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La Fondue Saratoga

La Fondue Saratoga

14550 Big Basin Way0, 95070, Saratoga, United States

French • Seafood • European • Vegetarian


"this place is not worth the money. if they want fondue, they literally go somewhere else. it could even be worth the hours of driving to come to the next when wasting their time here. we always came here, but they've been getting worse and worse. after a multi-year break, hoping that they would improve, we tried again. we will not go back. they have a very limited selection in comparison to other fondue places for their cheese and chocolate, which are both incredibly bland. I speak 6 cheese options and 6 chocolate options without taste. we ordered the stinking rose (carish and swedish) and it was only melted black cheese. I could be at home for color. the atmosphere is not worth the price. they had us in a backroom that was so dark that we had to use the flashlights of our phones to see our food. I talk as dark as a bedroom with a single nightlight. we asked if something could be done on two different people, and both said they would look into them, and we never heard of them again. I had to literally keep my phone over the grill the entire time I was cooking because otherwise my food was impossible to see. the food took to us forever, and no one covered our poor waitress when she went to lunch, so we sat there for a whole half an hour after we had finished our meat course, without anyone checking on us. we had to follow someone to serve us multiple times. at the end our server revealed that the service fee is shared evenly, which means that the employees who have left us and they would still get money, although they had to be forced to do their jobs. we gave her a tip that she deserved, but it hurt that we had to pay more for waste. To be honest, our entire bill should have gone to her and to the kitchen staff and no one else. for three people it came to $200 . that is obscene when considering how bad the service and the eating was. they cannot calculate so much and have bland, tasteless eating while leaving their customers in empty, dark rooms. we had to keep track of people, something we don't have to do in a chic restaurant. I had a better service with Dennys. they sniffed us at every turn, from there when we came in to pay us desperately so that we could finally leave the dark room. it felt honest as if they thought we were not good enough to eat there, something I had never had a problem with in other chic restaurants. I never go back, and I suggest you go anywhere else, if possible. that was a more expensive mistake, but at least this time we learned it safely, and we will never do it again."