La Fondue

I remember loving the melting pot in downtown Ann Arbor back in the day, and now, in California, I've found a little spot that brings back those memories. Pretty excited for my fifth visit as a cheese enthusiast!

🥂 Their menu consists of four fixed courses for a DIY experience: Salad, Cheese Fondue, Fondue Bourguignon, and Chocolate Fondue.

🥘 For the appetizer Salad: Two options, with free choice of dressing. We each picked one, and the portions are seriously generous! Since it's the starter, I'll save it for later to pace myself.

🧀 Chef's Recommendations
🧀 Spinach Salad

🥘 The first course, Cheese Fondue: I usually go for a mix of four cheeses with white wine, but this time I skipped the wine and tried mushroom soup – discovered a whole new world! Trust me, it tastes even better with soup, my buddies! [Wow] Unfortunately, no alcohol means no fire show.

🧀 Cheddar & Beer Blends
🧀 Swiss & White Wine Blends
🧀 Four Cheese & White Wine Blends

🥘 The second course, Fondue Bourguignon: Many options for DIY or choose their pre-set ones. Since it's a holiday, we went for the pre-set with six sauce choices for your creative touch.

🧀 Lobster, scallops, tuna, shrimp, wagyu beef, steak, veggies

🥘 The third course, Chocolate Fondue: Many people come just for the chocolate fondue – it's stunning. Usually, by this point, you're starting to feel a bit full, so I recommend the dark chocolate fondue to avoid excessive sweetness. On the holiday menu:

🧀 Peppermint Dream: A blend of white, dark, and milk chocolate with peppermint leaves. First time trying this combo, and it's impressive – ended up being my most consumed item that night!

I usually visit this little place for special occasions or important dates – it's just perfect for that!

Eclectic fondue. The best I've ever had. Toffee chocolate. Chicken on the grill. Stinky garlic cheese. To die for. Also the cheese wrapped in meats.

They should keep the decor the same no matter if there's been a shooting. Stick to your guns guys...

Lovely place. The atmosphere is amazing and the staff are super knowledgeable. The atmosphere is slow and lots of time is given between courses.

All the meat is delicious, the drinks are strong and good. It's about $70 a person but worth it for a lavish date night

Our waitress Chloe was outstanding and we had a great time celebrating!!

I've been coming to the Fondue since I came to California in the 90s. It is one of those places I go special occasions, or just when it has been long enough without enjoying the treat. Even my picky kids love a fondue once in a while (actually, as often as they could...)

We pretty much always get the stinking rose cheese fondue. These come with a choice from among delicious salads, the chef's salad or the spinach salad, but these aren't simple solids they are creations in their own right.

Well sometimes, especially when I go with the kids, we just get the cheese fondue as well as the chocolate fondue, usually one of the dark chocolate choices. Both the cheese and the chocolate fondues come with a good assortment of dippers. I still love the bread dippers, especially the pretzel bites, but the broccoli, apple and pickle dippers are very enjoyable as well.

We go to town with the chocolate fondue dippers, there is a great selection and we each have our favorites. I love the pirouette and the cookie dough dippers most, as well as the apple slices. My kids love the marshmallow and shortcake dippers.

The ambience in this restaurant is really cool, they put a lot of effort into decorating the various sessions with a Gothic or modern atmosphere. Just enjoying the decor is one of the treats for me when going to this place.

The servers are all very interactive, involved literally helping us cook the food but also proactive and making sure our visit is as enjoyable as possible.

For anyone who likes an interesting cheese dish, or even all those rare meats they serve with the meat fondue, this place could not be recommended more.

This is one of my favorite restaurants, (acknowledged I love chocolate and cheese). The meats and fish have been okay but not nearly as delicious as the chocolate and cheese. The service has ranged from good to fantastic. The quirky ambiance is fun and comfortable.

Service was amazing and wait staff friendly and attentive! Food was incredible, especially the cheese and chocolate fondues. Lighting is very dim and sometimes hard to see your food, especially when cooking your meat.

