The Engine Room
632 Reviews
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- Friday11:30 AM–12 AM
- Saturday11:30 AM–12 AM
- Sunday12–10 PM
- Monday11 AM–11 PM
- Tuesday11:30 AM–11 PM
- Wednesday11:30 AM–11 PM
- Thursday11:30 AM–11 PM
About the Business
The Engine Room, Sunderland | The Engine Room delivers first class hospitality in a unique setting where people can enjoy eating, drinking and socialising.
Contacts
Call Us
+441915947244
Fire Station, High St W, Sunderland SR1 3HA
Hours
- Friday11:30 AM–12 AM
- Saturday11:30 AM–12 AM
- Sunday12–10 PM
- Monday11 AM–11 PM
- Tuesday11:30 AM–11 PM
- Wednesday11:30 AM–11 PM
- Thursday11:30 AM–11 PM
Features
- Credit cards
- Delivery
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
- Wheelchair-accessible seating
- Dine-in
- Takeaway
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Cocktails
- Coffee
- Spirits
- Vegetarian options
- Wine
- Dinner
- Dessert
- Seating
- Bar on site
- Toilets
- Cosy
- Groups
- Accepts reservations
- High chairs
- Kids' menu
- Lunch
- Casual
- Upmarket
- Outdoor seating
- Small plates
- Great cocktails
Recommended Reviews
Scarlett Mcdermott
15.03.2024
The Engine Room
Amazing experience! Food was phenomenal and well cooked. All the staff were very kind and welcomed us nicely. 5 stars! Totally recommend!!!
Mike Young
12.03.2024
The Engine Room
Great food, beer and service. I recommend the Chicken Strips on the small plates menu. I also had the Engine Room burger and a pint of the session IPA. Thoroughly recommend and will be coming again. Apologies on the photo, the food looked so good I was eating before I remembered!
beereed
10.03.2024
The Engine Room
First visit after a recent menu change which I think was needed.Excellent place, very well laid out, airy and as expected great character.Not too busy but it did pick up a little around 1pm.Three staff on so we expected pretty quick service but I and a few others did have to visit the bar for more drinks and a long wait time for desserts.Meal options were good but I'd say the dinner menu is better than the lunch for sure.I found the club Sandwich to be a tad on the dry side but luckily sauces are provided at the table. My husband found the shin beef to be tasty and well cooked.Desserts and drinks were the best part for us.Excellent banoffee waffles would highly recommend.Staropramen draft also great.Will be back for the cocktails at dinner time!
Helen Gray
10.02.2024
The Engine Room
We had a great lunch. The food is amazing. I think I had the best large salad ever. The rest of the group had different things - all really good.Menu selection excellent - varied and definitely something for everyone (inc me a fussy vegetarian!)Service excellent and staff really friendly and accommodating on the whole. Service a little slow but probably because there was only one server on - who was great but run off his feet.Only criticism would be the one girl server who completely ignored us for some reason!Really good value for money too. I would definitely recommend and will definitely be back.
Just Me
04.02.2024
The Engine Room
Small menu but delicious food. Home made chips taste like moms! Service is excellent.
Johnny
18.01.2024
The Engine Room
Visited here for lunch today. I would say the food is slightly above average pub grub, nothing fancy. It has a nice enough atmosphere and is a tidy venue. However, £20 for a burger and a soft drink is nothing short of a disgrace. The best burger places around don’t even charge this much. Won’t return in a hurry.
Rhema
16.01.2024
The Engine Room
Really lovely waiters/waitresses. Clean environment. About 10minutes wait before the food comes.. yeah
Yvonne Eady
03.01.2024
The Engine Room
Have frequented the Engine Room multiple times for drinks, so decided to try the food. Unfortunately it wasn't good. Service was lacking and there was absolutely no presentation in the food. We had to ask the young waitress 3 times for another round of drinks. It was only after the 3rd attempt they actually arrived. I've worked in the hospitality industry and I appreciate things get missed/forgotten etc but multiple times and then to not be truthful about it, is not acceptable! The food tasted nice but the lack of presentation was a massive disappointment. We had our elderly mum with us who was alot slower at eating than us, however the waitress came over and asked to take our plates whilst she was still eating, again another no no. I would like to add that it wasn't busy. I was really looking forward to eating here but sadly, greatly disappointed. Will still go in for drinks but will not be eating there again!
Linzie Campbell-Watt
29.12.2023
The Engine Room
We booked in at 6pm for 3 people, thinking we had plenty of time for a relaxed meal before the theatre at 7.30pm; how wrong we were! It took 45 minutes from ordering to get our starter, which unfortunately we feel was very overpriced for what it was, and had to ask the server twice to bring the main as soon as they could, as it was now 7.10pm and we were anxious we'd miss the start of the show!When our mains arrived, all three dishes were over salted and quality far below what we would expect for the price. We ordered a rare steak which looked more like well done, the peppercorn sauce was inedible as it tasted like a whole tub of salt was spilled into it, same for the vegetables and chips.The other two dishes were average.By the time we had paid our bill, which we had to ask for in advance for fear of missing our theatre show (over £100 for 2 sharing starters and 3 very average main dishes) it was 7.25pm. We had been there for almost a full 90 minutes and had to rush every step of the way. We could understand if there were lots of diners, but there really wasn't. There were plenty of staff, and we could only see another one or possibly two tables with food.If time was on our side (which it should have been) we would have sent the main courses back, or at least raised an issue with the manager, as the food really wasn't great, however we were so anxious to get to the theatre on time that we just paid our bill and left.We left feeling deflated, stressed, and all 3 of us had indigestion from having to rush our food!We won't be visiting again unfortunately, which is a shame. Our advice would be to avoid at all costs.
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Fire Station, High St W, Sunderland SR1 3HA
The Engine Room