Fodor's Expert Review Salt Restaurant and Bar
Put a slightly upscale yet still casual restaurant in a popular local hotel, with a waterside location in a vacation town, and you've got this can't-miss dining spot. There is casual pub dining in the bars, but Salt, with its alfresco dining by the palm-edged marina, is the star. The menu changes with the seasons, sometimes offering free-range pork belly with prawn dumplings, lamb backstrap, or grass-fed eye fillet with béarnaise sauce. Bar snacks include lots of fresh seafood such as Coromandel mussels. Reservations are recommended in summer.
Quick Facts
1 Blacksmith La.
Whitianga,
Waikato
3510,
New Zealand
07-866–5818
- Great raw bar with oysters and ceviche
- Steamed mussels
- Slow-roasted lamb sharing plate