02/03/09

Completely overpriced, bland and boring food

by germantexan86

I just got home from dinner here. I went in with high expectations, and I was totally disappointed. Although we did have a good waiter (unlike other reviewers) I was surprised at how unimpressive the food was. First course - we chose the cheddar cheese, which had zero flavor. I kept trying it with a different dipper every time, and it was still bland, just flavorless goo. Next course - salad. I chose the Caesar, which was okay, but I would skip it next time. I usually enjoy Caesar salads, but this one had an odd flavor to it. 3rd course - we got an assortment of meat and veggies, with a citrus/cilantro broth. The filet mignon and veggies were pretty good, but the rest of the meat was awful. The pork was dull, and the chicken (which was supposed to be honey mustard) had an almost sour flavor. I left about half of my entree on the plate because it tasted so off. 4th course - dessert. I was really excited about this part of the meal. Our waiter promised us a dark chocolate fondue with raspberry flavoring. Then, he brought out the tray of dippers, which looked like it had been sitting in a fridge with plastic wrap on it. And tasted like it too. The strawberries were mushy, the marshmellows tasted like cardboard. And the fancy raspberry-infused chocolate tasted like Hershey's syrup. I was completely disgusted with the whole meal. I would have been more disgusted if I'd had to pay for it, but luckily my boss was picking up the tab, which I'm sure was well over $200 for everyone. WAY overpriced, forgettable food. I will not be going back, nor will I recommend it.

• Pros: parking, ambience
• Cons: ridiculously overpriced, dull food

01/08/09

Overpriced!! Too slow!!!

by jstmyopnyun

We had some family visiting us and we all decided to go this place so that we could all have some family fun time. Our waiter was pretty grumpy to start with (never had that in Austin!) and the service was interminably slow. Dont get me wrong, we know that in a fondue place like this, an average meal will take about 1.5 hours but ours took us 2.5!!! The kids were almost asleep by the time we paid. To top it off, they had a pretty hazardous candle which burnt one person's hair and another's shirt at the table!! The waiter didnt even have the decency to apologize and move it away. Upon reaching home, 4 of us were sick. Sadly, we paid $200 for all of it! Ugh!! Never going back there.

• Pros: parking,highway access
• Cons: food, service, overpriced

09/14/08

I cant believe this is a chain

by sebastien07

I would love to meet the person that started this chain of restaurants. Make the people cook their own food and charge them a lot Brilliant!

The service was good cocktails were awful and I would stay a way from the hot oil fondue unless you want to feel you just drank tepid cooking oil.It was hard to keep the oil hot so the veg pretty much absorbed the oil.The cheese fondue was the best part of the meal although. The restaurant is not the one pictured on the website that looks warm and open, the interior is"modern" Black everything and starbucks dropped ceilings.

Once is definatly enough at this restaurant.

• Pros: good fresh food
• Cons: gimmicky