Salt Café Reviews Summary

Staff and Service

Pros:

• "Staff are friendly, food is excellent."
• "Staff very pleasant."
• "The staff are always friendly and smiling, would recommend coming here."
• "Excellent Friendly service."
• "The service was excellent as was the food."
• "The staff were polite and friendly."
• "Staff were very polite and helpful and food was tasty."

Cons:

• "Altogether we were very disappointed with the slow service."
• "Did not expect to wait 52 minutes from ordering to food finally arriving."
• "Very long wait for food..bacon was hard and egg was snotty."
• "We waited a hour and fifteen minutes for our food, twenty minutes for drinks."
• "On the last two visits the service has been well below the standard I would expect."
• "Service a little slow but got a free round of drinks...."
• "Fantastic location by the water. Food was (very) slow when we visited, think 1+ hr for a basic lunch order."

Food Quality

Pros:

• "The food is very good and the prices are really reasonable."
• "Eggs were perfectly poached, soft but not too runny."
• "Breakfast and drinks are really good especially the coffee frappé."
• "Both dishes were very tasty."
• "Really nice piping hot coffee and tasty bacon and pancakes with maple syrup!"
• "One of the best breakfasts I have had for a long time great food."
• "The food we had was great."

Cons:

• "However the worse capuchin I have ever had and this is the 2nd time."
• "Burnt fatty bacon, not sourdough bread as described."
• "Disappointed with the food."
• "The crispy bacon was more like cremated that crispy."
• "The Sauasage roll arrived stone cold."
• "The bacon was burnt, the fried eggs were raw in the middle."
• "Food wasn't quick but was very tasty."

Location and Ambience

Pros:

• "Fab location... Parking a bit tricky for 6 motorbikes and would have been even worse in a car."
• "Unusual but charming."
• "Open views of the sea, Portsmouth and Isle of Wight."
• "Ambience is homely and the seating includes a large group table, casual dining, a bar area and soft sofa relaxers."
• "Wonderful vistas and lovely decor."
• "Located at Wicor Marina with lovely waterside views."
• "An out of the way location right on the water front. Fab views of Dockyard, Spinnaker Tower and Gosport."

Cons:

• "I was a little bit frustrated that we were seated outside on a windy overcast day, despite having a toddler and a newborn baby with us."
• "Its a popular place so you aren't always guaranteed a parking space. You might have to park down the road and walk up, but it's worth it."
• "Very small Menu."
• "It was pretty expensive for quite basic food."
• "The entire roof leaks and the wait staff won't move you inside until you ask."
• "The acoustics inside are so bad we could not hear ourselves speak."
• "So noisy inside the café."

Value

Pros:

• "Also the tea was a full pot so got value for money."
• "Lovely moist crab on sourdough toasted bread."
• "Not cheap but very good quality food that represents good value."
• "The food is always really great with fresh, high quality ingredients."
• "Fresh food well presented."
• "The food are very delicious and healthy."
• "Good selection of good food including vegan and veggie. Coffee also good."

Cons:

• "They do however add a big tip to the end of your bill which I'm sure people would freely give if let up to them."
• "I found it a little expensive, but the quality of the food was excellent."
• "We paid nearly £20 for 1 full English and toast with jam."
• "For coffee and cake over £25 for four of us."
• "Very expensive (£4) for half a scone."
• "A little pricey."
• "12.5% service charge!!"