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Salty’s on the Columbia River serves award-winning Pacific Northwest Coastal Cuisine with astonishing waterfront views, service and smiles. For four decades, Salty’s has welcomed generations of locals and travelers celebrating vacations, engagements, business, or simply a lovely day on the water. We are open for year round outdoor dining in our cozy, elegant glass-like tents and on our decks. Decorated to lift your spirits, we welcome you to celebrate or just let the stress of the day slip away while enjoying the amazing waterfront, mountain views and fresh air of the Columbia River. One of the Top 100 Most Scenic Restaurants and Top 100 Best Brunches in America by OpenTable, and Eater’s #1
PRICE RANGE
$10 - $60
Special Diets
Vegetarian Friendly, Vegan Options, Gluten Free Options
Meals
Lunch, Dinner, Late Night
CUISINES
American, Seafood
FEATURES
Reservations, Outdoor Seating, Private Dining, Seating, Parking Available, Highchairs Available, Wheelchair Accessible, Serves Alcohol, Full Bar, Free Wifi, Accepts Credit Cards, Table Service, Free off-street parking, Wine and Beer, Waterfront, Family style, Gift Cards Available
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Reviewed 1 week ago

Exceptional food, service and environment. Our server was wonderful and very knowledgeable of the menu and the food. She made some great recommendations and went the extra mile to make sure we were enjoying our experience. I had a wonderful seafood bucatini meal along with...an Old Fashioned, and some seafood artichoke dip for an appetizer.More

Date of visit: March 2024
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Reviewed January 7, 2024

My wife and I were exceptionally happy with the quantity and quality of our appetizers and entrées (Seafood chowder, focaccia bread, garlic prawns-scallops and mahi mahi). It had been many years since we last visited for dinner and both surprised and very satisfied at the...wonderful tableside service and tastiness of food. What REALLY needs to be called out and commended was Ryan, the assistant General Manager who exemplified a "gold standard" of customer service and how to handle a negative issue not attributable to the Portland office's operation(s). My wife has simply raved about his actions, interactions, professionalism and ultimately how he resolved our issue. Another in our party outright wanted to hire him away from Saltys! Such great actions and behavior are just so hard to find these days (coming from a long-time senior manager and senior sales associate in different industries).More

Date of visit: January 2024
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Reviewed November 22, 2023

After a disappointing meal at Salty's on the Columbia I emailed the Assitant to the GM directly (the contact I was given when I asked how to get in touch with a manager). This is what I emailed, and since I have not received a...response, not even a "Thank you for your feedback, as this is our busiest time of year, we will respond in detail as soon as possible" kind of thing, I am posting my email here. "I had lunch yesterday at Salty's as part of a group of around 14 women. I have heard about the restaurant and was looking forward to eating there as I love seafood (I'm a pescatarian). Unfortunately, while your staff were uniformly polite and attentive, the service was not great and the food itself was not good. I was immediately disappointed because our group was seated with a view of the parking lot and the road, not the river, which I had been hoping for, and since the restaurant wasn't busy, it seems could have been accommodated. In terms of my actual meal, I asked the waiter why there was an asterisk next to the fish tacos, since, as you know, the menu explains this as "Consuming raw or undercooked meats, poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs increases your risk of foodborne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions." I was surprised by this since I have often had fish tacos, whether from street vendors, or beachfront restaurants in Mexico, or at starred restaurants in Europe, but I have never had them served "rare," for want of a better word. This didn't sound appetizing to me so I confirmed with the waiter that the cod would be fully cooked. In fact it wasn't, and in retrospect I now understand the asterix, but it seems the waiter didn't know the menu correctly. So I guess I got what I ordered, but I didn't enjoy it, and the taco shells themselves were a terrible texture - were they soft? were they crispy? - and impossible to pick up, which is really how tacos should be eaten. Since I was reduced to eating them with a knife and fork, I then found myself trying to cut into a soggy taco in an attempt to get a bite that didn't also include the wet paper they were inexplicably served on. The accompanying salsa tasted of nothing but jalapeno. I did enjoy aioli on the tacos, although it looks unfortunately like 100 Island Dressing, and the chips were good, but that's about it."More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed November 4, 2023

