Eating, Drink, Socialise
Our Café, Kitchen and Bar works in partnership with local producers and suppliers serving the very best ingredients lovingly prepared by Colchester’s emerging talent.
OPENING TIMES:
Wednesday - Saturday: 10am - 11pm
Sunday: 10am - 4pm
Brunch/Lunch Menu: 10am - 4pm daily
Evening Menu: Thursday/Friday 7pm - late.
Meet the people behind the Café, Kitchen and Bar below and get a flavour of what’s on offer.
Your Bar
You’ll often find Bar Manager Lee Barker colluding with Colchester’s growing list of micro-breweries, sourcing wines from UK Vineyards or creating his own inhouse infusions using locally sourced/foraged fruits, herbs and spices.
Your Bar at the Waiting Room is a truly unique social hub with an incredible atmostphere and a plethora of events offering something for everyone. Check out our events calendar for what’s on.
Bobby’s Coffee House
Ness Bobby-Rose serves incredible coffee and loose-leaf teas. Her sandwiches are lovingly designed in partnership with her suppliers, be it local farmers, growers or a recommendation made by the plethora of cultures that make up our diverse St. Botolph’s Quarter.
Like the taste? Want some of the ingredients for home? Simply speak to Ness to place an order with her suppliers!
The Game Keeper’s Daughter
Princes Trust award-winning chef Jess Noy is one of the region’s most promising up-and-coming talents.
Open from July 19th, specialising in Game, passionate about her new in-house smokery and offering an amazing array of vegetarian and vegan dishes, Jess will be offering regular foodie workshops and running our weekend kitchen, serving Brunch/Lunch every Saturday and Sunday.
Tatty Bojangles
Simon Collins runs Tatty Bojangles, a guerilla catering company serving Street Food from around the World, now available on Friday nights at the Waiting Room.
Each week Simon will collaborate with a specialist producer or procurer to make an authentic dish the very best it can be. Enlightening your taste buds while celebrating it’s provenance, history, heritage and what it represents.
Dave hosts.
Dave & Lisa Goddard run Dave hosts. a veteran caterering outfit from Tollesbury who joined the Waiting Room team to deliver our famous Fish Fridays (on the first Friday of every month).
Fresh Mersea catch of the day is served in a light crispy beer batter with triple cooked chips, mushy peas and tarte sauce, washed down with one of our locally produced lagers, ales, wines or in-house infusions.
It could be you…
Are you a food loving guru with an idea for a catering event? A producer in need of a certified kitchen? Are you a up-and-coming chef with the dream of running your own restaurant? We want to hear from you.
The Waiting Room kitchen is available for to use free of charge for those who are able demonstrate creativity, innovation and most importantly an understanding our ethos.