The Bar at iPic Theaters

We had a few cocktails before our movie. We were celebrating our 20^th anniversary. Our bartender Shea was friendly and personable and even helped us take a photo to commemorate our Staycation weekend.

Great place to have drinks and appetizers before or after a movie. The bar has several TV’s making it a great place to watch Football also. I would not call it a typical sports bar though, the bar is very classy and sophisticated but has a casual feel making it a great place for unique drinks and food or to check out your favorite game. If the Cardinals aren’t playing then you can request to have the sound broadcast for the game you are watching. The service has been exceptional and with our most recent visit Matt was taking care of us. We have had Matt as our bartender on many occasions both at the bar here and next door at Tanzy’s bar during brunch. He always greets my wife and I by name, knows what we typically order and treats us like valued customers. It’s this type of service that makes us want to come back for more and also recommend to our friends and family.
The only reason I did not give 5 stars is due to the company’s decision to remove wings from the menu. The wings were previously available during football season only but were some of the best wings we have had in the valley. I will certainly update my review if those fantastic wings make it back on the menu.

Sat for 30 minutes to order, no one ever said hello, we were the only two in the place and bar tender just stood in place ,
This place needs a revamp on customer service.

Love the bar and bartenders here. Only gave 3 stars due to them not having any NFL promotions this year. Last year they had some of the best wings my husband and I have ever had. Unfortunate that they are not bringing them back. Very disappointed.

I like it and will go back, but watered down drinks.

Great ambiance. Many separate areas to gather to create the mood you want. An eclectic mix of styles tables, chairs to lounge, private and of course the bar. Nice place to meet early before a show as well. Food and drinks aren’t quite what they rant and rave about but better then typical bar food.

Bartender was super rude … Apparently the guy thought he was behind the hottest bar in vegas. The Death by Mocha drink was nothing but super sweet chocolate milk. Again the bartender wanted to do anything but help us… I mean anything … Including having a 5 min conversation with the buser about «like how cool he is.» He actually sent me to the other restaurant when I asked for a coffee. The other bar Tanzy was actually much better. Much much better service and a more relaxed environment. One bad apple …

This place has the setting of a swanky Las Vegas lounge. Unfortunately the service my last 3 visits have been horrible. The place is new and I can understand all places go through growing pains but this place has really got off to a bad start as far as service
Goes. The food is good the setting
is nice but if your expecting well versed cocktail servers your in for a big surprise.
Stop by this place and give it a shot as everyone has their own opinion but after spending several years «over 15» in the service industry and after visiting several establishments in the Arizona, California, Las Vegas and several other part of the country I can’t rank this place very high. The key to having a successful place is service service service… I’ll go back to check on this place again. But I won’t be recommending this place to anyone I know. Not yet at least… Get your stuff together SALT you have the potential to be a really nice spot…

Went to Salt today at the Ipic theatre and sat at bar for about 15 min and the bartender Steven didn’t even acknowledge our presence. I sat by and observed him assist a Caucasian woman and a Caucasian couple that came to the bar well after us and be greeted and explained the menu. This bartender then has the audacity to turn his back and go back to cleaning the bar after he helps people that came in afterwards. Finally a woman comes over and asks if we need anything. I let the female bartender know about the poor experience but I was so upset I was shaking. I feel like this happened because we are two black females, we didn’t show up looking tacky and we’ve been to bar before and had great service from another bartender. I’m really disappointed in the Ipic theatre bar tonight! That’s a major understatement.

Stopped for a bite to eat before a movie on a Tuesday night– Salt has a Tuesday night food menu of select items. Last time I had a flatbread with white cheeses. Greasy, but I enjoyed it. Leftovers didn’t fare well, so I suggest ordering this to share. On this visit, I tried the Turkey brie panino, with apple and honey.
D’lish! The first one they delivered was burnt, though, and the bartender quickly offered to get another one made. Very classy and just what I expected from a venue like Salt’s.
I also enjoyed a side of tater tots, $ 6 on Tuesday night.
The bacon ketchup, made in-​house and without corn syrup, was a great accompaniment, but I rarely have need to dip quality fried potatoes, and these did not need any.
I appreciated the wine samples while I tried to decide if I was in the mood for wine. What I really wanted to try was their Death by Mocha martini, but it turned out that the chocolate sauce contained powdered sugar (cornstarch). A blessing in disguise, I think. The bartender saved me from consuming all of that sugar!

Was at Salt this past Friday and thoroughly enjoyed myself.
I brought a date here and it was the perfect atmosphere to have a few drinks, some appetizers, and get to know each other. Our bartender was superb, recommending drinks, and being super friendly.
Bite sized Nachos chicken
Fillet Sliders
The Manhattan — Drink

Service was horrible waived to a waitress after making eye contact and no service. Lack of ingredients for a suffering bastard. If you don’t mind the lack of service the drinks available are good priced a little high for a lack of service. However the bartenders are friendly but sit at the bar or the service sucks

Came to Salt Lounge prior to seeing a movie at i-​Pic and had some time to kill. It has an awesome lounge area with tons of TV’s to watch sports as well as some interesting speciality cocktails. Service was a little on the slow side and the area where we sat at the bar was dirty and the bartender never seemed to notice or care and clean it up!

