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‘DID WE REALLY JUST PAID 200 BUCKS TO COOK OUR OWN FOOD?’: CUSTOMERS LAUGH IN
DISBELIEF AFTER GETTING BILL AT THE MELTING POT


'WHEN YOU GET THE BILL OUCH!!!'

 

Melody Heald

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Posted on Nov 10, 2023   Updated on Nov 10, 2023, 10:06 pm CST

The Melting Pot is known for being very expensive. A Melting Pot customer filmed
her and her group’s reaction to receiving their bill—they all laughed in
disbelief.

The 35-second clip was uploaded by Emmy (@emmy.rey) where she filmed her group’s
reactions to receiving the bill at Melting Pot. “Are you ready?” the woman
asked. As soon as the woman’s eyes landed on the bill, they widened with shock
and burst into laughter. Next, the woman handed it to Emmy who was sitting by
the person filming. After reading the bill, she started laughing. Then, the bill
was handed to the person filming and she started laughing once she read it.

However, in the caption, she wrote, “It was worth it.”

The Daily Dot reached out to Emmy via Instagram direct message and TikTok
comment. The video amassed 2.6 million views as of Friday, resonating with
viewers, agreeing with Emmy.

“Melting Pot is like a 3 hour dinner, expensive but worth it,” one viewer said.

“one of my favorite restaurants…. and yes when you get the bill OUCH!!!” a
second concurred.

In addition, others shared their similar stories.

“My hubs was like ‘did we really just paid 200 bucks to cook our own food?’” one
user wrote. “this happened to me! my friend read the pricing wrong and I didn’t
double check.”

“bill was a little over 300,” a second shared.

“I took my entire staff out to the melting pot. Total cost was $1700,” a third
commented.

https://www.tiktok.com/@emmy.rey/video/7287380106971024686

In a follow-up video, Emmy revealed the price of their order. In the video, she
unveiled their order which she and her group bought for $297 after the tip. A
bread and cheese platter sat in the center along with a bowl of cheese fondue.
Then, the video cut to the main course where there was shrimp, potatoes, salad,
and cucumbers. For dessert, they had milk chocolate fondo along with fruit.

This begs the question, why is Melting Pot so expensive? This was a discussion
on Reddit. User CatOfGrey explained, “Remember that the cost of food is often
the cheapest part of the overall cost of dining. Things like rent, and paying
staff (cooks, wait staff, cleaning staff, food prep, bookkeeper, manager…) are
more a part of overall cost.

They continued, “That said, The Melting Pot is a slow meal. A usual time there
is about 2 hours, could be 2.5 hours with dessert. That same table could service
three meals at a more typical restaurant. That means that a Melting Pot needs to
make more for each meal just for the time difference. Yes, some of the
difference is the tables themselves – the tables have induction stoves that are
able to boil the pots. But the cost of those are spread over hundreds of diners,
so it’s not as much as it seems on the surface.”

The Tampa, Florida-based chain has been in existence since 1975 and today boasts
91 locales across the U.S. and Canada.

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*First Published: Nov 10, 2023, 10:30 pm CST

MELODY HEALD

Melody Heald is a culture writer. Her work can be found in Glitter Magazine,
BUST Magazine, and more.



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