Salt on the Pier

Great service and perfect location. Would love to see more diners.

Delicious food. The atmosphere was great. Our server was as happy as always. Awesome beach view.

We absolutely loved the food and service. 10 out of 10 and thanks for a lovely night.

We had pork ribs, seafood chowder and peri peri chicken from the entre menu.
The seafood chowder has good mix of seafood and tasty except the portion was a little less than most other places.
Fish of the day was lovely but would have preferred the sauce to be separate.
We had the indulgence platter for dessert. Overall it was okay and again the individual portions on the platter were small. I suppose if you have the mains and entre, these portions would be sufficient. I love the white cheesecake and pavlova as it was not too sweet.
The creme brulee is a little on the soft side.
Overall we enjoyed our evening and the staff was very friendly and helpful.

Was the best experience I’ve had on first table so far the staff was so friendly and the food was to die for and with first table so cheap loved every minute of it and going back Thursday

AMAZING service! Loved the super friendly waiter, as well as the food which arrived within a super good time!
The view during dinner with the late sun was also gorgeous. Definitely reccomend

food was mixed - Flintstone steak was stunning, pork belly was great but veges and vegetarian options were a bit "not" .....sadly. Felt like the veges had no love put into them compared to the meat- basically boiled and put on the plate....a brussel sprout cut in half, two or three slices of courgette and some boiled cauliflower - no herbs, spices, sauces or flavour added. given we did not want potatoes it felt a bit weird...bit like how it was in the 80's. Desert was ok - got the shared plate - highlight was sticky date pudding and I enjoyed the roulade which tasted like it had no sugar in it at all....so ok for keto! - cream and egg white basically....The meat was the highlight. Son who is vegetarian felt quite unwell after his filo so not sure how long it had been since anyone had ordered the vegetarian option....may have been coincidence and hopefully it was.... Would come back for the steak as it was the best option and perfectly cooked....

Been here twice before and really liked it. This time not so much. Seafood bounty had small amounts of seafood and cold chips. Rest of families meals seemed to come out cold and took longer than it should have. Waiter was a bit strange and over bearing. The other waiter was too busy laughing with co workers and forgot to bring the sauce that I had previously asked for. I’m just gunna put it down to a bad day though cause like I said before, we have been twice before and really enjoyed ourselves. Just this time wasn’t as good. Will be back again and hopefully the standards have gone back up to what we remember them as.

The service was great and the waiter was lovely and very efficient, very nice and polite and made sure that we had everything we needed. We ordered the shared platter for the entree, portion sizes were a bit small, but the food was cooked beautifully and had lots of flavour. The mains we ordered were the filo and the fish and chips, both were big portions and cooked well and tasted great. For dessert we ordered the shared platter, once again the portion sizes were small, smaller than the entrees, the creme brulee had no taste and the cheesecake which was the banoffee pie wasn't quite mixed properly as still had small lumps of creme cheese, but the rest of the puddings were lovely. Overall it's was a nice meal and would recommend going for a nice meal out for the mains :)

We enjoyed the prompt service, the music and the open fire. Our meals were delicious. It was a very pleasant evening.

Fantastic setting
Really good experience food and service
Recommended

Food is superb. Service is good and the Ambiance is great.

A very pleasant dining experience was had by all. The wait staff were excellent and food was of a high standard. The location is of course excellent. We will be going back.

Had a great night with family and good food! Thanks

Excellent food and service, keep up the great work.
Highly recommended.

We took friends who had never been before. Every steak was cooked to perfection from rare to medium-rare. The pork belly was fantastic and desserts were divine.

The service was on point and the host was friendly and professional. We will definitely be returning again. Thank you.

We had garlic bread to start with looked like something from the supermarket served on a wooden board, also seafood chowder which tasted really average like out of a can, for main ribs which were dry and no flavour, couple burnt chips amongst a few good ones. The mixed seafood dish was also really average the mussels had no flavour, on a positive the water didn't taste of chlorine the ice chocolate was great and the tap cider was cold...not recommended

Tasty food, service was good. Ambience was terrible, the only noise was the guests talking and the phone ringing. Music was turned on when we were leaving (after about an hour) and the restaurant was cold. We couldn’t wait to eat our food and leave despite the waiter being very kind.

Very Good

Enjoyed the meal, great service. It was the first night for our waitress and she did a great job and even took a photo of our group. The food was delicious thank you.

Service was very attentive and swift. Food was absolutely amazing. Had the taster platter for starters, was great being able to sample the entree menu. Mains were cooked perfect, I had
the rib eye steak and my partner had the seafood bounty no faults at all. Dessert platter is to die for! Great to sample 4 desserts.

Great

Great service and tasty food, will be back.

Sumptuous meal. Will definitely be going again.

Another great meal. Fish of the day was West Coast Whitebait. Attentive staff with a sense of humour. Will go back again.

