Mel-O-Dee Restaurant & Catering

Mel-O-Dee’s in New Carlisle is fantastic! The broasted chicken is delicious and brings back memories of the classic broasted chicken restaurant in Dayton. that we used to have. They’ve been serving the community for over 60 years with great food, friendly service, and a warm, family atmosphere. The service is great, prices are reasonable especially for the portion sizes. Don’t miss their all-you-can-eat fish Mondays and freshly baked bread available daily, it’s always an enjoyable experience. Lastly Michael was very professional curious and clearly cares about his customers.

This restaurant’s specialty is their “broasted chicken” which really isn’t that special in my opinion. I would almost compare it to gas station chicken. I got the broasted chicken tenders, but also fries and onion rings. The rest of the food really is delicious, and their homemade bread is to die for. I would come again, but maybe get something else.

A very interesting restaurant, a tiny town of Medway that only has a population of 700, next to another town with only 5,000 people. The homemade bread that you get served complimentary as an appetizer is to absolutely die for! The atmosphere reminds you of small town old fashioned and old school. The food was delicious and relatively affordable, and if you're looking for a good down-home old fashioned kind of meal that your grandparents would give you or take you to, this is the place to go.

Specials changing daily. It’s always a favorite place for us. Excellent service. Food is always delicious. Grilled Chicken Sandwich Meatloaf and Mashed potatoes

We stopped in for dinner during our visit to Dayton. It seems they are always busy and this time is no exception. We had 6 people in our party, we didn't have to wait long and they got us seated very quickly. With 6 people in our party, we ordered a variety of meals. Fried Chicken is their specialty which was very delicious and cooked to perfection. All the other meals were also delicious. The place has plenty of seating with a great atmosphere. Our waitresses was awesome and very attentive and our food came out very quickly. We had a wonderful dining experience.

Very good diner-type food. I had the pork tenderloin breakfast and it tasted great. The hash browns were not crispy or very warm. They may have been sitting a while before serving but tasted fine. Service was great!

I had a much higher expectations I had heard for a long time this was a really neat restaurant to stop at. I finally made it up to the area and checked it out and it was a letdown it was a mom pop got a place where which is fine I love that the food had a large variety of food almost too many choices everything centered around broasted chicken. Coleslaw was the best thing on the menu. My son ended up getting the breakfast for dinner thing and he was disappointed

I went for their breakfast bowl. It's pretty straightforward - a biscuit loaded up with ham, eggs, bacon, and hash browns, all covered in sausage gravy and topped with cheese!!! Sounds heavy, but it really hit the spot. Grabbed some of their homemade toast on the side too, which is always a nice touch! My wife opted for the veggie omelette. She seemed to enjoy it, said the veggies were fresh. It came with hash browns that looked nice and crispy. She also got one of their biscuits on the side - freshly made!! What I really appreciate about Mel-O-Dee is that it's just a regular, no-fuss kind of place. Good portions, fair prices, and the food comes out quick. It's not trying to be trendy, just serving up solid meals. The bread, though? That's something special. It's so good we ended up buying a loaf to take home. Definitely a smart move if you go. I'd say Mel-O-Dee easily lands in the top 5 diners in Dayton. The best part is you can drop in for breakfast, lunch, or dinner and know you're gonna get a good meal. If you're in the area and looking for a reliable spot to eat, it's definitely worth checking out. Just good, straightforward food that hits the spot any time of day!

Good old country cooking. Many home-made style choices! Very popular family owned restraunt, often very busy.

The food is country, down-home cooking, and there is a lot of it: fresh-baked bread and excellent coleslaw. This is a Saturday night. We were served dinner at 8 p.m., and they started cleaning the floors and tables and putting the chairs up on the tables while we were eating. It felt rushed and very unwelcoming. Great food, disappointing atmosphere.

Terrible! Heard the owner talking badly about a server to another server. Then reprimanding that server in front of customers. Poor business ethic.

Wonderful homemade food. Love the chicken. Service is also great. We always ask for the rye bread.

Quickly seated on a late Sunday morning, but then waited for over 30 minutes for our food to be served. Go with the broaster chicken and cole slaw; both are good. I do not recommend the chicken and dumplings, which are served with 2 whole pieces of chicken on top of dumplings and (what appears to be) canned cream of chicken soup. Lastly, water glasses were not refilled.

Food was great! Chicken is so tasty! Service was friendly and atmosphere was good too

The food was average. Nothing special. The pork tenderloin with mashed potatoes & gravy was like any typical diner. The salad was lettuce with some grated carrots. My husband had the famous coleslaw, which was good, only because the dressing was sweet. They did have homemade sliced bread which was okay. I would rather have a roll. The 2 piece broasted chicken dinner (dark meat) was good, but the leg was very small. The server was good and the amount of time there was good. They were very busy for a Sunday evening. It was reasonably priced.

Food was outstanding! I had pot roast and red potatoes and my hubs had the New England boil. Homemade bread for 'sopping' and home made peach pie! Talk about an American meal at it's finest!

