Melting Pot Restaurant

The Melting Pot on Wake Forest Road in Raleigh is a fondue restaurant, which means the cooking happens at your table and dinner takes a while on purpose. Meals are built to order as one, two, three or four courses, with cocktails alongside.

The restaurant calls the style polished casual. The pitch is to put the phones away and talk to the people across the table, and chocolate fondue with strawberries is the classic finish. The room works as well for a date as it does for a group.

What to know

• The restaurant keeps a separate gluten-free menu.
• Several vegetarian items are on the menu, and most food allergies can be handled.
• Group events are planned through a Create Your Night booking page.
• The restaurant treats an ordinary week as reason enough to come in.