Melting Pot

The Melting Pot is a great dining experience for anyone who is gluten free. Everything is clearly marked on the menu, from the drinks, to cheese fondue, salads, entrees, and chocolate/desserts. I’ve been here twice in the last week for two separate occasions. The staff is trained very well in terms of the GF diet and are extremely friendly. Most of the cheeses are already GF or can be made GF upon request. They will also bring you GF bread for dipping along with the veggies when serving the cheese. For the salads, you just need to ask to remove the croutons on those which come with them. For entrees, they offer substitutions for any non-GF items that may come on your plate. I really like to sub out the teriyaki steak for the brown sugar bourbon steak. The chocolate is the same as the cheese, where most are already GF. There are some though, such as the cookie butter chocolate fondue, that cannot be made GF. However, as mentioned, everything is clearly labeled on the menu. They also bring out GF cookies for dipping in the chocolate along with many other naturally GF dippers such as fruit and marshmallows. The only issue I ran into was with the sauces for the entrees, which come included with your meal. During my second visit here, they brought me the teriyaki dipping sauce, which is NOT gluten free. This did not happen during my dining experience earlier in the week. I’m just glad I caught it before I used it. Make sure to clarify that you would like ONLY GF sauces for the entrees. As for overall safety, the kitchen is mostly great with bringing you everything GF. The main safety issue lies with those you dine with. If you go out to eat with non-GF people and use the same pot/grill top, you are are risk for cross-contact. They need to be very careful that they don’t put regular bread or gluten-containing entrees/desserts in the same pot/on the same grill that you will be using. This was an issue for me when I came with a big group of people, but was much more manageable when I came with my partner. With my partner, we made everything gluten free for safety and convenience. The only other thing to say about this restaurant is that while it’s delicious and extremely filling, it’s also very expensive. The complete experience for two feels worth the money, but ordering à la carte can get extremely expensive very quickly. Overall though, I recommend for anyone looking for an extremely nice GF dining experience.

Had to keep reminding our waitress of gluten free and thank goodness I asked about beer used in cheese etc cause I would have been so sick but food was delish as we're drinks and atmosphere