Protect profit
Find hidden waste, strengthen margins, and make your numbers easier to control.
Restaurant consulting · Las Vegas
Calmer operations. Stronger business.
Hands-on guidance for restaurant and hospitality leaders who want stronger margins, reliable systems, capable teams, and a clear path forward.
Build the team
Create clearer roles, stronger training, and accountability that lasts.
Simplify growth
Turn scattered effort into an organized plan your team can actually follow.
Services & pricing
Support built around the real work.
Select any service for a detailed explanation, expected outcomes, and options to schedule a conversation.
01 · CORE SERVICE
Restaurant Operations & Profitability
Assess the full operation, uncover margin leaks, and build a prioritized improvement plan.
Explore this service → 02Menu Engineering & Food Cost
Strengthen recipe costing, pricing, product mix, portion control, and contribution margin.
Explore this service → 03Inventory, Purchasing & Vendors
Improve ordering, receiving, inventory accuracy, vendor comparisons, and waste control.
Explore this service → 04Team Development & Training
Clarify roles, improve onboarding, document standards, and build consistent execution.
Explore this service → 05Leadership Coaching & Accountability
Give chefs, managers, and supervisors tools for communication and follow-through.
Explore this service → 06Marketing & Revenue Growth
Connect positioning, promotions, local outreach, guest follow-up, and sales habits.
Explore this service → 07Startup & New Opening Support
Coordinate the operating plan, menu, systems, staffing, vendors, and opening priorities.
Explore this service → 08Turnaround & Performance Recovery
Stabilize urgent problems and focus the team on a measurable recovery plan.
Explore this service → 09Events, Catering & Banquet Operations
Improve event planning, culinary production, staffing, communication, and service flow.
Explore this service → 10Executive & COO-Level Support
Ongoing structure, implementation oversight, and a trusted operating partner for owners.
Explore this service →Simple starting points.
Final pricing is based on scope after your free consultation.
Operational Review
$450 one time
- Targeted assessment
- Priority recommendations
- Written action plan
Foundation
$750 / month
- Focused monthly priority
- Strategy and accountability
- Implementation support
Expanded Support
$1,500+ / month
- $1,500, $2,500, or $4,500 tiers
- Broader operational scope
- More hands-on involvement
Startup Support
$2,500 starting at
- Launch and operations plan
- Systems, menu, and team setup
- COO engagements from $10,000
Not sure where to begin? The free consultation determines whether you need a focused review, a one-time project, monthly guidance, or a more involved partnership.
Availability
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About Gabriel
Experience built in demanding kitchens—and applied to the whole business.
Salt & Shore Consulting is led by Gabriel Polansky, a hospitality operator who understands both the details of service and the systems behind sustainable performance.
“The goal is simple: help your business grow while making the day-to-day easier.”— Gabriel Polansky, Founder
Gabriel’s career has been shaped by high standards, complex operations, and leadership roles where preparation and follow-through matter. As Executive Sous Chef of Banquets at Bellagio, he worked in a luxury, high-volume environment where large-scale events depend on detailed planning, communication, quality, and consistency.
He also served as Executive Chef at Genoa Lakes Golf Course, leading culinary operations in a setting that brings together daily service, member and guest expectations, events, staffing, purchasing, and financial responsibility.
Additional experience in senior-living dining strengthened his work with production systems, recipe and menu development, costing tools, inventory processes, cleaning standards, and practical operating documentation. Today, he brings those lessons together as Founder and Owner of Salt & Shore Consulting.
Bellagio
Executive Sous Chef of Banquets, supporting disciplined execution for complex, large-scale culinary service.
Genoa Lakes Golf Course
Executive Chef, responsible for the people, systems, service, and operating priorities behind the culinary program.
Senior-Living Dining
Experience building recipes, costing tools, production plans, inventories, checklists, and repeatable standards.
Salt & Shore Consulting
Practical support spanning operations, workflow, leadership, scheduling, customer relations, and business development.
Clarity
Recommendations your team can understand and use.
Accountability
Clear ownership, follow-through, and honest progress checks.
Respect
Better systems without losing the heart of the business.
Frequently asked questions
What to know before we work together.
Clear answers about the consultation, scope, pricing, and what happens next.
Who does Salt & Shore work with?
We primarily support restaurants, hospitality operators, startups, owner-led businesses, and organizations facing growth or operational pressure. Projects can focus on one department or the entire operation.
What happens during the free consultation?
We spend up to one hour discussing your goals, current pressure points, and what has already been tried. You will leave with a clearer view of the priority, and we will recommend a next step only if there is a good fit.
Can you help lower food cost and improve margins?
Yes. The work may include recipe costing, pricing, portion control, product mix, purchasing, inventory, waste, vendor comparisons, scheduling, labor efficiency, or service flow.
Do you provide on-site or virtual consulting?
Both. On-site support is available throughout the Las Vegas Valley. Virtual sessions work well for strategy, document review, planning, and follow-up.
Can you help train managers and staff?
Yes. Support can include role clarity, onboarding, training plans, service and production standards, leadership coaching, communication routines, and accountability systems.
Do you work with new openings and turnarounds?
Yes. New-opening support can cover budgets, menus, systems, staffing, vendors, and launch priorities. Turnaround work starts by stabilizing urgent operating and financial issues, then rebuilding repeatable routines.
How much does consulting cost?
A focused Operational Review starts at $450. Monthly support begins at $750, expanded plans begin at $1,500, and startup support begins at $2,500. Larger or COO-level engagements are scoped after the free consultation.
Will I receive a generic report?
No. Recommendations are built around your numbers, people, workflow, goals, and operating reality. Written tools are designed to be used—not placed on a shelf.
How quickly can we begin?
Timing depends on current availability and project size. Use the Availability page to request a weekday and time, or call or email if the situation is urgent.
Is selecting a time an instant booking?
No. The calendar sends a preferred appointment request. Salt & Shore confirms the final date and time by phone or email.
Still have a question?
Talk directly with Gabriel.
Service area
Las Vegas Valley
- Las Vegas
- North Las Vegas
- Summerlin
- Henderson
- Paradise
- Spring Valley
Location
Based in Las Vegas. Built to meet you where the work happens.
Salt & Shore serves businesses throughout the Las Vegas Valley. On-site consulting is available based on project scope, and virtual consultations make it easy to start from anywhere.
On-site support
Operational assessments, team training, workflow review, and implementation.
Virtual consulting
Strategy, planning, follow-up, document review, and accountability.
Outside the valley?
Contact us to discuss remote support or project-based travel.
Testimonials
Trust is earned through the work.
Salt & Shore is building its Las Vegas client story around clear expectations, honest communication, and useful results.
“The goal is simple: help your business grow while making the day-to-day easier.”Gabriel Polansky · Salt & Shore Consulting
Direct communication
You’ll know what we are working on, why it matters, and what happens next.
Practical solutions
Recommendations are shaped around your operation, team, and goals.
Measurable progress
We connect the work to clearer processes, stronger execution, and business results.
A note on testimonials: Verified client reviews will be added as they are received. We won’t publish made-up quotes or attribute feedback without permission.
Contact & free consultation
Tell us where the business feels stuck.
Your first one-hour consultation is free. Call, email, or prepare a consultation request below.