Sonoma, Crawley

Sonoma is an American themed breakfast / brunch restaurant up on the mezzanine Airside at the North Terminal. It’s pretty much open plan with a central island bar that has a small patch of white tiling on the back bar where some taps dispense craft lagers. Controversially, the menu lists six craft beers, which include Beavertown Neck Oil and Brooklyn Lager, and two draught beers which are Camden Brewery’s Pale and Hells. They’re actually all draught options and the ‘craft beers’ are £7 a pint and the ‘draught beers’ are £7.60 a pint. The food is just as confusing with some strange US concoctions being slung together to create something a way off appetising. Unsurprisingly I’ll not be returning.

Although mostly a restaurant, you can just sit at the bar (and get served quicker) if you wish. I was tempted in by the words 'craft beer' on the signage but this turned out to be just a pair of Camden beers - Pale and Hells (£7.60, but about par for the course apart from the Red Lion) - but I then found six other bottled, somewhat more interesting, offerings from the fridges.

Official site of Sonoma - sonomagatwick.com

Official site of Sonoma - sonomagatwick.com