Best Restaurants for Birthdays in Salem

12/24/24: Lauren was great, as usual, and Ryan the GN gets his sleeves rolled up and helps it all work. Since moving from el país vasco this is as close as I’ll get to going back to northern basque coast. Worth every penny including the 18% inclusive tariff. Josh & Julie Ugalde Mequon, WI

We arrived for the Christmas Eve dinner special only to be told there was a marketing error and the dinner special was unavailable—even though it was still on their website. It was disappointing but we ordered off the regular menu and the food was great. Service was a bit slow, it took 90 minutes even though we ordered our salad and entrees at the same time we received our drinks.

Excellent as always. Good food great service. Love this place

The seating area was cool. Our guests enjoyed the fun atmosphere and just Loved the Magician. He was great!! Food portions were large and cheese curds (1 lb) were a hit.

We had a great meal at Avli! We got there earlier than our reservation, so we had a nice drink at the bar and then were seated promptly at our appointed time. We did a variety of hot and cold meze and made a meal out of that. Favorites included: dolmades, zucchini fritters, octopus and an amazing dish with cheese and peppered fig. Service was attentive without being intrusive. I had been to Avli previously but my 3 guests had not—everyone began to plan return visits.