Kaltur Wine Bar & Restaurant Dean Street in Newcastle upon Tyne

Great mix of classic tapas dishes and a wide selection of wines and drinks to go with them.

Amazing scran and service! Thanks to Nelly and Louisa for looking after us all night 🫶

Been here a few times and this last time was the best. The service was excellent, and the food was absolutely delicious and well paced. Really cosy as well.

Wow!!! What a place. Best tapas I've had outside of Malaga. The food is unreal, service class and the chefs are brilliant. We ate there twice in our weekend stay in Newcastle and already looking forward to our return. I would urge all who visit to give a big thumbs up to top sous chef, Conor. Not only an outstanding chef but great craic. Give it a go, I promise you won't be disappointed.

Gorgeous place to eat. Food was delicious and friendly and informative staff. Would definitely go again!

Amazing food and friendly staff. Great experience

I have never left a review before but unfortunately I had really bad food poisoning after getting the octopus on Saturday night. I was sick all night. In addition it was also a disappointed by the offering.

We had 2 glasses of white wine (£9.75 per glass!!) not at the right temperature, tasty but not special, very expensive. Patatas Bravas (£10.00) were mediocre, 3 mini Iberico ham croquettes (balls) (£10.00) were tasty, portion of Squid Rings with a kind of paprika powder (?) coating, tasteless and due to frying paprika powder was a kind of sandy, burnt become a shell. We didn't eat it... We were nicely offered something else for which we thanked. All in all, everything here is really overpriced for what you get! Not recommended.

Manuel is a legend. Perfect wine, perfect food, overall amazing experience despite it being a busy Restaurant Week night!! Very cosy intimate restaurant vibe - ideal for our date night. Thank you ❤️❤️

I’ve been a few times on special occasions and the food and service has been amazing. I was served by Louisa and she made an effort to explain the dishes to me while also making sure that our table had everything we needed. I also have to say her food recommendations were impeccable and I really enjoyed what I had order it was very tasty!

Except for the beer (Galicia star) and the music, the rest is bad. Service included. The Spanish omelette, in a puddle of egg, with lots of black peppercorns and raw onion. The olives are the worst quality there is. Although it is advertised: chamomile, black and red cuquillo... Nothing, just pitted. I don't recommend it at all.

Poor service (inattentive staff), low quality tasteless food and no atmosphere. I would not recommend and I will not be returning.

Beautiful food, superb knowledgeable service and a great wine selection.

Sorry to say we were disappointed with this restaurant. The tapas were ok, although nothing special, and pretty expensive. And as for the wine, the cheapest bottle was £33. We won't return.

Expensive and not much food for your money. Wine was nice but expensive too. Ordered cheese and meat board to share thinking it would be enough but there was hardly anything on it. We were still hungry afterwards so we ordered a Spanish omelette but it was was bland and tasteless. Spoke to manager about cheeseboard and was told it was imported from Spain so that was why it was £22. Clearly Brexit has a lot to answer for. Overall it's Overpriced.

Food was lush, wine was lush, services was lush. Coulsnt fault anything. The toilet the did smell a bit when you walked past them, but not off putting. Got two veg and two meat tapas along with some bread and it was plenty for two people.

Having eaten at Kaltur many times before we were looking forward to our meal last night, as it has been a while since we last visited. Last time we went the restaurant was fully booked, so walking in on a Friday night to find only 5 other tables occupied should have been a sign that things aren't up to the same standard anymore. The whole restaurant stunk of drains for a start which was extremely off-putting. We ordered 4 tapas, 3 of which came really quickly then we waiting ages for the Spanish tortilla to come (I actually chased it up in the end). It has always been a favourite dish for me in the past, but when it came it was so disappointing. It was completely unseasoned so tasted of nothing. When the waitress asked if it was ok I was honest and said no, it's not seasoned. She quickly said ok I'll take it off your bill and removed not only that dish, but our plates and cutlery too in quite an abrupt manner. I understand taking the dish away, but felt taking our plates away was a bit unnecessary? She did end up bringing clean plates and cutlery so we could finish the rest of our other dishes. Sadly having rated them highly before, we won't be back after our experience last night.

Came for a quick bite and some wine with my business partners and had a great time. The atmosphere of the restaurant was great; busy but not too loud. Our waitress Lucia made excellent wine recommendations. Food was delicious especially Iberico Pork. Most importantly it’s conveniently close to our hotel at Grey Street. Cannot recommend highly enough & will definitely be coming back next time we are in Newcastle!

