Salt On The Pier

This has to be one of the most over priced meals I have ever paid for.nI requested a 250 gram rump steak cooked medium rare and it should of come with salad and chips.nI also brought a seafood chowder that had no seafood in the chowder.nIt was the worst meal I have ever had in Christchurch.nThe steak was like chewing 10 year old chewing gum.nIt was cooked weldone and the salad was absolutely crap.nPresentation was like they just took a dump on the plate.nThe chowder tasted like you were eating sand.nI couldn't even eat the chowder and it was a great disappointment.nI also brought 2 real fruit ice creams, and the staff had no hygiene rules in place and went from cleaning up to holding the cone with their bare hands and making the ice cream.nWe were absolutely disappointed in the food and services.nAlso the tables were never wiped down and even after we requested it to be wiped, it was like they just moved the dirt around the table.nI would highly recommend you give this place a miss.nI spent close to $90 and feel very ripped off now.

Cafe: We were charged incorrectly for 2 icecreams. On the chalk board menu it says $5 next to fruit smoothies but price charged is $7.10. It took 15mins to come out and was so small for the price. It also had no mango flavor at all, just tasted like frothy milk.nRestaurant: Had the $25 rump steak meal for lunch which had a strange sweet honey type sauce on the salad and tomatoes were cold an soggy salad wasn't fresh. Partner had the chicken sandwich. Came with very minimal chips for the price. Staff are friendly enough but food and decor needs improved.

Called in starving and dieing for a coffee.nWe used the ground floor cafe, the first storey restaurant may well offer a better option.nI ordered whitebait, hard to go wrong with and the whitebait was good, but accompanying chips soggy, and small serving, to be fair, two little boys on the next table were sharing a bowl of what looked like excellent chips! Accompanying 'salad' very poor, mainly coarse red cabbage with a very sweet and sticky dressing.nCoffee pretty mediocre, certainly not up to Switches standard. My partners muffin listed as banana, also had a lot of chocolate in it, which made consumption 'messy'!

We had a wonderful dining experience. The food was delicious and the service was equally impressive.

Writing about the downstairs cafe rather than upstairs restaurant. I was really looking forward to this place! Unfortunately, the service was slow despite the fact there was few other people there. Ordered chips and coffees and a smoothie and I asked for tomato sauce before paying in case there was a charge. The chips arrived no tomato sauce, no big deal. Asked for tomato sauce. Was handed a bottle that was almost empty. Had to go get more. Found it hard to find a staff member to ask. Hot chips were yum, and smoothie was good. Unfortunately, that was hands down the worst coffee I have had in Christchurch in 9 years of living here. Couldn't finish it, left it in the rubbish. Hope someone reads this and makes some improvements since the place has great potential!

Directions to Salt On The Pier with public transportation

---