Melt Bar & Grilled

My favorite location of the three I’ve been to, with the original in Lakewood, and University Heights being the other two. By far the largest location; when my friend and I went to Lakewood, we had to wait over a half hour for lunch, as they literally only have a handful of tables (unless they’ve expanded since then).
I kept it super simple last time since I was just getting over a cold, and opted just for a basic grilled cheese (the Kindergarten) and was pretty impressed with it – their selection of cheese helps. Their fries are amazing! The Monte Cristo is also excellent, and is very similar to the version they made at Bennigan’s. One of my favorite places to go when I visit NE Ohio!

I went to melt and it was great. I split a mac & cheese sandwich with mm you brother. it was good. and it is not expensive. my waitress is very nice to.

I will probably always think about going to melt for one reason. .. The Monte Cristo. This a hard to find classic sandwich that they do very well. But they deep fry it. Swiss, turkey, ham, on two thick slice of bread dropped into a fryer, dusted with powder sugar and served with a raspberry dipping sauce. It tasted like a county fair in a sandwich. Kinda like having a turkey leg, funnel cake and fried Swiss cheese on a stick in one convenient hand held bad for you food bomb. It hard for me to not order it time and time again.
Last night I order the chorizo and hash melt. Very flavorful, only order half and got the side featured. The side was kinda meh, sweet corn that quad some cheese on it, the hot sauce they had made it delish though. Service was attentive, outdoor seating available, Overly large beer list, seasonal features, creative menu, just like the place, can’t think of anything wrong with it.

Gotta try this place. Good prices, unreal food, and a lot of different beer types. The sandwiches are soooo good, and ridiculously big!

Yuck. Not a fan. At. All. Greazy grossness at every turn. No booths, only tables, and the food was covered in weird sauces and cheeses. For the price, I was disgusted.

Sandwiches are huge, menu is creative, and you’ll always find something good unless you don’t like food. If you don’t like food, then this is not the place for you. Even if you won’t want a gigantor sandwich, they have fantastic soups, salads and small plate appetizers.
I like that they now sell half portions if you don’t want to have leftovers, which are guaranteed with full potion. This last visit I had the Bushwood Club with turkey, bacon, tomato, lettuce and rosemary aioli — pretty good. My favorites are the Monte Cristo and Fried Green Tomato BLT with regular bacon (the default it seared pork belly).
Love their monthly specials — my mom tried this month’s General Tso’s, she took five bites and was beyond full. I tried it and thought the flavors were yummy, but it was a little much (although sometimes I think that’s the intention). They always make good fried chicken — super plump, moist and delicious.
This location and the others in area have a really good beer selection. Also, I love their posters, old album cover menus and kitschy interiors. Service is always friendly and quick.
Still wish they did’t take the Diablo burger off menu, but other than that, five stars. Keep up the good work, Melt.

Yummy food and a great variety of choices and lots of art on the walls to look at the only reason i gave 4 stars and not 5 is because its so crowded and so loud and you really have to be in the mood for something like that

Stopped here for dinner with my family. We ordered the hangover fries as an appetizer and our separate melts for dinner. I will start by saying the melts were fantastic as always! I personally had the Parma, Italy and it was great.
The fries we ordered though had a thick black hair cooked into the egg. We let our waitress know and she took it away and she was very apologetic!
Overall: excellent place to eat!

If I were in my 20’s this probably would be my late night stop but since I’m 41, my wife and I go for lunch. Good sandwiches, mine was $ 15 but it was huge, delicious, comes with nicely seasoned fries, and a pickle spear. Today I had the Cleveland Cheese Steak (pulled brisket, caramelized onions, grilled mushrooms, and a rosemary aioli, I think). I also like the chorizo and potato. My wife’s sandwich had a lasagna on it. So. in all, inventive menu, hip décor, good drink selection, and friendly staff.

My first time here & I was impressed! Our server was awesome and helped me understand the menu choices (grilled cheese heaven)!!! Only $ 5 for half of a HUGE sandwich, fries & pickle. Very clean and great casual ambiance. Great place to bring the family (kids included).

Melt is the best restaurant we have eaten at since we have been in Ohio. The ambiance is loud, but a really cool place. They have tons of stuff to look at on the walls and such. The menu is incredible. Every combination of grilled cheese you can think of.
We started out with the Hangover fries. JESUS. This was the best appetizer I have ever had. fries with gravy, fried pork belly, green onions, cheese curd and a fried egg. They were so ridiculously delicious. Its a meal in itself.
My husband got the full Monte Cristo. It was HUGE. And delicious! I got the Korean War Pig. Holy moly. A half was almost too much. The flavors were definitely not lacking here. These sandwiches are definitely Los Angeles worthy. I miss the food back home because everything here is so flavorless. NOT HERE. Melt is amazing.

This is a wonderful place with a fantasic staff, but the company itself seems to be in decline! The times have changed, big giant gut-​bomb food is no longer the popular thing, and Melt hasn’t seemed to adjust. Their flagship restaurant is doing well, and will continue to do so for years to come, but satellite locations like Mentor may be doomed. Already we’re seeing the harbingers… reduced hours (no longer being open for lunch through the week) being the foremost.
I love melt, and everything they are. Matt Fish is a great owner and an inspiration to anyone in the industry. When I’m bragging about being from Cleveland, Melt is always in the conversation. The mentor location is in decline however and is likely to be closed soon if the look, feel, and feelings of the staff are any indications. People will still journey to lakewood for the original, but no one cares about their other locations if they can’t hook new people, and their original concept is hooking no one.

