The Melting Pot

(206) 378-1208

14 Mercer St
Seattle, WA 98109 47.6247 -122.3565

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Neighborhoods: Magnolia / Queen Anne, Lower Queen Anne, Magnolia - Queen Anne

The Melting Pot

Melting Pot Restaurant

What People Are Saying About The Melting Pot

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In Short – Booths equipped with tabletop fondue pots are clustered together inside the intimate dining room. Start with a cheese fondue, including an assortment of breads, veggies and fruits for dipping. Entrees include lobster, center-cut filet, fish, chicken and vegetarian selections served with a variety of dipping sauces. For dessert, try the flaming turtle, a mix of chocolate and caramel flambéed tableside, served with nut-covered marshmallows, fresh fruit, pound cake, brownies and cheesecake.

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/21/09

Not good to say the least

by Link Anderson

My wife and I thought it would be a great place to spend a evening with each other. We heard it had decent food, well to say the least we both were very very unhappy with everything. The service was unreal, (Slow), and the food was very poor, (I would have rather had a cheeseburger from wendys). Then to top it off the bill came and it was over $100.00. For horrible food horrible service, I would recomend Mcdonalds over this place...

  • Pros: The best thing about the place was the water
  • Cons: Everything
2 Star Rating: Below Average

08/14/09

If all I want a nice ambiance, I'd go to the museums.

by SEAMetroPalate

People who like MP maybe the people who have never been to a good fondue restaurant before. The quality of the cheese and meat is very sub-par. People who liked it may have not tasted A-grade meat/cheese or just couldn't tell the difference.

The restaurant probably feels justified to charge the high price because of the ambiance and the unique experience. Well most non-generic reviews here would give this restaurant 5 stars mostly for the experience and the ambiance. But the food...sad to say, unimpressive. Service wise, it really depends on who you get, some waiters are competent and some aren't. I have gotten each of these two types on my 4 visits.

Special events - yes go if you don't care about the food quality and just care about the experience. Then again if you have actually been to a nice fondue place/event, the MP is not that big of an experience.

  • Pros: Ambiance
  • Cons: Quality of food, service
2 Star Rating: Below Average

03/25/09

Slow as molasses

by horseflesh

I signed up just to write this review.

I checked out the reviews for this place the other day, just before I was headed there. I thought the way the reviews were either glowing or hateful was interesting.

Well, unfortunately, you can put me in the unhappy camp.

The food, while good, was overpriced. But, ok, you are paying for an experience so I'll let that slide.

But the service... awful. Dinner for 2 took almost 2.5 hours. The delay between a drink order and then seeing our server again was 30 minutes! And that was typical for the whole meal.

This was the Seattle location, by the way. I heard the Tacoma one is better.

  • Pros: Food is good
  • Cons: Overpriced and poor service

The Details on The Melting Pot

Know Before You Go:

Prime-time reservations often require several weeks' notice.

When to Go:

Cooking on forks takes time--something to keep in mind if you've got after-dinner plans. It's a great place for people just getting to know each other or who truly enjoy each other's company.

Category:

Restaurants

Payment Methods:

Visa, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Family-Friendly Dining, Business Dining, Romantic Dining, Quiet, Group Dining, Prix Fixe Menu

Cuisine:

French

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