Ok First things first our server Patrick was on point! It's so refreshing interacting with a server that obviously takes pride in his work. He is nothing less than an asset to the business. Second I ordered the corned beef hash with house potatoes and with No exaggeration this was the BEST Bfast I've had in recent memory: Thanks everyone for a super solid meal and overall experience. read more

Food was cold? I asked for extra butter it finally came at the end of my meal. My wife's avocado sandwich had one little piece of avocado on blt had one very small slice of avocado on one hall and none on the other half. The food took a rather long time to get to s and others as I watched, yes they were busy but this was not a good start to breakfast. The place was retro diner that looked good. I wouldn't even give this restaurant a second chance! McDonalds would have been better and cheaper! read more

I initially heard about this place while surfing the web for old style diners and when I saw a few photos of this place I thought why not check it out. Honestly it was pretty good, The decor made you feel like you stepped into an old 60s diner from American, graffiti with all kinds of Americana scattered across the walls. The service is quick and efficient and our food was pretty good, I got the mushroom & Swiss burger with some garlic fries and it was decent, though a little too greasy for my taste. Aside from that, it was a lot of fun, checking it out and I think I might come back here again in the near future read more

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Always loving Mel's. For me, Reno/Verdi location is my favorite. Bigger place with 2 or 3 times the memorabilia than any other. You walk out of this Mel's and it lands you DIRECTLY in front of Boomtown's William Hill sports book, inside the Boomtown Hotel Casino. Yeah man, my favorite Mel's. I was just interrupted from writing this review as a waiter requested all guest sing happy birthday to someone. A 1st for us at Mel's. I get down with Mel's breakfast. Denver, Mel's potatoes, sourdough, and DC. You've got the proper condiments, and a sweet selection of jams. Tonight, we ate elsewhere but came here for a banana split. $9.99 got us a giant one. It was way more than we could eat. As diners go, Mel's is always a lock. Our visit was exceptional. We'll definitely be back for the fantastic service and all the rest! read more

The Original Mel's Diner - Bigger than it looks and for $9.99 you can share with ease! - Diners Near Me - Verdi, Nevada

Order to go and I see my order just sitting non cover for awhile. Made me lose my appetite like at least cover the food or just give it to me. They completely ignore me even when I was standing around the entrance and later move closer to my food and they still ignore me. And then two groups of customers came and they decided to help them instead. I don't understand why they can't just hand me the food I even gave them a tip. Can't help but notice everyone there is Caucasian except me and they refuse to service me. (They refuse by ignoring me) They can improve by serving everyone not ignoring customers just because of their skin color. read more

Old fashioned diner feel with American Graffiti motif. American comfort food with decent portions. They were able to accommodate our party of ten on a Saturday afternoon. They don't do separate checks so be prepared. read more

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Boomtown has always been a stomping ground when heading to Reno/Tahoe to visit family. We stopped in Mel's for a quick lunch as we had dinner reservations at 7 for the rib cook off in Sparks. It wasn't busy yet had to wait approximately 10 minutes to be seated because "the server was playing catch up." It took another 15 minutes to get a drink order which was taken by a manager then another few for our server to come for food order. We ordered the sampler which came with a lot of yummy fries, 2 chicken wings which were cold and small, 3 tenders which had no taste with a thick coating of batter, cheese sticks that lacked any warmth at all without a melt and onion rings. The ambiance of Mel's is old time 50's with cute art and photos. Our experience was a little disappointing but most likely will pay another visit. read more

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Great service, decent food. Had a BLTA on sourdough with a side of chili. Sandwich was excellent, chiii a bit salty but good. Wife had 2 egg breakfast with sausage and home fries, all good but no butter on toast- would have asked for it, but toast was already cold read more

Been going to Mel's for 15 years. Love their food , the atmosphere and the workers. Always kind and helpful. Ty hey have the best Chef Salad . But they need to switch to shredded cheese and not strips of cheese on it. Great all American place to eat read more

