Went to this "restaurant" last night with a group of friends. In my defense, I was told we were going to dinner, but I didn't ask where. Figured if it will get me 12+ hours of football today, it's worth it. I was wrong. DO NOT let your wife talk you into going to this place. It's a fondue joint, that is incredibly over priced. How over priced you ask? Two weeks worth of groceries in one night overpriced. But here's the worst part, the food is awful. Bread, veggies and fruit with cheese dip for an appetizer. It was ok, but I was expecting much more from the bread. At least Panera good, but it was more like McDonalds good. For the meal, they bring out another pot with a bullion to boil your dinner. That's right, the main course is boiled meat. Mmmm, mmmm boiled meat really hits the spot. The waitress told us that to cook it well, let it boil for 2 minutes. What the hell am I going to time this on? Why am I paying this exorbitant price to cook my own food? And none of it had any seasoning on it. They did have sauces, fresh from a chinese take out place (minus the spicy mustard) to season your meat, but they would have been better off just having A1 and ketchup bottles on the table. The NYE special was a platter that included shrimp, beef, lobster and chicken. I thought, ok, this won't be bad. Have you ever had boiled lobster? Awful. Dessert was included in the deal, and was actually good. It was a chocolate dipping sauce with fruit, marshmallows and brownies. Not amazing, just good. Or maybe it was just ok, but the rest of the meal was so awful that dessert seemed like it was really good. Or it could have been the half dozen Maker's Marks I needed to dull the pain. There was about $45 worth of drinks on our bill, but if I'm going to drop 2 bills on a nice dinner, I would like it to be a nice dinner. The place has an amazing wine list, many bottles in excess of $275 each, but the food is boiled meat. There is no pairing the subtle undertones of currant and cherry with an oaky-vanilla finish and seafood boiled in beef ramen broth.

F U Melting Pot

i've heard the same from others, thanks for confirming. I'm digging in deep against going to this place.

Nice little rant Erie.

I'm with you on a the whole why am I paying you when I am doing you job thing.

I hate that policy with billing for things like insurance companies or support help on the phone when you have to keep giving them your info over and over again.

Got snookered into doing the NYE thing there in DC a few years ago.

I agree, not worth the price of admission.

I agree that the place is a rip off, but women absolutely love it. Not sure why, guess because they think it is neat?

Did you have to pay extra for NYE? Kind of have to expect to get reamed anywhere you go.

Also, fondue in general sucks. I can buy a jar of queso at the grocery store for a couple bucks that tastes better. I can pour some hershey's syrup on stuff for dessert if I want.

Also, maybe I'm missing something... but boiling is the most standard way to prepare lobster AFAIK.

Steamed or grilled. Meat gets too stringy for me when boiled.

I cannot see the value of a fondue restaurant. Overpriced and too much work.

+1, EW..........

Wife dragged me there the other night for her birthday. Neither of us had ever been there. I had no idea what to expect as I had never "fondue'd?" before. The price is absolutely outrageous and to top it off I had pay attention to instructions on how to cook it from a couple people, then cook it all myself. I couldn't enjoy the meal because I kept thinking about how much that shit was costing me and whether I was boiling it long enough/too long. No way in hell I will ever go back.

Needless to say, my wife loved it