Mel's at 22

The food and service were excellent—my first time dining here, and it did not disappoint. The service was top-notch; my water was constantly refilled, and the food arrived quickly with generous portion sizes at an amazing price. I'll definitely return to try more menu items if I'm in Cooperstown again.

Food was amazing, we had a bowl of New England Clam Chowder, the smoked salmon for our appetizer & Burger without the bun salad & shared everything, my husband & I. Our waitress was very friendly & helpful in making our choices.

Had the fish & chips. Excellent. Light, flaky, crunchy crust. Fresh home made Cole slaw, and the fries were top notch as well. Fish & chips is easy to mess up. Mel’s did anything but. The service and atmosphere was really good for an early evening dine with some friends

We were in town and stopped at Mel's for lunch because of the reviews, location and nice decor. Unfortunately, we did not have the same experience as others. The best part of my meal was the white vinegar dressing; however, it was on the bottom of the plate and the top half of my salad was dry. I discovered the dressing when almost done. I ordered a chicken sandwich and the grilled chicken was very dry. I ate what I could because I was hungry and our server never returned to see how everything was or refill our water glasses. We had to ask another server for our check and actually saw our server sitting at the bar eating when we left....

Disappointed in the entrees served. Allison our waitress gave fine service. The restaurant itself had a nice atmosphere. The table ordered two appetizers and four entrees. The appetizers were good the Brussels sprout pork belly were the star of the night. Unfortunately, our main course was disappointing. The shrimp scampi was just okay, frozen shrimp. The burger was probably the better meal from the four we got. The cod special was cold and not salted or seasoned. We ordered a prime rib special which could only come medium not medium rare due to the time which is understandable due to the time 8pm. The steak came out cold and fully cooked. Tasted awful like old meat. We asked for it to be taken back and warmed up. Once we received the steak back it wasn’t any better and the rest of the table had finished their meals. The manager at this point has come in to check on us and apologized and took the steak off the table and bill. She stated that the pork chop our second option if the prime special wasn’t available was almost ready. We were reluctant to accept it due to the table being done eating and ready to leave but the manager brought it out anyways we said we didn’t want it but insisted we try it. The pork chop was also over cooked and dry tough to even get a fork in it. We took a bite to try, it was hard to cut the glaze was good and mashed potato sides were also very good but that was it. Not wanting to cause more fuss my partner just asked for the bill. I privately told the manager the pork chop was tough and dry and we couldn’t eat it. Very dissatisfied with the fact that we still had to pay $27 for the pork chop that we couldn’t even eat or take home to reheat.