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| - So another first for me and I must say my girls and I very much enjoyed our experience here. I read all the reviews last night knowing we would be dining here the next evening. The only complaints I really worried about were the small portions but that was no where near an issue....we have never left a restaurant more full!
When we entered we were very pleasantly greeted and shown to the booth we had reserved right away. Our server Laura was quick to greet us and explain the menu, choices and her suggestions.
Let my girls order virgin strawberry daiquiris and I ordered one for myself as well and they were delicious!
We decided to go with the 4 course meal for $40.50 a person and it was a great deal. We started with the Wisconsin cheese fondue which was amazing. With the green onions, scallions and black pepper, white wine and dry sherry. The only complaint we had was you could taste the alcohol a little too much in the cheese, which when dining with kids was a bit bothersome. I didn't like the veggies in the cheese, just didn't seem like a good combo to me. I would prefer to see just a larger variety of bread instead of 2 choices. All in all the cheese fondue was delicious.
The salads were very good as well. One of my girls went with the sweet dressing as opposed to the peppercorn ranch on the Melting Pot house salad and she didn't eat any of it. Said the dressing was way too sweet. I very much liked my house salad with the peppercorn ranch. Not a ton of croutons, a very good even amount of everything. The salad was crisp and fresh and not drowned in dressing. Was happy with this course as well.
On to the main course! We had shrimp, herb chicken, pork, sirloin and teriyaki steak. The teriyaki steak, shrimp and sirloin were very good, fresh and tender. We did not care for the herb chicken at all. The pork was good as well but I believe was a teriyaki pork and the taste was very overwhelming. Only trouble with ordering a main course is each piece takes anywhere from a minute and 30 seconds to 2 to 3 minutes to cook so it is very tiring cooking everything. My suggestion is to get a rhythm going. You get 2 fondue forks, while you have one in the pot cooking something eat what is on your plate...then when you are done the next thing is ready to come out. While we enjoyed the main course we all agreed we wouldn't do it again. Next time would just come for the cheese and dessert.
Speaking of dessert!! Delish!! We went with the original blend, the chocolate and chunky peanut butter. Wish our pot had been turned up a little higher so it was a little warmer but I could have asked as well and I am sure they would have done it. We ate it so fast though it didn't matter too much! The rice krispy treats, marshmallows, brownies, pound cake, cheesecake and strawberries were out of this world!! By the time we left we were all ready to go home and sleep!
Overall we were very happy with our experience here. A manager came by at the end of our meal and made sure everything had been to our liking. Every person of the service staff we encountered was very nice and helpful.
One of the only negative I would have to say about the atmosphere is I think it should be a certain age and above, this is not a kid type restaurant. While trying to enjoy our meal there was a child, perhaps a little under the age of two who found it funny to make the same loud yelling noise over and over for about 20 mins. Not his fault but parents need to either correct the behavior, leave this age of child at home when dining here or go to a more family type place to eat. I would encourage the managers to be more aware of this as well, it would have been nice for one of them to take the initiative and ask about quieting the child for their other customers.
We will be returning to the establishment as overall it was a fabulous and fun experience that everyone should have. Yes it is pricey but I believe worth the money as you will go home stuffed and satisfied!
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