Salt Wine Bar

Beautiful room.
Tapas style food with great flavour.
Only downfall –portions are a bit small
Nice date place-​especially for the ladies with smallish appetites.

wow. expensive, teeny portions, and we had to order pizza afterwards. oh and the complaint was that it took so long between dishes for Tapas. We were told they only had one chef on sat night… whyyy?
we ordered more than half the items on the menu, octopus, steak, crab cake, ribs, duck, cheese board, beef tartare, bread, scallop and pork belly, and whatever dish of the day rabbit sausage.
octopus, and duck were actually good, but I mean I only had one bite. the other dishes are not even memorable. We walked away hungry and having to order pizza. it’s unfortunate, we didn’t have a good experience.
Nope not gonna visit here again.

If you want a great night out and discover some wonderful wines you need to visit Salt. Great for a date or with a group, Salt is a gem on Ossington Ave. I love the Tapas servings for sharing your food and the wonder wine selection from Spain and Portugal cannot be passed up. One of my favourite drinks is the cedar smoked Old Fashioned. Truly a «smokey» test smooth drink.
Wonderful and delicious always. You have to go!

Truly delicious food, warm and friendly service, wonderful wine selection. Highly recommend the mushroom brioche!

The food had great flavourm tadte and presentation. Where we all, our party of 7, agreed that the restaurant failed was the portions. The price does not justify the portion size uou receive. Also, the desert menu was lack luster and un-​flattering. Indid find the duck a bit on the walty side. All in all anice spot but br sure to eat prior or it can be $$$$$

I visited Salt on a Sunday night, and had an incredible experience. The vibe is romantic and intimate, and the décor is elegantly rustic. Every dish we tasted was exquisite. The stand-​out dishes were the Sea Bream Ceviche, Chorizo Iberico Meatballs, and the Truffle Mushroom Gnocchi. For drinks, don’t skip the Cedar Smoked Manhattan — it ranks as one of my favourite cocktails of all time. Read a more detailed review here:

I would have give this a 5 star rating had we not been recognized for my girlfriends birthday. I mentioned it at the time of reservation and also to our server when we arrived. The table beside us (same server) brought out churros and I overhear her say «I heard its your birthday! Enjoy these on the house». I was expecting the same recognition however she just brought the bill so it definitely left a bad taste on a great dinner. That being said the venison tartar with truffle and rock salt was immaculate. I believe every customer should be treated with the same expectations the lack of recognition really ruined it for me though.

I love this place! Came here before on a weekend and today on a whim and the tapas and ambiance is excellent. Just a nice casual, dimly lit relaxing environment for an intimate evening to just chill, have some wine and nibble on some good bites…

Popped in here on a Tuesday night, totally on a whim. No resos and no idea of any ratings or reviews the place had. They seated us immediately, and within seconds we had waters and were placing our drink orders.
I would call Salt «spendy» rather than «pricey». We ordered some incredible dishes that were beautifully prepared. The portions were, in the tapas style, small… which works in my favour since I am so indecisive. We started with bread and olives, and a plate of venison carpaccio, which was delicious. I especially enjoyed the watercress and truffle that garnished the dish. So delightful.
We shared the ribs, which were absolutely fall off the bone tender, however somewhat bland in flavour. Then we shared the DUCK, which was BEAUTIFULLY done. The skin was light and crispy, and the meat was dark and and juicy.
We finished our meal with dessert, splitting the crème brûlée and churros. Both were excellent, and in fact, the crème brûlée was the best I have had in many years, if not ever.
It does get loud in the restaurant, something the staff can’t help. However, it did take away from the date experience at times.

Salt is a very cozy little place and great for a date night when you don’t want to go home in a food coma. Our waiter was incredibly knowledgeable about the menu, but a little on the pretentious/​overly hipster side. The cocktail I had was absolutely amazing — I think it was the Budapest Punch. Whatever it was, it tasted just like a cherry lifesaver! The food that we ordered was good, but not great — the charcuterie board, bread & olives, venison carpaccio, chorizo special, and a chocolate dessert. I think it may have been our selections, but I left a little underwhelmed — the charcuterie board was so teeny tiny we added the bread & olives to supplement, and the venison didn’t taste any different than a beef carpaccio. If I were to go back, I’d try a few of their warm dishes: judging the by the table next to ours, the portions were a little larger and looked mighty tasty.

