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| - Just a quick caveat before I get into the review...I'm not a huge fondue fan. I find it confusing and more work than I'd like for eating at a restaurant. That being said, The Melting Pot does fondue very well. So I shall try to not be biased, and if you don't want to read my review for fear of bias....I'll never know.
We went to the Melting Pot the night before Thanksgiving, which looking back wasn't the best timing, it's sooooooo muuuuuch fooooooood! Of course the food was all very good so we ate and ate and ate even though we were full. We kinda had two Thanksgivings, one with cheese and chocolate and one with turkey.
There were four of us and we were at a big booth with two burners so we had two pots of cheese, cooking liquid, and chocolate. It was all delicious. I can't remember what we had but I get the feeling you can't go wrong with anything. Since we had different tastes but all were open to pretty much anything we picked two very different cheeses, one broth and one oil, and two very different chocolates. I would recommend splitting entrees if you're in a group. For the four of us (not big eaters) I think 3 entrees would've been good. One meat, one seafood, and the vegetarian option would've been a good range of choices and plenty of food. Their wine selection was good as well, we enjoyed a few bottles with our dinner.
Our server was possibly the best server I've ever had at a restaurant, Lauren. As I already said I find ordering fondue confusing, and let's be honest, we all know I'm not the sharpest fondue fork in the drawer. Lauren was fantastic at explaining the menu and when some of us still couldn't handle making a decision she asked simply "what do you feel like having?" and made it work. She explained everything and was available while not bothering us. Seriously, Lauren probably made this experience better than it could have been with someone a little less fantastic at their job.
The restaurant itself is a lot bigger inside than it looks. But they've done a very good job of keeping the booths cozy and private. There are private rooms that you can reserve but for a small group a quiet booth was perfect. It felt like we were the only table in the restaurant (in a good way).
Definitely check out The Melting Pot. But don't plan on eating for 24 hours before and after.
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