Kaltur Wine Bar & Restaurant High Bridge in Newcastle upon Tyne

Great value tapas with decent variety.

One of the nicest places in Newcastle! Lovely food, atmosphere and staff. Much appreciated help with a small problem I had. Many thanks for being so kind to me and Biscuit!

Lively intimate restaurant, delicious food and lovely service.

Fantastic dinner, great food, atmosphere and service. Thanks for a great evening!

Left the restaurant in tears. How upsetting - I have been going to Kaltur with family and my other half since 2017, when the service was exceptional and the food was amazing. The food today was still okay, however, the prawns were held back by the waitress to be brought out last, meaning they could not be eaten with the cold patatas bravas and tomato bread. But first and foremost, I warn you, do not turn up as a walk-in asking if they have a table after a long day at work as you will be accused of being "rude". Despite being nothing but a quiet and content diner, enjoying the flamenco music and messaging my husband about how relaxed I was to be there. Even after the slow service, I was about to order a dessert and another drink, until after mentioning the late arrival of the prawns, I was immediately accused of being "rude" which I have never been told in response to a polite complaint. I am offended and also, in hindsight, unimpressed with how the service and food has declined that I won't be returning. I lived in Barcelona for 3 years and this food has gone from being authentic to mediocre tapas nowadays. How sad, as it has been earmarked as a place for birthdays and anniversaries for years gone by. No more after such careless service.

Gorgeous food and absolutely excellent service. First class.

Very good food, Staff was not flexible to make changes and improve the table, I do not recommend sitting at the bar next to the open kitchen. It is uncomfortable and hot. good service

Beautifully cooked food and fantastic service. The patatas bravas with deep garlicky sauce were off the scale. Tempura cod came with a lovely ratatouille and the cheese board had some lovely additions such as a confit onion dip.

First visit for a birthday occasion and we were not disappointed. Great friendly service and delicious food that seemed to get better as we went on. Good selection of wine also.

Absolutely amazing food, service was incredible, the staff was so lovely with me. Would highly recommend!

Great great restaurant. Great wine selection and super friendly team. Had a lovely meal here with my partner. Would recommend the lamb and the tomato bread.

My friends and I were really excited to try this place. A rude waitress accused us of being too drunk and said she wouldn’t serve us if we drank too much more. We were simply having a laugh and had not had a drink before arriving. We left straight away.

Honestly the best meal I’ve ever eaten like go here right now

17 pound for a few prawns and some bread you could go bowling with , are you serious? 34 pound for the prawns, a wine and patatas bravas never again. And if you're solo, you're parked at a window ledge . Go elsewhere.

A place to be when you will visit Newcastle. Very nice and friendly people welcome you and explain you all the details of the food and wine menu! Delicious food prepared in front of you in the open kitchen! In 3 words "Place to Be"

Stopped off as part of a Triple A Food Tour, really nice food, and sangria

Lovely food and generous portion sizes.

My partner and I visit Kaltur frequently and absolutely love it! The staff are very attentive and informative and the food never disappoints.

Best Tapas restaurant. Great service!

Popped in for an early evening dinner. Restaurant looks very quaint and cosy. Wine selections were good. The Blue Garcia white wine was particularly nice. Food was very good although I found it to be very over priced. £16 for tapas beef stew is steep. We paid £81 for 5 tapas bowls and 2 glasses of wine. Which I feel is too exspensive. The quality of the food was good and very tasty and would recommend if you love Spanish food. The tempura aubergine were by far my favourite. Some of the crochets had no ham at all...mostly cheese. Patatas bravas was nice enough. The beef stew although exspensive was delicious. The garlic oil prawns were bland but cooked well. Staff were attentive. Overall we had a lovely experience the only downside as said before was its a little pricey. Don't think we would return for that reason.

Great little find! I would describe this place as higher end stylish tapas style dining. I was made to feel very welcome, the food was delicious and prompt too. I will definitely be going back here again.