A very nice dining experience. Food was excellent. Advice is to go there hungry as the meals are a very generous size. Pity we couldn't eat all the desserts, as they were decadent. First time at Salt on the Pier. Will return again.

Great

Massive meals, great price and nice view

Outstanding food and service, great selection, could not fault a single thing, awesome view. Looking forward to returning soon.

Very quiet & peaceful! Food was great, I loved the seafood chowder was my favourite dish of the night! Will be back for sure!

Such an amazing place to enjoy dinner while overlooking the Pier. The food was excellent and really affordable. Our waiter was very friendly and efficient,

Service was amazing, food was great probably shouldn't have ordered an entree as I couldn't finish the steak. Steak was massive!

Was lovely lovely food and service

Beautiful food and great service. Definitely recommend. The guy that served us gave us the best service.

Amazing vegetable filo parcels. Friendly and effective service. Will return :-)

The reception was warm and the food and service excellent, sadly unable to tackle dessert after a substantial entree and huge steak.

Hi we had a great night and the food and service were excellent. The restaurant
is great as it has a awesome view of the Pier and I love all the fairy lights. So it was great to go there as hadn't been for a couple of years for dinner, but have had coffee and lunches downstairs in cafe. Especially in the wake of what has recently happened inn Christchurch was good to have a great meal with friends in a lovely restaurant.

As the booking was made through first table, no need to say that we were the first there so the service was more personalized. The waiter knew the menu very well, and he answered all my questions patiently. They even made a pancake for my daughter, though it was on the bfast menu and it was dinner time already. The calamari was good, made of real calamari, not the ones you get at the pubs, my surf and turf was good, but could have been better if there's more prawns and salmon in there and also potato gratin, the steak was done to my liking, nothing exceptional, the sauce that came with it was flavorful, I loved it. The curry of the day was my husband's order, I tasted it too of course. It was good, and I wished I ordered that instead. lol. But the real winner there was the dessert for sharing. Oh my gosh! its every sweet tooth person's dream! huge portions and simply delicious! consisting of melt in your mouth lemon meringue with creamy custard sauce, sticky date pudding with caramel sauce and thick cream, lemon and passion fruit cheesecake, cream brulee, and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. My husband who loves lemony desserts was over the moon.

Not impressed would discribe food no better than an average pub meal.

Great staff! Amazing food! Definitely worth a visit

Well presented tasty meal.
Great staff, thanks for an enjoyable evening!

I wondered when the food was made rather than bad. I thought the contents were poor

We enjoyed a beautiful meal, matched by the view and the exception service. Thoroughly enjoyed our dinner out. Thanks!

My family and I really enjoyed this experience. Great food, wonderful service, lovely atmosphere. Staff were extra thoughtful providing the kids with coloring activities. Overall a great night. Thank you

Lovely view, great food and the best service. Would go again

Well, it wasn't a la carte menu, as it was stated. Good food, well cooked, but I found that menu was a bit havy for a hot summer. Meat was a bit overcooked. Big disappointment in the end of our dinner. We bought sunday icecream for our daughter, but jelly beans in it were so old and rock hards, that felt lucky, that I didn't break any teath, staff was informed.

Service was great, food was a little on the average side. My scallops were under cooked and the fish was a little dry.

Lovely food with an extensive menu and a huge choice of beverages too. Really lovely staff and so nice on a hot day sitting outside on the balcony listening to the sea.

This was a first Table booking and another return visit back to Salt on the Pier Restaurant out at New Brighton by the Pier.
I have to say that this is an innovative Restaurant which seems to be doing something right.
Even though it was early at 5-30 p.m. the restaurant had 14+ people and it continued to fill up with customers.
While waiting for our food to come , we had a discussion as to why this was so.
Salt on the Pier has themes and special offers more than the average Restaurant reminding me of one of our very Favourite restaurants
" The Old Vicarage " out at Halswell which caters well for locals with their offers/loyalty card rewards.

Back at Salt on the Pier, On Thursdays , they have a Steak offer at $10 which sounded very cheap so we will now have to go back and try it for ourselves.

On this Thursday, I had the Chicken Tikka Marsala Curry with Naan and vey nice too.
For her, it was the Salmon with vegetables cooked Al Dente and that was a very good dish too although a bit more Pesto would have been good.
Desert was a definite with my choice the Sticky Date pudding and she choose the Double Chocolate Cheesecake.
Both were good value for the price especially the Cheesecake which was a generous serving.
Salt on the Pier has its own busy vibe and seems well supported and part of the local Community.
We think that it is well worth a try - and we will be back again too

Service was very good and attentive without being over the top and we were very happy with the whole experience.

Parking is o.k. with options by the beach but not all that close but no problem on a fine night.

Awesome food and stunning view! Service was lovely too! Definitely coming back!!