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Being huge fans of La Fondue   we were a little apprehensive when we found out it was moving. I wasn't quite sure how the new look and feel would gel with our old LF loving vibe from years past. We met friends for a highly anticipated dinner. Arrived a few minutes before them, and chatted a bit with the guy at the front desk. Not sure who he was but as we waited in the lobby, he came and talked to us, asked us if we wanted a drink. We asked how business was, how the new spot was. He suggested that we take a walk around the place with him and choose where we wanted to sit because each room had a different theme. Ooh la la! Our friends arrived at this point so we went around with him and scoped out each room.Seriously, the new LF rocks! I love all the diff styles and decors they used, literally every room has a 'feel' all it's own. Even within each room, they have different and unique characteristics. aka one of the rooms had raised seated booths that were super cozy looking and were made of leather and crystals. We loved the old blue room at LF, so we liked the 'new' blue room with it's renaissance theming, but they didn't have a booth available for us there, so we chose second best which was the contemporary art deco modernish middle room, with a long boothy table with 2 burners. Side note: I love getting 2 burners because you can have more cooking and food options if you so desire, and it's perfect for 4 people because then there's no reaching all over the place while you are dipping. The room we were in has the same awesome hooded chandeliers that are in the entry which we all spent some serious time admiring.We started off with a shot of pear schnapps which was super tasty and we noticed the addition of Fiji water to the start of the meal  as well. Our waiter was sharp and attentive. We asked him to fill us in on the new menu. He pointed out differences. Not feeling all that adventurous other than the new decor, we went with our old staples, surf and turf lobster, filet, and shrimp and the stinking garlicy rose cheese w/wine.Overall, fab experience. I was a little unsure what might happen reading some of the latest reviews here, and we are such LF lovers that I was afraid the new place would seriously suck and we'd end up disappointed but we were definitely happily surprised. After some serious discussion during dinner, we decided the move for LF was a good thing, because while we all loved the old, somewhat cheesy little place, it was definitely feeling its age, and we already knew everything there was to know about it, and eating there. This was like a new experience with an old friend. We now have 3-4 other rooms to try, and if we ever feel like we need to branch out, the menu does have the new additions! Definitely try the decadent chocolate option, but our fave chocolate has always been bittersweet with Kahlua. The Kahlua is not a liquer option on the menu, but if you ask for it they will typically do it.The garlic butter is gone, replaced with olive oil (seriously who comes to LF to be healthy? we all had a laugh over that one!) BUT now they actually give it to you as a dipping option, so he told us to toss it into the pan with the olive oil if we wanted the old taste, so we did that. WIN! There wasn't too much else different and the horseradish was the only downer for me (and I can get over it). Their new surf and turf has the most enormous shrimp ever, I had to cut them in half to get them to cook quickly. Seems like the lobster tails shrunk a bit but could be the time of year it is right now as well.Summary, jazzed about the new place and the new personal touches, and can't wait to try another room next time. We go to LF about 2x a year so it'll be a while before we return but I'm happy to know not much has changed about our old love. As others have said, no real presentation, you cook your own food, and the meal takes hours so be sure to plan for it. You also do not have to get a big long drawn out meal if you don't want to they offer a la carte so you can just do cheese & chocolate.I always only ever wear washable clothes because you do come out seriously stinking of oil and grease totally not my fave part about it , but unavoidable! Special tip for those wanting to totally enjoy your LF experience without having to be rolled out of the place, share a salad with your table mates instead of getting your own. They are massive my husband and I do this, they split it for us on diff plates, and it saves precious room for more cheese, lobster, and CHOCOLATE!!! JEEZ sorry this is such a long review, who knew I had so much to say about fondue!
gpt
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