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The Waiting Room Coffee Bar

134 Deptford High St, London SE8 3PQ, UK4.7 (662 reviews)020 3601 0100websitemap

All-vegan Deptford coffee bar and diner — brunch, seitan-based comfort food, a lively bar with quiz nights and happy hour, and a garden.

Why it's listed: All-vegan cafe in Deptford; tofu scramble, seitan burger

Profile last updated 15 July 2026.

The Waiting Room Coffee Bar — photo
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The business claims it

Structured facts from the listing and website.

Cuisine style
All-vegan coffee bar and cafe — brunch, seitan/'chickn' comfort food and bagels, plus a bar
BBQ seitan burger and the spicy maiden bagelreviews
Kitchen-wide dietary regime
vegan
even my non vegan boyfriend loved itreviews
Service modes offered
dine in · takeaway
cafetypes
Classes, workshops & events
quiz night (with a stand-out host), running late into the evening
we went for the quiz night... which is open until 10pmreviews
Alcohol policy
licensed
a lively bar... the drinks are really fairly pricedreviews
Price band
budget
the drinks are really fairly priced (especially if you go during happy hour)reviews
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Customers reveal it

Recurring signal mined from real reviews — with receipts.

Atmosphere as customers describe it
Chilled and relaxed; a cosy coffeehouse crossed with a lively bar, plus a garden.
cozy coffeehouse with a lively bar... such a lovely gardenreviews
Occasions customers use it for
brunch · quiz night · casual drinks
we went for the quiz night (the host is 10/10)reviews
Dishes customers name repeatedly
scrambled tofu brunch · BBQ seitan burger · chickn wings with buffalo sauce · spicy maiden bagel · seitanic wings
fabulous brunch of scrambled tofu, battered saysages, spinach, mushrooms and beansreviews
Mock-meat / meat-substitute dishes
Seitan-based mock meats feature heavily — BBQ 'seitan' burger, 'seitanic wings', 'chickn' wings — plus scrambled tofu. House-made vs bought-in not publicly stated.
Chickn lickn and the Champ bagel with Seitanic Wingsreviews
Service character as customers describe it
Lovely, welcoming staff and impressively quick service.
the staff are sooo lovely... Service was really quickreviews
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Only the owner knows it

Questions we hold for the kitchen itself. Unanswered until they answer.

We're holding 9 questions for the owner — families & kids, best occasions & the vibe, vegan, coeliac & allergy options, why choose you, groups, private hire & catering, booking or walk-in?, good to know before you visit, must-order dishes, made in-house & sourcing — and will publish the answers here once confirmed.