Kaltur Restaurant in Newcastle upon Tyne

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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! ✨

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.

Kaltur is a really good Spanish restaurant. The best one in Newcastle. Food has an excellent quality although portions are a bit small. You need to order at least two dishes per person which at the end is a little bit expensive. But as said before, quality is excellent and it is a place I would definitely recommend.

Finally a lovely and true Spanish restaurant ran by Spanish people. Really good quality product that change when they finish them. They try to have a new menu every week depending on the products they receive from Spain. The service was perfect!!