The Engine Room - Sunderland

Great food and a great atmosphere is what I was promised and I wasn't let down. I visited one Monday night for dinner and wasn't disappointed. A Chicken Burger and Home Cooked Chunky Chips were delightful. This is a great place and highly recommended if you're in the area.

We were rather disappointed with our meal as had been recommended by a friend. We both had the same meal and struggled to find everything that had been listed, actually in the dish. Brisket was tasty , found 2 tiny bits of sausage but no corned beef or bacon .Layered potatoes were in fact a few sliced undercooked potatoes on the top of the meal and had clearly not been cooked together but added last minute . Still hungry when we had finished . Not sure if I would return tbh

My husband and I cams out on the spur of the moment and enjoyed an amazing seafood board. The food was beautifully presented and super fresh! We sat in a relaxed environment and were really taken care of by our waitress Victoria! We will be back and would definitely recommend

Visited today with my partner, daughter mother law. Table service only food drinks. We ordered the sharing platter to start, it took ages but was worth the wait, it cost £18, consists of little bread loads, crackers, pigs in blankets, chicken pate, a lovely cranberry Camembert dipping pot. We ordered a side of squid that came with a lovely dipping sauce, there was no complaints about the starter. The main tbh I wish we hadn’t bothered, my partner ordered the butchers block, he said the steak was good lovely the rest was nice, but not worth £28 My mother in law got the panackelty , it basically was meat, gravy potato skins on the top for £17, she obviously complained they bought her fried potato slices out instead, nothing like what it’s meant to be! I ordered the chicken burger, plenty of chips, it was nice but the bun was crusty because it had sat under the light at the pass my daughters was the same. Including drinks, £22 for a bottle of wine. The bill came to £133, one expensive lunch!! Probably wouldn’t return for food from the main menu but maybe the sharing board Lovely place, kept it traditional with the decor clearly popular.

Poor GF options, no beef burgers ! Bread bun solid. 1 x option for dessert not all good for this day and age. Perhaps my naivety and it was a Friday but one of the noisiest places I've eaten in, I thought it was a restaurant when I booked and not being from area didn't realise it would be a pub/eating place, so if you're having a date look for somewhere quieter in town. Staff friendly but slow service. Wouldn't go again sorry.