Salt & Sweet Restaurant - Polish restaurant in Melbourne - 3092 Lake Washington Rd, USA

This is such a cute restaurant. We loved the atmosphere. It is casual, though, and we just walked in. They do prefer reservations for dinner as they get quite busy. You can make reservations for lunch, but some days aren't too busy, so you can just wait to be seated. We both decided on the Polish Sampler Plate because we never really tried Polish food before. The sampler came with Pierogis, Golabki and Polish Sausage. I had Cabbage Soup and Carrie had the soup of the day, which was tomato soup. See the lunch menu photos for a description of each food item in more detail. The food was outstanding and the wait staff were top notch. The lunch portions were the perfect size for us. We have decided we love Polish food and will be going back!

After living in the area for years, we only recently discovered this place and mighty glad we did. Excellent authentic Polish food! Everything we tried was delicious - definitely coming back again soon.

Great experience! Everything was delicious and felt like home. I’m from Ukraine so S&S Restaurant hit the spot. Elizabeth, our server, was very sweet and treated us like family! Too bad we haven’t tried this place before! Will be returning very very soon 😀

Amazing food and service! The dill pickle soup was so delicious. Everything was a culinary delight. Highly recommend.

Our son requested S&S for his 30th birthday. We had the cabbage soup, Herring appetizer, Baked Ribs w/sauerkraut, Chicken Salt & Sweet and Outlaw's Potato Pancake. Everything was excellent! The ladies who work there were wonderful too.

Okay, so I've been to Salt & Sweet a few times. Here are my thoughts: First and foremost, the food is fantastic. I've never had something there that wasn't delicious. This is where the restaurant shines and is the only reason I give them 4 stars. However, the service and atmosphere has been questionable at times. The restaurant does not require reservations. However, if you walk in for dinner without a reservation, even with 50+% of tables unoccupied, they will warn you that "it may take a while to get your food." There are only two servers and perhaps one or two kitchen staff, so the place operates like an old school mom and pop restaurant. Unfortunately, the servers may make you feel unwelcome for no apparent reason at all. Seems as though they don't want the restaurant to be busy. You may also hear screaming and crashing pots and pans in the kitchen at various times. It's obvious the staff are not very happy to be there preparing and serving the delicious food. After you finish your meal, you may also have to wait an unnecessarily long time to receive and pay your bill. Last time I was there, my party and several others were essentially "held hostage" waiting for the server to provide the bill and take payment. After 15 minutes of waiting for the bill, I had to stand up and walk to the register area to get the server's attention and complete the transaction. Overall, I'd recommend this place for the food, but the service is generally poor. It's a shame because this place could be incredible and would appeal to a broader (younger) customer base if they could improve the hospitality and service.

Very good! We tried the sampler and Zrazy Polskie. Out of everything we enjoyed the keilbasa and pierogis the most. Also, the white bean soup had excellent flavor.

Very flavorful menu choices. Tried the pierogies and they were quite good. I had pickle soup, which was delicious. It tasted like it had a cabbage base. For my main course I ordered the Outlaw Pancake, which was a large potato pancake smothered with pork goulash. It was wonderful. I had apple cake for dessert, very underwhelming. Service was very good and food reasonably priced.