Runway Cafe

A great place to eat with even better food, I highly recommend the Pad Thai, but I have not had anything I disliked. The fried catfish, when I had it was battered in something other than cornmeal, not my favorite. But each has their taste. The burgers are great. This is a must for pilots wanting to try a new restaurant for their $ 100 burger. Owner is usually there and very friendly.

I love this place. Food is always fresh and well prepared. The hamburgers are huge and tasty. Fresh ground sirloin. No frozen patties here. The owner is the cook and he is not new to the restaurant business. He is the owner of Baytown Seafood in Freeport that we know all so well for fine seafood dishes. For anyone with a large group they have a side room that seats up 16. Check it out. BYOB

This airport café has potential to be totally rockin. It seems to miss the mark just a bit. The problems are almost always service related. An unfriendly or slow server, or delivering the wrong food to the wrong person at the table. We only had a couple of minor glitches today so I’m not complaining.
What I like: The view is really nice on a beautiful sunny day as small aircraft come and go at this county regional airport. The wall facing the runway is all windows and the outdoor seating has recently been upgraded to include additional seating with pub tables. I can see myself sitting outside enjoying a Diet Coke once Spring arrives. The owner also owns Baytown Seafood. He recently did away with the small paper menus designed for the Runway Café and has replaced them with his full restaurant menu. It would be nice to see the menu cover replaced to appropriately represent the business. I hope that is in the works. It seems like a small thing but it was a huge topic of conversation at our lunch table.
What to watch for: This is a small restaurant and it can take awhile for the kitchen to fill the orders. Business is decent so be sure to visit on a day you have a more flexible schedule… just in case.
Today there were seven at our table. Our server was pleasant and attentive. The food was really good, I had shrimp. I’m not crazy about their ranch dressing here, which is very unusual because I’m a ranch dressing girl. I have to catch myself every time I order a salad. The good news is, I love their Honey Mustard dressing. It is made with stone ground mustard and is the right mix of ingredients, not too spicy and not too sweet. The tarter sauce doesn’t do it for me here either and I always forget and put it on my plate. Good news is, you don’t really need it. I also like that they will let an adult order from the kids menu. I find these kids meals to be a perfect sized portion for me, most of the time. The menu is extensive and they have something for everyone.

Decided to go for a motorcycle ride today to someplace new for lunch. I had been here before when it was the Windsock and was expecting the same type of sandwich restaurant. I was pleasantly surprised to find it was much more.
The dining room is typical café and is very clean with a nice décor. I like eating at the airport for the entertainment value too. Watching the planes come and go is nice as well as listening to these pilots talk. I am a plane fan.
My waitress greeted me immediately when I came in. Throughout my meal she was very sweet and attentive. Quite often when I eat alone I don’t get great service I guess because they figure the tip will be small. If only they knew, I’m a very generous tipper. These folks earn their money.
She will get a nice tip.
Although the menu is extensive for such a small place, including lots of seafood options and steaks, I went simple and ordered a bacon cheese burger. I would say it is probably my second favorite burger in Angleton based on one visit. I got it with half fries and half homemade tater chips. Very surprised in how good the chips were — light and perfectly cooked. I’ll get them without the fries next time. The burger came with all the toppings including some jalapeños. Yum. Pretty good burger.
The only reason they only get 4 stars for now is because it is my first time here, and I just can’t rate someone 5 until I see if they are consistently this good.
I’ll be back.

I’m glad Angleton has another lunchtime restaurant option. I’ve always loved eating at the airport and watching the planes come in to land.
I ordered the grilled chicken salad to go. It was ready quick and fresh. My only complaint was that the chicken was in huge slices, so cutting them into bite sized using plastic utensils wasn’t the easiest. It wasn’t my favorite salad but I will come back and try other menu options.

Dirty utensils, no dressing on cole slaw, fried shrimp was cold. Wait staff not knowledgeable.

Nice clean and has the best deep fried pickles in the area. The service is slow so make sure you have plenty of time when you visit this pretty new café’ !

Came to eat during lunch. Place was kind of hard to get to. It was not very busy so we were sat as soon as we walked in. I give two stars, one for service because they were attentive and the second is for the bacon cheeseburger I had. Other than that, their water tastes disgusting and I had to order a bottled soda. Their ranch dressing was horrible too. I probably will not be coming back.

Yay! They reopened the restaurant at Gulf Coast Regional Airport. We flew in tonight for a quick and yummy dinner. The food was great and the staff was very friendly. We are so excited to have a place close by to fly in and have lunch or dinner.