Gabriel Kent

Overpriced for the quality. Seems they have issues with organization even when not too busy; food temperature was too low for both orders had to ask for them to be warned up, toast wasn't toasted. Staff was dismissive and wasn't on top off coffee. I'd recommend skipping this place for breakfast, there are better spots in the area. Edit: changed to 4 stars, they comped one of our meals.

beat shona

Convenient location and solid breakfast place. There are not many breakfast options in the area, so this is a good choice. Everything was well prepared and service is friendly and efficient. This is a former Mel's Diner, still under same crew but remodeled and rebranded to fit he new owners concept to include a full bar. The interior is somewhat bland and boring by San Francisco standards.

+2

Ken Privett

We were staying over from a cruise from the Port of San Francisco and decided to go to Mel's Diner for brunch. The food was very good. My friend had French toast and I had grilled cheese sandwich with tomato bisque. I asked for a refill for iced tea but the waiter said I couldn't get another refill without having to pay the $6 full price (nothing was noted on the menu). Wow, I thought to myself, how cheap can you be? Iced tea is very inexpensive, and $6 a lot higher than the cost. That's why I rated the service so low. I guess the impression of being cheap is better than a happy customer. My visit was a late Sunday morning and the restaurant had plenty of seats.

Ron Sterbenz (YellowstoneVideo. com)

Had the breakfast burrito, not worth what you pay. It wasn’t bad but then again it really wasn’t all that great either. The burrito was pretty small for the price you pay. I wouldn’t bother going back to this place. You have to many better options close by.

Pasha Gleyzer

The food was ok. Except eggs, toast, potatoes, bacon, coffee was $27!! However, the place smells awful. It says that it was established in 1947. It seems like it was renovated last around that time. Like an old carpet in a moldy hotel. Except there is no carpet. So, I am baffled what can it be.

Alexander Paiz

Too expensive for the amount of food. See image attached. $70 breakfast should be at least very flavorful

I had to go in and sit down. I waited for more than 18 minutes and nobody came to offer me service. Terrible service, and the customers there don't matter; the staff's conversation is more important than customer service. I can't comment on the food because I wasn't served. Wow, if you don't want to have a bad experience, don't go there.

Elmer Campbell

I arrived to Mel’s kitchen with friends. It took the server Alex forever to come to our table to greet us and to take our order. We finally ordered. We ended up waiting a while for the first entree. In which the food came out late. I observed Alex moving the food from one side of the window to the other side. He acknowledged me watching him move the food and still let the food sit in the window getting cold. Apparently,the crew was more occupied with celebrating an employee birthday than making sure my friends and I got our food. For that matter,not making sure my friend who just had a kidney transplant,got his food prepared properly. Afterwards,we observed the cooking crew laughing as if all of this was funny. I don’t know if the server and the crew didn’t care to give us good service because we were obviously gay. For whatever reason it was not called for them to treat us in a rude manner!! I was very upset!!

joe porta

Ordered spaghetti and meatballs. The meatballs were homemade, but the sauce was basically pink water and tasteless. The real shocker was the $89 tab for lunch. Did have appetizer and dessert, but definitely not worth the money. Service was excellent.

Local Truth Bomb

I ordered the steak and eggs. The waiter at the beginning was nice. He smiled as he gave me options. Thing is, I never saw him again after that. I received a cold, overcooked steak. Not medium like I ordered. But there was literally no one there to rectify. I had to look for someone to get the bill. The staff were huddled in the corner speaking Spanish among themselves. The eggs weren’t bad bad the potatoes were chewy and undercooked. I don’t expect much from this awful city in decline, but this was one of the worst meals I’ve had during my trip. Do not recommend.

Stephen Rowe

I came into have a drink since I stayed at the Marriott connected to it. Well right as I walked in and sat at the bar, I was told they weren’t going to serve any food since a group of 40 walked in. There were total of 3 servers that night and like 6 of us on the bar top. Well I told them I was only there for a drink, well 40 minutes went by and nobody stopped to get my drink order, I was sitting there since I had a buddy down there drinking water and waiting to put his drink order in. So we just talked, about 1 hour 15 minutes go by someone asked me what I wanted. I said I’ll get a water to start off with and then an espresso martini. Well, 30 minutes go by the server comes back and said they weren’t allowed to make an espresso martini, didn’t even give me a reason. So I started to take pictures of the bar area to show they had the ingredients to make it, then 10 minutes later another guy walks up and says they can make it now. Well he made it so clear it tasted horrible. I told him it’s fine but he insisted he make it right, well let’s just say the remade version was way worse than the first. Worst espresso martini ever and I never got my water. This place is a joke and I wouldn’t recommend anyone to go there.