quietest day to hit this place?
Question · by reunion_neighbor_west · Member since Jul 2026 · 83 posts · 7w7 weeks ago
American restaurant in San Francisco, CA
4.5 · 5,183 reviewsOpens today at 10 AMOpens today at 10 AM
Sleek, counter-serve chain known for its grilled cheese, burgers, mac and cheese, and fries.
Eligible to offer 20% cashback to customers who shop here.OrbitBack
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Updated Sep 9, 2026Last activity 1 month ago, a question from reunion_neighbor_west.
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What The Melt offers, what it costs, and what people come for.
The Melt lists 15 services on its website. These are the 13 people ask about most, with a plain description and how many reviews mention each.
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No code detected[Photo 4]When it's quiet, where to park, and what's nearby.
Tuesday or Sunday, before 11 AM.
Busiest Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 11 PM.
MugLife is next door for coffee. Mint Plaza is a 2 minute walk for a park.
Nearby places from Google Maps, read Oct 27, 2026.
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.
Closed now. Busiest Sat and Sun, 1 to 11 PM.
What reviews, press and directories say about The Melt.
4.5from 5,183 reviews on Google
The Melt is known for its gourmet burgers and comfort food, but inconsistent service and cleanliness issues detract from the overall experience. The Melt offers a casual dining experience with a focus on gourmet comfort food. Customers often mention the small dining area, which can get crowded, and the fast service through order kiosks. However, some reviews highlight issues with cleanliness and safety in the surrounding area.
The AI Score is out of 100, read from 8 signals across search and AI.
32 San Francisco avg
Signal and how much it countsThe Melt
Every business is scored the same way, and nobody can pay for a better score.
The Melt, as AI sees it. Blue signals help The Melt, and red ones hold it back.
Claiming your page is free.
The page ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google read about The Melt. The code version is exactly what their crawlers get.
Local AI Registry · American restaurants in San Francisco, CA · Editorial
By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 9, 2026.
Published September 9, 2026 · Updated September 9, 2026 · Machine-readable version below
The Melt is an american restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor.
What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | American restaurant |
| Address | 925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA |
| Hours | Mon to Sun 10 AM to 3 AM |
| Phone | (415) 689-5879 |
| Rating | 4.5 across 5,183 reviews on Google |
| Known for | Fries |
| Quietest time | Sunday |
| Updated | September 9, 2026 |
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 | 925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Description | Sleek, counter-serve chain known for its grilled cheese, burgers, mac and cheese, and fries. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Name | The Melt | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Location info | Phone | (415) 689-5879 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
| Services | Service | Asu | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Burgers | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Catering | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Crispy chicken sandwiches | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Desserts | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Drinks | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Fries | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Grilled cheese sandwiches | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Grilled chicken | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Kids | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Kids menu | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Mac and cheese | AI guess | |
| Services | Service | Mac n cheese | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Meltburgers | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Melted classics | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Nutrition all | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Order now | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Shakes | From their website | Business website |
| Services | Service | Ucsd | From their website | Business website |
| Links | https://www.facebook.com/themelt | Confirmed | Business website | |
| Links | https://www.instagram.com/themelt | Confirmed | Business website | |
| Links | TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@the.melt | Confirmed | Business website |
| Links | Website | https://www.themelt.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile |
These are the 15 services The Melt offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.
| Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fries | From their website | |||
| Crispy chicken sandwiches | From their website | |||
| Kids | From their website | |||
| Catering | From their website | |||
| Desserts | From their website | |||
| Mac n cheese | From their website | |||
| Meltburgers | From their website | |||
| Melted classics | From their website | |||
| Nutrition all | From their website | |||
| Order now | From their website | |||
| Shakes | From their website | |||
| Asu | From their website | |||
| Ucsd | From their website | |||
| Drinks | From their website | |||
| Grilled chicken | From their website |
Address: 925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Phone: (415) 689-5879. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 3 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)
From Google Business Profile: "Sleek, counter-serve chain known for its grilled cheese, burgers, mac and cheese, and fries."
Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.
| Place | Type | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| MugLife | Coffee shop | 1 min walk |
| Kuani | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| LAZ Parking - 945 Market St Garage | Parking garage | 1 min walk |
| Market St & 5th St | Transit stop | 1 min walk |
| Smish Smash | Restaurant | 1 min walk |
| Saluhall SF | Food court | 1 min walk |
4.5 average across 5,183 reviews: Google 5,183. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)
The Melt is known for its gourmet burgers and comfort food, but inconsistent service and cleanliness issues detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 5,183 reviews.)
We ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity about The Melt. These are the answers that don’t match this page.
ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 27, 2026. ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026.
| Fact | What AI says | What this page says |
|---|---|---|
| Address | ChatGPT via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026: 455 Market St. | 925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA |
| Address | Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026: 455 Market Street. | 925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA |
It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco american restaurants run 24 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Melt scores 27, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.
| Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The Melt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 40 | 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 | 94 | 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 | 60 | 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 | 45 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair |
| 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 an american restaurant: 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
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| The Melt | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.themelt.com/ | Subject of this page |
| San Francisco, California | City | #city | City The Melt 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 |
Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the american restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.
This is exactly what this page sends to Google, Bing, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini. We publish it in the open for two reasons: so you can see nothing here is hidden or made up, and so any business or developer can copy it. Being a good local AI steward means the machine version says exactly what the human version says.
Sent before the page. They tell crawlers the canonical address and that a plain markdown copy exists.
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# The Melt, San Francisco CA: Fries Prices & Reviews Source: Local AI Registry, https://localairegistry.com/biz/ca/san-francisco/the-melt-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/the-melt-san-francisco-ca ## Photos -  -  -  -  -  ## In short The Melt is an american restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor. What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks ## Key facts | Fact | Value | | --- | --- | | Type | American restaurant | | Address | 925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | | Hours | Mon to Sun 10 AM to 3 AM | | Phone | (415) 689-5879 | | Rating | 4.5 across 5,183 reviews on Google | | Known for | Fries | | Quietest time | Sunday | | 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 | 925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Description | Sleek, counter-serve chain known for its grilled cheese, burgers, mac and cheese, and fries. | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Hours | Mon to Sun 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Name | The Melt | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Location info | Phone | (415) 689-5879 | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Monday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Tuesday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Wednesday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Thursday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Friday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Saturday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Hours | Sunday | 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | | Services | Service | Asu | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Burgers | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Catering | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Crispy chicken sandwiches | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Desserts | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Drinks | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Fries | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Grilled cheese sandwiches | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Grilled chicken | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Kids | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Kids menu | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Mac and cheese | AI guess | | | Services | Service | Mac n cheese | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Meltburgers | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Melted classics | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Nutrition all | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Order now | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Shakes | From their website | Business website | | Services | Service | Ucsd | From their website | Business website | | Links | Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/themelt | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/themelt | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | TikTok | https://www.tiktok.com/@the.melt | Confirmed | Business website | | Links | Website | https://www.themelt.com/ | Confirmed | Google Business Profile | ## Services and prices These are the 15 services The Melt offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from. | Service | Price | Price mark | Price evidence | Service mark | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Fries | | | | From their website | | Crispy chicken sandwiches | | | | From their website | | Kids | | | | From their website | | Catering | | | | From their website | | Desserts | | | | From their website | | Mac n cheese | | | | From their website | | Meltburgers | | | | From their website | | Melted classics | | | | From their website | | Nutrition all | | | | From their website | | Order now | | | | From their website | | Shakes | | | | From their website | | Asu | | | | From their website | | Ucsd | | | | From their website | | Drinks | | | | From their website | | Grilled chicken | | | | From their website | ### Known for - Fries: 20% of reviews (AI guess) ## The team Add your team so AI can name who works here ## Visiting The Melt Address: 925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Phone: (415) 689-5879. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 3 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.) ### Location info from Google Business Profile From Google Business Profile: "Sleek, counter-serve chain known for its grilled cheese, burgers, mac and cheese, and fries." ### When to go Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing. ### Parking and getting in Add your parking so AI can tell people where to park Add how to find your door so AI can walk people in ### Nearby | Place | Type | Distance | | --- | --- | --- | | MugLife | Coffee shop | 1 min walk | | Kuani | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | LAZ Parking - 945 Market St Garage | Parking garage | 1 min walk | | Market St & 5th St | Transit stop | 1 min walk | | Smish Smash | Restaurant | 1 min walk | | Saluhall SF | Food court | 1 min walk | ## Reputation 4.5 average across 5,183 reviews: Google 5,183. