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Waterfront Restaurant and Coffee Shop


Special Event
Deliciously Yorkshire Dessert Club - Tuesday 04 February 2025, see below for details.

The Waterfront Restaurant, Bar and Coffee Shop are open to provide customers with food and refreshments in a comfortable and relaxed atmosphere. We pride ourselves in knowing we use sustainable packaging and locally sourced food wherever possible.

Every opportunity is taken to protect the environment and the businesses within our community in order to maintain a successful, safe future for all our students.

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Waterfront Events listings for 2024 – 2025 will be updated shortly for the reopening.  Check out what we have so far below. 

   

Coffee Shop Opening Times –

12:00noon – 13.30pm.

We will have a daily menu available including:

Freshly made sandwiches – various fillings – £3.50

Soup and a roll £3.00

Jacket potatoes – various fillings £4.00 Extra filling 50p served with a side salad

Grab and Go options

Cakes – tea, and coffees.

Welcome Back from All the Staff and Students

 

Waterfront Restaurant and Coffee Shop

Tuesday 10 December 2024 – Closed

Please Note

Due to a large evening event, the Restaurant and the Coffee shop will be closed on Tuesday the 10th of December for the day.

We will be open on the Monday through to Friday.

We apologise for any inconvenience and thank you for your support.

Emma Booth

Production Chef

Special Notices

Deliciously Yorkshire Dessert Club

Tuesday 04 February 2025

Yorkshire Dessert Club 040225

Thank you for your support

Christmas in the Waterfront

Monday 25 November 2024 – 17 December 2024

The Restaurant will only be available for Christmas lunches.

The Coffee Shop will have seating available and will serve a limited menu.

Soup and a Roll

Freshly Made Sandwiches

Christmas Baguette ; Turkey, Stuffing, Pigs in Blankets

Thank you for your support

 

Waterfront Events

What will you be doing on Tuesday 22 October 2024 17.00 – 19.00?

A. Enjoying the Waterfront Halloween Dessert Club Menu. mmmmmmm

What will you dare to try?

Spooky Caramel Apple Crumble

Brown Butter Doughnut, Pear and Cheese

Chocolate Delice, Blackberries, and Trick or Treat

as well as many other delicious offerings, yummy.

For bookings email waterfront@don.ac.uk or telephone 07549 035 728, a pre-order and deposit is required.

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We look forward to seeing you.

Arrival for 17:00, served at 17:30 – 19:00pm

This is not just dessert this is Nearly Winter Dessert.

From Beefy Yorkshire Puddings to Chocolate Cake, with Chocolate Sauce, Malted Ice Cream and Toasted Marshmallow

Book early to avoid disappointment.

Check out the full Nearly Winter Dessert Club Menu

For bookings email waterfront@don.ac.uk or telephone 07549 035 728, a pre-order and deposit is required.

Available Tuesday to Friday from 26th November to 17th December.

Please see our Christmas Lunch Menu by following the link below, bookings are now being taken, For bookings email waterfront@don.ac.uk or telephone 07549 035 728, a pre-order and deposit is required.

Christmas Lunch menu 2024

For bookings email waterfront@don.ac.uk or telephone 07549 035 728, a pre-order and deposit is required.

Details Coming Soon.

For bookings email waterfront@don.ac.uk or telephone 07549 035 728, a pre-order and deposit is required.

Details Coming Soon.

For bookings email waterfront@don.ac.uk or telephone 07549 035 728, a pre-order and deposit is required.

Details Coming Soon.

For bookings email waterfront@don.ac.uk or telephone 07549 035 728, a pre-order and deposit is required.

Waterfront Restaurant Roof Terrace

(Reopen October 2024)

From Monday 13 May 2024, our Waterfront Restaurant Roof Terrace will be open Monday to Thursday 11.30am till 13.00pm.

The newly developed outside eating oasis is a cheerful addition to the Waterfront areas, a spacious terraced area which is fitted with classic style picnic benches, provides a relaxing, welcoming open space during the pleasant weather. Come and join us for some al fresco dining.

 

About the Waterfront Restaurant and Coffee Shop

Our dishes and refreshments are carefully prepared and served by our Hospitality and Catering students studying a ranging of qualifications from level 1 to level 3 in Culinary Skills, Professional Cookery and Hospitality Supervision. Our facilities create many opportunities for the student experience, preparing them for a career within the industry and enabling them to become occupationally competent within all areas of the sector.

The Coffee Shop has been designed especially for our students, creating a holistic learning environment, preparing them for work in the commercial sector of Hospitality and Catering. We are proud of our charming Coffee Shop; it was designed and created to incorporate a modern but traditional setting which appeals to both internal and external customers. The Coffee Shop offers a tempting selection of freshly made soup, sandwiches, salads and daily specials. Our Italian Coffee Making machines, give our students the opportunity to learn a range of Barista skills, and our students are trained to prepare and serve good quality food, with the help of our very experienced and knowledgeable staff.

The flexibility of our spacious Waterfront Restaurant and bar enables us to provide not only seating for diners at lunch time but can be adapted for other occasions such as conferences, breakfast meetings, afternoon teas and special business dinners in the evening. The newly developed outside eating oasis is a cheerful addition to the Waterfront areas, a spacious terraced area which is fitted with classic style picnic benches, provides a relaxing, welcoming open space during the pleasant weather.

Our Events and Bookings

For information on booking a bespoke event at our facilities please contact using details at the bottom of the page.

Our theme evenings are ever increasingly popular, with our level 3 students providing a spectacular array of tastes, textures and creativity in the dishes they prepare.  These evenings are offered once a month on a Thursday at a very reasonable price.  Please see details of forthcoming events and menus. These evenings also lend themselves nicely for students to practice their dishes created for some of the many competitions our students take part in, see our events page and follow us on FacebookInstagram and Twitter.

Bookings and Enquiries

We are able to provide space and services for bespoke events in addition to our wide range of events in our calendar.

Whether you are interested in booking a place at one of our events or talking to us about hosting an event for you, please use the form to contact us, or email

waterfront@don.ac.uk directly

Telephone 07549035728

Contact: Waterfront
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