Had originally reviewed this place as 5*, I stand by that for the food and atmosphere on the evening we were there, however, absolutely disgusted by the Manager here, the same person that served us back in January when we went. I have been here many times across the two venues in Newcastle since my initial visit so when I was meeting a friend for lunch, it seemed like a no brainer. The friend ended up being ill and having to go to hospital, so we had to reschedule. At 8am when I got up for work tried to change via the email link and it didn’t work. Tried from 8am - 11am to cancel the booking by phone. Eventually at 11.05 the manager answered. I explained the situation and she said we would still be charged the £20 cancellation fee. Explained again why we were cancelling and that this was due to the email link not working. She said rules were rules and I had to understand that. She then called me a liar and said the system was working. I asked for her name and she refused to give me it. I asked to speak to the Manager to complain to be told she was the Manager. I asked for Head Office details to make a complaint about the appalling customer service to be told they don’t have one. Eventually, after 10 minutes, she said she can’t waive it because the system won’t allow it. I suggested she move my booking to later in the day and cancel it which she finally did, but not before saying to me that “next time I really need to give them more notice”. When I again explained that this was a circumstance that was not foreseeable, that I had tried from 8am (4.5 hours before my booking which you are meant to be able to amend or cancel up until 4pm) to cancel the booking via the email link and that if they are going to enforce this policy in a genuine emergency and their system was not working then they should have a 24/7 booking line in case of this. I also pointed out that even though this was an emergency situation (granted not life threatening) I had still had the courtesy to try and contact them where many other people wouldn’t have. She then said again that “rules are rules”. After her “computer says no” attitude and total lack of basic customer service skills or empathy in this situation, I will not be setting foot in that place again.

Menu doesn't make sense specials are not mains arrive together with starters. What hit me is arrival of beef before fish tartare. Tapas is to share by definition but where share options are available I expect individual orders to arrive together I waited 40 min for tartare where beef was dead twice by then

The food was decent but we had to wait ~1h for a tuna tartare, which was just guacamole wasabi with raw fish. Menu is confusing, specials are not mentioned to arrive with straters and we had to wait a long time for the other dish to arrive.

Excellent food, reasonably priced and great staff.

This wine bar has a lovely aesthetic with lots of wine on display and looks beautiful. The waitresses were all very polite and tried to be helpful. Unfortunately the food didn't deliver for me. I asked for a recommendation of red wine and was duly provided with a 'full bodied' wine I'd asked for but the waitress couldn't tell me which type of wine it was without checking the bottle or where it was from. For the price point I would expect much more both for the food and the wine knowledge.

Amazing food and drinks, the dessert wine was especially fantastic. Also thank you to Brandon for the fantastic service. Will be back again soon.

What a huge fall from grace! Last visited at the High Bridge restaurant where the food and service were transportative to Spain. It is therefore massively disappointing to have experienced inattentive staff, in a brightly lit echo chamberbat the Dean Street restaurant. The food was barely OK, yet expensive. I'd like to think it was just that english Tapas experience of having to order everything at once rather than what you fancy when you fancy it as in a real tapas restaurant, but no it was just poor. Overly chilled embutidos, salt cold that barely ever had gills, and cowardly bravas. The berenja was excellent as was the wine list. Sadly this couldn't save our experience. The waiter asked how our meal was and was thrilled to hear it was "barely OK" . Glib is a good summary.

Amazing authentic Spanish food 🇪🇸💃🥘

Like a little part of Valencia in the middle of Newcastle, magical!

Excellent food and service. In Newcastle on business from NYC and thoroughly enjoyed our evening, with the team from the office.

Luisa was amazing, her customer service was second to none. She remembered a comment my friend (birthday boy) made about a dish they serve and when it wasnt just how he remembered it, had it re made. She made us laugh and was very knowledgeable of the menu, making some great recommendations. As a group of people who work in the industry, Luisa is a very rare find... please look after her and give her the credit that is absolutely due!

The pork cheek is unreal, so tasty 😋 a bit pricy for me 😂 but the food lush! 👍

The Spanish food at this tapas restaurant is well presented, tasty and the staff courteous and knowledgeable. The wine list is extensive and features a range of good wines from across Spain. Be prepared for dishes to be served whenever they are ready rather than in traditional courses. I think this is a smashing place to dine.

All in all, a good experience. The wine menu was a little overwhelming, but the waitress took the time to explain and advise. The food was tasty but probably a bit overpriced, but the service and atmosphere was great.

