Salted Edge opened in October 2023 and sits on the West Shores Lake waterfront in Waterloo. It’s owned by restaurateurs Greg and Ashley Young along with chef Joel Hassanali, the chief managing partner. It’s one of two restaurants developed by their company, Lucky Eleven Hospitality Group. The shorefront view is striking, offering diners breathtaking sunset views as day turns to evening.
Hassanali also serves as executive chef at Pivot Prime, the most recent Lucky Eleven addition. His style brings bold, globally inflected flavors to both restaurants. Where Pivot leans into French-inspired steakhouse cuisine, Salted Edge plays more freely with modern American flavors filtered through his Caribbean roots and wider culinary travels.
Inside, the dining room does a lot of work before the first plate arrives at the table.
The decor is sleek and contemporary with a refined restraint that never feels overpolished or cold. Warm wood tones and globe lighting cast a romantic ambiance over modern wooden tabletops and simple, elegant place settings. The open kitchen makes you feel part of the experience, the staff moving with a kind of quiet, confident precision…