The Original Mels Diner Menu

Welcome to The Original Mels Diner, an iconic dining experience located at 1441 Fitzgerald Dr, Pinole, CA. This diner offers a delightful menu brimming with hearty American classics sure to satisfy every craving.

One of the standout features is the selection of Mels Specialty Sandwiches. Indulge in the flavorful Mels ChiliCheese Dog or the classic BLT, each crafted with quality ingredients. A must-try is the Mels Original Cheese Steak, served on a hoagie-style bun, showcasing tender grilled sirloin topped with melted cheese and onions.

For breakfast lovers, the Mels Three-Egg Omelettes offer a range of options from the California Omelette with fresh avocado to the Vegetarian Omelette loaded with sautéed veggies. Here, breakfast is served all day, making it the perfect spot any time.

At The Original Mels Diner, every meal creates a nostalgic dining experience with great food, attentive service, and a lively atmosphere!

Breakfast Eggs by the #

• 4. Eggs (3)

  With choice of four pieces of bacon or four sausage links.

  US$19.98

• 5. Eggs (2)

  With choice of country sausage, hamburger patty or ham steak.

  US$17.98

• 2. 2 Eggs, 3 Sausages Or 3 Strips Of Bacon

  US$17.98

Chicken and Veggie Burgers

• Veggie Melburger

  Served on our signature whole wheat bun with honey mustard dressing, lettuce, tomato, and pickle.

  US$15.98

• BBQ Crispy Chicken Melburger

  Chicken breast with cheddar cheese, bacon strips, and onion rings topped with BBQ sauce and served on our signature bun.

  US$19.98

• Santa Fe Chicken Melburger

  Chicken breast with jack cheese, green chiles, lettuce, tomato, guacamole, and salsa served on a wheat bun.

  US$19.48

• Crispy Chicken Parmesan Sandwich

  Our crispy chicken breast served on our grilled signature bun, smothered in provolone and shredded parmesan cheeses. Topped with our righ meat sauce

  US$19.48

• Gourmet Chicken Melburger

  Our grilled chicken breast dressed up with cheddar cheese, strips of bacon, lettuce, tomato, and a creamy mustard sauce, served on our signature whole wheat bun.

  US$19.48

• Chicken Bacon Melburger

  Served on our signature bun with bacon, lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise, and onion straws.

  US$19.48

• Classic Crispy Chicken Melburger- Make It Hot Or Not

  Served on our signature bun with lettuce, tomato, and onion with a side of mayo.

  US$17.98

Mels Steaks with Eggs

• Chicken-Fried Steak & 2 Eggs

  Giant, half-pound, all beef chicken fried steak, covered in country gravy. Served with 2 eggs, choice of potatoes and toast.

  US$20.98

• Ribeye Steak & Eggs

  10oz Ribeye served with 2 farm fresh eggs, choice of potatoes and toast

  US$25.68

• 6 Oz. New York Steak & 2 Eggs

  910-1370 cal.

  US$20.98

Mels Specialty Sandwiches

• Mels Chili-Cheese Dog

  Mels hot dog with chopped onions and melted cheese.

  US$17.98

• BLT-BLTA-BLTE

  Classic with bacon, lettuce, and tomato.

  US$16.49

• Grilled Cheese

  With jack, cheddar, and American cheeses.

  US$15.98

• Mels “Original Cheese Steak” Sandwich

  Served on our hoagie-style bun with tender-sliced, grilled sirloin steak topped with grilled onions, and layered with cheese and topped off with jalapeño and pepperoncini.

  US$21.48

• Meaty Meatball Sandwich

  Grilled french roll stuffed with Italian meatballs, rich meat sauce and melted provolone cheese

  US$19.48

• Grilled Ham & Cheese

  With jack, cheddar, and American cheeses with sliced ham.

  US$18.48

• Meldog

  A full quarter pound, 100% all-beef hot dog, sliced, and grilled. Served on a steak roll with lettuce, tomato, pickles, avocado, and sliced onions.

  US$15.98

• French Dip

  Sliced USDA choice oven roasted beef simmered in au jus on a French roll.

