The Melting Pot-Irvine

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2646 Dupont Dr 70
Irvine, CA 92612

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(949) 955-3242
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I came here for Restaurant Week to have a nice meal out. Despite it's huge number of tables, almost every...

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This place is a great place for a romantic date, the desserts are AMAZING! But that's where the greatness ends. Advice: Do Not order dinner! Wayyyy over price for raw food that yo...

SO GOOD 5/23/2006

For Christmas my girlfirends and I decided to meet here for some fondu and drinks. It was a little pricy but the dessert is to die for you c... more
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Must experience at least ONCE 5/18/2006

This place can rack up your bill...but guess what? I've been here THREE times! First time was for my bf's birthday and I requested a private place and we pretty much had our own little corner (it har curtains) and the only person you'd see there is your server. It was indeed very romantic and the servers know the food real well. We did the big night out (all times I've been here, I did this) which starts with cheese fondue, salad, then the main course with chicken lobster filet etc and the best part, chocolate fondue dessert with mallows cheesecakes and some fruits, simply delicious! It's good to go here only for very special occassions so it doesn't lose it's novelty! Pros: Food, Ambience, Service Cons: Expensiv but worth it more
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Must experience at least ONCE 5/17/2006

This place can rack up your bill...but guess what? I've been here THREE times! First time was for my bf's birthday and I requested a private place and we pretty much had our own little corner (it har curtains) and the only person you'd see there is your server. It was indeed very romantic and the servers know the food real well. We did the big night out (all times I've been here, I did this) which starts with cheese fondue, salad, then the main course with chicken lobster filet etc and the best part, chocolate fondue dessert with mallows cheesecakes and some fruits, simply delicious! It's good to go here only for very special occassions so it doesn't lose it's novelty! Pros: Food, Ambience, Service Cons: Expensiv but worth it more
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Irvine est un Melting Pot 5/6/2006

Note: You'll need to reserve in advance (2-3 weeks) for weekends, but you can show up late and stand in on cancellation. The ambience was great, the room was low lit. The salad was very good, due to the dressing and the meat was very tender and succulent. The chocolate dessert will release all of your endorphines and appease your mind. Corny as it sounds, this was a great meal. Pros: Food, Dessert, Ambience Cons: 3 weeks reservation, Low chair more
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Irvine est un Melting Pot 5/6/2006

Note: You'll need to reserve in advance (2-3 weeks) for weekends, but you can show up late and stand in on cancellation. The ambience was great, the room was low lit. The salad was very good, due to the dressing and the meat was very tender and succulent. The chocolate dessert will release all of your endorphines and appease your mind. Corny as it sounds, this was a great meal. Pros: Food, Dessert, Ambience Cons: 3 weeks reservation, Low chair more
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melting... 4/24/2006

Was excited to visit Melting Pot with my girlfriend but was not aware i was about to spend the next 3.5hrs there nibbling on rabbit food (stale bread, joke of a salad, less than fesh fruit), dipping it into cheese and waiting for my waitress. My waitress was the worst part of this experience, she was trying way too hard to SELL the set menu, this annoyed me, i drive a CLK500 and am not cheap, but she made me feel that way when i decided to do individual orders. Make sure you get a menu with individual prices on it. They are sneeky at giving you a menu showing everything on it but with no prices except the set menu price. (UNBELIEVEABLE!) Overall, i felt the experience left me annoyed rather than happy/romantic, valet was exspensive, something like $7.50. Not reccommended unless you have low expectation/low standards! Pros: cheese, chocolate, intimate Cons: poor service, fake staff, poor quality more
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melting... 4/24/2006

Was excited to visit Melting Pot with my girlfriend but was not aware i was about to spend the next 3.5hrs there nibbling on rabbit food (stale bread, joke of a salad, less than fesh fruit), dipping it into cheese and waiting for my waitress. My waitress was the worst part of this experience, she was trying way too hard to SELL the set menu, this annoyed me, i drive a CLK500 and am not cheap, but she made me feel that way when i decided to do individual orders. Make sure you get a menu with individual prices on it. They are sneeky at giving you a menu showing everything on it but with no prices except the set menu price. (UNBELIEVEABLE!) Overall, i felt the experience left me annoyed rather than happy/romantic, valet was exspensive, something like $7.50. Not reccommended unless you have low expectation/low standards! Pros: cheese, chocolate, intimate Cons: poor service, fake staff, poor quality more
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Great Food! Horrible Service! 4/15/2006