Place was close to our RV campsite so it was a short drive. Really cool and neat actor photos there. Went for breakfast. Stood there for longer than 15 minutes without even being acknowledged by anyone even with staff walking around clearing tables. Finally a guy came over and seated the 3 people ahead of us that had waited longer than we had. Eventually he acknowledged we were there and sat us right in front of a service door when there were other open tables & open booths. He wasn't friendly at all. We asked our server and she moved us. She was nice. The girl clearing all the tables, and there were many uncleaned tables, clinked all the dishes so hard into the bucket, we couldn't even hear ourselves talk when she was even 2 table away. She was clearing so loudly not caring she was. Mimosa's & their OJ was good. We got an eggs benny & CA benny. They were good. My wife ordered their "famous" potatoes but they came out cold. We were too hungry and waited too long to send them back. The guy was the same unfriendly when we went to the counter to pay. Our 2nd visit, we ordered reubens from them to go. The onion rings were the best! But, the reuben was a center of so much thick fat with 2 little pieces of overly thick meat on each side of it, that you couldn't even pull the meat off from the fat to eat it. Threw them away after taking pictures to complain about it. We give kudos to the mgr. When we called to complain the next day, the mgr. knew exactly what the issue was after we described the fat down the center of each meat slice (how the meat was not cut the right way) and made it up to us. The strawberry malt and vanilla ones were really good. read more

Pass this place up. We used to stop here all the time but no longer. We arrived at around 5:00 pm. Waited 15 minutes for someone to take order. Did get water. Food was terrible. All veggies seamed old and the paper thin hamburger patties was raw! Place was dirty. Staff packaged food to take home that was leftovers. read more

Love the veggie burgers, although they're kind of small for the price! The service has always been friendly and efficient, and the ambiance gives you that feeling of old school cool with the mini jukeboxes on each table. The location is one of my favorite parts about this diner, being so close to Verdi. It's great to be able to hang out in the casino, gamble, take a break to eat, and then head back in, where they also sometimes have live music. It's especially great when you win enough money to go out and eat. What a great treat! read more

Our visit was around 6pm July 5, 2926. int 80 past Truckee was a mess and after long drive from Utah we decided to stop short of the mess and checked into the Best Western for the night. We drive by Boomtown often and thought we would check it out. After checking in we walked over to Mel's for dinner. The hostess immediately sat us down at a booth. We then proceeded to wait 10 to 15 minutes and no one greets us at the table. We then move and sit at counter hoping this would get us help from a waiter or waitress. Again, no hellos or we will be right with you after another period of time. We left and had dinner at the Verdi Grillhouse next door where we had great service the moment we walked in. Too bad we wasted 30 minutes of our evening at Mel's. read more

Conveniently located within Boomtown and attached to the casino and right outside of the family fun center, this was an ideal dinner location spot for us at the end of a long day and wanting a quick bite to eat. It wasn't very busy on a Wednesday night so we were seated into a booth right away. They have a kids menu, which I used to order a plate of their spaghetti as well as a plate of mac and cheese. The spaghetti comes with a side of buttery texas toast and I got the mac and cheese with some fries. Both dishes also came out with a mini pack of oreos. Not the healthiest meal by any stretch but my kids loved it. The fries were a bit undercooked though and the spaghetti a bit oversalted. I got a cheese quesadilla for myself which was nice and gooey and came with an amazing cheese pull for effect. Paired with a side of sour cream and gauc, it was a simple dish, but delicious. My husband got one of their chicken burgers and was underwhelmed with the dish. He had also gotten a side of potato salad which was served in a tiny dish with the potatoes also being undercooked. It also would have been better served chilled instead of lukewarm. read more

My husband and I came here to try their vegetarian burger, added onion rings. It was delicious. You can even play keno at the dinner table which is rare. The server was nice and got our order correct. The old diner atmosphere was neat. This was our first visit and we will be back. read more

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I was traveling to Reno and stopped in here for breakfast. I was seated promptly and a very friendly server came over and took my order of bacon eggs hashbrowns toast and coffee. The food hit the spot, and they made sure I had timely refills of water and coffee. It was what I was hoping for I a breakfast stop. I could not be more pleased. The decor is nostalgic as the early days of hot rods and the 50's and sixties. read more

Good food had a real milk shake was wonderful. Service was quick and friendly. The ambiance is old time rock and roll visuals.

