Anchovies and Salt

The place is perfectly located with amazing views, and the overall vibe was incredibly relaxing. The service was top-notch — warm, attentive, and very pleasant. The oysters were absolutely delectable! The only downside was that the portions felt a little small, and the lemongrass chicken was slightly bland — I didn’t really get much of the chili flavor. Overall, it was still an amazing experience, and I’ll definitely be back.”

Wow this places waterfront view is amazing, not to mention the decor. The food was well seasoned and all unique. We even loved the veggies. We got the 3 person combo for our family of 5 plus an appetizer. It was just enough food. I’m excited to come here in the future with other friends. The service was amazing as well! You should come on a sunny day to enjoy the sunset waterfront The tall ceilings help with the noise. Although there are large parties celebrating their birthdays all around it was easily to talk across the table.

This restaurant is situated on a beautiful waterfront view. Ambiance and service was top notch. Food was aesthetically appealing. Probably a good place for drinks to hang out except chairs outside was a bit uncomfortable. Sadly our family really didn’t like the taste of the food. The side dishes were ok. The smelt salad roll had overpowering herbs just not to our taste. Bun Bo Hue was the worse we ever had, just sweet and lacking other flavors and noodles served was thin vermicelli not the thick ones. Mushroom vegetarian soup noodle was also too sweet. Perhaps they cater to western palate. Pork chop broken rice was nothing special. We would not come back.

Anchovies and Salt was an amazing dining experience. The seafood was incredibly fresh and delicious. We especially enjoyed the geoduck soup, king salmon roll, smelt fish egg roll, wagyu beef, and the flavorful watercress soup. Every dish …

I came here once with my husband and my little one and we loved this place, so we brought our out of state friends to try it on July 4 weekend, but it was a massive disappointment. The food was highly hit or miss. The pho didn’t look like the menu picture, the beef in the bò né was way too chewy and the sauce was too salty, and the bánh bèo was overly sticky with lack of shrimp. However, the absolute stars of the afternoon were the cơm tấm and the coffee, we honestly loved them. The prices are steep for such small portions, but to be fair, I pay the same amount for high end Italian dishes with small portions too. With the beautiful lake view they have, the price isn't actually bad. However the service was a complete disaster. One female server spilled nuoc mam all over our table and just walked away without cleaning it up. Later, she slammed the bò né down and left without asking whose the dish was for like our main server, completely ignoring us even though we were loudly trying to tell her several times who the dish belonged to. Then the bill came and it raised a massive red flag. We had a party of 8 adults and 5 kids. Because they put three tables together for us, they asked us to order separately using three separate tablets so it would be easier to track who ordered what. We thought that was cool because it meant less confusion. At the end, they initially asked us to pay for each table separately, but we decided it would be easier to just combine everything onto one bill and split it among ourselves later. On that combined bill, we were charged an automatic 20% large party fee. We all work in the restaurant and nail industries, so we were totally happy to pay that 20% gratuity for a big group. However, when we got home, we were shocked to see that the restaurant slapped Washington state sales tax on top of our tip. Washington already has one of the highest sales taxes in the whole country, and we felt completely taken advantage of, only to find out after researching it online that because we combined the bill, they technically get to classify it as a "service charge” for big party to legally force that extra tax on us. It makes me wonder: what if we had just stuck to their original request and paid separately for the 3 individual tables? Since our table sizes would have been about 4-5 people each (they have a sign of 6 people table will be charged 20% service charge), would we still have been automatically charged a 20% tip and forced to pay sales tax on it? No, because it should have been a voluntary tip (for 4-5 people table), which isn't taxed (we did not get a chance to see the three separate bills before combining.) Charging tax on a tip is ridiculous. Everyone knows business owners and servers don’t have to pay sales tax on the tips their workers make, so why are you turning around and charging the customer tax on it? As a Vietnamese immigrant, I honestly hate writing such a long, negative review for a Vietnamese restaurant. I love seeing how much our community has grown and I always want to support our people. But for such a premium price, we deserve better service, and we need an honest answer from the owner regarding this tax on tip policy. This is why I only left 3 stars review when it should be lower. However, unless we get an explanation and an assurance of better service next time, I can’t recommend this place to anyone ever again or ever come back. We don’t mind leaving a big tip, but with the hit and miss food, the bad service we received, and the tax on the tip, this is completely unacceptable.