Salt House Review

Very good food and extremely helpful and friendly staff!  We ordered the olives and poutine to start, and the poutine could have been our entire entree... My husband had read about the poutine, and had to order it  (I thought it sounded a little scary) -- french fries covered in Gorgonzola and then smothered in gravy???  I realize that it's a variation on a Canadian specialty, but what stoner came up with that combo?  My husband is already craving it again the next day, but I can't say that I am.  The olives were good, but a really large portion, and too many for 2 people.  I think they should offer a 1/2 portion for $3.  As for the entrees, I had the roasted chicken and it was good, but not nearly as good as the steak that my husband got  -- damn, that was wonderful, and the best I've had in a long time.  We also shared the pineapple upside down cake for dessert, and it was mighty tasty...

My only complaint is that I thought the wines were a little bit on the high side, and the tables for 2 are really close together... I'd say that if you plan to go to Salt House, go with other people so you can sit at a table for 4 -- those tables are further apart and offer more privacy.  It's soooo hard for me not to eavesdrop in a restaurant, and since you are pretty much sharing a table with the people you are sitting next to at the tables for 2, it was quite a challenge not to eavesdrop at this joint!

545 Mission St
(between Shaw Aly & Ecker Pl)
San Francisco, CA 94105
Neighborhood: SOMA

(415) 543-8900