About
Laid-back restaurant offering sushi & noodle soups, plus classic stir fry & rice dishes.
Menu, ordering & reservations
Order online
HungryPandaServices & amenities
2401
Service options
- On-site services
- Yes
- Takeout
- Yes
- Dine-in
- Yes
02
Offerings
- Healthy options
- Yes
- Quick bite
- Yes
- Small plates
- Yes
- Vegan options
- Yes
- Vegetarian options
- Yes
03
Dining options
- Lunch
- Yes
- Table service
- Yes
04
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Yes
- Wheelchair accessible seating
- Yes
05
Payments
- Credit cards
- Yes
- Debit cards
- Yes
- NFC mobile payments
- Yes
06
Crowd
- College students
- Yes
- Groups
- Yes
- Tourists
- Yes
07
Children
- Good for kids
- Yes
08
Atmosphere
- Casual
- Yes
- Cozy
- Yes
- Trendy
- Yes
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Popular for
- Lunch
- Yes
- Solo dining
- Yes
Gallery
1Customer reviews
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4 27
3 11
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1 6
Review topics
- prices 25
- bowl 13
- vegan 11
- kimbap 10
- kimchi fried rice 9
- atmosphere 6
- kimchi pancake 5
- street food 4
- gem 3
- sushi 3
Available reviews: 15
I came here for the first time because my friend recommended this place. I tried the Korean fried chicken with sticky sauce and rice. It was very beautiful. I like the service and the food even though it was busy. This is very good and I reccomend it as it is unique and delicious. 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤😋 😘😘😘😘😘🤧🤯👻👻🙉
- Food
- 5
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 5
Very nice food. My favourite is the Korean fried chicken with rice and the cheese ham and egg kimchi rice. They are my favourite because they are the only ones I tried
- Food
- 5
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 5
Small little cafe that is tucked out the way, but serves the most delicious well presented food. Not loads to choose from but just enough . I don't think anything is over the price if 6 quid. Mine and my daughters new favourite place.
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Found this place via a friend's recommendation and its my favourite Korean food place!! The food is absolutely delicious and the price is reasonable and the portions are big. I often come here by myself at lunchtime with a takeaway order or with my girlfriend for a nice dinner …More reviews
Found this place via a friend's recommendation and its my favourite Korean food place!!
The food is absolutely delicious and the price is reasonable and the portions are big.
I often come here by myself at lunchtime with a takeaway order or with my girlfriend for a nice dinner 😊.
The only criticism is that the restaurant doesn't have an on site restroom and the seating capacity is limited. Otherwise this place is amazing!
I'd recommend that Rice Bowl dishes and the Spicy Kimchi Fried Rice Dishes as they fill you up for a very reasonable price, not to mention they are very tasty!
Will always come here again 🙂Excellent new Korean cafe in a slightly unexpected neighbourhood, but all the more welcome for that! The food is honest home cooked style, very tasty, reasonably priced - and with a decent choice for vegetarians. Small selection of unusual soft drinks available, such as the watermelon soda that I enjoyed. Definitely worth checking out!
This place is absolutely fantastic if you want something different in Newcastle. My partner had m watching Korean videos during lockdown and she was overjoyed when she found out about this place. The food was beautiful and we would highly recommend the place. I am a bit of a typi…More reviews
This place is absolutely fantastic if you want something different in Newcastle. My partner had m watching Korean videos during lockdown and she was overjoyed when she found out about this place. The food was beautiful and we would highly recommend the place. I am a bit of a typical man and like big portions, this place didn't disappoint and I left wobbling down the street to my car. This place is best got to by foot as parking is slim, we came in the late afternoon to avoid any rush and it was quiet but still no parking. We had a variety of choices across the menu and with the eat out to help out it was very very reasonable. To drink we had pear juice and the watermelon soda which was simply Divine, I think the best word to describe these is refreshing, and not like a can of coke type, this was unreal. We had some hottock for dessert which went down extremely well, kind of like an apple pie. Overall the experience was exactly as expected and if we wasn't moving away, we would both have been back.Kimchi planet has the most delicious, flavorful, and amazing authentic Korean street food. I’m so happy to have found this gem and will definitely be coming back. Also, Deliveroo messed up my order and the first driver took the food from the restaurant and never delivered it, but they were so diligent and followed up with me and deliveroo to make sure that I got my food and it was really sweet.
- Service
- Delivery
- Meal type
- Dinner
Fantastic place, food fresh make very quickly nice qualiti of ingredients. Order Rice bowl with chicken kimchi and sushi roll with Korean BBQ, delicious delicious delicious. HIGHLY RECOMMEND.
The service was so fast i am amazed, I will definitely be coming back because I have a busy schedule and I enjoy getting served fast and well
- Service
- 5
- Atmosphere
- 5
This felt exactly the same as when I lived in Korea and went to a family run place. The food is definitely authentic, perhaps tweaked a little too suit English eating styles, but the flavours are perfect. I had a good chat with the Korean staff in Korean and just felt completely …More reviews
This felt exactly the same as when I lived in Korea and went to a family run place. The food is definitely authentic, perhaps tweaked a little too suit English eating styles, but the flavours are perfect. I had a good chat with the Korean staff in Korean and just felt completely transported back to Seoul. I had the spicy chicken rice bowl(덮밥) and green tea (현미녹차), I also had the Korean kimchi pancakes (김치전) not pictured and it was perfect. The store inside the shop is kind of cute but no frills, just like Korea and the atmosphere is really relaxed. I'm quite literally going back.... On Monday because my husband is jealous he missed out. ^^ 정말 한식맛이다. 맛있어요. 영국에서 더맛있고 한국처럼 있는 정소 없을거같아요.Owner response
오늘 만나서 정말 반가웠어요! 맛있게 먹어 주시고 좋은 리뷰 남겨주셔서 감사해요~!! 월요일에 또 뵈어요!
A place you have to visit! I visit this place a lot and it's always a great experience. Big portions, low prices, nice staff, and delicious healthy food. Highly recommending
It’s just so good! A wonderful Korean shop with a solid menu of kimbap, ramen, and fried rice, with options for the vegetarians too. The shop also occasionally has food specials on, in addition to having a small selection of imported gifts and snacks. Great spot for a cute lunch or a solid takeaway (kimchi fried rice takeaway pictured), but not the best for large groups (it’s not a huge shop).
Tasty Korean food with a good price for the portion. Always good quality since the place opened, definitely recommend.
- Service
- Take out
- Meal type
- Dinner
If you have cravings for Korean food please do visit kimchi planet. The food here was the best in the town. Reasonable prices and peaceful ambiance.
- Service
- Dine in
- Meal type
- Dinner
Great food..Should have been here long before last night. Delicious food. Would recommend Eat local
Opening hours
- Monday
- 11:00–15:00
- Tuesday
- 11:00–15:00
- Wednesday
- 11:00–15:00
- Thursday
- 11:00–15:00
- Friday
- 11:00–15:00
- Saturday
- Closed
- Sunday
- Closed
Find us
Newcastle upon Tyne
B1, student union, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8QB, United KingdomKIMCHI PLANET Newcastle UniNewcastle upon TyneGet directions
Questions & answers
101Is this place open again yet?
We're trying our best to reopen. We're awaiting loads of structural issues in the building which caused multiple neighbours complaints in the past to be solved. Otherwise we will continue the business in a new place but please keep an eye on updates. Sorry for inconvenience caused. Thanks
Location details
- street
- B1, student union
- postalCode
- NE1 8QB
- plusCode
- X9HP+G2 Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
