Went here twice on a short visit through AR. They have a Monte Cristo which was decent, tried their Club sandwich and was delicious. Family was all satisfied.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
patrice couche
Great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Joy Risher
Wonderful food, friendly staff!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Laura Sprague
I had a French Dip that was more like a roast beef sandwich. I don’t like the fries. I chose the diner because I love dessert. Mel’s Diner doesn’t have pie or cake.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
David Surkamp
Great food. There was 7 of us and it did take a while but was hot when we got it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Adessa Smeenk
Always the best!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Eggs Hash Browns and Sausage Links
abby daniels
It would had been better if the lady that came in and moved 3 times before "it" found a spot to lite, all "it" did was yell at the staff.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
Laura Witt Chandler
We love Mel's. The food and service are always good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Daniel Saunders
Great place to eat breakfast, enjoyed the meal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Shea Staton
Food and proportions were great and reasonably priced. Definitely a new favorite breakfast spot for our family.
They were very busy today and we had a very large group. The servers worked very hard to keep our table full of drinks. The kitchen brought the food out in a very timely manner.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Elizabeth Carter
Came here for lunch. I wasn't going to get anything because the food is mid, and I've never really had a good experience here. Sometimes it's just the only place in town that's open. This time, I came with someone but I had no intention of getting anything to eat. I decided to last second to grab something anyway. When our waitress came, she seemed annoyed, which we can ignore because food business can be difficult. While we're waiting for our food, our conversation keeps being interrupted by our waitress sitting on the opposite side of the section yelling her personal business. Here's some tidbits of their conversation:(Talking about how her dad ain't s...) "We just spent $1500 on the cowboy for you guys. What are we supposed to do with it now""I went into the store anyway because I was in a hurry and needed chocolate milk. They told me to leave and that they weren't open yet, and I said no. Then I'm in the refrigerator isle and they don't have any chocolate milk. When I asked the associate about it, she was rude." Well, honey, if you want them to cater to you, maybe don't become full Karen before 8am.Now. I'm not one to air someones dirty laundry, but the whole time they're gossiping, our drinks are empty, we're waiting for food, and can't have our own conversation because they're being too loud. The person I came with asked them to speak quieter, and they did which we appreciated. Still, some time later, our drinks are still empty and we still don't have our food. We caught the attention of the hostess who got us more drinks. And eventually we got our food.We were paying our bill and trying to talk to the lady at the counter just about the waitresses attitude when she comes to the counter. This conversation is why I decided to leave the review. Not only did she try to argue with us, turns out she's the manager. AND her mom that she was talking to is the owner. That made everything make so much more sense. Having conversation like that on the clock and neglecting your customers are fireable offenses unless mommy and daddy own the business.Again, I don't leave reviews but this "manager" made it personal when she "came to my defense" and called my friend disrespectful. Her reason for that was that he ordered before me. Yet another fireable offense, but we all know nothing will come of it. Just know that everyone in this town will know the Karens that own and run Mel's Diner, and that whoever this waitresses dad is "ain't s..." according to these two absolutely crucial members of the Mel's Diner staff.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Erich L.