Not your standard tapas, really nice mix of new and different dishes. The restaurant itself was a bit bright which didn't help the atmosphere but the staff were friendly and really knowledgeable. Probably better for a group night out rather than a romantic meal

We had lunch here after a Christmas shopping expedition. Tapas experiences have been mixed in the past, especially in Newcastle, but this one was exactly what we wanted. We chose 2 main courses each with some bread and a bottle of wine. All the courses were excellent, especially the Pork cheeks and the squid. Our waitress, Carolina, was extremely attentive and helped us to navigate the menu and wine list which added to the whole experience. If you are looking for an authentic Tapas experience, this is the one, food, wine, service and atmosphere were all excellent. We will return with the family.

Very underwhelming. The nibbles were fine (olives, bread, charcuterie) but we weren’t impressed by the cooked dishes. The tortilla was especially disappointing (how do you mess up an omelette?!) and several of the fish dishes were inedible and sent back. Although to be fair the waitress was very happy to take them off the bill. Also one of our party saw the chef leave the bathroom without washing his hands. Off putting to say the least! Plus it’s expensive. I’m assuming the chef must have changed recently as the older reviews are great but the more recent reviews are all bad, now I understand why

Nice food but highly overpriced. My fault, I should have looked at the menus before booking. I must be behind the times, but to me, I'd expect to pay £7-£10 per tapas dish. Here it's about £17 per dish. Service charge auto added to the bill for 2 people, which I wouldn't expect either. Fair enough for a group of 4 or 6 +. And then when I asked the waitress to remove the service charge so that I could determine my own tip (I changed the 10% added, to 8.6% and a round figure), I don't expect that to turn into a back-biting conversation between staff when I'm still in the restaurant either, as if I've done something wrong. The food we had was nice. I just think they've stretched the pricing boundaries for what you get. For £17 per dish I'd say that's a main course price in most restaurants, not a tasting plate. I like small venues, but this felt cramped and not a particularly pleasant environment. We weren't asked if we wanted to hang up our bulky coats either. Good food, so so service, and all felt quite rushed. We were in and out after 5 plates in 45-50mins. Went on recommendation from someone who'd been to the other Newcastle venue, but we're highly unlikely to revisit or recommend unfortunately.

Muy buen restaurante con acento español, vinos españoles (ribera, riojas, rías baixas, etc) amables y simpáticos. Un puntazo la cerveza (estrella galicia)

Lovely dinner here! Great vegetarian options!

First class at every level Wonderful service Excellent food Great choice of wine Had a really good night would highly recommend

Carolina is a fantastic waitress & the chefs make some banngin food! 20/10 will be back soon ❤️

Came here 2 nights ago for dinner - it was restaurant week. The service was REALLY poor and close to being rude ( also quite slow. The food was really disappointing- the quality of the products was really not that good. We got the charcuterie ( nothing special) and the tartare which didn’t taste fresh at all. A shame because it was my second time, and I had a really good experience during my first time!

Amazing food very helpful and friendly staff team. Great wine selection we enjoyed celebrating our birthday's here. Will definitely visit again

Wonderful food and service Some of the best tapas excellent selection and the paella was brilliant Would recommend a visit here

Was so disappointed, we really wanted to enjoy our meal, but we didn’t enjoy anything we ordered.

Very good food and excellent wine.

Beautiful ingredients, treated with real care and respect. Lovely relaxed vibe with attentive and knowledgeable staff.

Un lugar muy acogedor, atención por el personal correcto y cercano. La comida muy muy buena, las croquetas mejor que muchos restaurantes en españa, y conozco bien la gastronomía, cerveza de primera y materias prima en general muy buenas. Cantidades de las raciones bastante bien, tiempos de espera correctos y en general relación calidad precio muy bien.

Not the best tapas restaurant in Newcastle in my opinion. Expensive food with fragrant flavours but it was disappointing. It wasn’t anything special and I don’t think it’s worth the prices. They put a service charge on that they won’t take off, think it was about 10% per head. It was recommended that we got two plates each but I think three would have been better. I felt like I ate just enough but felt as though I’d be hungry later on. A knife was accidentally dropped on me by the waiter too 😳…I didn’t feel like it was massively authentic tapas food and would rather go elsewhere next time.

The service and the food is amazing. Great for s dinner date x

Popped in this place & got seats opposite the chef. He recommended dishes to have, and his choices were quality !! Spend a couple of hours here, a great little place. Will defo drop by place again next time I’m up Newcastle. Thanks Declan & good luck to you fella

Dismissive comments from staff regarding our complaints about sediment in the red wine

Fab lil place for a post dinner drink. Sat watching at the kitchen table was cool. Would like to go back for food as Spanish tapas is one of my favs!

