Six hours to kill at TRD and still nobody name-drops this place
Terminal A/B at Trondheim Værnes stays fairly quiet, and that silence in forums about International Restaurant and Bar tells you what you need to know: it’s the default sit-down spot when you have time to spare between SAS or Widerøe flights, not a destination in itself. The main upside is you stay airside, past security, with a real table instead of hovering at a kiosk.
International Restaurant and Bar sits after security for gates in terminals A and B, serving standard burgers, salads, and basic hot dishes at typical Norwegian airport prices, so think 180–260 NOK for a main and 110–150 NOK for a beer. If you’re on a 3pm to 9pm layover like that FlyerTalk poster, this is the kind of place you camp with your laptop and a plug rather than roam the limited concourse again and again.
Opening hours generally track the flight bank, roughly from the first departures around 05:00 until the last waves around 22:00, but late Sunday evenings can thin out once the final SAS and Norwegian flights head south. Kitchen cut-off often hits 30–60 minutes before closing, so don’t leave ordering a hot meal until the 21:30 boarding call.
Food is standard airport fare: expect a burger with fries, a chicken dish, maybe a pasta, plus a kids’ option; nothing here shows up in trip reports the way Pappadeaux at IAH or a Shake Shack at JFK does. The bar side pours draft lager and basic spirits, so you can get a 0.5L beer or a gin and tonic while you watch the departures board flip from Trondheim to Oslo, Bergen, and Tromsø.
Practical tip: TRD is “small and speedy,” as one Reddit user put it, so clear security first, then check International Restaurant and Bar for open seating near a power outlet before committing to killing two or three hours there.