Food here is some of the best I've had in Newcastle. Tuna tartare, lamb, ham croquettes, bread with mushrooms all spot on. We had 3 drinks. 2 gins and 1 vodka. The only strange thing was that my friend who got the 2 gins asked for the same thing twice but got 50ml the first time at 9.50 then 35ml the second time at 7.50ish. No explanation really.... Bill came to £44 each which I was happy to pay for the brill food and lovely experience. Service was brill too from the lovely waitress on Saturday. We would have paid a fair bit more if we had got the recommended number of Tapas (I wasn't that hungry at this visit) This branch is smaller and more intimate than the Dean Street branch (so they probably didn't appreciate me on the centre high table regaling my mate with hilarious tales 😂). Has the same very cool vibe - white painted osb tales, bright and classy. Right next to the bigg market too. Booking essential Highly recommend

Unfortunately a bit of a let down for us, we attended during restaurant week on a Saturday evening, on our arrival we were informed there was no prawn or pork dishes! We ordered our food and after eating pointed out we had not received our tortilla . It came 25 minutes later, we asked for dessert menu and like before were told they had no crème brûlée! Such a shame as we had looked forward to this experience all week.

Wide range of wine & spirits. Really helpful when choosing the wine for the meal.

The restaurant allowed bookings until 10pm, we had booked for 9.30 but were late as a result of the taxi and traffic. We had been told on the phone at 9.45 that the kitchen was still open until 10pm. We arrived to the restaurant before that time but despite the restaurant being open for a further hour, we were turned away. Won't be going back there.

Awful, would never go back. It took over 40 minuets for the first two tapas to come after we were told ‘it’s tapas, you have to wait’ repeatedly by the rude waitress. A £40 bottle of wine had sediment in it and tasted worse than a £12 house bottle of red from an Italian. We ordered a course that never arrived, the water tap didn’t work in the toilets. The food was bland and unseasoned. Absolute disaster, wouldn’t recommend it to my worst enemy!

I have always walked down the street in front of the restaurant and it always caught my attention to eat authentic Iberian ham since it looked spectacular in the display case, we booked the other night, and the truth was a bad experience, unfortunately we did not make a good choice when ordering the food, the prawns were small without salt, the ham looked like raw meat fillets, the croquettes melted on the fork, the cold bread, and finally the lamb had onions that were not caramelized are burnt onion. It was disappointing for me since I am Spanish and it is really a pity that the dishes come out like this since the prices are high they could make an effort to care and serve the customer better. It is a constructive opinion so that the owner can improve the quality of food

Absolutely lovely tapas here with very friendly and attentive service. Some of the best patatas bravas we’ve had, cooked to perfection! We thought the two standout dishes were the tuna tartare with wasabi guacamole and the pork cheek, so good! The Galician steak was also incredible, what a flavour! We’ll definitely be going back!

Superb service and once again the food was sublime. The best Spanish restaurant in Newcastle.

One of the best restaurants in Newcastle ❤️ We ordered about 10 dishes and everything was delicious!!! Highly recommend this place. It exceeded my expectations. I will definitely come back for more 😊

No ham, no squid. Kinda the main reason we chose tapas. Some people sat down and left when they realised. What we did have was good, good service. Wine ok. Just very mediocre, nothing to shout about.

Very nice food. 3-4 plates between two people is more than enough. We went for 5 plates and could only manage half on each. Really nice ambience as well. Would definitely go back.

Nice food but not so amazing given the price&portion - taste 4 stars The waitress wasn’t that friendly.

Spanish tapas with a twist. Overall very good food, my compliments to the chef. Lights were a bit too dim for our taste. Prices too high for the small amounts served.

This was a nice venue for date night. The food was nice and having each dish come out as it’s ready made it easy to appreciate each item. The cheese board was a highlight, definitely worth it and more than enough cheese for 2 people. However, I can’t recommend it for a *first* date as the place is quite small/noisy, so you wouldn’t be able to hear each other well, lol. It has a great atmosphere though and felt very cozy. The service could have been better, we had to flag down waiter each time we wanted to order a drink or ask for water, and there was a miscommunication with the kitchen about the availability of a dish (which was kindly rectified on the bill, anyways). Nice wine list. I would take a friend visiting here and I would come again.

Fast paced, low quality and overpriced. More of a British fast food restaurant than an authentic Spanish tapas bar.

My wife and I have been to both Kaltur restaurants and each time we have really enjoyed what is as near an authentic Spanish experience as you can get in Newcastle. Someone complained about dishes coming out at different times, well that is what you would get in Spain. Some of the food we have tried was not really to our liking but we were trying items we would not normally choose. The food prices are very reasonable with larger portions than you get in other tapas restaurants in the area. I do have one complaint and that is the wine prices which is one of my pet grumbles wherever we eat.The mark up for simply allowing you the use of a couple wine glasses is ridiculous. A bottle of wine you can buy from them at £17 is £32 on the table in the restaurant. To get that extra star they need to charge less for the wine and we would probably eat and drink more!

Great Tapas with lovely wine. The kitchen is open and it’s a delight to see the team prepare the food.