Overall a great experience!

It was my first time having fondue, the server kindly and patiently explained everything about fondue, on how to choose how to cook and how to eat. We have the entree meat grilled, very tender and flavourful. The decoration of the restaurant is very unique. Overall a good experience and very recommended for anyone who wants to try fondue.

This is a place we love coming to for a treat. It's usually 4 courses but you can get a la carte as well. The portion sizes are pretty large if you plan to eat all 4 courses. Usually we are full after the salad and cheese fondue but manage to keep eating anyway because it's all tasty!

One of the great things about fondue is that it takes time to get through each course. Waiting for the cheese to melt or each morsel of meat to cook really creates time for digestion and conversation. Plan for a 2 hour experience if you are going to have 4 courses.

Excellent service and romantic atmosphere.

Waw this place! Not only is the food so good, but the experience made this stop a great night. Make sure you go on an empty stomach because you’ll be full for the next week after dinner, and trust me, you really want to try EVERYTHING served. You start off with your individual salad; i recommend the spinach with honey mustard dressing. They then make the cheese fondue in front of you (you select which one you want from the menu). The cheese is accompanied with bites you can dip in. I was pretty full already but we had out meats come in next! It’s a really fun place to go with a big party or just a one on one date because you end up cooking your meats on the grill and eating them the way you like. My favorite part was the amazing chocolate fondue! The bites they gave us to dip into the chocolate of our choice was incredibly delicious. Did I also mention their wine and drinks? Everything was done perfectly.

Celebrated our anniversary. We opted for "Le Freak," which offered a little bit of everything... We did lose track of some of the choices on the plate, but it was all good. Juliana was great, attentive without being intrusive. We had a wonderful evening!

Cute modern style place for a date. (Also see groups of family) quality ingredients for the cheese/chocolate fondue. We ordered surf n turf. The veggies/desserts dips are bottomless.
Fun place for date night. They have the set menu for 2. Your chance to agree with the other person what food to share (or fight lol). See menu in pics. Service charge included in the bill.

First time at a fondue place. Staff were amazing, food was delicious, and the place looked awesome. Highly recommended. Second visit, everything was awesome, Chelsea and Elliott were great.

Simply amazing! Phenomenal fondue, excellent service, gorgeous and romantic ambiance (eccentric, artsy decor with low mood lighting). The best Date Night we've had in a long time. Highly recommended!

Celebrating here was amazing. You can either grill or use oil too cook your food. Obviously the desert was the best part. However the meat was juicy and the waiters and waitresses will let you know how long to cook it for. I think the coolest part is that their website has a timer for the specific meat that you get so that you can keep track.

If you are looking for a different experience, this is your place! This French restaurant is located in historic beautiful downtown Saratoga. They have a big space with several rooms. The food taste great and the service is amazing. It is a bit pricy but you will not regret it!

Celebrated our daughter's 18th birthday here. Very pricey but food was creative and fresh. All the meat and seafood was tender and delicious. Atmosphere was perfect, each room was decorated impeccably. So many choices and variations to choose from to make your dinner unique. My husband and I used to come before we had kids, so it was great to revisit with our now adult children. Food and experience well worth the price.

La Fondue offers a fun experience with cheese and chocolate. Its a perfect place for a dinner date. There are options for vegetarians as well. I recommend the 4 course meal to have a complete meal. Service is great.

The wife and I LOVED the entire experience. Adam was great! He was helpful with the entire meal and experience. We did the Le Freak and it was FANTASTIC!!!! The tablet with the cook times was very nice to have. The Dark Mix was phenomenal. We will be returning soon!

I visited La Fondue recently. I had a great time. The food choices are varied. They had some awesome fondue choices. The service was great. The servers were knowledgeable. I liked that I could choose my own proteins to grill ( amongst them some exotic choices like aligator). The chocolate choices for desert were delicious. Overall, I had a great time. Outside the salad, I do think they could have served some more grilled vegetables.