Our kids love fondue and Little Dipper has a great Sunday special that allows the kids to eat free with 1/2 price bottle of wine for mom and dad. Between the casual setting, good food, and great service it makes for a fun family Sunday dinner. We recently did Father's day at Little Dipper and it didn't dissapoint. PS Not all Fondue Restaurants are created equal and I really didn't like it till we came here.

Birthday, fathers day

The little dipper had the best wait staff EVER. Our waiter was so nice and helpful and was willing to answer all of our questions about Durham. The bartender was also very nice and seemed very proud of the drinks he made. The food was excellent and fondue is always so fun! We will definitely be back next time we are in Durham!!!

Everything was great ambiance and food wise. The server blamed my misplaced credit card on a different person. It was found but to pawn off work when it wasn't busy was irksome to me. Server lacked customer service.

The food was delicious and plentiful. The waitress and hostess were friendly and knowledgeable. They surprised my husband with dessert even though we also ordered chocolate fondue. We will definitely have return!

We saw this restaurant on the Triangle Restaurant Week website and thought it would be fun. And it was! Fondue is always a fun experience but the service was great! Our glasses were never empty, the staff worked together to make sure we had everything we wanted. They had great cooking styles and excellent vegetarian options. Special extras with the dessert was also a pleasant surprise. And local ingredients like bread from Loaf Bakery in Durham!

Dinner is at least 2 hours so plan for that if you have other activities happening in the same night. This length of time is not unexpected since part of the the fondue experience is cooking your food at the table. It was cool and unique and a great setting in Downtown Durham. A must try!

My first time here and it was beyond amazing!

I always like to come here because the food is good and fun. However, the past few times we have come, we have planned for 3 hours with a babysitter and have had to rush back home. This time we didn't even have time to get dessert which we were planning. They were running behind a bit and apologized. I don't know if we should plan more time next time or if the service is too slow? I do really like the food and atmosphere, but would like to be able to get in and out in 2 hours, maybe that's not reasonable for fondue?

Wonderful place with great food and very pleasant staff. We enjoyed it a great deal!

Super fun and great food.

Had a great date night! Fun and relaxing at the same time! Great to have a cozy dinner and great conversation.

Good food. And a cheaper kids meal so adults don't have to break the bank bringing them along.

Menu was easy to understand. The booth tables were a little awkward, but they obliged us and let us sit at a table by the window. The fontina cheese fondu was delish! The fresh cut veggies were a little rubbery, the cooked potatoes were better in the cheese than I expected. The cheese got clumpy pretty quick but we added some of the white wine we were drinking and it loosened up nicely. The dark choc/peanut butter was THE BEST! Fruit was fresh and juicy, pretzels and the Oreos were stale, pound cut up in pieces to small to dip with a fork as they fell apart in the pot. Next time we’ll just do the fruit only. All in all, it was nice. We would probably go back again.

Daughters 16th birthday.
Staff did wonderful job

Awesome place! It was hard to find the entrance, but I liked the weird hallway layout of the restaurant itself. Might not be for everybody, but even so the food was great and the Casual Friday specials made it really affordable to grab a bite to eat before heading out into downtown Durham for a great night!

We went for ladies night which is an awesome value. Ordinarily the service is excellent, but it was a bit off for us. The food - as always - was fantastic.

This was a wonderful experience. We loved the chocolate course. Our server was covering extra tables, so service was a little slow, but we had a great time.

We had a 8:00 pm reservation for a birthday dinner. We arrived a few minutes before and were seated promptly. We waited about 10 minutes before our server came by to fill our water glasses. A couple was seated next to us around 8:15 and had their water and drink orders before our server even came back to take our drink orders. It took another 15 minutes for her to return with our drinks. Our server admitted they were short staffed and she usually worked the bar. It was clear by her comments she wasn't happy about having to serve. We finally got our cheese fondue order placed around 8:30. We were constantly given the excuse they were short staffed, however, when one of us would go to the restroom, our server was always standing around in the bar area. We did not get our final bill until 11:15. I have had fondue before and have never had it take almost 3.5 hours to eat a meal. I understand the server said they were short staffed, but the tables around us were clearly being served more promptly than ours. In the past, Little Dipper has been a good experience. I will have to seriously think about going back.

