Cherine A.
Yelp
I absolutely love the Melting Pot. Granted, it's not a restaurant you come to all the time, but I enjoy the concept -- and not being rushed through my meal. But I've been to quite a few different locations, and they're not all created equal. We live in Tampa, but we vastly prefer the Orlando location... and since we are annual passholders to Universal and SeaWorld, it's easy enough to plan in advance to come here every once in a while.
On our first visit, we came here for my husband's birthday weekend, while we were in town for MegaCon. I first noticed how this location was so much quieter and less hectic feeling than the Tampa restaurant. We had Oscar as our waiter, and he was just the best. Super friendly, and just happy to go above and beyond for whatever you needed or wanted. When he saw we were running low on the soft pretzels for the cheese fondue, he brought out more without us even needing to ask. And when I asked for extra curry sauce for our entrees, he brought out a larger bowl of it instead of the usual tiny container it comes in. For dessert, since it was my husband's birthday, Oscar brought out a couple of the fancier dippers for us on the house, which was super sweet of him.
We enjoyed that dinner so much that when we were back in Orlando a few months later, coincidentally for my birthday weekend, we decided to return to the Melting Pot, and this time we specifically requested Oscar. He was just as delightful for this meal as he was for the last. He made sure we got a 6-pack of chocolate-covered strawberries to go since we'd signed up for their "Club Fondue" on our last visit, and they were SO GOOD.
So at the risk of making him just too popular and therefore tougher to get a table with myself, do yourselves a favor and request Oscar! But honestly, you probably can't go wrong with anyone here :)