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| - Melting Pot. It's not BAD, but (for me) it's a novelty and not a place to which I need to return. I've been to this Melting Pot a few times - most recently I went because someone gave me a gift card.
The service at this location has always been excellent, although it's somewhat formal and rehearsed sounding as the waitstaff will explain in detail the menu and what they're doing when they're making the fondue at the table. But the waitstaff has been quite good, attentive, and friendly.
It's a big space with lots of tables/booths. The booths have high backs so the tables are somewhat private. I think it's mostly 4 tops with one fondue burner, or 6 tops with 2 fondue burners. This Melting Pot is dimly lit, which is fine if you're hoping for romance, I guess, but if it's just friends or family or something, it's weird and unnecessarily dark. The music piped through the restaurant was solely 90's slow jams and love songs.
Melting Pot is $$$$ if you are getting some booze and the 4 course meal: appetizer, salad, entree and dessert. For me, the cost is not justified by the quality. It is not fine dining. The cheese fondue is decent, but never something that we've been all "Oh my God, this is amazing, I want more" good. For me to be ambivalent about cheese says a lot. They give you broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, bread, and tortilla chips for dipping. The salads were decent. I am not a big fan of the entrees. Whatever you cook in the fondue (fish, chicken, steak, etc.) has little or no flavor so you have to rely on a variety of dipping sauces to flavor your entree. If you're there with a group of people, there's a ton of fondue forks in the pot, and half of the stuff falls off the fondue fork, and then is overcooked by the time you fish it out. The chocolate dessert fondue is also decent. They provide you with a selection of tiny items for dipping - banana slices, brownie bites, rice krispie treats, marshmallows, angel food cake bites, and a few strawberries.
If you're doing the 4 course thing, it takes up a large amount of time.
This is 2.5 stars for me. It's not bad, but for the $$, it's not good enough.
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