Mel's Dinor Restaurant

My mother and I came here on mother's day because we wanted to try a new breakfast place and support local businesses but our experience here was AWFUL. When we arrived, we essentially had to seat ourselves at our table and the waitress took several minutes to give us our menus (not entirely her fault since is was somewhat busy but we still should have received the menu when we sat down) The utensils were dirty and when replaced, those were also dirty. We ended up having to wait over half an hour to receive our food which is ridiculous because my mom only ordered 3 eggs, that should have taken maximum 10-15 minutes. But it took closer to 40 minutes which didnt bother me too much but that is NOT OKAY because my mother is diabetic and NEEDS to eat something before a certain time in the day or she will faint. She was already feeling unwell due to how long we waited. The food ended up tasting mediocre. I ordered Mel's hungry man and the toast was good, the bacon was good, the eggs were okay, and the ham was also okay but the sausage didn't taste good. As for the pancake, it was very poorly cooked. It tasted raw in the middle and burnt on the outside. I had to mask the taste with maple syrup and butter. The restaurant is also quite dirty and we noticed immediately as we walked in. especially in the kitchen and the washroom, my mom was worried about this being a health hazard but we stayed anyways and tried to give them the benefit of the doubt. We also tipped the waitress because it is not totally her fault that the service was so poor. I was confused by how awful the experience was because of the good reviews this place had but honestly, the clientele here is questionable. The experience ruined mother's day for my mom and I feel awful for suggesting it.

First time eating at this restaurant, the food portion is good, the food is normal, coffee is off, too watery. Service was great. Just when we pay the bill, the front desk just punched in the amount himself, this guy put in $1.85 for each coffee but actually I ordered with combo, should’ve be $1 each. So I pointed out and he then changed. So I’m wondering what if people did not see the amount he put in, they will pay more for sure. Because there is no receipt giving out of what we ordered so people can’t check. Be Cautious ⚠️of this part since I saw most ppl who eat here are older people.

We stopped in here on our way back to Barrie and had the BEST breakfast we've had in a long time! They kindy packaged it in a box for us as we were taking it with us. ( Juice too!) Everything was perfect, cooked exactly as requested and there was plenty of food!! Could not have asked for a better meal, and the price was beyond reasonable. Thank you so much 💕