Michael travels

This is still a real American diner. We came for weekday lunch and liked the friendly and authentic service and plenty food options on the menu. We loved the old music box on the table, not a cheap deco but the real thing! Prices are fair. Highly recommend the chocolate milkshake!

Raybies Flynn

I love checking out the wall decor. This visit is full of Halloween decorations. The staff is consistently friendly. The restrooms are always clean. I order the corned beef hash almost every time, because it is that good. It can be hard to find a place that makes their own in-house. The whole meal is consistently cooked to my ordered specifications. They are always on-point.

+2

Julie Joy

Food was pretty good but a little lackluster. Waiting staff was very nice and quick to respond to our requests. Always love the vibe in Mel's.

Yvonne Dukes

We stopped here for the first time and were not disappointed! The service was just wonderful (very warm and friendly), and the food was great! My son and I got cheeseburgers, my husband had biscuits and gravy with eggs, and my daughter had the chorizo and eggs. Everything was awesome, but that chorizo and eggs was outstanding! We will definitely visit again when we're passing through!

2026 now and my girl Tiffany at the original Mel in Auburn California ! I left in August 2025 and I'm flying back February 10 and I will be at Mels in Auburn seeing my girl tiff who's been the sweete…

We had miss lisa as our server and man she deserves a raise!!!! Best service ever and she is so sweet!!! Quick, efficient and very personable!!!! Thank you for making my date night even better!!!

We had miss lisa as our server and man she deserves a raise!!!! Best service ever and she is so sweet!!! Quick, efficient and very personable!!!! Thank you for making my date night even better!!!

Such a charming little diner! From the moment we walked in, we felt so welcomed. Lauren was incredibly kind and attentive, she made the whole experience even more enjoyable. The food was absolutely…

My first time going to Mel's. I will definitely be back. I came in for breakfast and the food was just how I ordered it. And delicious!! The service was outstanding! Olivia, and Lauren were beautif…

This is for Original Mels in beautiful Auburn, California! Breakfast served all day! Child spaghetti at $7.36 with the tax! Portions are good size! There are juke boxes on the different tables! …

This will be review number (Maestro or Maestra a few notes on the piano if you please), forty two of this great place! OWNER MELS ORIGINAL DINER 1730 GRASS VALLEY AUBURN CALIFORNIA 95603 Dear Sir o…

This is for Original Mels in beautiful Auburn, California! breakfast served all day! Child spaghetti at $7.36 with the tax! Portions are good size! There are juke boxes on the different tables!…

July 29, 2024 Review number of forty! Before hiking, three of us! The lady our server, Lauren, short yellow hair! One person had child turkey sandwich, one person had ham dish, one person h…

July 29, 2024 Review number of forty! Before hiking, three of us! The lady our server, Lauren, short yellow hair! One person had child turkey sandwich, one person had ham dish, one person had…

July 29, 2024 Review number of forty! Before hiking, three of us! The lady our server, Lauren, short yellow hair! One person had child turkey sandwich, one person had ham dish, one person had a…

We have grown very fond of Mel's over the years. They've got breakfast 24/7 and we've never had a bad meal. The service by the youthful staff is prompt and energetic, the food is diverse and very…

We have grown very fond of Mel's over the years. They've got breakfast 24/7 and we've never had a bad meal. The service by the youthful staff is prompt and energetic, the food is diverse and ve…

April Simons

Their chicken fried steak is pretty delicious and the gravy can go on anything.. I gave 5 stars because there's this one waitress (purple hair) that makes it pretty great every time I go there. Her service is top notch 👌

Jim S

Stopped in for breakfast with my spouse. Eggs and hash browns potatoes were cooked as ordered. I asked for "extra" crispy bacon and got basic limp, undercooked bacon. I requested a replacement and got back almost charcoal, burnt bacon. Thats how I like it. 😀 Spouses short stack pancakes looked good and she confirmed they were.

Chita Stagnaro

Food: It is okay, typical of American diner food. Service: Needs a lot of improvement...people should not have to ask for a coffee refill or a hot water refill. Atmosphere: the nostalgia of by gone era makes it nice to just soak the moment. This Mels Diner is a mix bag for me.

Sheley Harp

Super friendly greeting as we entered, which was a great start. It was busy, Sunday at lunchtime, but they were fast to seat us and take our drink order. The menu is fairly big, lots of breakfast and dinner choices. We went with the French dip roast beef sandwich with a side salad (the balsamic vinegarette was soooo yummy!), and some wings with a side of fries. The homemade cherry cokes were a sweet treat, as well. Overall, the food was good and priced as you'd expect for a diner. Diner's are a favorite. We will be back!

