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| - TL;DR version: The food is fun, if a bit gimmicky (only the first course is "real" fondue, c'mon), but the service is wonderful and the ambiance is great. Overpriced as others have noted, considering you cook your own food and the food cost can't possibly be that high, but we'd still go back.
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The place was almost impossible to find in the dark because the entire complex IS dark. Seriously, the windows were completely black and the sign was almost impossible to make out. After circling the parking lot a few times I actually had already punched in another location on the GPS when my husband spotted a directory and jumped out to look. It was a little Haunted Mansion "no windows and no doors" esque.
Wine: So good. The end.
First course: Why are there green apples served with spinach and artichoke dip? Who thought that was a thing? My husband just ate them separately while I judged them too harshly as I am wont to do. The veggies were also really hard to spear. The bread was a little dry, but the only logical option and really good once we got dipping.
Second course: Salad was really good, and there was a non-iceburg option. Always a win for those of us who prefer digestible foods.
Main course: Good, but again, a little random. I wasn't a fan of any of the sauces for dipping the actual food in, but a few were pretty good on their own. My shrimp-hating husband thought the shrimp was the best option and ordered more, so that's pretty impressive.
Biggest fail of the evening: We were seated next to a crazy drunk couple who we kept thinking would leave but they kept ordering more wine and dessert. Considered asking to move, but... awkward... and didn't want to get in a parking lot fight. It's Arizona, after all. The restaurant was practically empty, and the couple said they had been there for like 5 hours. Why did they seat us there in the first place? The woman kept calling out to us asking how our food was and telling us what to order and then smoking a hookah vaporizer pen talking about how high it made her feel when no servers were in sight.
It made for a funny story to tell our friends, but an entirely unromantic evening. Thankfully we weren't celebrating anything.
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