For four tapas and dessert the meal was pretty pricey, and i really wish it was for a good reason but i hardly found the food to be memorable or delectable. I try and reason we were paying for service more than food…
We had the venison carpaccio and other than tenderness, it was hard to say it was anything great. The grilled octopus was not particularly flavourful. We also had the duck which was better than most tapas but did not taste like duck. Finally pitatas fritas were fine. The churros were good but i have had better. Sadly, the meal did not live up to its price and thus our expectations.
However, shoutout to our great waiter. He takes his job seriously and was a great guy.

A fun place on a Saturday night. Called and made reservations which I definitely recommend doing because it got busy very quickly.
The waiter was extremely knowledgeable on the menu, and we ended up not using the menu at all but his recommendations. Picked the perfect wine and all the food complimented it gracefully.
The seam bream was fantastic and fresh. Topped with cilantro and jalapeños.
The duck sausage on the meat platter still makes my mouth water thinking about it!
A good date night kind of place, it’s loud and busy so you have to lean in to chat but that’s romantic isn’t it?

Came here just for drinks and apps on a Friday night. The place had a great ambience. While we didn’t try any wine we had some great Belgian beers. The oxtail poutine was also the bomb!
We will be back to try a full meal! And wine of course!

3.75. Went for a girls dinner recently. Everything was chill and tasty. Highlights for me were the lighter, smaller plates. Great for sharing. Beet salad and manchego cheese crustini. They paced things well and server was kind. A bit slow at the start and they had no ginger beer. Wine list is great and creative.
Not funky or cool really. More of a grown up, if slightly laid back vibe. The lighting is warm and romantic, with wine lining the walls. Older crowd. Good place for taking parents or colleagues. Also worked well for girl chats, which is what we were up to.
Would go again but not in a crazy rush. Nice place to have on the roster for when you fancy a wine oriented meal.

Good and genuine service.
Small portioned food well prepared;
long wine list starting at $ 50 and it is fine to stay near that mark.
Ambiance a cellar, and you can hear yourself think.
Recommendable.

I really don’t know why the hype about this place is. I didn’t find it good. It’s very loud so it’s hard to have a conversation. Service is not great and the food I found mediocre. Maybe it was what we ordered. We had the ceviche. The fish was way too thin. We also had the lobster cake which only brought to cakes which was difficult to share between three people. We also had the lamb sausage and the risotto. Smallest serving of risotto I have ever tried. Because we were still hungry, we ordered the ribs thinking it would fill us up but it was all bone as well and the meat was not great.
Overall I am never coming back to this place.

Cozy atmosphere, delicious food, and great wine selection. We shared 7 dishes between 3 of us and it was a ton of food. My two favourite stand-​out dishes would definitely be the octopus (so tender) and the steak tartare (tons of flavour) but apparently they change the menu frequently so who knows if these will be available again. The service was also outstanding. I can’t wait to come back and try more another time soon.

This place is not over hyped… Salt wine bar is actually SO GOOD.
Yes the portions are small but every single portion is quality and well worth it. We’re coming here for tapas and good wine not uncomfortably huge North American portions.
Order a few dishes. Eat slowly and taste it. Sip it with your wine and enjoy the show while the mixologist smokes your old fashion. Although the cocktails are mediocre, the food is outstanding, and the wine selection is above average.

Everything I had here was good — substantial wine and small plates. The service, pretty good. But I intrinsically dislike any place that is heinously over-​priced. To warrant this spend they either need to double their portion sizes, or upgrade to a space that warrants making you *feel* like a rockstar for rockstar prices.

Shoop. Push It. Everybody knows Salt n Pepa belong together, and I had a lovely bestie date here with Matt M last weekend. He is the Salt to my Pepper, the butter to my bread, the Ann Perkins to my Leslie Knope.
We started with their smoked cedar Manhattan, which sounds over-​the-​top and douche-​y but it was tasty and a pretty average price for a fancy cocktail on the strip — much cheaper than BarChef or somewhere cooking up something similar.
We then ordered a bottle of the reserve cava. Because treat yo’self. It was delicious, but to be honest I can’t tell the difference between a $ 90 bottle of Cava or a $ 20, so I should probably keep the plastic in my pocket and go for the cheaper option next time. To eat we had the cheese board and beat salad followed by the duck confit, which was like poultry candy. All delish.
The tables for two are spaced a little too close together for my liking. The date sitting next to us was the wooo-​oorst and constantly looked at our fun with disdain, which only made us more fun.
This review was fully powered by bestie Parks and Rec binge watching.
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