Always love a trip to Kaltur. Great service, superb food, comfortably the best Spanish tapas in Newcastle.

Always wonderful food and service. There is a gent who works there and his memory is first class. He is always on hand to recommend a wine and remember what we had last time. Always a great experience.

Full disclosure first of all: I was recommended this restaurant by my nephew who used to work with the chef. He told me he was one of the finest chef's he'd worked under so how can you not follow up on that. The High Bridge restaurant itself is beautifully decorated and compact and we ended up being perched at what may have used to be the kitchen hatch. I'm not going to lie, when we saw it I was a little bit wary that we'd been shoehorned in to the only space they had but it turned out to make the meal so much better (which is a feat in itself - see below) as we got to see how the kitchen worked and got our food handed to us literally fresh off the stove by the chef. Anyway, enough about the restaurant..... Most tapas places you go to have miniscule portions. It's a case of "We recommend 12- 15 dishes each to fill up a mouse" so I usually go heavy on the bread. This is not needed at Kaltur. We ordered 5 dishes in addition to the bread (Patatas Bravas, Iberico pork cheek with smooth spicy cinnamon sauce and crispy fried potato, Huevos rotos with black pudding and.... some other things I can't remember but are in the photo below) and we were honestly stuffed after the fourth dish. It was a battle to eat the pork cheek but I'm always willing to take one for the team. And so much so I had a cake with my coffee afterwards. The standard of food was honestly amazing. Because we could talk face to face with the chef he was probably bored from hearing me gush over his cooking for 2 hours. I refuse to use the phrase "melt in your mouth" but the pork cheek..... well, I'll leave it there. And the Huevos rotos is a must for anyone who likes black pudding. The whole meal was £90 for 2 - including a bottle of wine - which, admittedly, is pricier than your average high street chain tapas restaurant but it was completely worth it. My partner is still raving about it 5 days later. Believe my review, believe my partner, believe my nephew and believe the high score on here - Kaltur is a must in Newcastle

Excellent food. Drink service atmosphere

20/08/2021 Extremely disappointing as travelled from North shields after viewing menu on line only to find lots of items changed or missing?? And the prices had increased quite significantly. When this was explained to staff I was told nothing had changed even when online menu was shown! the staff member then tried to convince myself that pork cheek was the same as pork ribs!! really? The food however was good although the 3 dishes ordered were delivered at different times spoiling the experience. Please update your online menu to reflect your restaurant menu and avoid £40 in taxi fairs and a disappointing experience.

Epic wine list and incredible food, all packed into a super cute restaurant with very attentive staff.

Great authentic Spanish food!!!! They are also Spanish food importers. A must in Newcastle. Totally recomendable.

Kaltur began their corporate lives as importers of authentic Spanish products to the UK restaurant and home foodie market and recently they’ve branched out into cooking and serving Spanish cuisine in High Bridge Street in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK. I’d first read about Kaltur over at Secret Diner, which is a guide to the eateries of the North East of England. As I was due to be in the region for a couple of days in early July I thought I’d give it a try. It being a Thursday evening I didn’t book in advance but was warned by one of my fellow diners that without a reservation we were unlikely to get a table, Newcastle being party central any night of the week. A phone call two minutes later confirmed that they were full, save for three places ‘at the bar’. Well that seemed a shame but we decided it would do as we had no plan B and were feeling ready to eat. In the event I could not have been happier, if they given us the best table in the house. The restaurant is tiny and these three seats ‘at the bar’, which is really ‘the pass’, gave us a commanding view of the entire place out of the corner of one eye as well as a bird’s eye view of the kitchen and the opportunity to interact with the two chefs who worked in the smallest space imaginable to produce an array of mouthwatering tapas dishes for us to try. Sometimes you can ascertain whether or not restaurant staff can be trusted, at first sight. In this case all of the guys here, including the off duty waiter who’d called in with his grandfather to have a glass of wine gave us such a warm and friendly welcome that they immediately won our confidence. The menu is extensive and consists of lots of interesting tapas/rationes sized dishes and few main courses. We couldn’t decide what to choose so suggested to the chef that he simply keep passing us little dishes from his side of the ‘bar’ to ours until we tell him to stop. We ordered a bottle of wine (recommended by the young off-duty guy mentioned earlier) and then battle commenced with a couple of servings of Jamon Iberico Guijelo carved from the leg which was positioned just in front of me at the bar. It was all I could do to stop myself hacking off the occasional slice as the meal progressed. Rosy salty/sweet meat with a delicate aroma typical of the hams from this colder region of Spain and with the taste of the acorns on which the little piggy had dined before sacrificing itself for my pleasure. This was one of those occasions when it was very easy to simply dive in and start eating whilst forgetting to take a photograph or two to hare with readers. I did manage a few though. So in summary, this little place goes right to the top of my list of places to eat when I’m in the area. It’s fun, serves great dishes, has a great attitude to food and is very reasonably priced.

