The Melting Pot, 88 W. Colorado Blvd., 2nd Floor, Pasadena, Ca. 91105, (626) 792-1941

The atmosphere and ambience at the Melting Pot is above average but the service is below average. The server was friendly but very slow and when one of our guests decided to order al la cart, the server became very confused and could not get the order straight.

This is a gimick restaurant where they serve fondue and you, in effect, cook your own food in various dipping sauces. If I or my wife want to cook our own food we will stay home. I seems, however, that a lot of people enjoy paying to prepare their own food as the restaurant was very crowded. Our guests, in fact liked the idea and would have enjoyed the experience if it hadn't been for the poor service and the poor quality of the 'cuisine'. This is not the most expensive restaurant in Pasadena but then again it is not the least expensive. It is expensive enough that one would expect to be served food of above average quality. Instead, the quality of the food items we were served was such that most people would not use those items in their own home. Even the strawberries, which were served for chocolate dipping, were not ripe or sweet.

As you can tell from the foregoing, none of us enjoyed our experience at The Melting Pot enough to return.

On the other hand, maybe we were all just to finicky as a lot of people there seemed to be having a good time and enjoying themselves.

Rob Tesser
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