The Melting Pot

Ok, so we usually don’t review chains, but The Melting Pot is such a different place to  begin with, that I had to do it.

AA, a good friend of ours was in town for business, so Duwardo, MW and I all went to dinner with him. We wanted to try something new, and fondue came up and was agreed upon by all.

We walked in and realized that we were probably the  most casual people there, as everyone else was dressed up with the girls wearing really revealing dresses or sparkly sort of things.  Not to disparage anyone, but I kind of got the feeling that this is where the “younger” couples went when they dressed up and went out to a nice meal.

Anyhow, we ordered 2 “Entrees for 2″ One of the Signature Selection and another order of the Pacific Rim.  We started out with a Traditional Swiss fondue, which was a bit heavy on the alcohol taste but still delicious.   I had the California Salad, which was pretty delicious as well and offset the heaviness of the cheese fondue.  The Coq au vin meat fondue was delicious and we all quite enjoyed that.  We definitely didn’t have enough room for dessert, but maybe someday I’ll go there just to do the dessert.

We had great service and our waitress was really sweet and nice to us.

Overall, it’s an interesting place to go to and try at least once.  It’s certainly not our “go to” nice restaurant but it was a lot of fun as a group.  If you haven’t tried fondue, I recommend it at least once…it’s definitely an experience.

The Melting Pot, 14 Mercer St, Seattle, WA