Salt Restaurant at Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island — Coastal American / Seafood, Amelia Island
Salt at the Ritz-Carlton Amelia Island sits beachfront on the Atlantic — a formal dining room with ocean views that the hotel's position makes spectacular. The salt in the name references both the Atlantic and the kitchen's philosophy: local seafood, treated simply, in a room that earns its luxury designation.
The Fernandina Beach shrimp — the town is one of Florida's most historic shrimping ports — are the menu's most important ingredient. Fernandina shrimp, caught day-boat fresh from the Atlantic, prepared with the restraint that their quality demands, are among the finest in the American East.
The wine program is the island's most serious — a comprehensive cellar with depth in Burgundy and California that a Ritz-Carlton property is positioned to maintain with the investment quality requires.
The sunset from Salt's Atlantic-facing terrace — the light falling directly into the ocean from this northeast Florida position — produces the kind of ending to a day that makes Amelia Island worth the journey.
Best Occasion: Perfect for Proposals
The Ritz-Carlton beach terrace at sunset, Fernandina shrimp, and the Atlantic stretching east toward Europe. The proposal setting that northeast Florida makes possible and the Ritz-Carlton makes certain.
Best Occasion: Best for Impressing Clients
The finest hotel on Amelia Island, the best shrimp in Florida, and the Atlantic sunset. For clients who measure quality by Ritz-Carlton standards — which is the relevant benchmark.