La Brasserie — Restaurant in Crawley

All front and no quality. What a disappointment. We decided to eat there as a treat to start our holiday. Firstly the choice was boring, really boring. My wife is a vegetarian, and you would have thought that a restaurant of this 'quality' would be able to offer an option of more than one choice on both starter and main, but this just not the case. So we had a 'warm' cheese with truffle oil to start. (as everything ells was so 'vin du table'). Looking forward to it we tucked in. That is where it all when wrong. It was terrible. It was also cold. I then asked the water "was me or did the menu say warm?" He told me "it did not say warm sir" and I took his word for it as he wasn't going to lie to a paying customer was he. Well he did and it really annoys me. On to the main course. the only way I can describe it was boring but edible. My wife however left most of her's as she described it as tasteless. We decided to skip pudding as we had had enough disappointment for one evening. The food was disappointing, the...

Below average. Sunday night, wasn't very busy. Wasn't offered water when we were seated. Ordered the Thai Curry and also the Sea Bass. Sea Bass was was served skin up so you would expect it to be crispy but no, very soggy and bland. Curry was very hot even for a Thai curry. Wasn't asked how our food was or asked if our drinks needed refilling or if we wanted to see a desert menu. Signed the bill and started to leave only to be called back across the dining room asking us to pay by card as they didn't have our card attached to our room number even though we had provided it at check in. There is a pub in the terminal close to the hotel or even a restaurant in the Premier Inn next door that are probably...

Exceptional value for money with carefully balanced and well presented dishes.

The waiting staff are a credit, working hard to add a personal touch to what is an impersonal corporate airport hotel, in which they surpass expectations.

In addition to the thoughtful menu daily specials add a sparkle somewhere along the meal. On my most recent visit the star of the meal was a daily special - Elderflower cheesecake paired with strawberry...