The Melting Pot
$$$$ • Restaurant
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The melting pot is fabulous! I don't understand why it appears unsafe. I explain eat time that I have celiac, and I'm always brought gluten free bread, and gluten free desserts.
I come once or twice a year, and since I say on my reservation that I’m gluten-free, usually I have no issues. My latest trip was terrible, though. I had it on the reservation, I told the host, and I told the server — and the other person I was with went GF with me. However, every dish was spiked in some way. I almost thought that they were doing it on purpose, really.
Excellent experience. All the staff is GF knowledgeable. The GF is really good. Definitely a safe place to go. Coming back next time in Tallahassee.
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Very knowledgeable about gluten and cross contamination. They have gf bread for the cheese fondue and gf pound cake and brownies for the chocolate. They are trained by the gluten intolerance group.
Great for dessert!! The gluten free dessert menu has pound cake and brownies on it!! Although they don't give you a separate fondue pot so make sure everyone orders the gluten free plate so there's no cross contamination
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Great experience! They have everything labeled and have GF dippers for everything. Did not get sick and had a wonderful time!!
The food was amazing. Everything is clearly labeled including the drink menu. The staff was very knowledgeable and went out of their way to make sure all of our food was correct.
Great experience here. Melting Pots are certified by the Gluten Intolerance Group, so we feel confident that it’s a safe place to eat. We came for dessert, told the wait staff that we had celiac so needed gluten free and she was sure to get us what we needed. There are lots of tasty gluten free choices! We had gf brownies and snickerdoodle cookies, two different chocolate fondues and lots of fruit.
My family ate here for a birthday party and I was treated like royalty by Matthew the waiter. He was knowledgeable about what I could eat and made great substitutions when I needed too. I had the Wisconsin 3 cheese fondu and had veggies and gf bread to dip. I had vegetable broth with steak, duck and chicken to dip in many delicious sauces. I had milk chocolate and peanut butter with marshmallows, brownie and cookies to dip. All was safely gf and I did not get sick at all. It was a very satisfying experience .
They explained that they have a dedicated cutting board and knife for their gluten free products along with changing gloves often. For cheese fondue they can substitute the base that has beer in it for a vegetable broth. They have gluten free bread to dip into the cheese along with tortilla chips(by request), celery, tomatoes, carrots and apples. They can leave off croutons for salads. For entree they allowed us to substitute the teriyaki sirloin and mushroom pasta for different proteins. They were able to make sauce trays without the teriyaki glaze and we got more green goddess, since that's our favorite. For the Chocolate fondue we made sure to stay away from the cookies and cream (oreos) and smores (Graham crackers) for the chocolate selections. We love the flaming turtle! To dip into the chocolate fondue they gave us plain marshmallows, instead of the oreo covered marshmallows, along with GF brownies and GF snickerdoodle cookies plus bananas, strawberries and pineapple. It's so much food and it's so delicious. Perfect for a date night. The only thing you need to worry about would be the other people you're eating with. If they are still ordering regular bread and someone decides to dip their bread in the GF cheese that you're eating then it would leave crumbs and contaminate it with gluten. Even entree and chocolate can be cross contaminated by gluten products if not careful. I would suggest the entire table be completely gluten free or eat with people that aren't going to poison you. Overall, fun and interactive!