Really enjoyed coming here, the tapas was delicious. The gent who served us, who I think was the owner was very friendly. We enjoyed it so much we returned for a meat and cheese charcuterie board the following afternoon. Would reccomend. Thank you

Gorgeous food. Lovely intimate restaurant, friendly staff.

Great waiter offering good wine selection with very tasty food. A good option for dinner

Bang average, ribs were just bone, churros tasted like calamari - and don't add a tip to the bill and make it awkward for the customer, this isn't the USA. Service was good, pay them right!

Superb food; excellent informative service. Good COVID procedures.

Authentic Spanish quisine and the best bottle of wine I've had in a restaurant for a long time.

Remind us of our travels round Spain! This place has never failed to suprise us with the quality of food. The staff are friendly and can always recommend a good wine to match the food! Delightful every time!

Decent food but poor and unwelcoming service. The food is good - not excellent - but the service, considering how small a venue this is - would not put it on my "one to recommend" list. For the same price per head there are many other places in Newcastle you'd be better off spending your money. Decor/ambience not great either - we visited in December and the place was cold and the toilets were dirty and in a state of disrepair.

Lovely place, small enough to have a delightful atmosphere. The waiting staff did an excellent job accommodating for my friend who had a disability requiring them to be near to the loos. When the food came (N.B. not all at once-- because it is a tapas place, so you shouldn't expect it to) the quality was unbelievable, incredibly tasty. Every menu had a vegetarian option to choose. Can't wait to go back for more.

Really good food excellent service a must visit

Best tapas in Newcastle lovely little place

This is one of the worst food experiences in Newcastle. Firstly it is massively over priced. You don't mind paying for quality but sadly it was not value for money. The food was salty, greasy, cold and all disappointing. It was served in cold bowls with cold side plates. The prawns did not taste fresh, the sausage wasn't cooked well, the potatoes and veg were way too salty, the ribs were chewy...there is nothing good to say sadly. Then the bill comes and you see the price...terrifying. Also 2 out of 3 of us who attended have been sick since we got home. Save your money and go elsewhere.

A great little place - amazing food!

This was an amazing place to eat

Best tapas in the north without a doubt

I am Spanish and I usually skip any Spanish restaurant outside my country. I jumped in to this because I wasn't aware and was really lucky. I ordered a "tosta" and a main dish (pork) from the week menu and both were incredible.

Lovely food. Wine was very good staff are friendly would definitely recommend

Lovely little place. More concentrated on the wine rather than the tapas - I only say this as there’s a bigger wine than food menu! Had 4 dishes between 2 of us- as a meal I wish we’d had more but as like food to see you through the night drinking it was enough. High bridge street location is quite small so when full gets really loud, I’d like to try the Dean Street one just to see the different. Will be going back!

Fantastic food. This is far from the anglicised version of tapas. It is creative tapas that showcases the Spanish cuisine. Beautiful flavours and a great choice of red wine.

Great, great food lovely atmosphere and staff. Will be back.

Was suggested by a friend. Ordered a few tapas dishes all which were fantastic. Enjoyed a nice bottle of cava. Really enjoyed the overall experience would definetly visit again.

Would highly recommend the grilled pork for its intense flavors, the tiger prawns and cod if you like flaky fish textures, as well as the fried squid if you want something of an upgraded calamari.An authentic Spanish tapas restaurant with great food and friendly, helpful staff who guided us through ordering food for the first time.

Great selection of authentic dishes. Their cava is really refreshing too!

WHAT A GEM OF A PLACE. So we came by on a warm weekday afternoon so it was pretty empty, but the service was exemplary - could truly tell that the waiter was passionate about the restaurant food by the way he described the off-menu dishes (even showed us pictures wow). Then came the iberico ham pictured in the images attached which changed my life. Really amazing portion for just £11 too. Would highly recommend the grilled pork for its intense flavors, the tiger prawns and cod if you like flaky fish textures, as well as the fried squid if you want something of an upgraded calamari. We were too full to stick around for desserts, but I’ll be back for sure! ✨

Open kitchen, sit on the bar and enjoy

An authentic Spanish tapas restaurant with great food and friendly, helpful staff who guided us through ordering food for the first time. Small and cosy with a great atmosphere. I would recommend booking as many people were turned away on a Friday night due to its popularity. Treat yourself to a glass of Sangria or two 😁

Outstanding Spanish food and great atmosphere.