For my money, which today happens to be on par with winter temperatures north of the Arctic Circle, this is the place you want to get stewed before a movie.
Salt is inside the IPIc complex, making it super easy to get bozo’d before your showing. Two hours of drinking, followed by two hours of movie while wolfing sliders… pretty damned cool in my book.
Let’s say your college football bets didn’t pan out quite like you planned. This is when I typically say fuck-​it-​all and head straight for the movies. Movies, particularly bad ones offer perspective on just how good I have it since I’m not being chased around a vacation rental by some psychopath with a meat cleaver. All I did was lose this months house payment on today’s Alabama game. No biggie.
The bartenders at Salt are friendly and attentive. They’re also pretty proud of their skills, boasting how as a professional mixologist, there’s no drink they’re unfamiliar with.
Yeah? Any drink?
When my bartender couldn’t make my wife’s whatever the fuck, or even knew the ingredients, she tried to walk him through it. When it finally arrived, it was as if some kind of barnyard animal peed into a cocktail shaker. It was that bad.
Feeling bad, (presumably ashamed of himself) drinks were on the house.
Go figure.
I lose big, drink for free, and fall asleep in some bullshit chick movie.
All in all, not a bad day, unless you factor my completely fucking up today’s point spreads.
Anyways, I’m coming back to Salt, even if I have to pay next time.
They make their women servers dress like there’s a Girls Gone WIld film crew in the house. Not a bad thing.

Salt is the bar inside iPic, so you can get your pre-​movie drink on. Let me just say, the drinks are the best part! All cocktails at Salt are made with liquid nitrogen. The mixes are premade, so the bartender pours the mix/​liquor into a metal bowl, picks up a large canister of liquid nitrogen and starts creating magic. Fog steams out of the bowl and tiny pieces of cocktail goodness jump out like little pieces of frozen hail. Then the bartender takes a whisk and whisks the drink into a frozen concoction. The consistency is like a frozen blended drink, but way better since no ice is involved. Currently, there are three specialty cocktails on the menu. One is made with prickly pear, one is pineapple and jalapeño, and then my favorite — the Bangkok Monkey. This one is like a piña colada — pineapple, passion fruit, and rum. So, so, so good! These drinks pack a wallop — so strong that one was enough to get me tipsy. They are also a little pricey — $ 15 per drink. They are very labor intensive, a work of love, so I can understand that. Overall, I’d come back for a special treat!

Love the drinks! Bartender was awesome! Wish they were slightly less expensive… could’ve bought a great pair of shoes! The dirty, salty, sweet & savory is AMAZING!

A full bar right outside the theaters? Yes that’s right! Salt Lounge is here to serve you cocktails in a lounge setting before, during or after your movie… or even if you don’t want to see a movie at all! The Lounge is pretty spacious with several flat screen TVs all around. It’s a great place to watch a game. The bar is circular and the atmosphere has the excitement of the movie theater and Tanzy surrounding it. However, what I like about Salt is that you don’t have to go to a movie to enjoy it and it doesn’t feel like your in a movie theater. As soon as you step foot inside Salt Lounge, you’ve entered a real, full blown Lounge.

No. I don’t think so.
I’m in the service industry. I get out of work and want to have a drink. This means I’m going to be arriving at your bar later in the evening.
We walked in at around 11. We ordered two glasses of wine, paid for them and plopped down on a couch to relax. At exactly 12 on the dot, they turned off the music and turned up the lights. One manager came over to ask if we were finished. I looked at my ¼ filled glass and said No.
Another bartender comes over and asks if we were finished. Still no. But he chose to stand there and watch us while we finished the last few sips.
Aside from the weird ambiance (is it a lounge? A bar? A sports bar?) the way were treated was beyond rude and unacceptable.
I will never return and I will tell everyone I know not to come here. You do not treat people (especially ones who work in the same industry) this way and not expect a backlash.

The wife and I visited this locale on Sunday to use the prize she won from Ipic theatres for free appetizers and drinks for 4 people. We couldn’t get anyone to come so we enjoyed the treats for ourselves. Now we have passed this locale each time we went to Ipic to see a show… but we never stopped for food because it can be pricey. So since we had this great prize we could finally try the food and see if it was worth it’s weight in gold… LOL. So basically we had 6 buffalo chicken egg rolls…3 Fillet mignon petite burgers (for the wife) calamari… and a 3 cheese flatbread pizza. My wife had 2 alcoholic beverages and I had 2 glasses of cranberry juice.
Now if we would have payed regular price we would have been out of 85 bucks and with the movie about 130.00 bucks… so as you can see it was a great prize my wife won. The food was good and the ambience is very good but a little dark for my taste… and especially at night it could be a huge problem… so be aware of that. However if your ever go to the Ipic theatre to see a movie and want a quick drink and maybe a snack then give Salt a try… but remember again it can be pricey. Eat, Drink, and be Merry my Friends!!!

Where does Salt fit in the Scottsdale social scene? Located in the iPic complex and next to Narcisse it draws people from both places. Is it special enough to be a destination by itself? Probably not.
Decent drinks and music. Good service but nothing really makes Salt standout on it’s own.