There's a Boeing 737 that's been turned into a restaurant and I went to see what it's like

In a British town, there’s a restaurant inside the body of an old Boeing 737 airplane – and it had a name to match its creative premise.

Steaks On A Plane stands out from a mile away on the streets of Bolton, a town around 12 miles away from Bolton.

Its presence raises a lot of questions, one of which is this – how did a Boeing end up becoming a restaurant?

I paid a visit to Steaks On A Plane to check it out for myself.

We’ve seen plenty of restaurants with unusual twists

When you’ve got so many restaurants and eateries on the market, the pressure is on for restauranteurs to do something novel with their businesses.

And we’ve seen plenty of cases of that around the world.

In China, there’s a restaurant where a Ferrari F430 hangs upside down from the ceiling, serving as a clock and a conversation starter in equal measure.

And then of course, there’s the infamous Tesla Diner in California.

But it’s not just cars that are being incorporated into the restaurant world – just take a look at this McDonalds dwelling inside of a retired airplane.

In a similar vein, there’s a restaurant in the UK based around a similar premise.

And it’s got a fun plane name to boot – Steaks On A Plane.

How did Steaks On A Plane come into existence?

Opened in 2015, Steaks On A Plane has stood proudly in the north English town of Bolton.

Believe it or not, the restaurant wasn’t intentionally named after the infamous 2006 film Snakes On A Plane.

“The pun came later – the pun came after the plane,” owner Zahid Kadva told Manchester Evening News in 2017.

“I haven’t seen the movie (the name is a pun on cult movie Snakes on a Plane), but my wife has, and she told me the name. At the time I didn’t realize it was a movie I just thought it sounded good.”

In a video shared to the company’s Facebook page, the origin story of the Boeing 737 was laid out.

What started as a food trailer in 2003 soon became a bus, and then ‘the boldest idea yet’ came along.

“A retired plane, brought all the way from the Cotswolds to Deane Road, ready for a whole new life,” the video explained.

A plaque sitting on the wall of the plane gives some indication of what its previous life may have been.

It reads in part: “This Airplane / Engine is owned by Celestial Aviation Trading Unlimited and is leased to Siberia Airlines.”

The story of the plane went from being part of Siberia Airlines to sitting in a depot in the middle of England is perhaps most intriguing of all.

At any rate, I wanted to see what this restaurant was like for myself.

There was just one problem – I’m a vegetarian, and as the restaurant’s name suggests, there’s little in the way of salads on this menu.

But with a meat-eating companion in tow, I made the trip up to Bolton to get a taste of Steaks On A Plane for myself.

What’s it like to eat inside an old Boeing 737 plane?

At one end of the plane is the kitchen where chefs work hard grilling up burgers and yes, steaks.

On the other end, a cockpit remains intact for customers to pose for photos inside.

The visual appeal of the plane is self-evident, and the fact you can see it several streets over just adds to the excitement.

Going up and down the steps to enter the Boeing 737 is a surreal experience.

It’s weird to step off the plane and to not be hit in the face with the heat of a holiday destination spot.

At any rate, the plane offers up a menu of meaty goodness for all preferences and persuasions – I stuck with some onion rings.

The coolest part of the restaurant has got to be the cockpit.

Not many people get to sit inside a plane cockpit during their lifetimes, and what better time to do so than while waiting for your order to be ready?