Me and another person walk into Mel's to get some breakfast. We are greeted by the pleasant hostess who seats us on the right section, all the way in the back by the window. Which, for me, was great. I really enjoy a peaceful breakfast. I mean, who doesn't enjoy a peaceful breakfast? I'll tell you who doesn't enjoy a peaceful breakfast--the owners and management of Mel's Diner. Let me continue. As we're seated, our very pleasant and polite hostess asks what we would like to drink. After we put in our orders, we quietly sat down. Now, in our top section, there is one table that was sitting right next to us, and then there was another table that was towards the kitchen entry door, completely Kitty-corner and across the room taken up by two very loud talking females, one being a waitress. To my surprise these loud females pause their conversation. As our waitress casually slides her chair out from under her and barely made an effort to come over to our table with the saddest wet napkin greeting I've ever heard in my life--no enthusiasm, 0 personality. But hey, I get it; some people have their off days. We order, and we proceed to wait. I completely finished my drink, and my empty glass sat on my table as I waited. Now, this was the entertaining part. As I'm waiting for anybody to come by and notice my empty drink, I can't help but hear these extremely loud females pick back up talking about personal business. The whole time they're gossiping, our drinks are empty, we're waiting for food, and can't have our own conversation because they're being too loud. Now I'm at a point where I've listened to this annoying conversation enough, and honestly, the level of low-class professionalism was just kind of grossing me out. So I politely get up and ask these two classy females, one of them being my server, if they could please keep the volume down. After saying that, I received an opened mouth blank stare for an awkward amount of time before they picked up their jaws, and one slowly said, "Oooooookayyyyyyy." I walk back to my table, and I can actually hear them legit trash-talking me. Hold on, it gets better. CASH ME OUTSIDE girl (our waitress) is now pissed off because I asked her and her friend to be quiet. So she comes over to my table with some Maury Povich attitude, drops our food off, and turns around and walks away. Not going to lie, I was pretty hesitant to eat that meal; so we ate very little. As soon as that waitress sat back down, the trash-talking continued wich me and my friend looked at each other and laughed.. A while goes by and the two finish screaming at each other and go to check out. As I'm eating, the loudest oldest woman, you know the one who sounds like she smokes four packs of Marlboros a day. As she was checking out, she started to come over towards our table in her true religion bedazzled up cowgirl jeans barking loudly in the center of the restaurant "if they can laugh why can't I be loud they're loud why can't I be loud." No joke, I thought I was in a Northern Little Rock gas station at 12:30 at night. It felt so trashy. We were paying our bill and trying to talk to the lady at the counter about the waitress's attitude when CASH ME OUTSIDE comes to the counter on some Jerry Springer baby mama drama energy. Immediately starts to argue with us about the level of her volume. No apology, she got mad at us that we got mad at her about the level of her conversation. So I asked who the manager is here, and guess what? CASH ME OUTSIDE girl says "I'm the manager." I literally laughed out loud in her face. I said well then who's the owner JOE DIRT? She said the woman that I was talking to is my mom, and she's the owner. As I threw my hands up in the a with pure excitement, I couldn't help but declare, "Well, that explains it all! Having a conversation like that and neglecting your customers would never stand unless mommy and daddy own the business. I guess I stum
Thom
Nice staff. Attentive to the customer. Had veggie omelette with extra swiss. Grilled veggies made it even
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
D Kennett
The service is friendly and the food is pretty good. Coming here on a weekend can be a challenge. The wait times can be a bit excessive.
Went here twice on a short visit through AR. They have a Monte Cristo which was decent, tried their Club sandwich and was delicious. Family was all satisfied.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Wonderful food, friendly staff!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I had a French Dip that was more like a roast beef sandwich. I don’t like the fries. I chose the diner because I love dessert. Mel’s Diner doesn’t have pie or cake.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Great food. There was 7 of us and it did take a while but was hot when we got it.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Always the best!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Eggs Hash Browns and Sausage Links
It would had been better if the lady that came in and moved 3 times before "it" found a spot to lite, all "it" did was yell at the staff.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 4
We love Mel's. The food and service are always good.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great place to eat breakfast, enjoyed the meal.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Food and proportions were great and reasonably priced. Definitely a new favorite breakfast spot for our family.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
They were very busy today and we had a very large group. The servers worked very hard to keep our table full of drinks. The kitchen brought the food out in a very timely manner.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 5
