Price Guide (average entree): $ bargain - $6 or less, $$ inexpensive - $6 - $12, $$$ moderate $12 - $19, $$$$ expensive - over $19.
Quality Rating: Superb is the highest, considered the very best possible. Notes are qualifiers allowing insight into the reviewer's rating. Disclaimer
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | Plaza |
| Cuisine: | Fondue | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | Cozy booths |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Service: | **** superb | Notes: | Very friendly and enjoyed cooking for us |
| Favorites: | Fondue for two! |
| Comments: | A really enjoyable evening. We like to fondue but the Melting Pot was more than we expected from service to the food. |
| Reviewer: | Kacey |
Date: | 1/31/02 |
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | Plaza |
| Cuisine: | Fondue | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | **** superb | Notes: | Incrediable romantic |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | Some of the best filet I've had! |
| Service: | **** superb | Notes: | Ask for Marcus |
| Favorites: | The chocolate fondue |
| Comments: | This resturant was amazing. So romantic! My husband and I went their for our anniversary and we were blown away. The food, service and
ambience were superb. For your next date night, check this place out! |
| Reviewer: | Ann |
Date: | 11/12/02 |
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | Country Club Plaza |
| Cuisine: | Fondue | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | Very nice |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | Good but not great |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | This restaurant is fun and the food is good but be prepared with your wallet as it is WAY overpriced. 4 people with 1 $25 bottle of wine was $180. A bit much for what you get. |
| Reviewer: | Buddy |
Date: | 1/2/03 |
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | Country Club Plaza |
| Cuisine: | Fondue | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | Chocolate Fondue |
| Comments: | Place is nice, service excellent, food way over-priced and not enough for the price, veggies were a little brown. The chocolate fondue
was excellent, highly recommend it but don't recommend the fondue for 2. |
| Reviewer: | Diana |
Date: | 1/10/03 |
| Restaurant: | The Melting Pot | Location: | Kansas city |
| Cuisine: | Fondue | Price: | $$$ moderate |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | I thought it was expensive for all the work you have to do |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | Our waiter wasn't very good - talked fast!! |
| Favorites: | Chocolate Foundue |
| Comments: | I would never EVER go back to the melting pot again... I went to try it - didn't like it... AT ALL. I thought the food was expensive (especially when you have to cook it yourself) our waiter was rude and talked super fast - so we had no idea what we were doing! Portions were really small - steam from the fondue pot went in peoples faces and you couldn't hold a conversation. I will say - the chocolate fondue was very good. I would ONLY go back just for dessert. Otherwise don't waste your money! |
| Reviewer: | Holly |
Date: | 6/21/03 |
| Restaurant: | The Melting Pot | Location: | Kansas city |
| Cuisine: | Fondue | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | patrons wearing t-shirts and shorts for a $50 meal?? |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | rip off |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | waiter seemed to hate his scripted job |
| Favorites: | any desert |
| Comments: | Dinner for 4 was $200 and we didn't have drinks. Meat and
seafood was what you would expect at Denny's. Would you believe $25 for 6
oz. SIRLOIN and 5 small (50- 60 ct.) shrimp? The cheese fondue was like
shredded Sargento with Worcheshire sauce to dip pieces of stale bread that
the plaza pigeons would reject. No wonder there was no wait on a Saturday
night. Some of the other reviewers must be a member of the management.