Best Spanish food I've had in the UK. Service is attentive and friendly, and the food beautifully presented.

A small and lovely cosy restaurant with great atmosphere. Delicious foods, wonderfuly prepared through open kitchen... Excellent selection of wines, good beers, and other drinks. I have to say extremely friendly and prompt customer service. A must to visit if you like Spanish cuisine. Booking definitely required on busy nights and weekends...

This is a small lovely Spanish tapas restaurant in the heart of Newcastle. I really liked a couple of dishes, patatas bravas were also very authentic. My favourite dish was the dessert - torrija, a typical bread-type pudding with natilla (vanilla-flavoured Spanish custard). Natilla tasted just like the one I had in Granada. If I may recommend something: please make more wines available by glass; also, my octopus was a bit chewy and tough, it should be melting in mouth (maybe it was overcooked). But otherwise, this is an excellent and fun place.

Best tapas in Newcastle... Spanish know food!!👌👍

Place was full on a Wednesday which I thought promising..but food was confused in presentation and flavours, rather pretentious , small portions and hugely over priced..Tapas but not as we know it...

Small, friendly and most importantly Spanish!

Lovely food, great service and with a lovely atmosphere too. Will definitely be back.

Great authentic food, extremely enthusiastic and knowledgeable staff, and impressive wine selection.

Very nice Spanish restaurant :)

Good little restairant. Nice food and good service. Wine is overpriced though.

We were really disappointed with Kaltur after reading some good things online. Quality of food was poor and service was incredibly slow, one dish at a time. We ordered six tapas dishes that came over the course of two hours - given the restaurant was only about a third full, this was unbelievably slow. Mixed bread was ok...it was bread... Some oils other than the table olive oil would help. Deep fried prawns came as six overdone small prawns spread over sliced iceberg lettuce. Calamari was anemic and underdone. Huge amount of salt on both prawns and calamari and no sauce or mayo to accompany meant both were really dry. Chorizo was ok. Monkfish was quite nice, but took nearly two hours to arrive. Final tapas was grilled Mediterranean vegetables covered in salt. Added a photo to give an idea. Overall food wasn't good, presentation and care were lacking and it would be nice to have more than one dish on the table at a time. There are far better places to eat in Newcastle.

Intimate and authentic. Like a mini holiday in Spain, without leaving the city. Excellent food, great service, lovely atmosphere. Highly recommended, especially the seats next to the pass.

Great staff, amazing food and friendly atmospher. My favorites were fried potatoes with jamon and egg & boiled octopus with potatoes. Wine selection, olive oil and espresso were amazing too.

First time we've been. Enjoyed the food and attentive service.

We had our company Christmas dinner there and it was just spectacular all around. Very centrally located venue; warm & intimate space. Friendly efficient service. Excellent food and lovely wine. Look forward to returning soon!

Fantastic tapas - really interesting mix of flavours. Highlights were definitely the oxtail and pumpkin as well as the potato with Iberico ham and eggs. Excited to come back here.

We waited 45 minutes for food to arrive. One tapas came and having had one mouthful we were told it was the wrong meal and if we continued eating would be charged for it. They removed dish then forgot to order correct one. After waiting over an hour with nothing happening -no salad or roast veg-we paid for drinks and left .There was no apology. Gave one star as we had eaten there several times and it was OK. Won't return or recommend it.

Great food and very helpful staff

Lovely food overall and the atmosphere is really nice and relaxing.one of our dishes was extremely salty though. like a few other comments I have read, I agree and say portion sizes are a little on the small side, overall a nice little restaurant

Probably the best steak in Newcastle!!!

Outstanding small atmospheric place with great food

Great food and wine. Good service and cosy atmosphere. Good spot to have dinner with someone.

Incredible food and great wine selection. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful.

Fantastic food, fantastic service, great array of dishes which you would expect from a quality tapas bar, superb wine. Just go and experience it for yourself 😀

Lovely intimate restaurant, food was fantastic, left absolutely stuffed and great value for money will definitely be back

Beautiful little Tapas restaurant, great service and excellent food.

Wine selection was good. Food was amazing, best tapas in Newcastle. It's small therefore difficult you find a table without booking.