We just went there as a party of 6 this past weekend and had the worst service ever. Our waiter was terrible, he payed little attention to us and we had about 30 mins between each course of the meal to sit and wait and wonder if we were ever going to see him again. We got no refills on drinks, little instructions on how to cook the food and a 3 hour dinner that could have been completed in half the time. The food was great, we all ordered the fondue for two and enjoyed it. It was too bad that experience at the Melting Pot was overshadowed by the terrible service. If we decide to go back, I think it will be to another location. Pros: Great Food, Romantic Setting, Fun Experience Cons: Horrible Service, Unattentive Waiter more
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Great Food! Horrible Service! 4/15/2006

We just went there as a party of 6 this past weekend and had the worst service ever. Our waiter was terrible, he payed little attention to us and we had about 30 mins between each course of the meal to sit and wait and wonder if we were ever going to see him again. We got no refills on drinks, little instructions on how to cook the food and a 3 hour dinner that could have been completed in half the time. The food was great, we all ordered the fondue for two and enjoyed it. It was too bad that experience at the Melting Pot was overshadowed by the terrible service. If we decide to go back, I think it will be to another location. Pros: Great Food, Romantic Setting, Fun Experience Cons: Horrible Service, Unattentive Waiter more
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Sherman Oaks, Melting Pot 3/26/2006

I went to this location of this oh-so-famous restaurant because in Pasadena was impossible to get a reservation on a weekend night and honestly I was kinda disappointed...The cheese fondues were good but the bread was crumbly and spongy when it should have more crust and be crunchier for fondue..the dessert was good too but overall you can easily make this food at home with even better results and at a lower price!!My martini was awful and expensive..Overall I was expecting a better experience since I had fondues in Switz and France before with less fuzz and more fun! Pros: service, cheese fondue, parking Cons: overrated, price, bread more
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Sherman Oaks, Melting Pot 3/26/2006

I went to this location of this oh-so-famous restaurant because in Pasadena was impossible to get a reservation on a weekend night and honestly I was kinda disappointed...The cheese fondues were good but the bread was crumbly and spongy when it should have more crust and be crunchier for fondue..the dessert was good too but overall you can easily make this food at home with even better results and at a lower price!!My martini was awful and expensive..Overall I was expecting a better experience since I had fondues in Switz and France before with less fuzz and more fun! Pros: service, cheese fondue, parking Cons: overrated, price, bread more
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NEVER AGAIN 3/18/2006

discrepencies with reservations ordered martinis at 8:40 PM $9 martini served in a shot glass--clean martini glasses unavailable untrained bartenter forgets order hostess has patrons carry wine bottles and glasses purchased from bar to their tables when seated cheese course was cheez wiz service was molasses sloppy fast-food style salad served 1 hour after cheese course an additional hour later (no joke) the entre was served with minimal instructions on behalf of our server and considering it 11:30 PM we overcooked and ruined the meat and fish platter that we had painstakingly waited for with faces of obvious exhaustion and frustration our server ended the experience at 12:00 AM with ""would you like dessert?"" total time:3 1/2 hours total cash: $150.00 SAVE $$$$ SAVE TIME ENJOY THE TASTE OF YOUR FOOD--EAT ELSEWHERE-ANYWHERE!!! more
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NEVER AGAIN 3/18/2006

discrepencies with reservations ordered martinis at 8:40 PM $9 martini served in a shot glass--clean martini glasses unavailable untrained bartenter forgets order hostess has patrons carry wine bottles and glasses purchased from bar to their tables when seated cheese course was cheez wiz service was molasses sloppy fast-food style salad served 1 hour after cheese course an additional hour later (no joke) the entre was served with minimal instructions on behalf of our server and considering it 11:30 PM we overcooked and ruined the meat and fish platter that we had painstakingly waited for with faces of obvious exhaustion and frustration our server ended the experience at 12:00 AM with "would you like dessert?" total time:3 1/2 hours total cash: $150.00 SAVE $$$$ SAVE TIME ENJOY THE TASTE OF YOUR FOOD--EAT ELSEWHERE-ANYWHERE!!! more
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The worst fondue ever! 2/20/2006