Table of 8. Told 30 mins into reservation we only had the table for an hour and a half total. Food hadn’t even been ordered at this point. 3 main menus between 8 of us. Were told after ordering that items were sold out rather than before. Were then told we had a total of 2 hours at the table, no apology from waiter. We were out for a special occasion so the faff was frustrating. Had to remind waiter of drink orders, had to go up to him to ask for more drinks. Octopus was really over cooked and overly salty, with it being one of the more expensive items on the menu I expected more. Lamb was lovely. Prawns were unreal. Lovely olives. Good wine selection. Service charge was 10% for pretty poor service. Would not really recommend. Plenty of other restaurants around the area with a nicer experience, better staff and great food for a similar price as well.

Just fantastic.. Sat on the high stools and watched as the chefs created their magic. Food was amazing, great help from the waiter with what to order and honest to say we ordered too much for two people. The cheese and meat board was 😍 as was the rest of the tapas.. highly recommended and we will definitely visit again when we're back in the toon..

Our favourite restaurant in Newcastle. We have been here 5 or so times and is our go to when we want to impress friends and family with what Newcastle has to offer.

Best spanish restaurant in Newcastle by a mile!

By far the best tapas I have ever had, will 100% be returning!

Nice little place for good tapas in the centre of Newcastle

Went during restaurant week and I have never been more disappointed. I've been to Kaltur before (not during restaurant week) and always felt very impressed. This time however it was a total disaster. For £20pp we barely got any food... (see pictures of 4 tapas). Knowing how big the portions normally are (e.g. The pigs cheek) by boyfriends versión of it wasn't even half of the normal size. Same with everything else really. It was very disappointing to know, what it could have been. Instead we felt cheated on and honestly don't think I can ever go back after this. Staff also seemed very grumpy, and the whole experience lasted less than 30 minutes... (because there was nothing to eat) 😅 Absolutely devastated and disappointed by this, having been a loyal customer prior.

Went for restaurant week and got 3 tapas for £20. It was a real bargain at this price! Food was excellent and service was great even though they were clearly very busy. 10/10 would recommend and I'll be back outside of restaurant week as well!

Lovely food - went on Restaurant week but will defo be back. Food was lovely and staff were great - if you like tapas.....go for it!!

Excellent tapas-style restaurant with a massive wine list. Everything we tried was delicious and reasonably priced, and the staff were really helpful and welcoming. Highly recommend!! (Patatas Bravas were out of this world)

Delicious dessert, almond cake with warm chocolate and quince ice cream.... excellent service and friendly chef. Looking forward to returning. It has a warm and cheery ambience.

Brilliant little wine bar and tapas restaurant. Really easy to find near the bridge on Dean street. Has a massive range of red, white and rose wines that adorn the walls. The food is really reasonably priced and absolutely delicious. We had the Padron peppers, Olive selection, Bread basket, Spanish Tortilla, Chorizo, Calamari and the Patatas Bravas and were absolutely stuffed between two people. My personal favourite was the Patatas Bravas , insane!

Absolutely delicious. Watched it all being loving prepared. Wonderful experience

I hadn't seen this place before but when a goup of Catalan friends visited from Spain for a few days and they wanted food, I suggested "The one opposite the car park". What a find and I'm so pleased we went there!! Fantastic tapas and the service was excellent!! Croquetas de pollo were delicious, as was the bread, las patatas bravas, calamares and gambas. All of the tapas were amazing and fresh and my Catalan friends were highly impressed. The portions are a noce size and larger than you find in Spain. Everyone should go ... but just not when I'm going as I want to be able to get back in 😉

Our first visit to Newcastle and to Kaltur. Loved it. Manager was excellent

Very disappointing meal, sent the patatas bravas back for being burnt, then had to do the same with the garlic prawns. Disgusting burnt taste in both dishes, and the latter was sent with 2 end pieces of bread cut into small pieces. Gentleman on another table had them perfectly cooked and with at least 3x as much bread, so not sure why ours was so different. Comparing the pictures with other reviews and they’re a completely different colour! Not worth the price when Cafe Andaluz is up the road and much better value.

Delicious food, cooked right in front of you, fab!

Delicious quality spanish food and tapas and a great host.

Amazing food and service as always ! If your looking for trully fresh (not pre made or microwaved) and authentic spanish food look no further !! Absolutely beautiful 😍 the staff service and knowledge of the food and wines are also superb, as is their fresh made bread ! Go!

