# Mel's Kitchen, San Francisco CA: Restaurant Prices & Reviews

Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/mel-s-kitchen-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-kitchen-san-francisco-ca

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## In short

Mel's Kitchen is a diner in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 24 of 100, which is poor.

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


## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Type | Diner |
| Address | 1050 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 6 AM to 11 PM |
| Phone | (415) 292-6357 |
| Rating | 3.9 across 1,071 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Restaurant and Mels kitchen |
| Quietest time | Tuesday |
| 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 | 1050 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109, 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 Sun 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | Mel's Kitchen | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 292-6357 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 6:00 AM to 11:00 PM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 6:00 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 | Breakfast | AI guess |  |
| Services | Service | Classic american food | 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.melsdrivein.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |


## Services and prices

These are the 14 services Mel's 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 |
| Mels kitchen |  |  |  | From their website |
| M ipsum |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mels hollywood |  |  |  | From their website |
| Lorem ipsums |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mels nashville |  |  |  | From their website |
| History |  |  |  | From their website |
| Lorem ips |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mels sherman oaks |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mels west hollywood |  |  |  | From their website |
| Merch |  |  |  | From their website |
| Mels santa monica |  |  |  | From their website |
| Bachelorette party |  |  |  | From their website |
| American graffiti 1973 |  |  |  | From their website |


### Known for

- Restaurant: 20% of reviews (AI guess)
- Mels kitchen: 20% of reviews (AI guess)


## The team

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## Visiting Mel's

Address: 1050 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109, USA. Phone: (415) 292-6357. Hours: Mon to Sun 6 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: Tuesday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.


### Parking and getting in

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### Nearby

| Place | Type | Distance |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Van Ness Ave & Geary Blvd | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Van Ness Ave & Geary Blvd | Bus stop | 1 min walk |
| Starbucks Coffee Company | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Sutter California pacific medical center | Parking lot | 1 min walk |
| Leonardis | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Taniku Izakaya | Japanese restaurant | 1 min walk |


## Reputation

3.9 average across 1,071 reviews: Google 1,071. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)

Mel's Kitchen is a modern diner with a nostalgic feel, but struggles with service consistency and food quality, leaving some diners disappointed. (AI guess, from 1,071 reviews.)


### What people like

- Steak and eggs
- Huevos rancheros
- Meatloaf
- Chicken and waffles
- Salad with sweet potatoes


### What people do not like

- Long waits for service
- Inconsistent food quality
- Staff unresponsive or unfriendly
- Overpriced for the quality


### Press

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### Awards

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### Directories

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## Questions people ask


### does this place ever have cancellations


### is Pinecrest Diner any better


### Are the hours on Google right for Mel's in San Francisco?


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


### best diner in San Francisco


### anywhere cheaper than Mel's in San Francisco that is still good?


### address for Mel's, anyone have it?


### first visit at Mel's, what do I need to bring?


### going rate for restaurants locally, any idea


### anything good on Van Ness to kill time near this place?


### Do they post anywhere?


### Why do people rate Mel's?


### points or member pricing at Mel's, worth signing up?


### Busiest day here, anyone know?


### rough idea what Mel's costs?


### bad experiences at Mel's, anyone?


### Worth the hype here?


## The AI Score: 24 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 scores 24, below the San Francisco average of 39. The same method scores every business on the registry.

| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | Mel's |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 | 35 | 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 | 0 | Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service. | Poor |
| Reviews & response | 12 | 74 | 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 | 54 | 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 | 20 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Poor |
| Content freshness & schema | 5 | 82 | 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 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mel's Kitchen | LocalBusiness | #business | http://www.melsdrivein.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city |  | City Mel's 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:ChIJ0cYP9AmBhYARPPwgoNmj9-M (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)