The Melting Pot Employer Reviews

The working environment was extremely relaxed, great place for starting in the restaurant business as well as veterans. Without question the best managed place I have ever worked at! Overall consensus is we're not co-workers, we're family. Money is sub-par compared to the amount of work required. Fasted paced with room for advancement.

It is a great place, ownership was having some financial problems which took away from the day to day operations.

The Melting Pot is a fondu restaurant, specializing in four courses. If someone were to research a romantic restaurant in Houston, The Melting Pot would appear as one of the top places in Houston. For this reason, I chose to work here while attending school. Now because this restaurant is considered to be a romantic place your typical table is a couple. – more...  Meaning that it's two people celebrating a special occasion. What separates a couple going to The Melting Pot rather than going to Olive Garden for whatever special occasion they're celebrating is the atmosphere and the price. The average cost of each person at The Melting Pot is $50, so because 75% of your tables are couples your average table has a tab of at least $100 (without alcohol). Going back to address that The Melting Pot typically has 80% of their tables doing four courses, which means if you only have a couple at your table then they will be sitting there for one to two hours. A normal restaurant has a table sit in their restaurant for 30 minutes to an hour, so at The Melting Pot we have half of the tables or less that a normal restaurant will have. What I'm trying to put in perspective is that we 3-5 tables on weekdays and because it's mostly couples we can expect $60-$100 (that's hoping for 20% on each table). Regardless of what each server makes, each server pays 4% of their total sales. So your goal as a server is to be nice, respectable, and make sure they have a good time to each of your tables other wise you will not make money. I've learned that you have to put yourself in these people's shoes, you have to realize that these people are spending over a $100 on a meal so in order for you to make that 20% tip you have to go over an beyond for each table. I would say 70-75% of the time you will get 20% of your total bill, but nothing is a guaranteed, sometimes you will make a lot of money and sometimes you will make very little. The worst part of every waiting tables job is that it's not consistent, and that can be very stressful. – less

Out of all the jobs i had this was the best got along with everyone had fun and made good money

I look forward to my duties as a hospitality specialist, because of the management & fellow employees, not to mention the interesting customers one meets. It is a lovely feeling to be a part of someone's special event, proposals, birthdays, wedding parties, etc. (One of our motto's is "To make it the Perfect Night Out.")

Overall, a pleasant experience with the company. Good management and team.

Hands on training and wonderful organized management.There is a lot of room for advancement.