Saltaire

Yesterday evening, my friend I went to the North Shore for dinner. Originally, we wanted to go to Moustache Cafe in North Vancouver. However, there was a large party at the restaurant so we opted for another restaurant.

We decided to go to Saltaire in West Vancouver near Ambleside. There is a roof top patio above the main dining floor. We did not have a reservation for the patio, so we sat in a booth by the window. We had a partial view which was nice. The waiter took forever to come over because he could not see us. He was the only waitperson on the floor. There seemed to be only one chef preparing food. Service was extremely slow and the food was mediocre. My "wild" salmon entree was good, but the strawberry coulis was disappointing. It was suppose to come with a strawberry and papaya salsa, but it seemed to be drowning in a dessert coulis. My friend's free-run jerk chicken was disappointing. It was not roasted with a spice-rub, but marinated in dark sauce that looked like molasses or chutney.

The tapas of salmon lox, capers, and creme fraiche to start was good. I think we will go back and give the restaurant another shot. The salads looked good, as did the martini and slushie drink menu. I'll be sure to make a reservation for the patio.

Because the food and service took forever, we did not get to walk along the Ambleside seawall before the sun was setting as we hoped.