Micro some cheese, plop cheap meat in boiling water- you'll get the same
thing, and be $200 ahead. |
| Reviewer: | curt |
Date: | 6/21/03 |
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | Kansas City |
| Cuisine: | Fondue | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | |
| Favorites: | |
| Comments: | Way overpriced. Spent $100 and left hungry. |
| Reviewer: | Melissa |
Date: | 7/9/03 |
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | Plaza, KC |
| Cuisine: | Fondue | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | **** superb | Notes: | nice lighting - seemed very private |
| Food: | **** superb | Notes: | Fresh and plenty of it |
| Service: | **** superb | Notes: | professional - enjoyed his work |
| Favorites: | desserts - chocolate fondue was heavenly |
| Comments: | My wife and I had the best dining experience ever at the Melting Pot. I'm still amazed at the experience and can't wait for the next special occasion. Hats off to the owners! |
| Reviewer: | Matthew |
Date: | 8/16/03 |
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | The Plahza |
| Cuisine: | fondue | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | dark and cozy - great date place, but bring your AmEx |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | Cheese & Dessert are primo |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | They know what they're doing |
| Favorites: | Wisconsin cheese blend fondue & turtle dessert fondue |
| Comments: | Don't get sucked into the full meal. Costs too much, and it's too much food. Go with the intention of ordering only a pot of cheese and a pot of dessert fondue. Not so expensive that way, and you'll have plenty to eat. Cheese and chocolate are to die for. |
| Reviewer: | Jane |
Date: | 9/14/03 |
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | Plaza |
| Cuisine: | American | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | very cozy - romantic for 2 people |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | Quantity of meat was good |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | Waiter was full of himself |
| Favorites: | Dessert fondue |
| Comments: | This was a fun place to try once. We went with 2 other couples - might be better with just two people. Food was WAY overpriced for having to cook it yourself (dinner [no dessert] w/ 2 glasses of wine and 1 beer=$95). The meat platter was large but they skimped on veggies. The waiter made the place unattractive - rattled off cooking instructions too quickly and seemed to be rather impressed with himself. |
| Reviewer: | Jan |
Date: | 1/1/04 |
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | Kansas City on the Plaza |
| Cuisine: | fondue | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | | Notes: | |
| Food: | *** excellent | Notes: | |
| Service: | **** superb | Notes: | The friendliest staff ever! |
| Favorites: | all |
| Comments: | I had more fun and better service at this restaurant than anyplce I have ever been! |
| Reviewer: | Deb |
Date: | 1/12/04 |
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | Plaza |
| Cuisine: | Fondue | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | Good bar |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | The "feature" including prime meats is not prime at all |
| Service: | *** excellent | Notes: | Excellent and prompt |
| Favorites: | Martinis |
| Comments: | Best part about the Melting Pot is their $5 wine tasting on Thursdays. Generous pours, great wines, and superb ambiance. Martinis are also excellent. Wouldn't eat here - food is entirely overpriced. Prime cuts of meat are mediocre. Great drinks, though. Go for the wine tasting. |
| Reviewer: | Jamie |
Date: | 2/2/04 |
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | Country Club Plaza |
| Cuisine: | (fondue) | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | * average | Notes: | Too dark, especially when you need to cook your own food! |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | Considering what you get is raw meat... |
| Service: | * average | Notes: | Waiters are scripted and frustrated when asked lots of ????s |
| Favorites: | Bleu cheese fondue |
| Comments: | Wow... This place is WAY overpriced! We went for a birthday evening with 2 other couples and it was very confusing... hard to find things that everyone could agree on... The main course (meat) you cook yourself... and I think we ended up with food poisioning as it's hard to keep track of how long you've been cooking your food... definitely take a timer with you! For 2 of us (with drinks) our bill was $200... |
| Reviewer: | Kristi |
Date: | 7/23/04 |
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | Kansas City Plaza |
| Cuisine: | Fondue | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | ** very good | Notes: | Looked like fun when I arrived. |
| Food: | * average | Notes: | Nothing special. |
| Service: | poor | Notes: | Service was TERRIBLE |
| Favorites: | Dessert |
| Comments: | 4 of us arrived, and it the ambience looked cool. THE WAITER ROLLED HIS EYES when I told him I wanted to split a meal! He seemed irritated throughout the entire dinner and didn't seem to want to serve us. Food was nothing special. Not worth the money, AND I LEFT HUNGRY! |
| Reviewer: | Sarah |
Date: | 12/23/04 |
| Restaurant: | Melting Pot | Location: | Plaza |
| Cuisine: | Fondue | Price: | $$$$ expensive |
| Ambience: | *** excellent | Notes: | _ |
| Food: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Service: | ** very good | Notes: | _ |
| Favorites: | _ |
| Comments: | I enjoyed my experience completly. Yes, was very overpriced. But what fun!!! Enjoyed the whole scene!! Had two waiters and both were very patient and funny. We are going back this month. Special occasions only tho, because of cost :) |
| Reviewer: | Amber |
Date: | 5/10/05 |
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