What is "sonoy"

__NOTOC__ Sonoy was former a restaurant located in Emmeloord, in the Netherlands. It was awarded one Michelin star in the period 2010–2013.

Owner and head chef of Sonoy was Paul van Staveren.

The restaurant was a member of Alliance Gastronomique Néerlandaise since 2006.

Restaurant Sonoy was located in a former water tower, at a height of 40 meters. It occupied four floors. During the transfer from the old restaurant in Blokzijl to this, that took five weeks, the staff was working in De Librije in Zwolle.

In 2010, the restaurant won the "Sustainable Restaurant of the Year"-award from Gault Millau.

The Michelin star awarded in 2010, was the first one ever awarded in the (young) province Flevoland.

In March 2013 the municipality Noordoostpolder, owner of the water tower in which the restaurant is housed, was reviewing the future of the said tower. A failed renovation caused too many problems. The restaurant closed per 1 July 2013. Paul van Staveren got a compensation of about € 275,000, but still lost about half the original investment in the restaurant in 2010 based on a ten-year tenancy contract.