Spacebar Cocktails & Arcades
Cocktail bar and arcade on Waterloo Place with more than 50 arcade machines and consoles, signature cocktails, food and a weekly Thursday quiz.
About Spacebar Cocktails & Arcades
Spacebar is a cocktail bar and arcade on Waterloo Place in Sunderland city centre, in a building that was previously a snooker hall. It brings together more than 50 arcade machines and games consoles with a bar serving signature cocktails, and it has a food menu, so groups can eat, drink and play in the same place.
The bar runs a weekly smartphone quiz on Thursday evenings from 7pm, and it took part in Sunderland Cocktail Week in early 2026. It is closed to the public on Mondays, when it is used for private events, and opens from late afternoon on Tuesdays to Thursdays, with longer hours from Friday to Sunday and late opening on Friday and Saturday nights. Waterloo Place is a few minutes' walk from the Park Lane Interchange and the bars of Vine Place. Bookings, menus and event details are on its website.
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