  US$21.48

• Fresh Roasted Turkey

  With lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise served on a hamburger bun.

  US$17.98

• Reuben

  Corned beef with Swiss cheese, sauerkraut, and Thousand island dressing on grilled rye.

  US$21.48

• Tuna Melt

  US$18.48

• Tuna Sand

  US$16.98

• Chicken Club

  Chicken breast served on our french roll, topped with jack cheese, avocado, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise.

  US$21.48

• Club Sandwich

  Carved breast of turkey, bacon, lettuce, tomato, and mayonnaise on white bread.

  US$20.98

Sweet Treats

• Pie Apple

  US$6.99

• Pie Lemon

  US$6.99

• Pie Berry

  US$6.99

Utensils and Condiments

• Hot Sauce Pkts

  US$0.00

• Knife

  US$0.00

• Straw

  US$0.00

• Fork

  US$0.00

• Extra Npkns

  US$0.00

• Sugar Sub

  US$0.00

• Spoon

  US$0.00

• Salt Pkts

  US$0.00

• Ketchup Pkts

  US$0.00

• Sugar

  US$0.00

• Pepper Pkts

  US$0.00

Soups & Chili

• Mels Chili Bowl

  Served with cornbread, melted cheddar cheese, and onion.

  US$9.99

Eggs Benedicts

• Eggs Benedict

  With your choice of ham, sliced avocado or country sausage on a grilled English muffin, topped with poached eggs and hollandaise sauce.

  US$19.49

• California Benedict

  Grilled English muffin halves topped with three strips of bacon, grilled tomato slices, avocado, poached eggs, and topped with hollandaise sauce.

  US$19.99

• Eggs Florentine

  Grilled English muffin halves topped with sliced tomato, fresh spinach, poached eggs, and topped with hollandaise sauce.

  US$18.99

Mels Baskets

• Jumbo Shrimp Basket (5 Pieces)

  Served with cocktail or tarter sauce, cole slaw and Mels fries.

  US$17.49

• Beer Battered Cod (3 Pieces)

  Alaskan Cod served with tarter sauce , coleslaw and Mels fries.

  US$16.99

• Chicken Tenderloin Strips

  Juicy breaded tenderloin strips, fried golden brown. Served with your choice of sauce for dipping!

  US$17.99

• The Combo

  With three pieces of jumbo shrimp and two pieces of beer battered Alaskan cod. Served with cocktail and tarter sauce, coleslaw and Mels fries

  US$17.49

• Mels Chicken Wings

  Zesty and breaded. Have them tossed in sauce or on the side for dipping. 8 pcs

  US$17.99

Breakfast Favorites

• Corned Beef Hash & Eggs

  Housemade with bell peppers and onions, served with fresh fruit and toast.

  US$20.68

• Breakfast Burrito

  Tortilla filled with two eggs scrambled with cheese, country sausage, Mels potatoes, and a touch of country gravy. Comes with a side of sour cream and salsa.

  US$18.49

• Sunrise Sandwich

  Breakfast sandwich with two scrambled eggs and your choice of bacon, ham or country sausage, and American cheese, served on grilled, thick sourdough bread.

  US$17.99

• Mels San Francisco Scramble

  Three fresh eggs, ground beef, Mels seasoning salt, fresh mushrooms, and spinach scrambled with green onions and topped with Parmesan cheese. Served with toast.

  US$20.48

• Bacon, Egg & Avocado Burrito

  A large, grilled flour tortilla stuffed with smoked bacon, scrambled eggs, tomato, avocado, and cheese. Served with a side of salsa.

  US$18.49

• Ribeye Steak & 2 Eggs

  10oz Ribeye served with 2 farm fresh eggs, choice of potatoes and toast

  US$25.68

• Wolfman Jack

  Two pancakes, two eggs, two strips of bacon, one country sausage and ham with hash browns or mels potatoes.

  US$21.48

Mels Fries

• Classic Melfries

  Skin on and sprinkled with Mels special seasoning

  US$7.99

• Chili Melfries

  With cheddar and jack cheese and chopped onions.

