Salt Old Profile

The atmosphere & ambiance was the winner here. So nice to hear a piano for a change in a restaurant instead of blasting music. The service was great tho I did feel we were rushed a little. Probably bcoz it was a quiet night. The food was nice except for the pork belly. It was quickly made up for the offer of dessert which we declined so pork was removed from the bill. Very grateful. Also.. best crispy Kale ever. Plating was awesome. Portion size was worthwhile. Well done. But why is this review going to Salt Old profile?

Refurbished and what a wonderful area and ambience. Service top notch and friendly, food outstanding. Great cocktails too. We had beef carpaccio salad and crisp pork belly. Delicious!

Amazing time last night at Salt Restaurant and Bar. We had our Awaken Your Inner Goddess Saqqara Mystery School Celebration dinner. The Manager Jed Young was Absolutely attentive to 14 of us having a great experience. The food was delicious the staff were incredible And we were blessed out after our evening. Thank you and staff we will be back For our next Retreat celebration xx

Recently refurbished and under new management. Such an outstanding location with a beautiful deck area overlooking the marina. Cocktails were fantastic as was the food and service. A welcoming atmosphere with friendly staff. Live music on Sunday afternoon was a bonus. Definitely the place to be in Whitianga. Keep it up 👌🏼

Nicely renovated, new menu and tasty food. Desert menu can be improved instead of having ice cream and sorbet as 3 out of the 5 deserts available

Came in on Boxing Day around 7pm, got seated outdoors right away. Main gripe about this place was that the service tended to be pretty slow. It took about an hour for our mains to come after ordering, maybe 20 min for the entrees. They also forgot a drink. The food I tried was all of pretty good quality, though! Out of the 3 dishes in our group that I tried, the prawns (shrimp for us Americans) were great. Tender, juicy, and flavorsome. These appeared in the poached prawn entree, prawn pasta, and pork belly + prawns. We also tried the mussels entree that came with 2 slices of foccacia in a tomatoey broth. The broth was great but the choice of focaccia instead of something like sourdough may have been a slight mistake. The mussels were a bit overcooked but not rubbery. They didn't seem frozen. I had the pork belly and prawns main, which featured three nice chunks of pork belly. The menu doesn't specify for this dish, but I think the pork belly is thrice-cooked based off of another menu item. It was indeed encrusted nicely and looked very dry on the outside (not doused in oil). But the inside was juicy and almost gummy with the pork belly fat. The flavors were very nice with some spices complementing the pork flavor and the gelatinous fat combining with the flesh for ultimate satisfaction. They only gave me three prawns (shrimps) which disappointed me. Each one was perfectly cut and twisted, seasoned to perfection, delicate and bold at the same time. But only three! The rest of the dish was also quite tasty - the veg and potatoes, but again oh so little!

Traditional and old fashioned food presented well. We need to keep restaurants like this alive. Staff was very proactive and pleasant. Desserts were above par. Good choice of drinks and cocktails. Location speaks for itself.

We had a group of 8 people. The service was great and most things came out at the same time. My friend said that the prawn linguine was amazing. I had the dumplings that were very nice and a good flavour unfortunately they were swimming in oil which wasn't great. We all had desserts and they were fantastic. The cocktail menu is awesome and a good selection of non alcoholic beverages were available which is amazing. I had an iced coffee and it was awesome. I found the price of everything very reasonable for the quality. Will definitely be going there again. Went again 😁, had full dinner with entrée everything was fantastic 😍 Calamari was excellent, my steak with blue cheese was perfectly cooked and so yummy.