Mel’s Diner

Having been to Mel’s in Cape Coral, I found this location to be a candidate for dirty dining. Seems like they bus in the snowbirds as it was packed for lunch. Crowds do not indicate good dining experience.
Server was friendly, however never came back after serving food. So I was stuck with wrong order. I ordered a tuna melt and received a wrap instead.
A trip to the bathroom made me want to run for the hills. Whoever thought to put the bathroom in between the open kitchen was not thinking with either side of their brain. Ugh! Greasy floors and mayhem were a major turnoff and I wouldn’t return.

Came In For A Snack BUT After Tasting the Food ALL I Can Say Is That This Place Is awesome!
come see Heather she is simply the best server ever.

My first time visiting a Mel’s diner and I couldn’t be more pleased. Very clean environment, super friendly welcome, and that at home feel. Our server was Chaz and he was phenomenal. I’ve been in the service industry for 12 years and he’s one of the best servers I’ve ever met. He knew everything. He sold me the ribs and they were everything he had promised. My friend got the prime rib and he was more than pleased. I wouldn’t expect that type of service or quality meal in a diner. I’m very impressed. Thank you Chaz and everyone at Mel’s Diner! I will be back.

Great food ambience and waitress Dalinda, was awesome and attentive.
Had turkey burger was fabulous.
I will be back soon.

We stop here every time we’re in the area, once a year for at least 5 or 6 years now. The food is great and the wait staff is friendly. The décor is memorabilia from the 50s and 60s and the piped-​in music is too. Ok, that alone makes it fun for me but the comfy booths and interesting décor is just the start. The menu is interesting with appeal for a wide range of palates. This morning I felt healthy and I had egg beaters with dry, thick whole wheat toast and fresh fruit cup. The eggs, scrambled with onions and peppers were delicious and filled the plate. The fruit cup was actually tasty! The others has a great looking Mexican skillet and another had eggs Benedict. Theses enormous breakfasts are reasonable at around $ 6 – 9. The waitress, Aja, was funny, personable and very attentive. All the waitresses we’ve had have been friendly and excellent. I’d definitely recommend a stop at this authentic diner if ever in the Ft Myers area!

This is a great throw back diner experience. They were busy, yet the service and food was great. I live in the Southern South, so don’t get a chance to have Chipped Beef on Toast (aka SoS). The bread was thick, the beef and gravy was also just like mom used to make when we lived up north. Also recommend the Breakfast Quesadilla and the Big 3 (or 9?) based on my fellow diners experience. Server was attentive and made sure we wanted for nothing.

Full disclosure, I am a sucker for diners. I took my wheelchair bound father there this evening and the staff was very accommodating. The food is good and plentiful. I had the American Idol Cheeseburger and it was almost too much burger for me. Almost. It comes with a milkshake which was very tasty. My dad had the All You Can Eat Fish Fry and they brought him more fish with out him having to ask. Our server Sophie was very personable and very attentive. The next time I am visiting my dad I’ll make sure to come back.

Best crab cake Benedict I’ve ever had, and breakfast potatoes were delish! We are visiting from Boston but will definitely be back next time we are in the area!

this is the place to sit down and eat a good meal just about anytime of day and get fast friendly service. the food is good and the staff (mattie @ night and sandy in the morning) is friendly and will have you laughing. good portion plates. if you’re running late and hungry this is the spot. just about four miles west of i-​75. exit 136. there’s a nice la quinta inn & suites across the parking lot to sleep off the food you will eat. 4850 s cleveland ave.

Great food, great taste, superfriendly staff!
Way better than expected — i am gonna come back!

How many times does it take to make a well done prim rib. 3 times. Where do I start. Ordered the prim rib well done. I bit later it came out bleeding. Didn’t want to make a fuss but I cut it open in a few spots just to make sure I was not crazy. Then the waitress came by and said wow I should of checked that it didn’t look done right. So she took it back they did me a new one and wow over cooked black as hell so then I was like you know what the cook is mad and I’m good drunk my drink paid for my ice tea and left.

Great deal on Dinner 2 meals for $ 20. Each got salad or soup. Full meal and a desert to slip. Food was great and came quick. Server was very attentive. I’ll be back!

Very quaint diner! Went there with my kids and we loved it! Reminds me of the 50’s. The food was good and priced well. We loved the décor.

Food was always decent. Friendly service. Open late. Location is convenient.
Never had any really bad experiences here. Food was always fresh and tasty. Great place to stop in for lunch while shopping. Lots of nostalgic memorabilia lines the walls. Great atmosphere all around. I would recommend it for lunch.

Meh.
Server flew by, and said, «I’ll be right wth you…“I said, «2 coffees. 2 waters»…hoping to save her a trip.
She barks back, I SAID, I’LL BE RIGHT THERE!!!
And the good was ok…
Nothing outstanding.
No one at the front register.
I could have walked off with all those souvenir cups… lol
Someone did show up & I did mention our server…
He seemed to agree. She has an attitude.

Good food & fast service.
BBQ chicken sandwich was really tasty.
Sanibel Salad which had salmon fillets on top was delicious my girlfriend said.
Fried green tomatoes were a good order too.
Place was very busy even at 2:00 pm after lunch period was ended for a while.

