The Social Bar & Bistro is the in-house restaurant at Clarion Hotel Copenhagen Airport, a place that promises convenience for travellers catching early flights. With the hotel connected directly to Terminal 3, you would expect the food to be at least as polished as the location.
Sadly, that assumption died the moment the schnitzel landed on the table.
Looks good on the plate — pity the flavour missed its flight
Dry does not even begin to cover it. The Sahara would have blushed. The French fries managed the rare trick of tasting like nothing at all. Cowboy butter, someone’s bright idea of spicing things up, arrived as a claggy, unlovable smear. The salad looked fresh enough, but the dressing carried an almost chemical taste that spoiled it.
My wife’s burrata with tomatoes and pistachio nuts turned out to be ice-cold mozzarella with equally cold tomatoes. The kind of dish that makes you miss airline food.
All of this was over in less than fifteen minutes, from order to cleared plates and settling the bill. It took longer to get through a drive-thru lunch earlier that day.
The final insult? €45 for the schnitzel and €7 for a 33 cl Coca-Cola. At that price, you half expect divine intervention, or at least a potato that remembers it once grew in the ground.
What you get is an airport hotel bistro on autopilot, hidden under the Clarion brand and dressed up as a proper restaurant. Feed the business travellers, swipe the corporate cards, and call it a day.
Brilliant business, soulless dining.
Not in this lifetime.
Not unless you enjoy paying for disappointment.
Clarion is part of Strawberry, with over 250 hotels and more than 50 The Social Bar & Bistro restaurants across the Nordics.
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