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.) The Melt is known for its gourmet burgers and comfort food, but inconsistent service and cleanliness issues detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 5,183 reviews.) ### What people like - Spicy meltburger with fresh jalapenos - Mac and cheese with bacon - Garlic parmesan fries - Tomato soup - Mushroom Swiss burger ### What people do not like - Long waits for food during busy times - Concerns about cleanliness and safety - Inconsistent food quality - Rude or unprofessional staff behavior ### Press Add a press story so AI can say who's written about you ### Awards Add an award so AI can name it ### Directories Get listed in directories so AI can tell you're real ## Questions people ask ### quietest day to hit this place? ### What american restaurant questions is San Francisco asking AI most? ### anything I should sort out before a first visit here? ### Whereabouts is The Melt? ### Do they post anywhere? ### rough idea what The Melt costs? ### opening hours at The Melt in San Francisco, what are they these days? ### The Melt, any chance to get a table this week? ### is there a rewards thing at The Melt ### Coffee near The Melt on Market? ### worth it or not, what do the regulars say ### Downsides nobody puts in a five star review? ### anywhere cheaper than this place in San Francisco that is still good? ### people keep recommending this place, what for? ### how much is a first visit around here ### best american restaurant in San Francisco ### torn between The Melt and Wayfare Tavern for Gourmet burgers with unique toppings? ## What AI gets wrong about The Melt We ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity about The Melt. These are the answers that don’t match this page. ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 27, 2026. ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026. | Fact | What AI says | What this page says | | --- | --- | --- | | Address | ChatGPT via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026: 455 Market St. | 925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | | Address | Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026: 455 Market Street. | 925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA | ## The AI Score: 27 of 100 It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco american restaurants run 24 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Melt scores 27, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry. | Signal | Weight | Score | What it measures | The Melt | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 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 | 40 | 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 | 94 | 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 | 60 | 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 | 45 | Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone. | Fair | | 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 an american restaurant: 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 The Melt | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | The Melt | LocalBusiness | #business | https://www.themelt.com/ | Subject of this page | | San Francisco, California | City | #city | | City The Melt 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 american restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it. ### Lists - Best american restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/american-restaurant - 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:ChIJtbmElXyAhYARbDYABzKFeB0 (accessed Sep 9, 2026) - [2] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/student-discount/ucsd (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [3] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/nutrition-all (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [4] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/order-now (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [5] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/shakes (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [6] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/student-discount/asu (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [7] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/catering (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [8] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/crispy-chicken-sandwiches (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [9] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/desserts (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [10] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/drinks (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [11] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/fries (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [12] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/grilled-chicken (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [13] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/kids (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [14] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/mac-n-cheese (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [15] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/meltburgers (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [16] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/melted-classics (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [17] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 27, 2026; ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026) - [18] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/ (accessed Oct 27, 2026)
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<p>Local AI Registry · American restaurants in San Francisco, CA · Editorial</p>
<h2>The Melt, San Francisco CA: Fries Prices & Reviews</h2>
<p>By Steve Lee, founder and CEO of Local AI Registry. Updated September 9, 2026.</p>
<p>Published September 9, 2026 · Updated September 9, 2026 · Machine-readable version below</p>
</header>
<section id="ai-in-short">
<h3>In short</h3>
<p>The Melt is an american restaurant in San Francisco, CA. Its AI Score is 27 of 100, which is poor.</p>
<p>What each mark on this page means: https://localairegistry.com/methodology#marks</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-key-facts">
<h3>Key facts</h3>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Type</td><td>American restaurant</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 10 AM to 3 AM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Phone</td><td>(415) 689-5879</td></tr>
<tr><td>Rating</td><td>4.5 across 5,183 reviews on Google</td></tr>
<tr><td>Known for</td><td>Fries</td></tr>
<tr><td>Quietest time</td><td>Sunday</td></tr>
<tr><td>Updated</td><td>September 9, 2026</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-all-the-details">
<h3>All the details</h3>
