39 years strong with 40th anniversary celebrations soon
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AWARD WINNING INCLUDING “BEST RESTAURANT IN THE UK” FROM THE VEGETARIAN SOCIETY
The Waiting Room
9 STATION RD
EAGLESCLIFFE
TS16 0BU
01642 780465
hello@thewaitingroom.uk
TWR
Tuesday-Sunday
12-2.30 | 5-8.30*
Walk-ins welcome
if prepared to wait
Please book where possible
*Bookings after 8pm available by request
The Other Room:
W-Su 3-11*
*(minimum/12-12 F & Sa)
vvroom
Th F S Su 3-9
The Waiting Room is a homely neighbourhood vegetarian restaurant. Established in 1985, and celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2026.
The award winning restaurant specialises in creative slow-cooked dishes using all natural ingredients, vegetables and wholefoods. We serve a lot of plates that are naturally suitable for vegan and gluten-free diets, with food that is honest to goodness, good, clean and fun; and fresh and healthy.
The restaurant has a warm homely atmosphere, with a cosy front room, and light airy conservatory to the rear, plus a popular stylish community bar - The Other Room - with beautiful curved glass windows, in the old chemist shop next door.
Next door the other way is vvroom our wonderful new vegetarian takeaway, and sometimes sourdough bakery with wood-fired pizzas.
We have put on hundreds of Waiting for Sunday art events over the years, and have supported wide-ranging community events. In 2016 we were invited to emulate The Waiting Room with an art project titled ‘The Cafe’ at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art to create The Smeltery slow food restaurant.
Look out for our publication of these experiences, as we also create a book about The Waiting Room in our 40th anniversary year in 2026.
Waiting for Sunday
We’ve put on hundreds art events, gigs and happenings over the past 20 years,
Click through to our events page to see forthcoming and past events, and a Spotify playlist of 100 artists.
