The Wharncliffe Restaurant

A restaurant unique to Rotherham where everything is cooked and served by our learners, under the guidance of our hospitality tutors and experts.

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I just wanted to reach out and say a huge thank you to you and your team for the excellent service you provided at our End of Year Celebration! I have received high praise from all our team who thoroughly enjoyed their time at The Wharncliffe on Friday, from the food to your team's hospitality everything was excellent! Thank you again!

Megan

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The Wharncliffe
Percy Street
Rotherham
S65 1ED

wharncliffe@rnngroup.ac.uk
01709 722767

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Please note that The Wharncliffe is now closed and will re-open in September 2026

Thank you to all of our guests that have joined us over the course of the 25/26 academic year, and we look forward to welcoming you back soon.

For any enquiries please email wharncliffe@rnngroup.ac.uk

Find Us

The Wharncliffe is a five-minute walk from the bus station.

Please visit Travel South Yorkshire to find the best bus route for you. We are also located approximately ten minutes from Rotherham Central train station (RMC).

We are perfectly located close to local amenities such as the Civic Theatre on Catherine Street, Clifton Park and the Museum.

The Wharncliffe has an excellent reputation for outstanding food and service and has been serving the local community for many years.

The restaurant – based in the centre of Rotherham and attached to Rotherham College – is a popular place for all members of our community to enjoy a fine dining experience.

Whether you want to refresh yourself with a morning coffee, unwind with friends for a relaxing drink, host a client for a lunch meeting, or even enjoy a three course meal in the evening before the theatre, The Wharncliffe’s new, modern and comfortable surroundings are the perfect place to do this. This restaurant is unique to Rotherham as everything is cooked and served by our learners under the guidance of our hospitality tutors and experts.

The Wharncliffe offers a range of special events throughout the year showcasing our learners talents as well as being open Wednesday to Friday during term time for coffee, lunch and dinner.

The menus are varied and exciting, using fresh local produce with excellent prices to match.

Please see our menus page for the latest information.

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The Wharncliffe

4.8

Based on 54 reviews

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graham long

1 year ago

Robin Cooper

2 years ago

Great food produced by students & staff at RCAT.

Claire Rose

2 years ago

vanessa lilley

2 years ago

Lovely food and great prices good by students well done chefs.

Peter Deehan

2 years ago

Went with friends on a Friday. The food is all prepared and cooked by culinary students and the price is an amazing £12.95 for three courses! For the lunchtime menu. The fish and chips was excellent, light beer batter and fresh fish that fell away in big flakes. Nice setting, good drinks selection and students trying hard to make your visit an enjoyable one. Absolute credit to them. I do think sadly though, that some people fail to remember that this is heavily discounted, quality food, in a lovely restaurant environment, so that the students can showcase their talents. Brilliant and highly recommended.

Lolagoldendiva 011

2 years ago

Dawn Ordish

3 years ago

Fantastic food. The chicken was the best I have ever eaten. Dessert was also to die for. Students couldn’t be more helpful. Excellent quality food and excellent value

Karen Johnson

3 years ago

Can not fault this place it was lovely and food was amazing at £15.95 for three course brilliant we are definitely coming back staff are lovely always there if you need them

Christian Brooks

3 years ago

Highly recommended, I wished they opened more nights.
The 3 course meal I had for £15.95 was beautiful presented and the food was cooked to perfection.
Staff attentive and is run like a well oiled machine.
Deffaintly try this if you have never been.

Tracey Newsome

3 years ago

I really want to keep this place to ourselves as it’s so good but you struggle to get booked in.
Please come, enjoy how much the wait staff want and do meet the expectations we have.
Food great and please tip they deserve it

Jasmine Bowers

3 years ago

What am amazing concept, will definitely be back. I had the scallops to start and it’s up there with one of the best starters I’ve ever had. Beef shin for main, absolutely delicious, fell apart, whole dish seasoned very well. My dessert was a peanut butter parfait and I’m so glad I went for that option. Everyone should be super proud.

Kiat

4 years ago

Good effort from the lads. A few rough edges, but that’s to be expected.

One star off a perfect 5, as the food was a tad overseasoned to my taste (the roasted tomato soup sweetness overpowered the subtler flavours, paprika? and the chips with the burger were well cooked but floppy and were unnecessarily oversalted, as we have salt on the table to add our own).

Having been to the Escoffier Room at Westminster College in London we know just how good an experience catering college dining can be. We’ll try and get back again on our next visit to the area to try their evening service.

Mark McLennan

5 years ago

Booked a table for 10 of us for my sons birthday and we had a great night, food, service and value for money were all excellent, was our first time visiting The Wharncliffe but we will definitively be back again soon. Thank you.

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