<p>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.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Group</th><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">Value</th><th scope="col">Mark</th><th scope="col">Evidence</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Address</td><td>925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Description</td><td>Sleek, counter-serve chain known for its grilled cheese, burgers, mac and cheese, and fries.</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Hours</td><td>Mon to Sun 10:00 AM to 3:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Name</td><td>The Melt</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location info</td><td>Phone</td><td>(415) 689-5879</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Monday</td><td>10:00 AM to 3:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Tuesday</td><td>10:00 AM to 3:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Wednesday</td><td>10:00 AM to 3:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Thursday</td><td>10:00 AM to 3:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Friday</td><td>10:00 AM to 3:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Saturday</td><td>10:00 AM to 3:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Hours</td><td>Sunday</td><td>10:00 AM to 3:00 AM</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Asu</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Burgers</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Catering</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Crispy chicken sandwiches</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Desserts</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Drinks</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Fries</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Grilled cheese sandwiches</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Grilled chicken</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Kids</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Kids menu</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Mac and cheese</td><td>AI guess</td><td></td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Mac n cheese</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Meltburgers</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Melted classics</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Nutrition all</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Order now</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Shakes</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Services</td><td>Service</td><td>Ucsd</td><td>From their website</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Facebook</td><td>https://www.facebook.com/themelt</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Instagram</td><td>https://www.instagram.com/themelt</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>TikTok</td><td>https://www.tiktok.com/@the.melt</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Business website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Links</td><td>Website</td><td>https://www.themelt.com/</td><td>Confirmed</td><td>Google Business Profile</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-services-and-prices">
<h3>Services and prices</h3>
<p>These are the 15 services The Melt offers, with the price where we have one and where it came from.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Service</th><th scope="col">Price</th><th scope="col">Price mark</th><th scope="col">Price evidence</th><th scope="col">Service mark</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Fries</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Crispy chicken sandwiches</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kids</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Catering</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Desserts</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Mac n cheese</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Meltburgers</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Melted classics</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Nutrition all</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Order now</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Shakes</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Asu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Ucsd</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Drinks</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
<tr><td>Grilled chicken</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td>From their website</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<h4>Known for</h4>
<ul>
<li>Fries: 20% of reviews (AI guess)</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-the-team">
<h3>The team</h3>
</section>
<section id="ai-visiting-the-melt">
<h3>Visiting The Melt</h3>
<p>Address: 925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA. Phone: (415) 689-5879. Hours: Mon to Sun 10 AM to 3 AM. (Confirmed, Google Business Profile.)</p>
<h4>Location info from Google Business Profile</h4>
<p>From Google Business Profile: "Sleek, counter-serve chain known for its grilled cheese, burgers, mac and cheese, and fries."</p>
<h4>When to go</h4>
<p>Quietest day: Sunday. Busiest day: Saturday. From the popular times on its Google listing.</p>
<h4>Parking and getting in</h4>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Place</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">Distance</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>MugLife</td><td>Coffee shop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Kuani</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>LAZ Parking - 945 Market St Garage</td><td>Parking garage</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Market St & 5th St</td><td>Transit stop</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Smish Smash</td><td>Restaurant</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
<tr><td>Saluhall SF</td><td>Food court</td><td>1 min walk</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-reputation">
<h3>Reputation</h3>
<p>4.5 average across 5,183 reviews: Google 5,183. (Confirmed, read September 9, 2026.)</p>
<p>The Melt is known for its gourmet burgers and comfort food, but inconsistent service and cleanliness issues detract from the overall experience. (AI guess, from 5,183 reviews.)</p>
<h4>What people like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Spicy meltburger with fresh jalapenos</li>
<li>Mac and cheese with bacon</li>
<li>Garlic parmesan fries</li>
<li>Tomato soup</li>
<li>Mushroom Swiss burger</li>
</ul>
<h4>What people do not like</h4>
<ul>
<li>Long waits for food during busy times</li>
<li>Concerns about cleanliness and safety</li>
<li>Inconsistent food quality</li>
<li>Rude or unprofessional staff behavior</li>
</ul>
<h4>Press</h4>
<h4>Awards</h4>
<h4>Directories</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-questions-people-ask">
<h3>Questions people ask</h3>
<h4>quietest day to hit this place?</h4>
<h4>What american restaurant questions is San Francisco asking AI most?</h4>
<h4>anything I should sort out before a first visit here?</h4>
<h4>Whereabouts is The Melt?</h4>
<h4>Do they post anywhere?</h4>
<h4>rough idea what The Melt costs?</h4>
<h4>opening hours at The Melt in San Francisco, what are they these days?</h4>
<h4>The Melt, any chance to get a table this week?</h4>
<h4>is there a rewards thing at The Melt</h4>
<h4>Coffee near The Melt on Market?</h4>
<h4>worth it or not, what do the regulars say</h4>
<h4>Downsides nobody puts in a five star review?</h4>
<h4>anywhere cheaper than this place in San Francisco that is still good?</h4>
<h4>people keep recommending this place, what for?</h4>
<h4>how much is a first visit around here</h4>
<h4>best american restaurant in San Francisco</h4>
<h4>torn between The Melt and Wayfare Tavern for Gourmet burgers with unique toppings?</h4>
</section>
<section id="ai-what-ai-gets-wrong">
<h3>What AI gets wrong about The Melt</h3>
<p>We ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity about The Melt. These are the answers that don’t match this page.</p>
<p>ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 27, 2026. ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Fact</th><th scope="col">What AI says</th><th scope="col">What this page says</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>ChatGPT via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026: 455 Market St.</td><td>925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA</td></tr>
