Salt Stone — Restaurant in Salt Lake City

The only reason I'm rating Salt and Stone with two stars instead of one is that the young woman who waited on our table this evening was very cordial and attentive to us. Otherwise, the experience was dismal.

The tone was set by the young woman who is the hostess. She could not have been ruder, more unfriendly and uncivil. Though the four of us, a group of elderly people, could not have been more polite to her, she was impatient and curt, treating us as if we were a bother when we asked to be shown a booth before we chose our seating. Not a smile one the entire time she dealt with us, and not a single word of welcome: disgraceful behavior for someone in her position….

The person greeting customers at any establishment is critically important. She or he provides a make-or-break experience for one's entire time in an establishment. This young woman needs to understand that if she lives long enough, she, too, will one day be old, and may find herself appalled at being treated unkindly solely due to her age.

All this, and the food is mediocre and overpriced. My rigatoni with meat sauce featured overcooked pasta and bland meat sauce.

I have stayed at the City Creek Marriott routinely for several days on each of my yearly visits to Salt Lake. I've long enjoyed the quiet restaurant on their main floor, which now has a new name, a new menu, and, I suppose, new management. Tonight's experience was disappointing, and the most elderly member of our group, who was treated more rudely than any of us by the hostess, spent a pretty penny for all of our meals.

But we won't be back on subsequent trips...

I stopped in for a nice dinner here in SLC, and was very pleasantly surprised by this unique little gem. Classic tavern accoutrements with a refined yet varied menu. I had the Rigatoni Bolognese, and the sauce had pork and beef, both seasoned well and the Bolognese was very flavorful. There was a touch of heat in the meat - just enough to carefully bring out some of the spice in the wonderful Argentinian Malbec that I had to accompany it. There were careful tiny dollops of ricotta to cool the palette. And of course freshly grated Parmesan gives a slight sharp edge that has me grinning. To finish, I had a wonderful coconut sorbet and the prosecco. A sweet finish after an earthy meal! Let me commend the service which was present and attentive and knowledgeable about the menu without hovering. And very personable. I really enjoyed seeing some of the seasonal flavors highlighted on the menu and I want to come back and try them. There are some Niman Ranch pork chops or a flatiron steak with shishitos and a chimichurri that pique...

I give a 1 star because of our server Marcelo. He was great. He made sure we had what we needed and he made a killer gold rush drink. Other than the Korean style wings, the food was horrible. Salmon had no seasoning, very watery, frozen flavor and the sauce they add does not do anything for it it is gooey and taste horrible. My son's strip steak was chard on the ends, no seasoning and no flavor. Also had a sauce that did not taste right. We did not even finish half our food. Marcelo didn't need to but offered a dessert on them (we did not accept) and removed the salmon and steak from our bill. Will never eat here again and do not recommend. Hopefully they change how they make their food. Again the only good thing about this place was our server. My son and I ended up getting Ivys by Uber eats as my...