and she didnt come Hoover every 5seconds. The sweet tea was the best Ive had in a long time. The cheesy garlic bread was amazing. My husband got a steak and he devoured it. It was thick and he expected it to be dry,, he didnt even need a steak sauce. The kids enjoyed being able to explore and see all the planes. Its a great place to go. It just needs to be touched up a little bit... Overall great experience and worth the money. So glad we decided to stop in.. we will most definitely go again if we are ever in the area again.
Food was good. Kids actually finished all their food they really liked what they got. We ate in the plane and it can get loud in there but thats expected with it being small. Waiters act like flight attendants which my kids and I found that to be so cool. Kids are allowed to explore the plane and they had alot of fun pretending they were driving it. Pretty cool experience.
Great place to take the kids. Super friendly staff and they even have a cockpit with working lights for the kids to play in after dinner. Highly recommend for aviation lovers or families with kids!
Garbage food. (Fried catfish and kids corn dog over cooked,salmon neptune was cold when served hollandaise got very thick cold and gross. Rice is comparable to the rice served in a jail.) Everything was Over priced horribly. Wait staff wasnt terrible but not par either. Waited nearly 50 minutes for food and they were not busy at all brought my sons corn dog out 15 minutes after our food and it was burned waitress never checked on us. The only reason im giving a 2 star rating is my son liked being able to check out the plane
The food was tasty, kool atmosphere. The waitress was great and the manager was friendly. Great place for lunch.
Interesting place…. Lunch in the belly of a WWII FLYING FUEL PLANE….Outstanding food….
Really like this place! What a cool and unique atmosphere. What a great waitress we had. What great chicken nachos I had. What an undercooked buffalo burger my son had (uh-oh). Also not-so-great, the sweetness of my iced tea was, and I mean this literally, sugar-saturated. I thought Texas-BBQ-joint sweet tea was sweet; double that and youll be close to imagining what this tea tasted like. Still, the positives won the day, and I do look forward to going back.
Great food interesting atmosphere.the waitresses were very friendly and had stories about all the items and pictures in the restaurant, would recommend 💯
Had a really cool Mothers Day at the Airplane Restaurant. We ate lunch inside the airplane and sat right over the wing. The kids loved going up into the cockpit to play and touch all the controls. We all had such a good time! Thank you for a cool experience.
Average, at best. Clearly they are short staffed (arguably not their fault as they had a Help Wanted sign, and many places are having a hard time hiring now). Even so, it took 20 minutes just to get seated, even though there were plenty of open tables. Now granted, we only ordered several appetizers to share, but none of them were particularly good. The nachos were just chips with melted cheese and a scoop of sour cream. The spinach dip was burned! How do you do that!? The Barrel Rolls and wings were soggy.Granted, the airplane memorabilia was really cool, it was great fun to go inside the cockpit of the plane. If not for that, Id have only given it one star.
Food was really good. We ate inside the restaurant the airplane was full and had an hour wait time.
Nice place. Might hafta wait a little if you wanna eat on the actual plane but very cool place to visit if you enjoy history in aviation
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