  US$11.99

• Garlic Melfries

  Sprinkled with parmesan cheese.

  US$8.99

• Gourmet Melfries

  Melfries covered with chopped bacon, melted jack, and cheddar cheeses, diced green onions and a dollop of sour cream.

  US$11.99

• Cheese Melfries

  With mixed jack and cheddar.

  US$9.99

Starters & Shareables

• Mozzarella Sticks

  Battered, fried.

  US$10.99

• Mels Zesty Chicken Wings

  Mels original or try them with buffalo sauce. Served with your choice of sauce. 8 pcs

  US$15.99

• New Recipe Mels Sampler

  Chicken strips, onion rings, mozzarella sticks, and chicken wings on a bed of melfries with ranch dressing and bbq sauce.

  US$19.49

• Cheese Quesadilla

  Jack and cheddar cheese with green onion, tomato, guacamole, salsa, and sour cream on a flour tortilla.

  US$12.99

• Beer Battered Onion Rings

  Sweet Spanish onions thick-cut, double dipped in beer batter and fried crispy.

  US$9.99

Hot Open-Faced Sandwiches

• Fresh Oven Roasted Turkey

  Sliced oven roasted turkey with dressing and cranberry sauce.

  US$18.99

Specialty Hotcakes & Waffles

• Blueberry Hotcakes

  Full stack, bursting with blueberries and topped with whipped cream

  US$16.99

• Strawberry Hotcakes

  Full stack, with whipped cream.

  US$17.99

• Belgian Waffle

  Made with fresh eggs and sweet cream butter!

  US$14.99

• Chicken & Waffle- W/Strips

  US$19.49

• Buttermilk Hotcakes

  Served with whipped butter and syrup

  US$14.99

• Chocolate Chip Hotcakes

  Full stack with chocolate chips melted throughout. Topped with whipped cream.

  US$16.99

• Strawberry Belgian Waffle

  With whipped cream.

  US$17.99

• 2+2

  Two hotcakes or waffle, two bacon or two sausage links and two eggs, any style.

  US$19.98

Blue Plate Dinners

• Steak & Jumbo Shrimp

  We pair a delicious 6 oz. New York strip steak and 4 pieces of our jumbo fried shrimp.

  US$22.99

• Fresh Carved Turkey Platter

  With dressing and cranberry sauce.

  US$19.99

• Jumbo Shrimp Dinner

  Six jumbo shrimp with a light oriental panko breading with a side of cocktail sauce.

  US$20.49

• Chicken-Fried Steak

  Giant, half-pound crispy chicken fried steak, topped with country gravy, sautéed mushrooms.

  US$20.99

• Fisherman’s Platter

  Three pieces of beer-battered Alaskan cod battered in a light, crispy batter. Served with tarter sauce.

  US$19.49

• Ribeye Steak Dinner

  10oz Ribeye steak, topped with sauteed mushrooms, choice of 2 sides and homemade cornbread

  US$24.99

• Spaghetti And Meatballs

  A Mels Favorite! Our rich meat sauce tossed with a generous bowl of spaghetti and topped with two jumbo meatballs, sprinkled with parmesan cheese. Served with our new country style garlic bread. No additional sides served.

  US$19.49

Salads

• Mels Cobb Salad

  Lettuce, chopped bacon, diced chicken, avocado, green onions, egg, tomato, and bleu cheese crumbles.

  US$18.99

• Mels Crispy Chicken Salad

  Fresh diced tomatoes, crumbled bacon, sliced hardboiled egg, and shredded jack and cheddar cheese on a bed of crisp lettuce and topped with crispy sliced chicken or buffalo-style chicken dipped in our hot wing sauce.

  US$19.38

Breakfast Side Orders

• English Muffin With Jelly

  US$4.29

• Egg (1)

  US$4.48

• Side Of Ham

  US$7.99

• Side Of Bacon

  US$7.99

• Toast With Jelly

  US$4.49

• Side Of Sausage

  US$7.99

• Side Of Country Sausage

  US$7.99

• Toasted Bagel

  Served with creamed cheese

  US$4.99

• Hash Browns

  US$5.99

• Oatmeal

  US$6.99

• Mels Potatoes

  US$5.99

• Buttermilk Biscuit & Gravy

  US$9.99

Beverages & Soda Fountain

• Milk (22 Oz)

  US$4.99

• Coke Freeze

  Coke blended with premium vanilla ice cream.