I don't usually write bad reviews, but I felt compelled to tell about my bad experience at this place. I had the luck of being in Switzerland and trying real fondue, the Melting Pot's Swis fondue doesn't even come close. The bread was old and hard, when we complained we got new bread, but they told us that people prefer old bread for fondue (which sounds like bs to me, who would won't to eat old bread?). The bread was also generic supermarket bread and not french baguette, like in a real fondue. The chocolate fondue was made out of chocolate syrup and not real chocolate!!! That was too much!!! I'll never go to this place ever again. Life is too short, don't waste your time and money. Pros: Looks nice Cons: tourist trap more
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The worst fondue ever! 2/20/2006

I don't usually write bad reviews, but I felt compelled to tell about my bad experience at this place. I had the luck of being in Switzerland and trying real fondue, the Melting Pot's Swis fondue doesn't even come close. The bread was old and hard, when we complained we got new bread, but they told us that people prefer old bread for fondue (which sounds like bs to me, who would won't to eat old bread?). The bread was also generic supermarket bread and not french baguette, like in a real fondue. The chocolate fondue was made out of chocolate syrup and not real chocolate!!! That was too much!!! I'll never go to this place ever again. Life is too short, don't waste your time and money. Pros: Looks nice Cons: tourist trap more
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Pasadena, CA Melting Pot 12/28/2005

It was my first time there, and I was appalled by the level of service for the price. The food was good, but overshadowed by glacial service and unmannerly bar tenders. We didn't make reservation so the wait was 20 minutes. We sat at the bar area. No one came to tend to us, so I approached the bar. The bar tenders clearly knew that I was standing there, and completely ignored me. There was no bustling crowd, or exigent circumstances to justify such discourtesy. They both had their backs to me most of the time, engaged in data entry and other miscellaneous activities that employees engage in when they want to appear busy. The server when we arrived at the table was amiable, but not more than necessary. The service was extremely slow, and it took us approximately 3.5 hours without any exaggeration. Pros: Food Cons: Service more
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Pasadena, CA Melting Pot 12/28/2005

It was my first time there, and I was appalled by the level of service for the price. The food was good, but overshadowed by glacial service and unmannerly bar tenders. We didn't make reservation so the wait was 20 minutes. We sat at the bar area. No one came to tend to us, so I approached the bar. The bar tenders clearly knew that I was standing there, and completely ignored me. There was no bustling crowd, or exigent circumstances to justify such discourtesy. They both had their backs to me most of the time, engaged in data entry and other miscellaneous activities that employees engage in when they want to appear busy. The server when we arrived at the table was amiable, but not more than necessary. The service was extremely slow, and it took us approximately 3.5 hours without any exaggeration. Pros: Food Cons: Service more
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Amazing! 12/20/2005

this is the only location i have been to. (although they have opened one in pasadena which i am very excited about). they have amazing fond... more
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unique experience 12/18/2005

this was my first time doing the the fondue experience. i would say that it was quite enjoyable. i had the full course meal since it was my first time going, but if i were to go again i think i would just go with fondue as that is the specialty there Pros: fondue, ambience Cons: reservation time more
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unique experience 12/18/2005

this was my first time doing the the fondue experience. i would say that it was quite enjoyable. i had the full course meal since it was my first time going, but if i were to go again i think i would just go with fondue as that is the specialty there Pros: fondue, ambience Cons: reservation time more
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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...

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  • Hours: Sun 4pm-10pm, Mon-Thu 5pm-10pm, Fri 5pm-11pm, Sat 4pm-11pm
  • Payments: Discover, Visa, Master Card, American Express
  • Neighborhoods: Irvine Business Complex
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