You sometimes win friends with salad at The Melting Pot in Downers Grove
the ginger plum sauce was actually surprisingly good with this stuff at The Melting Pot in Downers Grove
Vegan fondue using follow your heart cheese 💖 at The Melting Pot in Downers Grove

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Serves meat, vegan options available. Fondue-style restaurant offering a 4-course vegan menu including salad, cheese fondue, main course dipping broth, and chocolate fondue. All vegan items are cooked separately from non-vegan items. Gluten-free options also available. Open Mon-Thu 5:00pm-10:00pm, Fri 5:00pm-11:00pm, Sat 4:00pm-11:00pm, Sun 12:00pm-9:00pm.

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2 Reviews

First Review by JoshuaKremke

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lilvegancat

Points +940

Vegan
17 Jun 2023

Maybe not worth the $

4 course for two does include vegan options.

The cheese is fondue is melted follow your heart with garlic and veggie broth. The dippers seemed low quality and included carrot, broccoli, celery and green apple. You can ask for more dippers for free.

Salads can be modified to be vegan and are nothing special.

The only vegan entree is the garden pot. We chose the oil style fondue which includes tempura and panko and weren’t informed that the batters weren’t vegan until the oil was brought out. So we fried everything in oil which would not be my preferred method.

Chocolate fondue was quite good including strawberries, banana chips and bananas.

Overall I think the 4 course makes sense if you’re eating something more expensive like meat or seafood but seems overpriced for basically a bunch of vegetables (~$130 including tip)

Pros: 4 course vegan option

Cons: Expensive , Low quality ingredients

at The Melting Pot in Downers Grove

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JoshuaKremke

Points +173

Vegan
14 Oct 2021

very cool option

This place really is trying and I appreciate it. I love that they have a dedicated vegan menu both in house and online. The server and kitchen honestly weren't very great with keeping our stuff vegan though even with the note in our reservation 2 weeks ahead we were both vegan. The server made some suggestions that ended up not being vegan after he checked with the kitchen. He brought out some stuff that wasn't vegan the kitchen made for us (2 of the 4 courses.. as well as the wrong drink which I didn't actually get until the third course) none of this resulted in any sort of discount on the most expensive dinner of my life so far. I can't say it wasn't delicious and and overall nice experience though. I'd go on someone else's dime in a heartbeat. Love they uses follow your heart instead of daiya. The whole premise is great. A nice date night if you're both laid back and willing to roll with mistakes... but also check your stuff because they misstep a lot.

Updated from previous review on 2021-07-26

Pros: Dedicated vegan menu, Tasty

Cons: Crazy expensive. , Very evident they are new to vegan offerings, Did I mention it's crazy expensive?

cooking veggies in broth at The Melting Pot in Downers Grove

Vegan fondue using follow your heart cheese 💖 at The Melting Pot in Downers Grove

You sometimes win friends with salad at The Melting Pot in Downers Grove

the ginger plum sauce was actually surprisingly good with this stuff at The Melting Pot in Downers Grove

dipping fruit in vegan chocolate at The Melting Pot in Downers Grove

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