Melodee's Diner

Melodee's Diner is a new Americana style restaurant located in the old Family Table restaurant. Everything here is made from scratch and has the best country cooking you will eat outside of your Mamaw's kitchen! We ordered the Pimento Cheese Sliders for appetizer. Now, my fiancée isn't a fan of pimento cheese at all and he even liked these! You can tell its homemade and they are on rolls rather than the regular buns and that's what makes them unique and tastes a lot better than others.

The vegetables on the Chef Salad are fresh and crisp and there was a perfect balance of veggies and lettuce and there was plenty of meat, but, not too much. You might have to order extra dressing if you like a lot. Guys, this salad is better than the one at Newk's, don't get me wrong, that have a great salad but, this one surpasses that one!

My fiancée ordered the Open Face Roast Beef, it was so tender it melted in your mouth! The mashed potatoes on the bottom were the best as well and went together perfectly with the roast beef. It is nice to finally find a restaurant that doesn't do instant potatoes and actually knows how to do them!

He also ordered a side of Fried Okra. We have split opinions and feelings about fried okra, he doesn't like them at all. To me, they were some of the best.

The baked stuffed potato was a little puny, not enough meat or cheese. We were told that's not how they are to do it so, we will just have to come back and try it again.

I ordered the Dirty Burger. It is served open faced topped with cheese, chili, and slaw. I knew what I was getting into when I ordered it and had already planned on eating it with a fork since I am a total klutz and it's a good thing I did. But, hey, the sloppier the better it tastes, right? The hamburger patty wasn't dry and that's kinda hard to get these days. The slaw and chili combo on a hamburger is a great idea and it had awesome flavor. You can get either fries or homemade chips and I got the chips. The oil was a little old which threw the flavor off a bit. I wanted to eat them so bad because I could tell the flavor was there.

Now, usually, when we go places that make all their food from scratch they get someone else from a bakery or outside source of some kind to make their desserts, not here, everything is made in house and its all based on availability so get there early to guarantee your slice of heaven. Speaking of heaven, if you're dating someone and looking for something fun to do Melodee's has karaoke Friday and Saturday nights. We ordered the Lemon Pound Cake and Italian Cream Cake. My opinion won't matter on the lemon pound cake since I'm not a fan of lemon. My fiancée said the cake was moist and had a great lemon flavor. I did taste the cake and it's just not for me. He loved it so much he would've had another piece except for the fact that we were stuffed.

The Italian Cream Cake was absolutely the best dessert I've had in a while. I kept getting banana flavor from somewhere and couldn't put my finger on it. It had the right amount of nuts in it and there are no words for how much I loved this cake! The icing is a bit sweet for those who don't like super sweet desserts, its perfect to me since my sweet tooth is pretty bad.

They are still working out the kinks and they are looking to expand and have outdoor seating and a smoker. We look forward to watching this place grow and we firmly believe that's Melodee's Diner is here to stay for a long time!