Although not inexpensive, the dinner became an experience as individuals cooked their own dinners.

Out of this world wonderful experience! Delicious food, great atmosphere and fantastic service! What a wonderful treat of a meal!

Great service, fondue was delicious, drinks were good. Love the restaurants decor. Intimate for a date or romantic dinner. Price was reasonable.

Fondue was never of great appeal to me, but the experience here was top-notch and very well-suited for a special occasion. Good selection, plentiful portions and an overall good time.

Excellent service and delicious food. Ambience is perfect for a date night.

Wonderful dinner as usual for my son’s birthday. Service was great, food great.

FANTASTIC! we had a coupon for melting pot but heard about the weekly deals here that are not only better but it’s a local place, and wow did we choose wisely!!! Wait staff was SUPER friendly and attentive, Swiss fondue was legit (we’ve had real fondue in Switzerland). The whole experience was phenomenal and very, very well priced. 6 total glasses of wine and 3 courses for $65 in a great ambience place. Can’t beat it! Fantastic gem!

Tuesday nights they have a special called "Locals Night" where you can get cheese and chocolate fondue for $10 per person.

Very attentive wait staff but they also gave us time for ordering as we were busy catching up! The portions are generous so come hungry.

Always have a great experience here. Friendly staff, good food and fantastic atmosphere.

It was an amazing experience. I had the sea food collection, which was a wonderful meal for myself. It seemed as if everything on the menu was high quality and enjoyable. Cant wait to go back!

We enjoyed our experience: the food was good and the atmosphere and music were awesome. I would like to have had a better experience accommodating different dietary restrictions (including one gluten free guest and one vegetarian guest). We were given two pots for each course; however, the pot with the sterno did not heat adequately to keep the cheese melted or to cook the food properly. A second stove top cooker would have been helpful.

We were a party of 6 and everyone enjoyed the meal...especially the desert!

Ladies night is such a good deal!

Good food, small portions similar to most fondue places. Dessert was the best part, soo great.

My partner and I chose Little Dipper for a special Valentine dinner. The first negative was a trip to the women’s rest room at 5:30 arrival. There were no towels after washing hands...should have been prepared for dinner arrivals. We discovered there was a set menu even though this was the night before Valentine’s Day. This was a disappointment. The traditional cheese fondue was good, but other than bread the dipping choices were very limited. We both enjoyed the spinach soup of the night. The main entree was disappointing. There were just a few bites of the meat choices. For the price of $125, the amount of meat was a disappointment. The dessert fondue was a disappointment because the chocolate did not melt and get warm. We waited a long time for a server to come near our table to alert them to the problems with the chocolate. We never had a server check on our water glasses. We had to flag someone down to get the water refilled.
We drove a distance for a special meal and were very disappointed.

We had an amazing experience. Loved the food, our young server was awesome, and the manager was very personable and kind. We really enjoyed our evening there and will definitely be back. Thank you for the birthday cheesecake!! :)

We were celebrating a birthday. The food was wonderful and the service was great!

As always, a great experience! But to be honest, I was quite a bit disappointed that we had a special night planned - made reservations WEEKS in advance so that our timeline was all lined up and the restaurant was running significantly behind in seating us. Over 30 minutes after our reservation we still hadn't been sat. Would definitely recommend for the experience, the wait staff and the food - just don't have any other plans afterward!

I made a reservation at the Little Dipper for my husband's birthday. We were going to have dinner and then had a show to see an hour and a half after our reservation. I told the hostess about this deadline when we arrived and it did not seem that it would be a problem. Our waiter did not come to our table for about 15 minutes after we were seated and so we asked to order right away when he finally did. 40 minutes later he still had not returned with our FIRST COURSE and we had not even had a chance to order the rest of our meal yet. As rude as we felt doing this, we finally decided we had to leave to avoid being late to our show. The hostess apologized and said that we would receive a call to help alleviate the situation the next day but that never happened. Ultimately, we did not even have time to eat dinner at all that night because of all the time we wasted sitting around. We are very disappointed.

Brett was a wonderful server and we had a amazing time celebrating our 7th year anniversary! Brett even brought us complimentary glasses of sparkling wine! We will definitely enjoy more meals at the Little Dipper in the future!

The food was great, but it took a bit longer than normal. We will be back again, but will likely ask for an alternative server.