The Airplane Restaurant

If you want a once-in-a-lifetime, but repeatable experience (i know sounds weird) then eat here.
There is an airplane inside of the restaurant, never seen one of those.
You can even eat inside the airplane and checkout the cockpit! Great place for airplane enthusiasts and small children.
We had a wait time of 45 minutes, but we were seated in 25 so wait times vary.
There is a strong military and aviator presence on the walls, they even have a fallen warrior table reserved at the front.
I had the prime rib sandwich which had tender and delicious meat with incredible potato skin fries.
My wife had the ceasar salad and ate every bite, didn't even share with me! Toilets are very clean.
Staff are very friendly.
No military discount.
I will come back for that sandwich again!

I was here around 2010 and could wait to bring my family here to see this place.
My kids and husband loved the atmosphere.
The food was good, menu wasn’t super big.
Priced a little high but not too bad.
The airplane was really cool and the sound of the planes taking off really set the scene.
I was a bit turned off when we got the bill and it was one cost to pay cash and $3 more if you used a credit card.
But all in all- a good experience with memories made.
I especially love the table for fallen soldiers 💙🙏

First-time visitors to Colorado Springs, CO.
As we watched Things to do in Colorado Springs, The Airplane Restaurant made the list.
Once at the hotel we were staying at, we were told we had to try the bison burgers.
We decided to kill two birds with one stone.
Bison Burgers at the Airplane Restaurant.
I am NOT giving any STARS for service because I don't want to mislead whoever reads this.
Our server was nice.
The atmosphere was stale.
The food was horrendous.
Our server asked us halfway through our meal how everything was...? My husband and I had just finished commenting how awful the burgers tasted! We could taste the charcoal to the point of tasting burnt.
My reply to the server question was, "I don't recall asking our meat to be well done." The server said they normally do it medium well, but I'll let the kitchen know.
This is the point when I became annoyed or offended.
Hello, that's great for the next customer.
Their food will be edible, but what about mine? We're the unfortunate suckers that got awful tasting food without any amends or reparations.
We had to accept the food as is! How is this good customer service? It's not like I walked into the restaurant demanding free food.
We purposely sought this place out but were completely let down! I will never be back to this restaurant!!

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