Mel's Cafe

2421 Industrial Dr, Jefferson City
(573) 893-9115

Recent Reviews

Angela G.

The breakfast was amazing! The service was very good as well. Cute little country Cafe. Nothing fancy but really good!!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Biscuits and Gravy, Big Country Bowl, Ala Carte Blueberry Pancakes Fried Eggs and Bacon

Theresa Graves

The food was excellent as was the service. Very reasonably priced as well. Anytime I visit Jefferson City I will be stopping by there

Kylee Korte

This place was busy, for good reason. I had the tenderloin, which was great. The service was excellent. Three staff waited on me, in addition to my server. Definitely recommend!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Mark Waters

Good food, broasted chicken was great. Our server Kim was awesome. Will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nichole K

I'm not from Jeff City, but was driving by and seen that the place was packed, so I stopped to eat. Super friendly staff, beyond reasonable prices. I don't normally like anybody's white gravy but my own, but my server recommended the Country Fried Steak. It came with 2 sides in addition to the mashed potatoes and gravy. The food came out fairly quickly even though they were busy. It was steaming hot and fresh. The steak was so tender and had great flavor. It was NOT dried out or hard, like some I've had other places. And the gravy wasn't too thick and had good flavor, I didn't even need to add salt or pepper. Which is surprising for me. Everybody made sure I was ok and topped off my coffee when needed. They all worked as a team. It was great to see. Also when cleaning the tables, they actually lifted the table tents to clean under those too. I almost never see anybody do that.... good job

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Country Fried Steak with 2 Eggs

Cat L

Great food and amazing workers.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Country Fried Steak Eggs & Hash Browns, Biscuits and Gravy, Toast, Grits, Country Fried Steak with 2 Eggs

Hal Smith

Sometimes there is a short wait but it's worth it. Great service, they are a well oiled machine. Biscuits are great but everything is. We have never had bad food here.Parking: Plenty.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: French Toast

Andrew D.

Outstanding diner breakfasts served fast and hot, even when busy. Place is expectedly noisy but clientele is a nice hodgepodge of chattiness and friendly. For a little over ten bucks you can fill yourself up in preparation for the busy day ahead and not break the budget. Service staff courtesy and synergy with kitchen is a huge plus. They're moving soon, to a larger nearby location. 9.4/10 ...might be the best breakfast in a town full of good breakfast spots.

Jon D.

Much like school cafeteria food. Maybe some like but not me. Service good. Owner rude.

james harris

My wife's mom would make chicken and dumplings once a year on New Years Day. She has tried to find some like hers. The closest shes found is at Mel's. They also have actual chocolate meringue pie, not chocolate cream.The price was great and even though we got there at close to closing time the staff were wonderful.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jay Price

I like French Toast and their's was really good. It was hot and soft with good butter and syrup. I only got 2 but it wasn't enough

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: French Toast

Flora Trujillo

Love their breakfast and lunch menu. My son loves their biscuits and gravy. It's delicious.My sister loves their fried chicken.She says better than the other chicken places. Yum, yum ?Parking: It's busy all the time.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Country Fried Steak Eggs & Hash Browns, Biscuits and Gravy, Toast, Steak, French Toast

Greg LeAnna

Super Friendly, great service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Barbara Snyder

My husband and I both had the big country bowl. He had hash browns and I had cubbed potatoes. They had great flavor. They were very busy but you wouldn’t know it by the service we had. The hostess and waitress were both very quick. Our wait time after putting in our order for our food was maybe 15 minutes. This was our first visit but we will definitely be back.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Big Country Bowl

TL Carver

Super friendly service and great food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

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