 Following the extension of the Metropolitan Railway to Ruislip , and the resulting influx of visitors to the area , Albert Cross built a bungalow from where teas were served to day @-@ trippers . This became a success and Cross had the building expanded , which soon became The Orchard Hotel . Between 1933 and 1971 it became an Ansells licensed bar and well @-@ known high @-@ class restaurant . It then became a Beefeater steak house , which it remains , and was recently extended with a Premier Inn hotel . During the Battle of Britain , The Orchard was very popular with the pilots of No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron stationed at RAF Northolt , who celebrated many of their successes in battle there . The owner was known to open a bottle of Champagne for each German aircraft shot down by the squadron . 