We love the atmosphere and the food is always great here not to mention one of the best milkshakes I've ever had

Stopped by Mel's to get some breakfast. My mom and I were seated pretty quick. The food was pretty good. The waiter that came and took our order was really nice. Will be stopping by on the next trip to Reno. Inside of Mel's was pretty nice. read more

The Original Mel's Diner - Diners Near Me - Verdi, Nevada

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5 stars for the Chowder. 1 star for service. I don't know what you guys are putting in your clam chowder.. but it is one of the best chowders I've had. I would say top 3... annnnnddd I've tasted more than 50.. maybe more. Everything else needs some serious work. Your waitresses are slow and not available 75% of the time. I don't know what they're doing because there is nobody inside the place and I don't not see them at all. Your chowder saved this review. read more

I got the same thing I always get which is the hot turkey sandwich. This time it was awful. Watery gravy had ruined the bread and the "fresh" vegetables were anything but. Very disappointing. The cashier was quite nice but that was the only positive. read more

We ordered room service thinking this was an amazing offer to our vacation stay, boy were we wrong. The food was luke warm, steak overcooked, bread burnt, the notes were not honored until we called to ask for the butter I stated in two notes, took ten minutes to bring up butter. We paid good money for what should of been a 20 dollar breakfast at best. During this vacation we have eaten at Mel's in Boomtown 3 times, this was so bad it has us considering not eating at Mel's again. Disappointed read more

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My wife and i ate here and she ordered the French dip and I had the double burger. The French dip and it was dry and seemed like frozen meat reheated, the burger was over cooked and dry a little spot of cheese a little larger then a silver dollar and the meal came to over 50 dollars over priced for crappy food. read more

OK, I've been here a few times. On their best day I would say it's pretty average. Always seems a little bit dirty in the restaurant. When I was there, there were many tables that were empty that had not been bussed. It was midnight and it wasn't crowded. A friend and I just ran out for a late grilled cheese. And they couldn't even get that right. Period it was burnt and the cheese wasn't melted. Pretty pathetic if you can't make a decent grilled cheese. read more

This is our breakfast spot on our way home from Reno every time!! I usually get the blue burger which comes with onion straws and blue cheese crumbles with a side of buffalo sauce. Always yummy! The garlic fries are loaded with garlic and Parmesan cheese. Service is always good and some of the servers have been there forever! Definitely worth stopping in and getting a burger read more

The Original Mel's Diner - Yummy garlic fries! - Diners Near Me - Verdi, Nevada

We were seated and greeted promptly. Our server Patrick C was very hospitable and friendly. Checked on us often and kept coffee refilled. Food was great had California omelette and Husband had seafood combo plate. This is one of the things I love about Mel's breakfast lunch anytime. Restaurant was clean and busy as it was a Sunday morning on way home from Reno. Prices are good and food portions great. Will definitely be back read more

The Original Mel's Diner - Seafood Combo - Diners Near Me - Verdi, Nevada

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I've had the French toast and breakfast burrito there and both are delicious. Highly recommend for breakfast. Ive had lunch here once and got the sampler plate and it just tasted like overcooked frozen food. Also ordered a milkshake which just tasted like half melted ice cream. Didn't taste like there was any milk, which is what helps make it into a shake. So lunch there was a disappointment for me. Breakfast only from here on out. Staff has always been very friendly and attentive. And the place has a genuine American diner feel to it. The large cardboard like cars there are a fun and unique toy for the kids while they wait for food. They can take them home. read more

Today was our second time coming here and we were very excited because the first time we came was amazing but today the service from our server was terrible. Coming from a restaurant background we still tipped her but not like we normally tip because she actually didn't deserve a tip. First we had to ask three times for water(it's not hard) and she came back with sink water very much disgusting as if I couldn't tell a difference from the soda machine water to the sink water. Then the sever that also ran the food gave an attitude when she took the food didn't even try to ask if everything looked okay nor to enjoy. I understand they were in the middle of a rush but I've also been in situations like that at my old jobs and I still made sure to have a smile on my face. Not to mention our server made it seem like she wanted us out of there. Not sure if it was because we're Mexican or because she maybe assumed we weren't the type to tip but all I know is that next time we will make sure to ask to not get sat with Brianna. I also don't recommend the chorizo skillet(wasn't even on a skillet) nor the Hangover II plate as it's way too sloppy. read more

