From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsomething is (well) worth waiting forsomething is (well) worth waiting forspokenGOOD/EXCELLENT used to say that something is very good, even though it takes a long time to come Their new album was worth waiting for. → wait
Examples from the Corpus
something is (well) worth waiting for• Tuesday night's Boston-Chicago game was worth waiting for.• Something worth having is worth waiting for. 