Was on a holiday with friends in Newcastle and this place gave us the perfect dinner to wrap up the holiday on a high. Great service from the staff and good prices

The food was INCREDIBLE! Everything we ate was beautiful, light, really full of flavour and melted in the mouth.. every mouthful was balanced. We had the mixed charcuterie and cheese board - a great selection. The olives were like no olive I've ever eaten, so juicey. The battered aubergine was amazing, as where the prawns, the pork and even the potatoes with chorizo and egg, oh and the Rose cava balanced it all. Everything was beautiful. The service was great too. They do add a service charge to the bill but it was so good I didn't mind.

Absolutely amazing 😊❗️From the tapas to the homemade bread, delicious olives, and red wine sangria…. I can’t give enough compliments. This really is the best of the best!

Loved this place, portions were generous, staff were great, food was excellent

Found this lovely place and the food was amazing, staff very welcoming and helpful.

Incredible food and service + vibrant selection of dishes. Definitely recommend sizzling prawns and patatas bravas (maybe some padron peppers too...and some pork cheeks...okay it's all great)

Delicious tapas, cool setting and brilliant service, highly recommend

Incredible food. Staff were so attentive and friendly, helping us pick a dish. The best slow roasted pork belly I've ever tasted. We'll definitely be back.

All fur coat and no knickers. Really. Ordered the Mussels from the ‘Specials’ menu and the dish comprised of cold mussels on crisps with sad even colder onions. Kaltur is a Spanish dwarf compared to the supreme Cafe Andaluz 200m up the road. We paid £90 for an average meal. Staff were pleasant.

Recommended to Kaktur, really top dishes and an excellent wine list. Thoroughly enjoyed, Iberico pork was outstanding. Service top too.

Fantastic food, wine and service, highly recommend.

Incredibly attentive and informative staff, the food and wine was simply amazing (among the best we have ever had). Highly recommended

Excellent!!! Used to live in Newcastle and was back for a visit - still fabulous food!

Really great experience - lovely food and ambiance. Would recommend!

Excellent, interesting tapas, a cool location and an awesome wine selection with knowledgeable waiters

Food was good and fresh. A little expensive for what you get but service was good.

I just popped in for a glass of wine and some patatas bravas . The customer service was great and the wine and food really good quality . I’ve seen mixed reviews but the sample of food and wine I had was top rate . Nice decor too - modern and not the overly contrived Spanish look .

I rarely do reviews however after visiting on Monday 13th Feb, I wanted to give a special shout out to all the staff and chefs at Kaltur. When I called on the afternoon itself I wasn't expecting a table to be free (especially when I mentioned we would need pram space) however the chap I spoke to said he would happily make room at the bar for us and had it free within the half hour. When arrived we were even more pleased to see we had the best seat in the house overlooking the kitchen where the chefs worked their magic. From start to finish, all the staff were incredibly friendly and made us feel really comfortable with having our 7 month old with us. They kept our little boy entertained throughout and all the choices we had for food that was recommended by the chefs were amazing. Even when really busy, they made a massive effort to speak with us and entertain the little one including giving him some bits to try. One of the best experiences we've had and will be back many times over!

Great little Spanish tapas bar. Good food and wine and nice staff. A little pricey.

Dont book after 9pm. 5th year wedding anniversary wrecked. We booked table for 9.30. Got there to be told by one of the chefs it had close 30 mins before. No calls! Horrensdous service!

Terrible. Terrible. Worst experience. Booked table. Paid deposit. We turn up and they had decided to close 30 mins before. Terrible. We left a show early because show over ran because it overran. Fuming. No phone call or anything. No respect.

Great place and a lovely welcome on an Xmas eve.

We visited on December 6th after my daughter's Masters degree ceremony at Newcastle university. At 1pm we were greeted warmly, our coats were taken & hung up, my daughter was given a glass of Cava on the house. It was very busy & downstairs there is also & kitchen with more tables which I imagine is used on an evening.Food was absolutely amazing, we shared tapas dishes between 3 of us. They arrived at intervals which was perfect for us. Very reasonable price too. Would highly recommend & certainly visit again. Thank you for making it special ❤️

Good food, good ambience, friendly staff but wines are overpriced.

Great Spanish Tapas. As a recent vegetarian convert I was a bit concerned that the menu might be lacking in veggie choices but we needn't have worried. The food was amazing, highlights being the tempura aubergine and a great mushroom risotto. The choice of wines is incredible and listed by region with a wine to suit every budget. Sitting at the bar it was great to watch the chefs working their magic. Highly recommended!

Loved this place, excellent food and service

Excellent food with lots of choice Friendly staff Highly recommended

Great place, authentic food and flavours, nice friendly service, nice setting. Maybe needs 1 less table in place though as staff almost lost control of the business, but they did manage just about.

Delicious tapas food, great ambience and good service