  US$7.99

• Fountain Soft Drinks

  US$3.99

• Root Beer Float

  Root beer with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

  US$7.99

• Fresh Brewed Coffee

  US$3.99

• Juice (22 Oz)

  US$5.99

• Root Beer Freeze

  Root beer blended with premium vanilla ice cream.

  US$7.99

Mels Three-Egg Omelettes

• Meat & Cheese

  Choose from country ham, sausage or bacon with jack and Cheddar cheeses.

  US$19.98

• California Omelette

  Our big, three-egg omelette stuffed with tomato, bacon, cheese, and sliced avocado, topped with a dollop of sour cream.

  US$20.98

• Vegetarian

  A blend of jack and Cheddar cheese, green onions, sliced avocado, sautéed mushrooms, tomato, and sour cream.

  US$19.98

• Denver Omelette

  Three-egg omelette stuffed with ham, grilled peppers, onions, and cheese mix. Served with hash browns or Mels potatoes and toast.

  US$20.48

• Egg-White Omelette

  Egg whites with Swiss cheese, fresh sautéed mushrooms, diced tomato, avocado, and fresh spinach. Served with fresh fruit instead of potatoes.

  US$20.98

Extras

• Avocado

  US$2.49

• Sour Cream

  US$1.69

• Guacamole

  US$1.69

• Ranch

  US$0.99

Mels Famous Choice Angus Burgers

• San Francisco Melburger

  Grilled sourdough bread, a melburger patty, cheddar cheese, bacon, avocado, grilled onion with Thousand island dressing.

  US$20.48

• Bacon & Cheddar Melburger

  Draped with cheddar cheese, two strips of bacon, lettuce, tomato, and onion, with Thousand island dressing.

  US$19.48

• Deuce Coupe

  Two choice angus beef patties with cheddar cheese, tomato, lettuce, and onion with thousand island dressing.

  US$21.48

• Bleu Melburger- Make It HOT Or Not

  Beef patty topped with bleu cheese crumbles, deep-fried onion straws, lettuce, and tomato.

  US$18.48

• Chili Melburger

  With chopped onions and melted cheese.

  US$19.48

• Big Bopper

  Our classic Melburger with cheddar cheese, bacon strips, and onion rings topped with barbecue sauce.

  US$19.48

• Jalapeño Melburger

  Topped with sliced tomato, jalapeños, lettuce, grilled onions, Thousand island dressing and pepper jack cheese.

  US$18.98

• Patty Melt

  Grilled hamburger patty on rye bread with cheddar cheese, sautéed onion, and tomato slices.

  US$18.48

• Mushroom & Swiss Melburger

  Fresh patty on our signature bun, brushed with mayonnaise stacked on top of golden onion straws, draped with Swiss cheese and smothered in sautéed mushrooms.

  US$19.98

• Classic Melburger

  Served with sliced tomato, lettuce, onion, and Thousand island dressing.

  US$17.48

Mels Shakes & Malts

• Milk Shake Or Malt

  Choose your flavor and Make It a Malt if you please!

  US$7.99

Mels Skillets

• Country Skillet

  A combination of scrambled eggs, diced country sausage, link sausage, and bacon, all covered with melted mixed cheese and our country gravy.

  US$20.48

• The Hangover

  We cover your choice of potatoes with two biscuits, two country sausages and country gravy and top it with two eggs any style.

  US$20.18

• Hangover II

  Choice of potatoes, two biscuits, two sausage links, two pieces of bacon, and ham steak. Smothered in country gravy and topped with three eggs any style.

  US$21.98

• Santa Fe Skillet

  Bacon and green chiles scrambled with eggs and topped with avocado and melted cheese. Served with salsa and sour cream on the side.

  US$20.48