Reviews (100)
My sons and I went in for a quick bite. It's one of the few places within 20-30 min to eat. There was one very friendly and good waitress working. Decent food with a friendly waitress. They do have picnic tables if you don't wanna be inside.
As a European who is first time in US and who never visited Diners before I was impressed a loooot. So atmospheric interior, such a good food. The lady served us was so nice and careful. (And it has the decent clean restroom)
Very nice local Diner that should be supported. Food was good 😋
We stop at Mel’s on our way home from the beach every year. Excellent breakfast! Service is great and the atmosphere is nostalgic and fun. Love this place!
Service is always fast and friendly. The food is always great and reasonably priced.
Iconic style dinner. Service was a little slow and the biscuits and gravy were average.
Friendly staff great food was fun to see the decor
Great place to eat btrakfast...very friendly people..go try it..you will like it..a locals favorite ...
Super cute diner! Service was great and food came up super fast! Will definitely come back.
Fun retro diner with reasonable prices. Fast and friendly service. Bisquits are very good.
We were driving by and decided to stop on a whim. Cute little diner with good food. Friendly staff. Not somewhere I'd go out of my way to stop at. We had pancakes that were huge, the kids loved their milkshakes, club house sandwich, I thought it wouldn't be processed meat, but still very tasty, and a hamburger. In the end would stop there again instead of a chain restaurant if we were passing by.
Had breakfast today. I had a waffle and wife had eggs with potatoes and bacon and toast. Large portion and hot. A definite retro diner. Hard to find in the south. Our watress was fantastic. I asked her a most important question. "Where is the best place for ice cream in Nags Head " she said surfn spoon. She was right. Very nice. Greeted as we walked in. Very attentive. Thanks
This is a fun, pastime experience. Lots of things to look at and take a venture into the past. We had a really good server who was friendly and accurate with taking the order. The food was good.
Love this place , great food, fast service
Outstanding food and fast service.! Very accommodating for large group reservations!
Mel's is a wonderful little nostalgic diner that you immediately feel welcomed and warm and cozy when you walk through the door! Staff is warm and friendly and waiting to please! Food is great! I am a widow and I feel very comfortable going there for a meal by myself. I take my time and there is never any rushing me to finish and leave!
Food was ok grits were a little grease eggs were good biscuit was a little over done bit not bad and not stale. Service isn't bad once they get to you. The dinner is like a blast out of the past old school for real. Price is not bad at all. I will have to come back during the summer and check it out again.
The sweet owner, bless her heart, she was the waitress, the cook, the server, the dishwasher, etc. My family of 8 walked in an hour before she closed on a Monday afternoon. There was a handful of customers dining. She had an upbeat attitude taking care of everyone. She would run from the back to the front, front to the back. We were her last customers of the day. She just chit-chatted with us telling us about her restaurant and how Dennis Anderson, the original driver of Grave Digger, frequented her restaurant despite having his own diner at his Diggers Dungeon right down the road. She graciously gave my boys Frisbees with her restaurant logo printed on them. We still play with them. If we're ever back in the area, we will return to her diner.
I ordered the two pancake and sausage as wait time wasn’t bad I found hair inside my pancakes I did not enjoy that that’s why I am leaving a 1 star
Great actual retro style diner! All the memorabilia and decorations are tasteful and fun. Food is spot on, served by a friendly staff. Never bad.