The food is great very large portions. The service is great. Lots of people working. Take care of your drinks. Homemade bread is awesome. Too easy to get into wheelchair accessible. Lots of people when we are there.

Where to start??? It was pretty packed on a Friday night and I see why! But they moved through the list quickly and we didn't wait long. The service was quick and good. Didn't have to ask for my drink refills, which I love! The food! Everything our group had was so good! Due to time, here are the highlights. The homemade bread, yum! The coleslaw is the best I've ever had. Never thought I'd ever be praising coleslaw on Yelp, but here i am! The chicken was great! But the pies...I had to take half my meal home so that I could eat that huge piece of BUTTERSCOTCH PIE! It was crazy good! The other guys loved their coconut and banana cream pies, but they didn't know what they were missing because the butterscotch will change your life! Haha Loved this place! Hoping to get back there again before I leave town!

I love their broasted chicken and broasted potatoes. They have the absolute best coleslaw too. If you love brosted chicken you should try this place.

I came here on the invitation and suggestion of my youngest brother. We met up with his old elementary school friend for breakfast. They had many of your usual breakfast items. I was torn between the 2 egg breakfast and BLT$

The Mel-O-Dee restaurant in New Carlisle has a relaxed atmosphere and home cooked food with decent prices. The best Swiss steak and broasted chicken anywhere. Homemade bread served with every meal and their cole slaw is known as the best anywhere. They serve all three meals daily.

I went to this restaurant for the first time in 30 years. My husband and I used to go a lot in the 1980's. The food was good but I was disappointed in my carry out order. I ordered the 8 piece of chicken $19.99. The pieces were mostly wings and not much white meat. What upset me the most was the time it took to get the order and when I got it home it was overcooked to the point of almost burned. The waitress we had could have been a little friendlier. She would not listen to what you had to say and wanted to run off quick. My gd asked no ice in her drink she brought a drink with ice. I asked for 1 box she brought 2. We waited a long time at the table after we were finished and she finally came by and said oh your order will be at the check out. We waited 15 minutes and it was ordered at the same time as our meal. Service was not great.

The staff are always friendly and the food reminds me of home. Try the chicken pot pie

Still the most delicious broasted chicken. Their broasted chicken is perfectly breaded and broasted to create the most crispy, juicy, delicious chicken. If you haven't tried it, you should! Also try their homemade white bread and their delicious cole slaw. Prices are reasonable, service is kind. Ambiance is old school diner.

Love the Food it's SO Good. Service is very good too. But one down side is the atmosphere is kinda loud.

Meatloaf tasted bad when I told waitress about it she asked if I wanted something else I said yes after About 5 minutes manager came to table and said I would have to pay for both items I only had taken 1 bite from the first.i don't think that should have to pay for both when one was bad .IWONT BE BACK!!!

Completely unprofessional. Not only did I find a hair in the food (yuck)! I witnessed the manager be completely unprofessional with an employee. She was yelling at her and fired her in front of the entire restaurant. Not what I wanted to see while I'm eating my dinner. How dare that manager embarrass that young lady. I do not support this business no more!

The whole area needs remodeled. Booths are old and uncomfortable. Food is very good especially the homemade chicken & noodles served only on Thursdays.

Love their bread, especially toated for breakfast. Had the Mel-O-Dee Ultimate Omelet. Which is three eggs with cheese, sausage, onions, green peppers, and tomatoes served toast or biscuits and your choice of sausage gravy, hash browns, fried apples, or sliced tomatoes. The egg part was thick enough to hold all the ingredients without it falling apart. Also had the broasted chicken is very flavorful. The wing are a little small. They sell their loaves of bread.

I went there to have lunch/ dinnner with a friend from out of town I am very judgey on meatloaf and let me tell ya. It was so good. The salad was good the mash was good. They have their own bread that they bake. I brought a loaf home! Thick!

Walked in about 7:45pm. They sat me but never showed up. After about 10 minutes decided to leave and go to lees famous recipe which was a great choice. Sucky service at the mel-o-Dee restaurant.

The food is like your Grandma's home cooking. Classic dishes with simple ingredients that are done right. Service is great. Atmosphere is light.

Don't let the outside of the establishment dissuade you from stopping into this place. Started in 1965 Mel-O-D is a diamond in the rough. First you may find a line at the door, understandable, because it is popular. The line moves fast. Not fancy with ordinary tables and chairs, minimal wall decorations and no table decorations. The menu is large with Broasted items the highlight of the meals. Either pork, chicken or fish the specialty of the place. The service is great the food homemade quality and the proces comparable with surrounding locations. Difference is in the quantity of food the abundance of bread and butter and the size of the drinks. I left this place with food to spare and a full stomach. Look this place up when in the Dayton, OH area.

Great food and service. Ultimate omlette was the way to go with a full french toast upgrade. Got a strawberry pie to go. Would definitely come back!

Food is usually very good especially their broasted chicken & fish. As cheap as fast food these day!!

Overall food was overcooked. Broasted chicken breasts were very dry. French Fries were cold and hard. Dried out as if sitting under a warming light for hours. Macaroni and cheese was not good and dried out. Overall bad experience with food. Service was good but will not go back. Went with three other people and same comments.

