Salty Beaver — Local services in Longview

TL;DR: Good pizza, tasty cocktails, good service, chill atmosphere. Only complaint: Tomato Bisque looks/tastes like pasta sauce, no sign of cream.

Stopped in on a Thursday afternoon after seeing they were open. There were a few other people seated at tables but it wasn't too busy. Sat down on a barstool and looked at the cocktail menu (pictured) while waiting for someone to stop by. About a 7 minute wait, waitress dropped off food menu and asked if I would like a drink. Ordered the Bourbon Lemonade (pictured) and started to look through food menu. (Pictured). I appreciated all of the golf themed menu items and especially the Happy Gilmore reference. Ended up deciding on Golf Clubs (mozzarella sticks, pictured), a cup of Tomato Basil bisque (pictured) and an Islander pizza (pictured). Soup and Clubs were out within 10 minutes and while working on them I finished my drink. Ordered a Jae's grape bomb (pictured) next. When it was dropped off, waitress let me know it would be a short wait for my pizza as the first one got burnt so they had to remake it. When my pizza (pictured) arrived it was perfectly cooked. When I asked about dessert, was told they only have cheesecake for now, so I declined. Got to go boxes and paid the check. Service was great throughout.

Review of Items

Bourbon Lemonade: Sweet, as expected with a nice touch of whiskey notes. Not cloyingly sweet or overly hot from the liquor. Very approachable drink. 8.5/10

Golf Clubs: Crispy outside, gooey cheese inside. Well-filled and cooked perfectly. Ranch and Marinara both good complements. 9/10

Tomato Basil bisque: The one disappointment of the meal. Decent tomato and herb flavor, no sign of heavy cream. Texture and flavor both reminiscent of a less sweet pizza sauce. 5/10

Jae's grape bomb: Tasted like crush grape soda. Did not taste the alcohol and unable to pick up on the Rockstar. This drink is great if you want something deceptive. Could be dangerous but quite tasty. 8.5/10

Islander pizza: Crust perfectly cooked, great amount of toppings. Biggest criticism is that it was not heavily sauced. Will definitely be getting another pizza on my...

We really wanted to like this place. It's new to the area, and we don't have a ton of great options in town. Our hopes were high. We opted to try it for dinner on a Thursday evening, figuring it wouldn't be crazy busy. Upon arrival we got right in w/ plenty of seating available. Someone took our drink order promptly, and told us our waiter would be with us shortly. But unfortunately, things went downhill quickly (actually - very, very slowly) from there. The drinks took approximately 10 minutes to show up (neither were alcoholic or complicated). When they did finally arrive, my Arnold Palmer failed to impress; the ice tea and the lemonade were obviously sourced from a soda fountain. If/When a restaurant lists an "Arnold Palmer" as a specific beverage option on the menu, I automatically assume it'll be a fresh house-made drink. Not just a combo of two fountain drinks. Bummer! After we got the drinks it was another 10 minutes before our waiter arrived (20 minutes since arrival, with less than half the tables occupied). Our food took another 20+ minutes to arrive. Though once it did, we didn't have any complaints with the taste or quality of the food. It wasn't amazing enough to offset the underwhelming service - but was good. Over the course of the meal, I got one refill on my drink. My wife's soda was empty for at least half the meal, but she was never offered a refill. Nor could we get anyone's attention prior to finishing our food. By that point we were just ready to pay and leave. We enjoy going out, and don't ask for much as far as service. But, especially when the restaurant is very obviously not busy, when we feel like we've been totally forgotten or overlooked it really kills the ability to enjoy the experience. Wish this could have been a happier review, but our dinner really was a...

Great karaoke 🎤 on Wednesdays with Josh. Food is wonderful, especially the pizzas and onion rings. The only issue is the service is slow on Wednesdays because there is only 1 server who is also the bartender. Don't be cheap on the help, you are missing out on sales. The gal working by herself was nice and friendly, just had a struggle keeping up.I am revising my review after tonight's visit(9/10/25). You posted karaoke would run 6p til 10p on Facebook. We has a table of 6. We bought drinks and food. At 9p we were given last call. The waitress/bartender was rude when we all asked why they wanted to close early. Another table of 7 came in at about 8:30, they were all spending money. It ridiculous to turn down paying customers. In the 4 hours we were there, the waitress only came to the table 2x. I had to get my own water and box for my leftovers. When we needed something, we had to wave our hands in the air. Our table was never bussed, we looked at dirty plates and glasses all night. 3 tables around us were dirty all night also. This is...