# Mel's Drive-In, San Francisco CA: Restaurant Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/mel-s-drive-in-san-francisco-ca. Free to reuse with a link back.

By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated 2026-09-09.

Canonical: https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/mel-s-drive-in-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

Mel's Drive-In is a diner in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 33 of 100, which is poor.

What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Diner |
| Address | 801 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Wed 7 AM to 11 PM · Thu 7 AM to 12 AM · Fri to Sat 7 AM to 3 AM · Sun 7 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (415) 227-0793 |
| Rating | 4.1 across 5,589 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Restaurant |
| Quietest time | Monday |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |


## All the details

Every row is something the owner can add or correct. Each one is marked Confirmed, Visitor submitted or AI guess, with where it came from.

| Group | Fact | Value | Mark | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Location info | Address | 801 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Part of a local chain, this family-friendly 1950s-style diner serves classic American comfort fare. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Wed 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM · Thu 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM · Fri to Sat 7:00 AM to 3:00 AM · Sun 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Mel's Drive-In | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 227-0793 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 7:00 AM to 12:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 7:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 7:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 7:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | American graffiti 1973 | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Bachelorette party | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Bachelorette party hosting | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Breakfast | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Dinner | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Family-friendly dining | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | History | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lorem ips | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lorem ipsums | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Lunch | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Mels hollywood | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Mels kitchen | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Mels nashville | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Mels santa monica | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Mels sherman oaks | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Mels west hollywood | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Merch | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | M ipsum | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Restaurant | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Takeout | AI guess |  |
| Links | Facebook | https://facebook.com/melsdriveinsunset | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Instagram | https://instagram.com/melsdrivein | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | TikTok | https://tiktok.com/@melsdrivein | AI guess | Our record |
| Links | Website | http://www.melsdrive-in.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 14 services Mel's Drive-In offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.

| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Restaurant |  |  |  | From their website |
| M ipsum |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mels nashville |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mels kitchen |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mels santa monica |  |  |  | From their website |
| History |  |  |  | From their website |
| Lorem ips |  |  |  | From their website |
| Bachelorette party |  |  |  | From their website |
| Lorem ipsums |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mels hollywood |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mels sherman oaks |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mels west hollywood |  |  |  | From their website |
| Merch |  |  |  | From their website |
| American graffiti 1973 |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

- Restaurant: 40% of reviews (AI guess)


## The team

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## Visiting Mel's Drive-In

Address: 801 Mission St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Phone: (415) 227-0793. Hours: Mon to Wed 7 AM to 11 PM · Thu 7 AM to 12 AM · Fri to Sat 7 AM to 3 AM · Sun 7 AM to 11 PM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)


### Location info from Google Business Profile

From Google Business Profile: "Part of a local chain, this family-friendly 1950s-style diner serves classic American comfort fare."


### When to go

Quietest day: Monday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mission St & 4th St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Mariposas | Peruvian restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Mission St & 4th St | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| 4th St & Mission St / Moscone Center | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Mission St & 4th St | Transit station | 1 min walk |
| ICICLES | Ice cream shop | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

4.1 average across 5,589 reviews: Google 5,589. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Despite its nostalgic charm, Mel's Drive-In struggles with food quality and service consistency, leaving many diners dissatisfied. (AI guess, from 5,589 reviews.)


### What people like

- Retro atmosphere
- Chicken salad sandwich with fries
- Diner coffee


### What people do not like

- Food often bland or poorly prepared
- Service can be inattentive or rude
- High prices for mediocre food


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### What diner questions is San Francisco asking AI most?


### anything new from Mel's Drive-In lately?


### when is this place actually dead?


### anyone tell me what a first visit here involves


### Why do people rate Mel's Drive-In?


### Worth the hype at Mel's Drive-In?


### Whereabouts is this place?


### membership, worth it or not


### prices round here, anyone got a number


### is San Francisco expensive for this, or is it just here


### best diner in San Francisco


### Are the hours on Google right for this place?


### killing time on Mission, any ideas


### walk in at Mel's Drive-In in San Francisco, or is it appointment only?


### pricey at Mel's Drive-In, or about normal?


### does Mel's Drive-In ever have cancellations


### Mel's Drive-In or Pinecrest Diner?


### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?


## The AI Score: 33 of 100

It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco diners run 24 to 65. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. Mel's Drive-In scores 33, below the San Francisco average of 38. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Mel's Drive-In |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrieval grounding | 26 | 0 | Whether you appear in the ranked results AI retrieves and cites: AI-Overview citations, organic top-10 for your money queries, and the Bing index ChatGPT leans on. | Poor |
| Off-property attestation | 20 | 41 | Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability. | Poor |
| AI visibility | 14 | 50 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Fair |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 76 | The star average is only one input. We also read volume, velocity, the specificity of review language, and response cadence. Specific reviews are what AI quotes verbatim. | Good |
| Backlink & citation authority | 8 | 61 | Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you. | Fair |
| Google Business Profile | 8 | 90 | Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first. | Good |
| Speed & mobile | 7 |  | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. |  |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 80 | Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals. | Good |

Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology

How AI decides what to say about a diner: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-ai-decides-local-business. What to check before you choose one: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#how-to-choose-local-business


## Entity map

Every person, place, organization and treatment named on this page, with a stable ID and a public reference. The JSON-LD below connects them to each other.

| Entity | Type | ID on this page | Same as | Relationship to Mel's Drive-In |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mel's Drive-In | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.melsdrive-in.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Mel's Drive-In is in |
| Local AI Registry | Organization | #publisher | https://localairegistry.com | Publisher of this page |
| Steve Lee | Person | #author | https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee | Author of this page |


## Topical map

Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the diners in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.


### Lists

- Best diners in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/diner
- Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco


### Nearby

- /san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose
- /los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles
- /san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego
- /irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine
- /mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view
- /santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara


### Every list

- Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca


## References


### Sources cited

- [1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJiVY2rYeAhYARJ90OnmrJw24 (accessed Sep 9, 2026)
- [2] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/american-graffiti-1973/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [3] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/bachelorette-party/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [4] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/restaurant/mels-sherman-oaks/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [5] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/restaurant/mels-west-hollywood/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [6] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/merch/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [7] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/m-ipsum/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [8] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/restaurant/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [9] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/history/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [10] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/lorem-ips/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [11] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/lorem-ipsums/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [12] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/restaurant/mels-hollywood/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [13] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/restaurant/mels-kitchen/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [14] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/restaurant/mels-nashville/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [15] melsdrive-in.com, https://melsdrive-in.com/restaurant/mels-santa-monica/ (accessed Sep 19, 2026)
- [16] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Sep 9, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)