Mel's Drive-In

Name: Mel's Drive-In
Address: 2165 Lombard St, San Francisco, California, 94123, US
Telephone: (415) 921-2867
Price range: $$
Rating: 4.20

Restaurant, American restaurant, Breakfast restaurant, Diner, Hamburger restaurant

Location: 2165 Lombard St, San Francisco, CA 94123, United States
Phone: (415) 921-2867
Price: $$

Opening hours

Sunday: 7 am-12 am
Monday: 7 am-12 am
Tuesday: 7 am-12 am
Wednesday: 7 am-12 am
Thursday: 7 am-12 am
Friday: 7 am-3 am
Saturday: 7 am-3 am

Food & drink

Vibe

Home fries

Juice

Slider

Avocado toast

Burger

French fries

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Cute place, but food was not worth it price or the hype. Service was really slow.
We came in at about 2pm so there weren't many others as main lunch time had passed.
Took 10 minutes for anyone to come by to even take our drink order.
We both kept it simple with cheeseburgers, and server was knowledgeable and asked us about toppings, type of cheese, etc.
However, when our food came out it came out without any cheese on it.
Our original server was no where to be found and had to get up to go look for someone else to tell, who look irritated we were asking.
We never got a refill on soda because there was just no one around.
Luckily the original server brought four glasses of water despite there only being two of us (crowded the table since there were also four place settings, but at least we had stuff to drink). The actual food was just...
Fine.
Nothing particularly great, especially at about $25/person.
The fries had no real seasoning, barely any salt even.
Burger was just plain.
Toppings were fresh and good quality, but on a boring burger that doesn't mean much.

To be honest, this restaurant was a little underwhelming.
The atmosphere was great - had a great diner feel, very clean, and quick/friendly service.
However, the food was subpar.
The eggs tasted slightly off and wasn't seasoned.
Hash browns weren't seasoned as well.
All of it was cooked well, but the taste was a bit bland.
The other downside was the price.
I ended up paying $40 for French toast (includes one egg and sausage), side of hash browns, and OJ.
Seems a little outrageous, but I guess it's in a popular area in SF.

We had a couple beer, the southern fried chicken and the Creole fried chicken sandwich.
The food was very good and the taste was similar to home made.
The fries were basic shoestring but we're good.
The coleslaw was made in house but likely at the beginning of the day as it was served a little limp. The diner experience was neat, in of itself, but I wouldn't say the food or atmosphere was enough to make me go back.
I wouldn't mind trying breakfast, though. Note: the booths are a little tight for those of us with larger folk.