Salt Cellar Restaurant

10/10/09

Fishlover#1

by Letseat at Citysearch

The Salt Cellar offers the best seafood in the entire valley. I should know, I eat seafood every chance I get. My husband and I dined at the Salt Cellar twice this month already (october 2009). We ordered the king crab legs and the shrimp san remo. It melted in our mouths- We decided to order the yako (?) tuna for an appetizer because we loved it the 1st time as a dinner. Every appetizer and entree we have ordered there has been cooked to perfection. The service was prompt when it needed to be but she also knew when we wanted some alone time. The servers there really know how to make the evening special. The bottle of wine we ordered was poured by the server and the cheesecake (snickers) was amazing. I would HIGHLY recommend this amazing restaurant to anyone who wants to impress their date (1st date or married for 50 years).

5 stars to the Crew of the Salt Cellar

• Pros: Great Food
• Cons: Tummy too small:)

09/06/09

Poor service and quality

by Stomp at Citysearch

I went here w/ my family the first and ONLY time last night. The prices are high and the quality of service and food are poor.

The hostess was extremely rude, commenting on our attire even though we were similarly dressed as other patrons. The food was average at best; I had the shrimp scampi which was inedible. I returned the meal unfinished and barely eaten as it tasted as if it were cooked in Pine-Sol. The prices were very high for the quality of food and rude and unprofessional greeting. The hostess, an older white female w/ above the shoulder length hair should at least wait until the guests of her place of employment have left before disparaging their attire with such disdainful comments as, "Have you seen the ones that just walked in?"

The table server, at least, was polite and professional, but that along w/ a "cool" building certainly do not justify the overly high prices. I WOULD NOT recommend this place to anyone, I know there is better service and seafood for less money somewhere else in the area. Do not waste your time and $$$ here.

02/12/09

A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!!!

by LHawth at Citysearch

My boyfriend surprised me with taking me to the salt cellar for my birthday, since he knows that I LOVE seafood. I'm from the east coast and I miss all of the tasty roadside lobster shacks. I checked out their website and saw that it looked awesome, but pricey. The parking lot was super small, but their was a lot of room to parallel park on the side street, next to the restaurant. We walked down intot he basement and it was so cute! There are a series of small rooms that include booths and tables with chairs. The tables are set pretty close together, but it's a nice atmosphere. Our waitress was very nice and helpful with giving us reccomendations. We started with a shrimp dish (I don't remember the name, but the waitress recomended it) that was pretty good-it was sauteed in a spicy tomato sauce. They also give you really yummy bread, that was great for dipping in the extra sauce. We both each ordered the prime rib and crab legs. They were both so good. The crab legs tasted so fresh! They were moist, hot, and probaly were some of the best I'v ever had. The waitress actually cracks them for you and the meat is very easy to then pull out. The prime rib was cooked perfectly and melted in my mouth. We both ate every last bit that was on our plate. By the way, almost every entree on their menu is between $35-$40 and was well worth it. They then had me choose what kind of free dessert I would like for my birthday and I chose a triple chocolate cake with raspberry filling-so good! It was huge and it came out with a candle and best of all-no singing! Our final bill for an appetizer, 2 house salads (came with meal), 2 entrees of crab legs and prime rib (came with vegetables and mashed potatoes), a free birthdya dessert, and 2 beers came to about $130 with tip. I would definitley recomend this restaurant and I will be back. Also I heard that their 2 happy hours are amazing-1/2 off appetizers (they have tons of amazing seafood ones to choose from)!

• Pros: Servers break your crab legs for you, amazing seafood!
• Cons: Small parking lot, a lot of stairs to walk up and down