Lion D'or - Crawley

What an amazing place!Having stayed at a number of park and fly hotels my expectations of the food were set quite low.But...They were wrong. The food and service (by Alina) were genuinely 1st class. Not overpriced, ostentatious 1st class but actually 1st class. Had we been able to book at reception we would have booked our next visit today!

This restaurant is located in the Copthorne Hotel which is located close to Gatwick Airport.We booked in to the hotel on arrival back from Italy largely to avoid the mayhem of the rush hour on the M23 and M25.What a delight to see a well balanced menu and wine list in very pleasant surroundings with a top rate Italian restaurant manager(this could have been Giovanni Q) and our waitress Alina from Romania who both looked after us so well.The Double Tanqueray and Tonic at £11.05 did not make me keel over but the price did and I really must get into the Gin Retail Market.Our food, A Prawn and Avocado Tian and Confit Duck Leg were excellent and if the delicious sauce hadn 't softened the Duck Skin I would have left only the bones. Two glasses of La Maglia Rose PG(presumably means Parental Guidance )were just right.Delighted to have such a good restaurant in this hotel.

I dined here two consecutive evenings as the first meal was so enjoyable.

I went there with my partner back in December and I have to say that it was amazing! From the moment we entered the restaurant until when we left we could not fault anything. We ordered from the a la carte menu and everything we had was delicious. Alina was very attentive, professional and made us feel very welcome. The restaurant is managed by a gentleman called Giovanni who looks after it like his own place! He is really an assess to this place. I definitely recommend it to anyone, whether you are going on holiday or in the area... definitely this is the place to go!

Great food and service from Matre'D and Alina , always a great start and end to the holiday !!.well presented and first class food .