The data behind this ranking: BestDish has scored 15 yum cha venues in Newcastle, drawing on 7,249 Google reviews across 8 suburbs. The median venue score is 31 (out of a top score of 60); the median Google rating is 4.4★. Current #1: Light Years - Newcastle with a score of 60. Updated September 2026.
Score distribution — Yum Cha in Newcastle (September 2026)
Venues ranked
15
Google reviews analysed
7,249
Median BestDish score
31
Score range
17–60
Median Google rating
4.4★
Suburbs represented
8
Top movers this month
No ranking moves of 2+ places since the last snapshot — the current order held steady.
Methodology
Venues are ranked by review strength: Google rating above a 3.8 baseline, weighted by review volume (a 4.6★ with 2,000 reviews beats a 4.8★ with 60). Global fast-food and dessert franchises are excluded.
Scores and review counts on this page are computed at build time from the exact same dataset that powers the
live yum cha ranking — nothing here is a separate or hand-picked figure.