<tr><td>Address</td><td>Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026: 455 Market Street.</td><td>925 Market Street, 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA</td></tr>
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</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-score">
<h3>The AI Score: 27 of 100</h3>
<p>It measures how likely AI engines are to recommend a business, and how accurately. San Francisco american restaurants run 24 to 62. Fair starts at 45, good at 65. The Melt scores 27, below the San Francisco average of 32. The same method scores every business on the registry.</p>
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<thead><tr><th scope="col">Signal</th><th scope="col">Weight</th><th scope="col">Score</th><th scope="col">What it measures</th><th scope="col">The Melt</th></tr></thead>
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<tr><td>Retrieval grounding</td><td>26</td><td>0</td><td>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.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Off-property attestation</td><td>20</td><td>40</td><td>Volume and consistency of what others say about you: YouTube mentions, branded web mentions, third-party “best-of” lists. The cause of retrievability.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>AI visibility</td><td>14</td><td>0</td><td>Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and AI Overviews name you, and whether they name you for the right service.</td><td>Poor</td></tr>
<tr><td>Reviews & response</td><td>12</td><td>94</td><td>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.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Backlink & citation authority</td><td>8</td><td>60</td><td>Domain authority and editorial quality of the sources that attest to you.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Google Business Profile</td><td>8</td><td>90</td><td>Required and recommended fields; update cadence. The listing AI pulls from first.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Speed & mobile</td><td>7</td><td>45</td><td>Core Web Vitals at the 75th percentile, on a real phone.</td><td>Fair</td></tr>
<tr><td>Content freshness & schema</td><td>5</td><td>80</td><td>Crawl recency, intent alignment, valid JSON-LD, canonicals.</td><td>Good</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Full method: https://localairegistry.com/methodology</p>
<p>How AI decides what to say about an american restaurant: 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</p>
</section>
<section id="ai-entity-map">
<h3>Entity map</h3>
<p>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.</p>
<table>
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Entity</th><th scope="col">Type</th><th scope="col">ID on this page</th><th scope="col">Same as</th><th scope="col">Relationship to The Melt</th></tr></thead>
<tbody>
<tr><td>The Melt</td><td>LocalBusiness</td><td>#business</td><td>https://www.themelt.com/</td><td>Subject of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>San Francisco, California</td><td>City</td><td>#city</td><td></td><td>City The Melt is in</td></tr>
<tr><td>Local AI Registry</td><td>Organization</td><td>#publisher</td><td>https://localairegistry.com</td><td>Publisher of this page</td></tr>
<tr><td>Steve Lee</td><td>Person</td><td>#author</td><td>https://localairegistry.com/team/steve-lee</td><td>Author of this page</td></tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</section>
<section id="ai-topical-map">
<h3>Topical map</h3>
<p>Where this page sits in the registry. It's one profile among the american restaurants in San Francisco, linked to the lists and towns around it.</p>
<h4>Lists</h4>
<ul>
<li>Best american restaurants in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco/american-restaurant</li>
<li>Best businesses in San Francisco: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-francisco</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nearby</h4>
<ul>
<li>/san-jose: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-jose</li>
<li>/los-angeles: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/los-angeles</li>
<li>/san-diego: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/san-diego</li>
<li>/irvine: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/irvine</li>
<li>/mountain-view: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/mountain-view</li>
<li>/santa-clara: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca/santa-clara</li>
</ul>
<h4>Every list</h4>
<ul>
<li>Every leaderboard in California: https://localairegistry.com/leaderboards/ca</li>
</ul>
</section>
<section id="ai-references">
<h3>References</h3>
<h4>Sources cited</h4>
<ul>
<li>[1] Google Business Profile, https://www.google.com/maps/place/?q=place_id:ChIJtbmElXyAhYARbDYABzKFeB0 (accessed Sep 9, 2026)</li>
<li>[2] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/student-discount/ucsd (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[3] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/nutrition-all (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[4] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/order-now (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[5] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/shakes (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[6] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/student-discount/asu (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[7] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/catering (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[8] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/crispy-chicken-sandwiches (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[9] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/desserts (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[10] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/drinks (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[11] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/fries (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[12] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/grilled-chicken (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[13] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/kids (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[14] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/mac-n-cheese (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[15] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/meltburgers (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[16] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/menu/melted-classics (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[17] AI engine output: ChatGPT and Gemini, read by Local AI Registry on Oct 27, 2026; ChatGPT and Perplexity via DataForSEO on Oct 27, 2026, https://localairegistry.com/methodology (accessed Sep 19, 2026)</li>
<li>[18] themelt.com, https://www.themelt.com/ (accessed Oct 27, 2026)</li>
</ul>
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</html>This is the evidence for every fact on this page, across Locals, Services, Team, Visit, Reputation and Updates. Each reference names the fact, the source, what kind of source it is, and the date it was checked, with a link and an archived copy so anyone can verify it. Visitor references are dated firsthand accounts. AI guesses record what an AI engine said on that date, not what is true.