Melanie Pringle's Restaurants welcomes you to their dining room. They are open after-hours all week and are conveniently accessible by public transit and bicycle. Come visit them in a neighborhood acknowledged as historical, stimulating and green.
The jambalia is not jambalia. Over cooked rice with cold salsa on top, no okra, no passion. At least, give it a half-hearted attempt to make jambalia, and serve it at the right temperature. I doubt that we will be back. Oh, and the coffee I ordered never got to the table.
This place is a joke. My mom just got off the phone with the manager and Ive never heard anyone speak so rude and aggressively. We were never given our takeout order and when we called my mother was talked down to and asked why did she forget the food, all the while the food was never punched in to the kitchen. All around Im extremely disappointed because this place use to be a great place for a meal.
I live near Melanie's and able to walk over and enjoy this great eating establishment. Love the burgers, better than homemade and my favorite are the Nachos. Great staff, food and atmosphere. Highly recommend
The quality of the food they serve has definitely gone down. They used to give large portions and now it's kid portion food. Me and a friend used to go there for their chicken parmesean. The last few times the food has been horrible. The chicken is the size of a little nugget and barely any cheese. Not worth it. It used to be great I don't know what happened.
We order mostly take-out from here, but we've eaten in the dining room and like the atmosphere of the place. The food is good - not spectacular, but decent. The one complaint I have about eating in is the service. We've gotten the same waitress every time, and she's not very good as far as waitressing goes. She rarely comes back to ask if you need refills on drinks, or anything else. She always seems angry, or stressed, which doesn't make for the most relaxing meal. One thing that is delicious is their deep fried banana cheesecake! Never had anything like it anywhere else, and it's so yum. We'd still go back to eat in, but I prefer take-out from here. The waitress scares me :)
One my favorite restaurants in Whitby is Melanie Pringle's. My husband and I dine out often and we often choose Mel's.
His favorite is the meatloaf and mashed. A hearty, traditional meal that Melanie serves to perfection. Mine is the vegetable fajita's. The menu is extensive and your bound to find something to make your favorite.
We enjoy the 50's atmosphere and the popcorn machine at the front door that help's tide you over till dinner arrives.
Which is not a long wait. Even when it's packed with a line-up its worth it. The service always make you feel like your not waiting long at all. Service is attentive, friendly and overall just great.
So if your looking for a reasonably priced meal with the family check out Melanie Pringle's. My review is five stars.
Love this place. Go there often. Dining room is cool with a real 57 Chevy in length coming out of the wall. I hang out much more in the bar which is simply put a cool/good place to go have some drinks.
I've tried many menu items and have never had what i'd call a bad meal. Of many likes my #1 is the Chicken Penne Bake. I have yet to try the Chicken Parm but it happens to be my mother's favourite.
Went into this establishment with some great expectations, the atmosphere was a great diner style but that's where it kind of ended for my group.
The service was terrible, I try not to be so harsh since i was a server myself for 5 years as a student, but it was slow, rude, and had terrible timing. Our waitress nothing short of demanded our orders instead of asking, did not come to check up on how our meals where and was terribly slow at getting the meal.
The food was worse i regret to say. The pasta sauce , Alfredo, which is supposed to be a cream sauce looked like it was coated on as a thick salad dressing, someone must have filled it with flour. The chicken Parmesan, i took one bite and could not stomach it, it did not taste like chicken and i lost my appetite. The stemware and plates were damaged too, throw it out when its gone bad-it makes even a good plate look bad.
All in all it was not a good experience and I'm sad that i wasted my family's time and our money at this place. We won't be going back
My boyfiend and I went here once before but the second time we were not impressed. We both had cesear salads and there was wayyyy too much dressing and the crutons were stale. He ordered a hot sandwich, and she wrote it down as a steak sandwich which came out disgusting.. dont ever order their steak sandwich, but he ate it anyway without telling her its not what he ordered. I had the meditteranean wrapper and it was dripping....... thats disgusting..
We love this place. My husband and I discovered it by accident (we lived close by) and started going there as often as possible, but they closed down close to us... so now we travel to Whitby once in a while and bring our kids. We love the atmosphere, we love the food. His favorite is the wings, mine is the Chicken parmesan... best I've had anywhere. Our kids love the atmosphere and we've always had a good experience. Can't wait to go back again! Thanks
I don't go for the food. The food is average but...
I don't go for the food. The food is average but a bit pricey and not the best I've had. Don't get me wrong, the foods ok, just very average but overpriced for the quality. The reason I go there is the atmosphere. I absolutely love the place as far as the atmosphere. I will continue to go back, we went there on a weekly basis when I was a kid and now I'm taking my own children (who both enjoy the place too)
The food is pretty good here, and the atmosphere...
The food is pretty good here, and the atmosphere is somewhat nice, but there is something lacking. The service could do with a major improvement, and the wait is a little on the long side.
Overall, good, but nothing special at all.
Also, although I did not eat from it that night, the salad buffet is nothing short of truly disappointing.
