Salt + Ash Beach House

100% amazing spot.

Great atmosphere with lots of natural light coming in the windows on three walls. A cozy fire in one side of the dining area would make this place very nice at night as well. Seating for at least 100 I would guess, with about half of the tables being stand-alone two seaters, some are half cushioned wall bench/half chair, and at least one six seater that I noticed, but there are probably a few of those for bigger groups. Nice, simple, modern vibe with neutral colors. Great service. 1st visit: Feb 2024. My friend and I split several dishes to maximize what we could try. The Fire Roasted Scallops were amazing - our favorite. Not cheap at $24 for four scallops, but worth the indulgence of the perfect combination of flavors & textures. The "roasted squash (puree at the bottom), smoked butter, bacon (lardons, in my opinion), pumpkin & fennel brittle" (pepitas with sesame seeds). The Shrimp & Grits ($17 - "onion relish, lobster bay butter, everything spice") were also very good, although we found the grits themselves to be more standard, the shrimp were excellent. The Fire-roasted brussel sprouts ($14 - "honey glaze, mezcal, lemon aioli") were very good as well, as a 3rd shareable item, starting to not be as hungry, but definitely satisfied. If you wanted a light lunch, I'd stop here after sharing these three items. For dinner as we were, we added also the Grilled Maitake Mushrooms ($23 - "black truffle, potato confit, cashew cream, pumpkin seeds" - were also delicious to mix the tastes & feel, and a gorgeous presentation. We opted to add yet a 5th item to our order after finishing off these, the Jalapeno Cornbread ($8 - "tequila lime butter") - which was incredibly moist, almost greasy, but very bursting with flavor and weight, for the size of the piece served. Although not sweet, this adequately filled the place of a dessert for us. 2nd visit: for my birthday in Mar 2024. Another friend and I came because I liked it enough to come back the next month, and he was curious to try it as well. Cocktails: He tried the Warm & Fuzzy ($12 'jim beam bourbon, apple cinnamon syrup, lemon juice, cinnamon sugar rim, dehydrated apple spice" and it tasted exactly as it sounds, yummy). He then asked for a Eight O' Five cocktail, but they ran out of the chocolate & peppermint syrup for the rim, which woudl make this drink what it is, so he passed on that and tried the Backyards ($12 "lunazul blanco tequila, grapefruit & lime juice, citric acid, soda, grapefruit salt rim") the rim was a bit too salty & over-powering, but the drink still good and balanced. I tried the Crystal Crescent #3 ($12 - "blue lobster vodka soda, benjamin bridge piquette, charred citrus, grendadine, soda, drunken cherry" - which was refreshing and seemed flat, but that was ok). Food: We got the scallops again and he was just as impressed. Then we tried the Tater Tot-Chos ($14 - "sour cream, salsa, avocado, cheddar, jalapeno") - which come in a mini cast iron pan. Deep fried little cylindric tater tots were very tasty, with the sour cream drizzled all over, dollops of the avocado 'cream' as I'd call it on the side. We inhaled these. As a main, he tried the Fish & Chips ($25 - "salt & vinegar fries, slaw, tartar sauce") where I tasted a bit of it all. The piece of fish is quite large, dominating the place, cooked to perfect where you basically don't have to chew the fish, only the batter, but a good balance of each. The fries were salty but the salt & vinegar 'powder' on them, or whatever it was, was great. Then we decided to try the pizza of the week - Hawaiian. It is probably equivalent to your average medium sized at a normal pizzeria, maybe a touch under at what looked like 12 inches. Very good thin crust with a proper bubbled 'crust' on the edges, a few large pieces of bacon that looked a bit under cooked, but were fine, some small slices of pineapple, jalapeno, excellent pepperoni (perhaps Brothers?), sauce & cheese to make an overall well-rounded pie. We each ate a slice and I took the rest home. I look forward to returning here!

So I've been wanting to go here for breakfast for some time now, but it always seemed so busy. Finally got a chance to go and was super excited. During burger week last year, I had seen something going by our table quite often for breakfast. I had to stop one of the waiters and ask what it was. I have never had a Dutch baby before so I knew I had to come back for it. I did have to ask our waiter what the fried chicken and maple popovers were, it was tempting to get both. But I stuck to what I wanted and got tater tots and hollandaise for a side. The Dutch baby on the menu gave this description: Baked sweet vanilla popover pancake, chantilly cream, blueberries, cinnamon. I didn't notice cinnamon but there was also raspberries which was a bonus. This was so good. The juice from the berries helped with the puffy crisper sides of the popover. The cream may have been where the cinnamon was but tasted more vanilla. It was so good all together. Tater tots were also good, they had an onion flavor to them. The hollandaise was not good if that's what I got served. It tasted like mayo. It was thick like mayo. The waiter thought I might have gotten the wrong thing and offered replacement, but the taters were half gone. He did take that charge off my bill which was nice and appreciated. It wasn't too busy but seemed like only a few working the tables. Our waiter was pretty quick with us. Took hardly any time to get our food. We even got served before the table of 5 beside us even though they ordered first. I also asked for a seat beside the window which they were able to do. You can see why it gets busy here in the nicer months. Nice view and great staff.

Overall experience was underwhelming. Our service person as polite but seemed very rushed. Didn’t really engage, We had to ask for desert menus, coffee, tea wasn’t offered. Brussel sprouts were mushy. Seems like they just wanted to turn the table asap. Cooks were playing in appropriate music in the kitchen. Just wasn’t a welcoming atmosphere overall. Food was ok. Won’t hurry back, too many other places to try in this city.

I shared the lamb dish with a friend. It was cooked to perfection. Other friends had pizza and loved it. Service was great. My server was so sweet

Worth the money, amazing food and service

Food was so good. Service was exceptional. Had an amazing family dinner here. Got the cheese bread, tater tot-Chos, chicken bites, kale Caesar, lamb and a pizza. All were great.

Very nice atmosphere . Good food . Very good service. Highly recommended.