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Kultura's front on Belmont Street, its wooden sign reading Filipino Restaurant & Bar above open doors in a granite wall, with potted bay trees by the step.
Aberdeen

Kultura

A family Filipino restaurant and bar at 47 Belmont Street in Aberdeen, for crispy pata, sizzling sisig and an all-you-can-eat tapas feast.

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There's nothing quite like a table crowded with dishes to share, and Kultura on Belmont Street is made for exactly that.

It's a family Filipino restaurant and bar, and its story begins with Romeo and Dolores, who started a small catering business in the Philippines in 2002. Dolores brought her cooking to Scotland in 2009, and with the help of their four children the family's food became Kultura, a name that means culture. Order the crispy pata, a slow-cooked pork shank with crackling skin and a soy and vinegar dip, a sisig that comes to the table still sizzling, or kare-kare, a rich peanut stew with crispy banana blossom. To taste a little of everything, the whole table can share the all-you-can-eat tapas feast, and there's halo-halo or something made with purple ube to finish. There are two private rooms for a bigger celebration. It opens for dinner from Tuesday to Sunday and for lunch from Friday to Sunday, and you can book online.

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Before you go

Dinner from Tuesday to Sunday and lunch from Friday to Sunday; closed on Monday.

Book online, or by phone for a private room.

Where
47 Belmont Street, Aberdeen, AB10 1JS.
Open
Tuesday to Thursday 4.30pm to 10pm; Friday and Saturday 12pm to 3.30pm and 4.30pm to 11pm; Sunday 12pm to 3.30pm and 4.30pm to 10pm. Closed Monday.
Booking
Online through its own site. The last booking is at 9pm on Friday and Saturday and 8pm on other days.
Tapas feast
All you can eat, £38.50 a head, for two or more; everyone at the table takes part.
Private dining
Two rooms, for 15 to 18 and for 40 to 50 guests, booked by phone.
Dogs
No pets in the restaurant.
Access
A wheelchair-accessible entrance and seating.
Phone
01224 083588

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
4.30pm–10pm
Wednesday
4.30pm–10pm
Thursday
4.30pm–10pm
Friday
noon–3.30pm, 4.30pm–11pm
Saturday
noon–3.30pm, 4.30pm–11pm
Sunday
noon–3.30pm, 4.30pm–10pm

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Where it is

On Belmont Street in the centre of Aberdeen, AB10 1JS.

Close byBelmont Street and the city centre.
  1. Juniper shop front beside a stone church with a rose windowBelmont StreetA cobbled street of granite buildings in the centre of Aberdeen, between Union Street and the Art Gallery, lined with independent cafés, bars and restaurants.Under a mile as the crow flies
  2. Aberdeen Art GalleryAberdeen Art GalleryAberdeen's great art gallery on Schoolhill, free to visit, with 700 years of art from Monet and the Scottish Colourists to Joan Eardley and Barbara Hepworth.Under a mile as the crow flies
  3. Weathered statue and gravestones in a churchyard framed by autumn leavesKirk of St NicholasAberdeen's Mither Kirk in the city centre, a church founded in the 12th century and rebuilt by Gibbs and Simpson, with the largest carillon of bells in Britain.Under a mile as the crow flies
  4. Granite steps lead up to a statue and His Majesty's Theatre in AberdeenUnion Terrace GardensA Victorian garden in a green valley in the centre of Aberdeen, opened in 1878 and reopened after its restoration, with lawns, a footbridge and pavilions.Under a mile as the crow flies
  5. Restaurant dining room with globe pendant lights and tall windows overlooking stone wallsMoonfish CaféA relaxed bistro on Correction Wynd in Aberdeen's Merchant Quarter, cooking a short, changing menu of modern British food since 2004.Under a mile as the crow flies
  6. A bowl of beef pho at Mai's Vietnamese Kitchen, with sliced beef, a beef ball, spring onions and herbs in clear broth, the restaurant's name on the bowl.Mai's Vietnamese KitchenA Vietnamese restaurant on Back Wynd in Aberdeen, cooking the food of Hanoi, from 24-hour beef pho to bun cha, and bring your own bottle.Under a mile as the crow flies
  7. The bar at Glenhouse, lit in amber under a wall of bottles, with red leather stools and a round marble table.GlenhouseA bistro and bar in Canada House, a granite former bank of 1893 at 201 Union Street in Aberdeen, open from breakfast until late, with private dining in the old vaults.Under a mile as the crow flies
Directions
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Aberdeen Art Gallery's granite facade topped with a bronze-slatted extension at duskCafeArt Gallery CaféA step away
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