Salt Tasting Room

Not so much a restaurant, but more so a wine bar offering a selection of fine cheese and deli meats with gourmet condiments. A good venue if you’re looking to talk over drinks but not hungry enough to sit at a restaurant.

If the concept doesn’t impress you the location being in a downtown eastside’s back alley might.

How can you NOT try a restraunt with an address on Blood Alley?
Salt is a tasting room specializing in artisinal cheese, small-batch cured meats, and great wines. The concept is unique. Great condiments to accompany your “meal”. Wait staff was friendly, efficient and helpful in pairing wines with all the dishes. If you like meat, cheese and wines I highly suggest you try this place out. Overall a great expeirience

I walked past 3 junkies shooting up and an overwhelming stench of garbage on my way to this place. Salt Tasting Room is not in the best of locations, but it’s worth the trek down that sketchy alley if you’re up for something new. There is such a huge divide between the inside of the restaurant and the outside of the alley. I guess the contrast makes Salt that much more appealing once you escape inside its doors. As for food and drink – the wine and sherry list is very impressive and the meats and cheeses are creative. I love how they select their food from delis and artisan cheese shops – no buy-by-the-bulk here. Don’t come hungry to this restaurant – it really is just for drinking and nibbling. The wait staff was friendly and seemed very knowledgeable about the menu – definitely a plus and not so common nowadays in gastown. We left it up to up to our server to choose condiments for our meats and cheeses and the selection was great.