Went to the Melting Pot over the weekend at the Galleria. We had a really good time. I had signed up for their club at their website (www.meltingpot.com) and received a coupon for a free dessert, so my husband and I were able to order their three course dinner for two and still get the complete four-course plan.

We did the traditional swiss fondue, salad, the "signature selection" (steak, chicken, shrimp and salmon) in a coq au vin fondue and followed it with milk chocolate fondue (that came with brownie, rice krispie, pound cake, cheese cake and marshmallow bites to dip into the chocolate).

The whole meal took two hours... so it is a leisurely event. And as there is only one cooktop per table for two, a couple has to agree on each fondue pot, but it was a lot of fun. Larger tables have multiple cooking spots, so you can try more than one option for each course. We had a great server and met both owners and the general manager. They are really working hard at good customer service. I'm not sure I'd take my kids for the whole dinner thing, but I am sensing a trip for "cheese and chocolate" at some point in the future.

If you decide to go for dinner, make reservations. They just opened, so they are pretty busy, but I give them credit for not rushing us to turn our table again. And read the menu online before you go... there is a lot of information on it and it helped that I had a sense of it before we got there.