Decent food. Offering specials everyday and weekends. The broasted chicken is good and the coleslaw is delicious.

Their boasted chicken is the best but their boasted white fish is too salty and so crunchy it's hard. Their coleslaw used to be tender and sweet, but today it was just sweet and not tender at all. I will return because we have a good history. I hope it's just an off day for them.

Always good. Service friendly. Atmosphere pleasant. Go there often. My favorites are Melodee burger platter, broasted chicken and cod fish, Salad. It's like homecoming.

It was great place for breakfast! We tried it all, French toast, hash brown casserole, biscuits and gravy - it was so tasty. It is homey place with nice servers.

Right out of the 1960's the Melodee has charm and above average service. The menu is excellent as well as the food. The Broasted Chicken and Coleslaw are great ! It's a No Frills family style restaurant especially for Seniors.

Fresh food and good service and good place cuality services friendly personal prices is good

Yuck yuck and yuck chicken very dry, food very bland no flavor. I guess if I were 80 I might like it. Broaster Chicken dry dry no flavor.

Consistently good food. Consistently poor service if you're not a regular. I grew up in the area & crave the coleslaw & broasted chicken. Every time I come home & go to the restaurant, I leave full of delicious food but feeling relatively ignored. I'm sure I'll be back - it's a New Carlisle staple- but I sure wish for a little friendlier service.

Food was excellent- we ordered the standards: broasted chicken, pork chop, strip steak special, mashed potatoes, all were perfect. Slaw and bread are on point. Place was busy with early birds and hostess was quick to get us in to our comfy booth. No room for pie, sadly-next time! This place is a true blast from the past- they still play Muzak and it was all the way 70's hits. A gem of a place.

Great restaurant and famous for comfort food. I love the bread and beef stew plus the big breakfasts.

Nothing like going back to your hometown for some good homemade bread and the best comfort food. This place still taste the same as it did when I was kid. Never disappoints.

Great broasted chicken. Great service and well worth the short drive. I recommend everything on the menu.

I've been here a few times and it's okay. The homemade bread is amazing though! The infamous coleslaw is too sweet for me but good. We ordered breakfast last time we were here and it was just ok. I got some kind of skillet thing that wasn't terrible but I found a big piece of plastic in it. They did offer to make it right and took it off the bill. I know stuff happens. Honestly, the food is just middle of the road for me. But, there are a lot of hometown people who would disagree so don't take my word for it, try it for yourself.

I myself want disappointed, but the two parties I was with, I went for there broasted whitefish, the portions were fantastic, the coleslaw was fantastic as usual, the two other people ordered the burgers, they were dry and over cooked. My question to them why go somewhere that is known for their broasted food and get a burger. The reason I am giving it there starts is the staff person that waited on us, Teresa, she was not friendly, she never smiled, she never even welcomed us. If this was the first time with this waitress o wouldn't say anything cause you know there is a time when everyone had a bad day and I understand that. She wasn't any better this second time. Other than that it's a great place for families to get together and have dinner together, I highly recommend it.

Arrived when the parking lot was empty just after opening. Waited 10min to be served coffee. Coffee was weak. Couldn't get ketchup delivered to the table. Coffee wasn't refilled. Numerous people weren't wearing masks, employees and guests. Eggs were cold. My check was $22 for two coffees, hot cakes, French toast, and eggs. Bottom line: come here if you don't care about your service. Don't want coffee, and want to over pay for mediocre food that I could have just made at home. I'm not coming back. I'll live a full life.

Just a great, no-frills, diner with delicious food! Traveling for business, this was recommended from a store worker I was in. To my delight, it was so good! I had a chicken dinner. I ended up buying two extra loaves of the fresh made bread to take home. SO GOOD!

Good food and good service, nice down home feel. Had the broasted chicken which came out quickly and it was hot, save room for dessert because they have a great selection of pie to choose from.

Was very terrible,got treated yesterday and would not eat their again.

Best Broasted chicken this side of Amish country!! Awesome fresh baked loaves of bread, sliced thick and served with creamy butter. The chicken is so good - makes your tongue wanna slap your face! Try it and see.

Small town cafe with what appears to be a cult following. The place is nice size but super busy during the after church lunch rush. The wait wasn't bad, the parking a slight challenge. The fresh bread is a great start to the meal. Definitely reminds me of being a kid at grandma's Ordered the 2 pc mix with fried apples and "world famous" Cole slaw. I wasn't impressed with the slaw. It was to wet for my taste and the sloppiness detracted from the appearance. Personally, a little bit of fresh black pepper would be a nice complementary flavor. The chicken was good. Just enough crispness and salt. I can see how if this was served poorly that the grease could detract. The chicken and dumplings was ok. The chicken was served on the bone covered in sauce. The chicken was as good as the broasted. The dumplings were really good. There is definitely a German flair as it reminds me more of spaetzle than dumplings. The broasted pork chop was good. The pork had good flavor but I disliked the sauce as it felt mass produced and huntz like.

Places a little rundown but the food is really good home style. Coleslaw is awesome, homemade bread is to die for.