Inside the Boomtown Casino, there's not many dining choices. The steakhouse is only open Wednesday-Saturday. So on a Tuesday evening, it was the "deli" or Mel's. Mel's menu was more varied, so we ordered off their menu. I went with the jalapeño burger, fries and a side salad. My wife went with a grilled Santa Fe chicken sandwich. Both sandwiches were surprisingly large, both sandwiches slightly overcooked. My burger bordered on well done. Nothing remotely pink. The fries were good and the side salad was standard fare with lettuce, cabbage, a cherry tomato and a few slices of cucumber. My disappointment comes from an order taker who didn't know which sandwiches were grilled or fried. And a kitchen who doesn't provide salt & pepper in "to go" orders. I even asked if salt & pepper was included and was assured they were. Sorry Mel's, that's just service 101. read more

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Food, definitely customer service. Waited half hour before they can ask for our orders and another half our to get our food. Waiter never checked in to see how we were doing or if we needed anything. The only time he came was when he gave us our check. Also the place was not busy at all, waiter was no where to be found. Never going back to Mel's dinner boomtown, they don't even deserve a 1 Star. read more

After roughly checking in 1x/month, and Yelp calling me a regular at this place. I think it's finally time I write a review. I have been told by multiple people that Boomtown Mel's compared to the one downtown, is the better one of the two. I have never been to another Mel's besides this one. Everything we have ordered has been good and we always walk out with leftovers if we didn't devour it already. We have dining credit monthly from the casino and this is the place we choose to spend it at since it's 24hrs and the food has been consistent. This place serves diner food, nothing amazing or mind blowing but if you're hungry, nearby at the oddest hours, this place will hit that spot. Service has always been consistently attentive. I'm happy to be a regular here. read more

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10/10 Chorzia skillet, served with a perfectly seasoned and crispy potatoes, accompanied by salsa, sour cream, and fresh avocado. The service was attentive, prompt, and friendly, making the overall experience exceptional. Will be back soon :) Thank you! read more

The Original Mel's Diner - 10/10 chorizo skillet, and the service was awesome. Definitely coming back. - Diners Near Me - Verdi, Nevada

I recently came to Mel's Diner to celebrate my 25th birthday for breakfast. For the food, I got the Ham Steak & Eggs special for $9.99. It was super filling and affordable. Cynthia was my server and she was a joy. She even sang Happy Birthday to me in a very memorable way. I appreciate that so much. Finally, I was given free ice cream towards the end. My day was starting off right, thanks to Mel's! read more

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Perfect little diner in the Boomtown Casino. All the decor you would expect in a Mel's diner and fantastic service. You can check in on the wait-list, then gamble while you wait for your table. We had a tuna melt, French dip, and chicken fingers. Everyone loved their food, and it came out fast. Sam was our server and she was super sweet. read more

Service was excellent. ambiance nostalgic - so many views of the past in their decor, really took me back. Food was a bit better than ok. I had been to a different location years ago and loved their chicken fried steak but at this location it was just ok. read more

The Original Mel's Diner - Blast from the past. Whole place was amazingly decorated. - Diners Near Me - Verdi, Nevada

First of all ... today's service was very unwelcoming.. needed a refill on ranch and soda our waiter kept walking passed us and not once asked us if we needed anything she would walk by us and attend other tables in front of us ... we tried to wave down to the other staff but they would ignore us and kept going about his business.. I had to personally stand up and go ask for my refill and ranch .. honestly don't know if we will return .. read more

My server was awesome I think her name is Kayla or Katie Food was great and service.

I love Mel's and eat there frequently. The service was excellent but the food was terrible. At the boom town Mels. Not exaggerating - literally the worst breakfast of my life. I ordered the SAN francisco scramble but this wasn't prepared like the menu or any i have had before. It tasted like. Chorizo and spaghetti sauce seasoning on the ground beef . I asked if they could remake it like the menu and the waitress said there were sone translation issues and she would try again . One bite of the remade and i was done. Will never go to that Mel's again and it will be a while before i can get that taste out of my head. read more

This breakfast was the bomb!! Pretty decent pricing too. We loved the experience here. read more

The Original Mel's Diner - Corned Beef Hash & Eggs - Diners Near Me - Verdi, Nevada

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Well, we went in there and they had a chicken thing on the menu they bring it out. It was like hard as a rock overcook so much we said and then there was snotty about it taking it back. You gotta eat this and we said no take it back and give her some money back. Don't go there. It's awful. read more