Came here for lunch. I wasn't going to get anything because the food is mid, and I've never really had a good experience here. Sometimes it's just the only place in town that's open. This time, I came with someone but I had no intention of getting anything to eat. I decided to last second to grab something anyway. When our waitress came, she seemed annoyed, which we can ignore because food business can be difficult. While we're waiting for our food, our conversation keeps being interrupted by our waitress sitting on the opposite side of the section yelling her personal business. Here's some tidbits of their conversation:(Talking about how her dad ain't s...) "We just spent $1500 on the cowboy for you guys. What are we supposed to do with it now""I went into the store anyway because I was in a hurry and needed chocolate milk. They told me to leave and that they weren't open yet, and I said no. Then I'm in the refrigerator isle and they don't have any chocolate milk. When I asked the associate about it, she was rude." Well, honey, if you want them to cater to you, maybe don't become full Karen before 8am.Now. I'm not one to air someones dirty laundry, but the whole time they're gossiping, our drinks are empty, we're waiting for food, and can't have our own conversation because they're being too loud. The person I came with asked them to speak quieter, and they did which we appreciated. Still, some time later, our drinks are still empty and we still don't have our food. We caught the attention of the hostess who got us more drinks. And eventually we got our food.We were paying our bill and trying to talk to the lady at the counter just about the waitresses attitude when she comes to the counter. This conversation is why I decided to leave the review. Not only did she try to argue with us, turns out she's the manager. AND her mom that she was talking to is the owner. That made everything make so much more sense. Having conversation like that on the clock and neglecting your customers are fireable offenses unless mommy and daddy own the business.Again, I don't leave reviews but this "manager" made it personal when she "came to my defense" and called my friend disrespectful. Her reason for that was that he ordered before me. Yet another fireable offense, but we all know nothing will come of it. Just know that everyone in this town will know the Karens that own and run Mel's Diner, and that whoever this waitresses dad is "ain't s..." according to these two absolutely crucial members of the Mel's Diner staff.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 3
Service: 1
Me and another person walk into Mel's to get some breakfast. We are greeted by the pleasant hostess who seats us on the right section, all the way in the back by the window. Which, for me, was great. I really enjoy a peaceful breakfast. I mean, who doesn't enjoy a peaceful breakfast? I'll tell you who doesn't enjoy a peaceful breakfast--the owners and management of Mel's Diner. Let me continue. As we're seated, our very pleasant and polite hostess asks what we would like to drink. After we put in our orders, we quietly sat down. Now, in our top section, there is one table that was sitting right next to us, and then there was another table that was towards the kitchen entry door, completely Kitty-corner and across the room taken up by two very loud talking females, one being a waitress. To my surprise these loud females pause their conversation. As our waitress casually slides her chair out from under her and barely made an effort to come over to our table with the saddest wet napkin greeting I've ever heard in my life--no enthusiasm, 0 personality. But hey, I get it; some people have their off days. We order, and we proceed to wait. I completely finished my drink, and my empty glass sat on my table as I waited. Now, this was the entertaining part. As I'm waiting for anybody to come by and notice my empty drink, I can't help but hear these extremely loud females pick back up talking about personal business. The whole time they're gossiping, our drinks are empty, we're waiting for food, and can't have our own conversation because they're being too loud. Now I'm at a point where I've listened to this annoying conversation enough, and honestly, the level of low-class professionalism was just kind of grossing me out. So I politely get up and ask these two classy females, one of them being my server, if they could please keep the volume down. After saying that, I received an opened mouth blank stare for an awkward amount of time before they picked up their jaws, and one slowly said, "Oooooookayyyyyyy." I walk back to my table, and I can actually hear them legit trash-talking me. Hold on, it gets better. CASH ME OUTSIDE girl (our waitress) is now pissed off because I asked her and her friend to be quiet. So she comes over to my table with some Maury Povich attitude, drops our food off, and turns around and walks away. Not going to lie, I was pretty hesitant to eat that meal; so we ate very little. As soon as that waitress sat back down, the trash-talking continued wich me and my friend looked at each other and laughed.. A while goes by and the two finish screaming at each other and go to check out. As I'm eating, the loudest oldest woman, you know the one who sounds like she smokes four packs of Marlboros a day. As she was checking out, she started to come over towards our table in her true religion bedazzled up cowgirl jeans barking loudly in the center of the restaurant "if they can laugh why can't I be loud they're loud why can't I be loud." No joke, I thought I was in a Northern Little Rock gas station at 12:30 at night. It felt so trashy. We were paying our bill and trying to talk to the lady at the counter about the waitress's attitude when CASH ME OUTSIDE comes to the counter on some Jerry Springer baby mama drama energy. Immediately starts to argue with us about the level of her volume. No apology, she got mad at us that we got mad at her about the level of her conversation. So I asked who the manager is here, and guess what? CASH ME OUTSIDE girl says "I'm the manager." I literally laughed out loud in her face. I said well then who's the owner JOE DIRT? She said the woman that I was talking to is my mom, and she's the owner. As I threw my hands up in the a with pure excitement, I couldn't help but declare, "Well, that explains it all! Having a conversation like that and neglecting your customers would never stand unless mommy and daddy own the business. I guess I stum
Nice staff. Attentive to the customer. Had veggie omelette with extra swiss. Grilled veggies made it even
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The service is friendly and the food is pretty good. Coming here on a weekend can be a challenge. The wait times can be a bit excessive.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4