Great service. Really good food.
Service was A+. Food was a mixed bag. My wife's breakfast for dinner was good but not as good as her actual breakfast earlier in the day. I had the Southern fried chicken and since it was more expensive than the major fast food fried chicken, I expected more. Sorry, but I found it rather bland. French Fries were good, and the Cole slaw was fine once I added a little salt. Got four pieces of chicken on my plate, so maybe I was paying for quantity rather than quality. Place looked like a 50's diner, so atmosphere was as expected. I like diners with jukebox consoles on the table, so that is a plus.
I met a friend of mine who lives out of town. We hadn't seen each other in about 5 years and we are talkers. We enjoyed our food and our waitress was very pleasant and made sure our meals were correct. Mine was wrong at first and she offered to take it back. Excellent service up to that point.We told her that we were catching up and asked if that was an issue. She told us the limit was "typically" 2 hours but she'd let us know if she needed the table. At this point there were about 4 other people in the diner. We were not there at a busy time.At about 2 hours and 15 min she came over to the table and asked if we needed anything else and we paid our bill, leaving a tip on the card and then my friend was going to leave cash as well for us staying over.When she brought over to-go boxes over she informed us we were "almost at the 3 hour mark." There were approx 8 people in the diner. They were not even close to busy and had they been, she wouldn't have had to ask us to leave. She said that it's almost been 3 hours. It had been 2 hours and 20 min.My friend was going to be driving for the next 4 hours and then asked for a Sprite. She said "To go?" He asked if it have to be to go. Her irritation was written all over her face (well, eyes and forehead because she was wearing a mask) and with out saying anything, she went, got the drink in a regular glass, and dropped off the bill. Well left within 5 minutes.We were stunned by her rudeness, but trying to give her the benefit of the doubt and considered that maybe her manager was pushing her. Regardless of the reason, there were more polite ways to handle it. When we first told her we were going to be chatty, she could have said their policy was firm. We would have gone elsewhere and not been upset. She could have politely said that she was really sorry but she needed the table. We would have questioned that, but we would have left. There was just no reason to be rude. We always tip well and ask ahead of time if our staying longer is OK. We've never had a waitress be so disdainful. It was really strange. We won't be returning despite the food being good.
The food was arrived quickly! Delicious food and nice service!!
Love the chicken tenders and smash burger!
Staff was super friendly and the environment and atmosphere is always so cool. The espresso milkshake is absolutely amazing and the spicy chicken sandwich is good, the only thing is that the spicy chicken sandwich was a little too salty. Other then that it’s great service and taste amazing.
This was my first visit to Mel's. I had the best short rib I have eaten in years. The vegetables and mashed potatoes were also excellent. This was truly delicious comfort food. And the service was exceptional. I will return.
magnífica atención y la comida deliciosa
I just had to leave because we were completely ignored. We spent 20 minutes waiting but a white family that came in 5 minutes after us had their order in before we even got menus. The second white family that came 5 minutes after that were asked for their order first. Horrible feeling to have to get up and leave because we were legit ignored.Their food is overpriced and I wouldn't recommend it. Dennys is better. Never coming here again. Or any other Mel's for that matter. Yeah yeah. What a loss.
Mel's drive in got the best milkshake shake in town. Very rich and thick :)