Ok, so I went back, as previously stated I wouldn’t. It was a whim situation as I was in the area with someone.
Well, It seemingly gets more confusing each time I’ve visited (this being my third).
Today’s venture sat us at the far end corner table next to the kitchen door. I want to know why they put booths next to the kitchen. It was awkward and it doesn’t make things any easier for patrons. Especially since there was a rotting smell wafting out from the open entrance.
Seriously. It was reminiscent of hot garbage coming from a trash collector bin on a 90 degree day. It only smelled bad when there wasn’t anything major being cooked.
Not that they weren’t busy or anything. I kept seeing the same 2 waitresses run in and out the entire time I was seated. Another busser would join in the madness, but the place wasn’t that packed. They were just understaffed, it seemed.
But the smell went away (rather, masked) when big orders were being filled. Knowing this and not saying anything to someone doesn’t make me right, but it did make me uncomfortable. The person I was with said they smelled it too, only further solidifying the need to not be here.
Aside from the stench, how was the food? The water glass was slippery — like it wasn’t rinsed properly. or at all. I didn’t want to touch it, but was glad I had a straw. The meal I ordered — Buffalo Chicken Sandwich — was okay. A bit heavy in the carbs. I ate half the meal and felt like I had a brick in my stomach. I think it was a combination of the fried chicken and all the blue cheese crumbles they loaded on it. There must have been a good cup of crumbles on that thing. All melty (and should have been) goody. The fries were pretending to be shoe strings, but were ice cold about a minute after receiving the order. I had asked for blue cheese dressing on the side, instead of ranch, but ended up with the latter instead. I questioned it, and was told «yup, that’s ranch!» and was given the blue cheese a minute later.
The person I went with ordered a half sandwich and cup of soup. Soup of the day was mushroom barley, and the sandwich was supposed to be turkey in a tomato wrap with lettuce, tomato, Craisins and some thing else. When it arrived, it was on toasted wheat bread and no soup. Asked where the soup was and the busser said «what kind». We told her the mushroom barley and it immediately got brought out. When our waitress came over, we said the sandwich didn’t look like what we were supposed to get. Sure enough, it wasn’t. So the right one came over (tomato wrap), and we were told that during the week it comes on the other bread. O… K… The soup ended up tasting like it had a cabbage soup base — not really what the person was expecting. I think she found 1 Craisin in the entire sandwich, and the lettuce was actually not in the wrap.
All in all, it only proves why this was my third attempt there and both my party and myself agreed — truly, no more coming here.

Burger with apple smoked Bacon.
Was war das lecker.
Man sollte ja ein bisschen was ausprobieren wenn man mal im Urlaub ist aber in diesem Fall sind wir zweimal in den gleichen Laden.
Es war einfach zu lecker.
Das Flair wie man es sich wünscht in einem richtigen Diner. Das bekommt man so glaube ich einfach nur in den Staaten, es wirkte einfach nicht aufgesetzt.
Die Auswahl des Essens war auch reichlich und alles was wir hatten war von ausgezeichneter Qualität.
Dazu noch leckeres Bier.
Manchmal brauchts nicht mehr um mich glücklich zu machen.

On a whim stopped into Mel for a breakfast. We were truly disappointed.
But first the good stuff: Jackie our waitress was quick and attentive. Though it was crowded at 1000 am Saturday.
My eggs were cooked over easy and the Mediterranean omelet fine.
The BAD. The so call breakfast potatoes was horrible. It was like au gratin recooked and burnt. The biscuits was mediocre at best. The Toast was wannabe Texas toast. My pork chop was dry and tasteless.
Will I go back probable but never for breakfast.

After hitting up the flea market, we were hangry. We saw Mel’s Diner and decided we would have eats there. It was a little disappointing you couldn’t order breakfast ²⁴⁄₇. Diner to me means breakfast all around the clock, but that’s the Jersey girl in me.
However, the menu was fabulous and it didn’t take long for me to decide on beer battered onion rings, sweet tea and a chicken mozzarella basil sandwich. Hubby ordered a chicken sandwich and mozzarella sticks, with Sprite.
The food was cooked perfectly and Aja is a top-​notch server! Give the girl a raise! Five stars! She was attentive, sweet and actually conversed with her customers.
Next time we are in town we will be sure to stop by and visit Mel’s. Hopefully we will be blessed enough to have Aja as a server or someone at least close to her level of excellence.

Super Diner mit engagierten Leuten. Das übliche Frühstücksangebot und jede denkbare Anwandlung dessen. Der Kaffee ist das zu erwartende amerikanische Herzschonungsprogramm, schmeckt aber gut.

Dieses neu Eröffnete Restaurant macht schon beim hereinkommen sehr viel Spaß. Wir kommen hier sehr gerne her zum Breakfast, es gibt hier eine sehr tolle Auswahl an Eggs Benedikt, natürlich muß man auch die tollen Omeletts erwähnen, einfach Klasse. Auch der Kaffee der hier Serviert wird ist von sehr gutem Geschmack. meist gibt es ja in anderen Lokalen eine etwas Dünne Brühe. Auch die Strawberry Pancakes sind hervorragend. Alles in allem ein tolles Restauran, t in dem man sich sofort Wohlfühlt

Cute 50s style joint. Went for breakfast. Super friendly service. I think my waitresses name at the breakfast bar was Chris. She is a sweetie.
Breakfast menu isn’t complicated. Ordered a platter breakfast. Kielbasa wasn’t grilled just heated so that was the only thing I didn’t like about it. I like the skin crispy or grilled up somehow.
Older patrons inside. Didn’t see any younger folks but the locals know what’s good, so not bad far as having bfast.
Service for 1 was exceptional.