No one seems to talk about it, but Longhorn sits airside
Silence on FlyerTalk and Reddit is odd for a steakhouse-style spot inside a Scandinavian airport, but Longhorn Restaurant & Bar is right in the departures area at Trondheim Airport, Værnes, after security for gates A and B. You see it as you clear the main duty free and head toward the domestic A-gates, with table seating plus a bar you can eat at if you’re solo or tight on time.
Pricing tracks with Norway airport standards: expect around 220–280 NOK for a burger or meat plate, 60–80 NOK for soft drinks, and 110–140 NOK for a beer. Portions tend to be bigger than what you get from the pure grab-and-go kiosks by gates A10–A12, and you can sit down instead of guarding a seat in the general waiting area. It functions as a straightforward “real meal before a 1–2 hour flight to Oslo or Bergen” stop.
Menu structure follows the usual airport bar template: burgers, some steak-style mains, fries, and a couple of lighter options like salads or chicken dishes. If you have under 40 minutes before boarding at a B-gate, stick to burgers or anything flagged as a bar snack; cooked-to-order larger plates at Norwegian airports can easily run 20–25 minutes from order to table. Staff at the bar usually give timing estimates if you ask when boarding for SK or DY flights is already showing on the screens.
Seating runs along the terminal windows, so you can keep one eye on traffic pushing back from A-gates and still hear boarding calls for flights to Oslo, Tromsø, or Bodø. Power outlets are hit-or-miss at specific tables, but the bar counter typically has a few sockets free. It opens early with the first domestic wave and usually runs through the evening departures, so you can grab a hot meal before both 07:00 and 19:00 flights.
Practical tip: if your gate shows as B but not yet assigned (common 60–90 minutes out), eat here instead of waiting by a random screen; it’s a 3–4 minute walk to the farthest B-gate from Longhorn at a normal pace.