Yeahoo Whoyah

Food just like all the other Mel’s I’ve been to. Adequate portions, hot off the grill, and pretty good. Plus 1⭐️for being DOG FRIENDLY. Surrounding Mel’s today were a sea of vintage cars and trucks attending the 2023 American Graffiti Car Show. Mel’s is a sponsor of this well attended annual event. Car hops were making the rounds taking food and drink orders from attendees. Nice touch!

+5

Mike Urueta (CHST)

I stopped in 20 minutes before closing, Grace, who was my Hostess sat me at a table, but my waitress must have been on a break! I sat for close to 10 minutes before I looked around again, Grace noticed that nobody had come over to take my drink order! She asked me if I was helped yet, I replied no, so she took my order and put it in for me. I Got my food very quickly and she kept checking on me and made me feel special. Food came, ate it and she continued excellent customer service!!! My waitress finally came over but I was able to inform her that Gracie already took my order and gave me amazing service? 🥰💪🏼 I’d highly recommend Grace for your Dinning

+1

L D

Great service and friendly staff. Such a cool throw back place to dine in. The milkshakes look delicious!!

+1

Great honorarium to American Graffiti. The food was very good and so was the staff.\nI was lucky to be there for the car show.\nThis is a great piece of Americana.

Great honorarium to American Graffiti. The food was very good and so was the staff.\nI was lucky to be there for the car show.\nThis is a great piece of Americana.

You go to Mel's for the atmosphere and the service, the food is ok at best and probably better at other restaurants.

Sadly very mediocre food. This is for the Auburn, CA location. Restaurant was busy on Saturday night. Friendly but slow service, despite plenty of staffing. \n\nLong wait for food. What i got was s…

Ordered a bowl of soup and an order of chicken tenders in person at the register, I told the worker I would wait outside on a bench and the employee said okay and they will bring it outside in 10-1…

When visiting my parents, we like go to Mel's. I had the cheesesteak sandwich. It was very good, but I wish it just had a little more cheese on it. The curly fries were crispy and tasty. \n\nThe …

This restaurant is going downhill. Had lunch there today and neither the French Dip sandwich nor the Au Jus had any flavor. To top it off, the restaurant was filthy. The napkin dispenser looked lik…

In the last month, this location has given up. over priced cafeteria food. I ordered a shake, and picked it up ten minutes later, it was a frost bitten rock. Pre made that morning or yesterday. I…

The ultimate Chicken sandwich was extremely boring. Fries not too bad, but the chicken sandwich with bacon was awful. In fact, I did not eat the entire sandwich. Sorry Mel's Diner I should have had…

The ultimate chicken sandwich was extremely boring. fries not too bad, but the chicken sandwich with bacon was awful. In fact, I did not eat the entire sandwich. Sorry Mel's Diner…

The ultimate chicken sandwich was extremely boring. Fries not too bad, but the chicken sandwich with bacon was awful. In fact, I did not eat the entire sandwich. Sorry Mel's Diner I shoul…

Judy Wood-Nunez

I ordered a side of bacon it was cold, they must have microwaved it to heat it back up, was not crispy. I asked for new and they brought me back some that was put in the oven. French dip meat was cold around the sides and hot inside the middle was brought to table with my extras added. Best part of meal was curly fries.

The service was good. I had a turkey sandwich and it had sooo much lettuce and very little turkey once you took all the lettuce off. One half had a half of tomatoe.

I'd love to try it again but everything was just average. Wasn't too busy but I had to wait several minutes to be seated. Staff was pleasant but rather cold, but they seemed extremely friendly to r…

The food here was good - similar to Denny's or any chain breakfast-oriented restaurant. The food was more expensive than you'd expect for the quality & quantity of regular breakfast comfort food. T…

Cate Freyer

Huh. $4 per side of mash potatoes and there is 1 small scoopbthay is about 20% of the cup in there. So glad I left a $3 tip! Won't come back to this place wow.

One of your employees made a disrespectful remark toward me during our visit. I didn't escalate it, but it crossed a line. I won't be coming back.

Well, this will be our last visit to The Original Mel's Auburn. \nThey have been failing since the owner isn't there as much.\nThe new "Manager" appears to overwhelmed with his position and undertrai…

Showed up before 11 am to get the breakfast special. There was nobody to help us at that time and it wasn't until after 11:01 am where somebody assisted us. They initially didn't want to give us th…

Food was terrible. breakfast was cold and bacon was rubbery. There was a specific waitress that used the F word while speaking with a fireman who was there to eat. She was loud enough that we corks…

Food was terrible. Breakfast was cold and bacon was rubbery. There was a specific waitress that used the F word while speaking with a fireman who was there to eat. She was loud enough that we corks…

What an expensive mistake. Ordered the $10.99 special cheeseburger and fries. I was served basically a McDonald's small cheeseburger with too many onions and lettuce\n Fries were lukewarm and tiny …

I used to go to Mels all the time and the atmosphere was so fun and the food was always good. Over the past year it's gone down hill fast! I've seen staff hit other team members and yell at one ano…