Mel Weiss and Harold Dobbs launched Mels Drive-in, San Francisco's first drive-in restaurant, in 1947.
Weiss and Dobbs opened their second Mels on Mission near Geneva in San Francisco, followed by a t…
The food is sooo good, I love it personally.. but it is so expensive and that makes me sad. It's hard to justify buying with the prices as they are. Side Bacon and Old Fashioned Buttermilk Pancakes was perf guys, thank you!
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Courtney Z
Emerging Expert • 199 contributions
Didn't like
• today
• DoorDash order
Biscuits and Homemade Country Gravywere inedible. The flavor was all flour. It smelled like flour and instead of putting the gravy in the side, it was all over it and frankly was a very small amount of the repulsive gravy.
Don't order this
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Debra C
9 contributions
Liked
• 1/14/26
• DoorDash order
Pumpkin Pie Carmel Milkshake was so delicious. BLT Sandwhichwith thick, perfectly crispy bacon on fresh ssourdough. The fries sidewas a huge portion.Reuben Sandwhich was tasty but pastrami had a lot of fat. Hot Apple Pie not my favorite.crust was too much for my liking. Berry Pie delicious, not too sweet
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Megan G
2 contributions
Didn't like
• 6/16/24
• DoorDash order
Gold Coffee Spiked Shake had no coffee flavor and tasted pretty gross. Paid extra for the fry/onion ring combo and only got three onion rings. R-66 Burger was salty, lacking flavor, and arrived cold. Only decent item was the mashed Lumpy Mash Potatoes w/ Gravy.
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Ted S
15 contributions
Didn't like
• 10/16/25
• DoorDash order
They forgot the au jus, so what's the point of a French dip without it? Just a dry sandwich with 5 onion rings... bummer
