Reviews

Review by anonymous on June 28th, 2008

I know the owners of this establishment and I know that they welcome all nationalities both personally and professionally. In fact they adopted an Hispanic child in 2007. The restaurant is an awesome place to dine and employs all nationalities.

Review by anonymous on September 21st, 2007

Too bad the owner of this restaurant is a racist! I was shocked to hear him making derogatory comments about hispanics.

Review by anonymous on August 12th, 2006

This is a fancy fondue joint that is pretty darn expensive ($100 for two people) and worth it. If you need to save your cash, just stop by for an appetizer (cheese fondue) or dessert (chocolate fondue). You won't be sorry.

Review by Lizardboy on July 2nd, 2004

We made our first visit to The Melting Pot at the Foothills Mall after having received several recommendations.

The first thing we noticed when walking in was the sizeable wine cellar. The wine list takes the bulk of the menu, including many choices available by the glass.

The restaurant is set up with booths of various sizes. High partitions provide privacy and the lighting is dim. Electric burners are built into the tabletops for the fondue pots.

The Melting Pot offers 4 courses - cheese, salad, entree, and dessert. All are available a la carte or as parts of several combination dinners. We chose the "fondue for two" combination which includes the first three courses and added the dessert course.

After checking with our server Aric that recorking is not a problem (some places won't do it, so it pays to check), I ordered a bottle of Anapamu Pinot Noir.

We started with the Traditional Swiss Cheese Fondue which has Gruyere and Emmenthaler cheeses, white wine, garlic, nutmeg, lemon and Kirschwasser, prepared at the table. Bowls of bread cubes, apple chunks, and fresh vegetables were provided for dipping. Consensus was two thumbs up.

Shortly after we polished off the first fondue, our salads arrived. I had chosen the Chef's Salad (lettuce, Roma tomatoes, cucumbers, egg slices, ham, and Emmenthaler cheese with a delicious house dressing) and my wife had the California Salad (baby greens, Roma tomatoes, walnuts and a raspberry vinaigrette - she opted out of the bleu cheese normally on this salad). Again, we were both very pleased with the salads.

The arrival of our "Signature Selection" entree course (tenderloin, shrimp, teriyali sirloin, chicken, and salmon as well as potatoes, mushrooms, brocolli, and yellow squash) seemed to take longer than it should have. We chose the "Coq au Vin" cooking style (broth with garlic, mushrooms, Burgundy wine, and other herbs and spices) for our entree. The menu lists sauces for each entree, but you are free to mix and match sauces to your preference.

Since the potatoes take much longer to cook than everything else, I'd recommend you put them right in the pot without using the fondue forks. You can fish them out later with the "search and rescue" spoon provided for items that may drop off.

Since I have a poor sense of time, I ended up using my watch to check my cooking times. Maybe I'm too much of a "perfectionist" ... a couple of 2 minute egg timers would have been appreciated.

Everything was very good and we had a good time trying the various sauces. Consensus again - two thumbs up - delicious.

Next was dessert. It's really hard to go wrong with molten chocolate with fruits and cakes for dipping! Strawberries, pineapple, brownies, cheesecake, etc! There are plenty of choices for the chocolate desserts and it may take some time for you to choose between them. We kept it simple with the pure dark chocolate.

Everything was delicious and the surroundings pleasant. Aric was helpful in giving any special instructions for each course and made sure we had everything we needed. The bill came to $97 before the tip.

This was a lot to eat! We were happy and stuffed full. If you're not so hungry you can mix and match any of the courses to your appetite.