Went here one night when it was snowing pretty hard so the place was practically empty, which was nice. The server at the bar area was exceptionally nice and pretty much made our night.
We ordered the cuban sandwich and the cleveland sandwich, both full sized. The sandwiches came with a pickle and a ton of fries. The bread was a thick piece of sourdough bread. It was tasty but way too oily.
The Cuban: I enjoyed the sandwich but it was just way too dry. There is a LOT of meat in the sandwich which is great for meatlovers, but I’m sure nobody likes a dry sandwich.
The Cleveland sandwich: This one was pretty tasty. It didn’t taste like a normal cheese steak to me because it was drenched in a sweet sauce. I really liked this sandwich though it does get too heavy to eat a lot of.
Food wise ³⁄₅ but +1 for excellent service.
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This is a Cleveland classic now as the original Lakewood one has spawned so many satellite locations — I hesitate to call it a «chain» only because that word is despised by so many foodies but it kinda is now that it’s also in the Columbus market.
Anyhoo I digress the food is still on point — I mean you know what you go here for — a cheese baby to land in your stomach and take up residence for at least a few hours! I have my favorites but do try to go for specials when they have them AND honestly maybe get hungry for them like 3 times a year at most.
This trip was the New Bomb Turkey special with a cup of the Buffalo Chicken Chowda — yummo! Ate half the sandwich /​some of the fries — really MISS the delicious vinegar based coleslaw that used to come with sandwiches. Took the other half home as the server said it would reheat well/​better if I grilled it again — um yeah nope but I did eat the inside stuff with some boxed mashed potatoes (improvised it).
Still a solid Cleveland place just a bit more pricey than before in terms of ales, beers and sides — and not for things that require a holy grail like quest — I mean fatheads and Great Lakes we can all get cheaper than $ 6+ and the bottles selection is not something hard to find anymore. I just will not skip above soda or tea when I see that sorta thing — but that’s me!

This place is awesome! Went here for lunch and got the chorizo and potato sandwich, which comes with fries and a pickle. The fries were good I wish they were slightly crispier, but that’s me. The sandwich was tasty and the bread crispy. I really liked that the bread didn’t get soggy. I do wish the chorizo had more flavoring tho. Overall a really cool restaurant, very clean, and the staff is nice.
Few things I didn’t like were that they aren’t open for lunch Mon — Thurs, the tables are really small for 4 people, and its slightly pricey for a quick lunch bite. But I’m glad I found this place, it’s one of the better places in Mentor!
Tip: Get a half a sandwich, I was barely able to eat half of my whole sandwich. Or just save the rest for seconds.

Melt in Mentor is great if you want a grossly huge grilled cheese with more than the works. The prices are decent but on each occasion I have dined in, the atmosphere is very different (read: more family oriented, dull, typical) than the other locations in Lakewood and Cleveland heights. I think this has less to do with the business itself and more to do with the general population of Mentor (I am from Mentor and when I want to go out and find a good crowd I am not doing it in my hometown).
Long story short: Go if you want a lot of food and to give a huge Melt sandwich a try. Don’t go if you want a lively atmosphere.

Melt is almost everything it has set out to be; except a grilled cheese restaurant. These are some mean sandwiches, don’t get me wrong, but to call them grilled-​cheeses seems just lazy. They’re so much more, but this isn’t always a great thing.
The kindergartener is one kick ass grilled cheese (don’t forget to grab a cup of one of the best tomato bisque’s I’ve had) but I think it’s the only one that qualifies as a GC. The rest are some dramatically OVER-​stuffed sandwiches. You’re being gluttonous if you get through half your sammy and think you should finish off the plate. It’s awfully nice of them to offer a salad for fry sub in though. Often while reading the menu I found myself thinking «They were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.» Thanks for that one Dr. Ian Malcolm.
All of this being said, I feel their most recent expansion to Lake County seems more than fitting.

This place is ridiculously good. We stumbled on this place while we were in Cleveland for a wedding and I’m really glad we did. We went to the wedding and were starving after so we went to get a little bite to eat. Little… HA. The amount of food that you get for lunch is huge! My wife got the buffalo chicken grilled cheese and I got the Philly cheese steak grilled cheese. We each split our sandwiches so we could try each others… Holy cow each were exceptional. Everything about the grilled cheese was perfect. The bread was super fresh and grilled perfectly and the filling was everything you look for in a grilled cheese sandwich, gooey, melty, flavorful goodness. The french fries were also perfectly cooked. I rounded out my low cal meal with a old school cream soda… please keep in mind that we had to go to the reception in an hour… so much for the light lunch. This place is way too good to not try everything on this menu. I’m slightly pissed that this place is six hours from me. If asked I would definitely drive the six hours to eat at this place again. Well done. My wife and I a few months later saw that Guy Fieri visited this place on triple D. I can see why. Go there and eat everything!

I love MELT! So glad when the Mentor location opened, closer drive from my hometown of Erie, PA. My favourite sandwich is the Parmageddon, but once in a while I like to change things up. The jalapeño popper is another go-​to that’s really tasty. Can’t wait to be back on the east coast and get my fill again…

This place was overrated. The wait for a table was too long so we got food to go. There were so many photos of different sandwiches on Unilocal that I tried to order, most of them they said they don’t have any more. Finally I decided on a special, it was like a pile of mush, very disappointed.
Prices are pretty typical, service was average.