Allen S.
Yelp
Such a wonderful nostalgic bar and lounge at one time. Now it is something I don't recognize. While I understand changes due to business reasons and Covid, these changes seem way to drastic. First, after being seated at the bar, a sniping female bartender, who appeared clueless to doing the job asked for my order. At that time I asked her, what became of Brian, the former matre'd. Her quoted answer.....Don't ask me questions I don't know the answer to. That should take a while for anyone to digest. Lots of perfect comebacks, but I refused. Next, after ordering a cosmopolitan, I watched in amazement. The martini glasses are skinny stemmed, nearly appertif sized and totally out of place that uses cocktail napkins with Frank Sinatra's likeness. Mos martini glasses are wide at the top and sloped gently from the stem. I thought this was a mistake, but no, every martini was made the same. The bartender was so inept she couldn't get the ingredient volumes correct on every order which I was able to watch. Her correction method was to add more mix or alcohol .....her choice.
Melvyns rules used to be no golf shorts for men, real shoes, not flip flops and no baseball caps. Well, those rule went down the crapper along with the ambiance at Melvyns. The 'new' matre'd wore jeans and red jeweled slippers....right out of the Wizard of Oz
Mel has to be turning over in his grave. While they might be trying to attract a younger crowd they will certainly alienate many others. My last visit after going there for 30 years