The Engine Room
The Engine Room offers a unique dining experience in Sunderland, set within a historic former fire station. Guests can enjoy a diverse menu featuring hearty street food, traditional fish and chips, and flavorful mains. The kitchen is known for delivering high-quality, satisfying portions with efficient service.
The establishment is praised for its warm hospitality and attentive staff who prioritize guest convenience. With a charming atmosphere and a well-curated selection of drinks, it serves as an ideal spot for pre-theatre meals or casual lunches.
Features and services of The Engine Room
- Wheelchair-accessible car park
- Wheelchair-accessible entrance
- Wheelchair-accessible seating
- Wheelchair-accessible toilet
The Engine Room is in position 24 out of 119 in Kebab shops in Sunderland
Customer Reviews
The Engine Room has a rating of 4.2 out of 5 based on over 802 reviews on Google
Excellent place if you're seeing anything at Fire Station as attached! We ordered some street food of pulled pork, spicy chicken and chips to share and they were served within 10mins. Nice and spicy and filling. 2 blokes next to us ordered 7 between them and would have liked to stay to see if they managed to eat them all! Good choice of beers and decent wines.
Nice little treat out. Food was fantastic, though a word of warning, the shepards pie is HOT but delicious. Only reason I put 4 stars for food was the tinned custard (not that I would complain about that, I like tinned custard) otherwise everything was great. Would definitely recommend a visit.
Review of Sam, member of staff. We had made an early reservation that could have been assumed to be a pre theatre meal. Sam telephoned me to inform us that the theatre performance had been cancelled and didn't want us to make a wasted journey. This was extremely considerate and good customer service.
Nice place, we loved the decor and showing the history of the building as a fire station. It was match day but we were fine to get in for lunch time. The staff were super friendly and helpful. The food came quickly and was good. I had a fish finger sandwich with chunky fries and my partner had the burger with chunky fries. The only downside of my food was the curry sauce which was just so runny it was like water! However everything else we had was tasty.
We booked a table for 11.45, which we did not really need to do, for such an early time. But it is highly recommended to do so if you are going to see a show at the empire, which is about 1 to 2 minutes' walk. The service was really warm and friendly. We both had the fish and chips that came with mushy peas and a small jug of curry sauce and small pot of tartar sauce. The chips were good, as were the peas and curry sauce, I did not try the tartar sauce. I thought the fish was very nice with a light and crispy batter. The only thing that spoilt the fish was, on a personal note, that too much salt had been put on top of it in the kitchen.
Information about The Engine Room
Address
The Engine Room is located at 9 High St W, Sunderland SR1 3HA, United Kingdom
Phone
The phone number of The Engine Room is +44 191 594 7244
Website
The website of The Engine Room is: culturequarter.com/engineroom
Business Hours
Monday: 11:30–23:00
Tuesday: 11:30–23:00
Wednesday: 11:30–23:00
Thursday: 11:30–23:00
Friday: 11:30–00:00
Saturday: 11:30–00:00
Sunday: 12:00–22:00



