Mel's DIner

This is such a wonderful place! I loved the food! I'm glad it's not fast food. The chili is probably the best chili I ever had! I'm coming back for sure!

We are NOT a fast foodFood is good. Huge pancakes and biscuit gravy. Reasonably priced. Lots of rules that take away from an otherwise great atmosphere. Here's a few Breakfast ends at 10:30 daily Can not substitute for biscuits and gravyNot available during festival weekendsMay not be done all the alway through No refills for the juice, milk or hot chocolate No substitutions Employees only, Go AwayKeep OutPainter should have used masking tapeCoffee's goodServer was reasonably pleasant

This place is cute on the outside and gives off a nice, small-town diner vibe but my husband and I were disappointed. The first time we came, we pulled up to the drive-thru window assuming that's what a drive-thru window is for, but the lady/owner was kind of rude to us and quickly explained that the drive-thru is actually for calling ahead of time to place an order and pick up. She seemed really annoyed at us, but how would we know? We had never been, there are no signs explaining this and I've never been through a drive-thru that wasn't actually a drive-thru.Anyways, we decided to give the place another try since we are in Prairie Grove often and food options are limited. The second time we called ahead and placed an order and picked up inside. The inside of the diner is cute, but the bathroom was pretty dirty. We both ordered cheeseburgers and fries, but they weren't that good. Both burgers and fries were warm, but lacked flavor and just tasted bleh. We love burgers, but I couldn't finish mine. Maybe their other food options are tastier, but we wouldn't recommend.

Bacon. Bacon. Bacon. Oh my. You won't find it better anywhere else. Don't come for fast food. They make everything fresh. So it takes a bit but oh so worth it.

Love this place! Nostalgia everywhere. Wait service like I remember back in the day. Grits cooked perfect, fresh made biscuits, great tasting coffee. Will visit again when passing through!

An authentic treasure. Excellent hamburger and fries.Lovely service. Took less than 15 minutes. If you can't wait that long, please go to McDonalds.

Great service great food. Couldn't finish it all! Small town cafes are always the best!

our waitress must have been having a bad day. brought out the wrong drink for my lunch partner and I had asked for a different drink because I thought what I asked for tasted bad. her attitude was "hmm I never had anybody complain about it before". not a very good attitude in my opinion.

I've been here twice before and not really had great experiences, the food was decent but service is always rude. Next time we tried breakfast and it was bland and boring so we didn't return for a few years. Tried to give it another chance this morning and ordered breakfast online, since they have that option. It says to call them if you do not receive an email confirmation and we did not receive confirmation, so I called...4 times...no answer. So we pulled up at the window to a rude lady that said "if you didn't get a confirmation then I didn't get it." We told her we called multiple times and no answer. She just stared at us and said "it's real busy in here." There were three cars parked..didn't look that busy, but it seemed like she was too bothered to deal with us so we just left. Don't offer online ordering or a drive through if you don't want to use it. I don't understand how this place is still functioning with how many bad reviews I've heard about it. Seems like they only treat regular customers and friends with good service and respect.

I came in to pick up and other thru the drive thru no one answered after 10 mins of waiting then I go inside to find out that they never excepted my order online and never answered my phone called after I called 5 times will not be coming back!