The Apache Café
Open seven days a week from 9am - 3.30pm
Hot food served from 9am – 2.30pm
Breakfast, lunch, snacks, drinks, cakes and ice cream!
Why not kick start your visit to the Museum and join us in the Apache Café for a choice of great coffee and a slice of homemade cake, a light lunch, or a refreshing cold drink. Our café is the ideal stop for refreshments whether you are visiting the Museum for the day or simply driving by.
Our Café is family friendly, fully accessible and has fabulous airfield views, with front row seats to spot a wide range of helicopters and aircraft flying to and from the airfield. Visitors are welcome to use the café and outdoor play area without paying to enter the Museum.
The Apache Café is open seven days a week for breakfast, lunch and snacks, drinks, cakes and ice creams, with hot food served from 9am – 2.30pm.
The café seats 50 people with ample space for pushchairs. Four highchairs are also available for our youngest of visitors, breastfeeding is welcome, and we can provide hot water for bottles. We offer a choice of family food and drink options with vegetarian; gluten free and vegan choices available and the team are always happy to assist with any allergen information as required. Free colouring and activity sheets are available for our young visitors.
If you want to bring your own picnic, then why not find a grassy spot on the field by our Scout and Beaver exhibits or use one of the picnic benches provided by the outdoor play area.
The café has excellent free Wi-Fi, and with lots of free parking and a great location, why not think of us for your next lunch catch-up or business meeting?
Please be aware that smoking and vaping is not allowed anywhere within the Museum.
Serving members (and their families if serving member is present) receive a 5% Military discount on their entire bill upon producing their MOD90 card at the café till.
Blue Light and Defence Discount Card Holders receive a 5% discount on production of their Blue Light Card/Defence Discount card.
Army Flying Museum Gold Members receive 20% off in the café.
Army Flying Museum Silver Members receive 5% off in the café.
A 20% discount is available on hot beverages for those using their own reusable cup.
Here in the Apache Café, we are working hard wherever possible to reduce our environmental impact by using eco-friendly practices and waste management. Our menu offers hot drinks, homemade cakes and light meals, using local suppliers where possible. We combine a passion for excellent customer service, with a commitment to creating a great visitor experience for visitors to the Museum and to the wider local community.
We are dedicated to eco-friendly practices from the use of recyclable materials, to reducing waste in our kitchen.
We are committed to continuing to improve our environmentally sustainable practices by:
- Investing in recyclable and compostable packaging
- Promoting reusable cup scheme
- Reducing single use plastics
- Switching to drinks in cans or glass bottles
- Providing a refill station offering water refills
- Switching to local suppliers to support local economy and reduce carbon footprint
- Working closely with our waste disposal company to recycle mixed recycling from the café, along with regular collections to repurpose food waste, teabags and coffee grounds
- Educating our customers to our practices
Senior Specials are available every Wednesday during term time, when we offer lunch, a hot drink and slice of cake for just £10 for those aged 65+.