Beautiful Columbia River view. It was a Saturday breakfast. Team members were super nice. We ordered Coffee, Pineapple Mimosa, Calamari, bowl of Seafood Chowder, Crab Cake Benedict with fresh fruit, Paella and a basket of pastry. Fantastic food and came with a surprise slice of...super tasty White Chocolate Mousse cake.More

Date of visit: November 2023
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Reviewed October 12, 2023 via mobile

Sally’s is out of the way, hidden along the Columbia River behind the airport, and worth the trip. Excellent seafood dishes, great selection of wines with a Oregon heavy list and nice desserts.

Date of visit: October 2023
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Reviewed September 5, 2023

The food was spectacular as was the view. We were celebrating my college graduation and a free dessert and card came with the meal. I hope to go again

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed September 3, 2023

Outstanding seafood and service Salty"s is on of the two best restrauants I have eaten; their chowder is the best I ever tasted plenty of sea food and the sauce was very very good.

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed August 31, 2023 via mobile

Stepping outside of the box and trying something that we don’t have available to us back home I ordered the blackened steelhead and my husband the black cod . Both were excellent. We sat outside overlooking the river which was beautiful. The occasional jet overhead...didn’t bother us as the service and food was fabulous.More

Date of visit: September 2023
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Reviewed August 23, 2023

We had a wonderful dinner with our family and perfect weather for patio eating! All of our entrees were delicious. Our server was sweet but forgot our appetizer. It didn't matter to us when the entrees arrived, they were good sized meals.

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed August 22, 2023

This is a great place to eat. The food is great and the views are great. Good service just a reallt nice place

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed August 18, 2023 via mobile

The view of the sailboats on the Columbia River, delicious fresh food, excellent waitress and wonderful live Friday night jazz music made tonight a memorable experience. The meal was fairly expensive but was fresh and creative. We enjoyed the artwork. Would come back!

Date of visit: August 2023
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Reviewed August 10, 2023

This place is WAY overpriced for what you get. We had reservations but still had to wait for 45 min only to be seated on a back table. Service was ok and food was ok but just way too expensive for what you received. It’s...a tourist trap and you’re paying for the location only, not the food or the service. Save yourself some $$ and find a better place for the food.More

Date of visit: September 2022
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Reviewed August 1, 2023

The halibut was so light and flaky and fresh. I'm not much of a fish guy but it was great. The potatoes were also great. The spinach dip was so good and the clam chowder lived up to the hype. The calamari was fresh, which...makes all the difference. The place got packed, inside and out. We had an awesome waitress Corin (I think), and I bought the coolest (and most expensive) salmon colored shirt.More

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed July 17, 2023 via mobile

Excellent view, service and food. Visited on a Monday evening while waiting for early morning flight to the east coast. Theodore was a very helpful waiter on the local entrees. We enjoyed drinks, oysters, salads and deserts. Highly recommend!!

Date of visit: July 2023
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Reviewed July 8, 2023

After hearing great reviews about Saltys we decided to try it, we sat outside and had beautiful views. I was wanting scallops but I didn’t see them on the menu! We got oysters Rockefeller they were delicious and huge! I tried their fish chowder it’s...was also delicious but they didn’t offer SD bread or crackers. Overall everything was just ok, the service felt rushed, my drink didn’t get served until after our meal was served and I packed up my untouched shrimp/crab salad and left .. somewhat disappointed. If I go again I will make a point to slow the service down myself.More

Date of visit: July 2023
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Salty's On The Columbia River is rated accordingly in the following categories by Tripadvisor travelers:
  • Food: 4.5
  • Service: 4.5
  • Value: 3.5
  • Atmosphere: 4.5