Great service and excellent food! We had sauteed and fried crab claws; the best hamburger with bacon and sauteed mushrooms; my husband had shrimp/sausage/corn/potatoes and gave it a double thumbs up! Such a treat. We will make the trip from Gluckstadt to dine there again!
Stephanie Dozier Gatlin
So salty that you can’t eat it!
Rachel
Great waitresses
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
William Lloyd
Come to Brookhaven quite frequently. Have eaten at all of the beaten path restaurants. Decided to do a search for "the best burgers in Brookhaven." Melba' Place was one in the listings. The unique place is not on the main strips. I ordered the Shack burger and fries. It was the best burger I have had in a long time. It is one of those burgers that we with mustaches, or guys with besrds, get burger all in our facial hair. Gals with long hair not tied back, get it in their locks. Its one those hugh, sloppy burgers that the patty upstages the bun. I got bacon and grilled onions, which are add-ons, and yes at an additional cost. Well worth the money. One of my pet peeves is a resturaunt that reduces the amount and quality of their product to make their servings more affordable. I can understand that principle, yet do not agree. If you have a good product, people will pay the extra for quality and leave the restaurant fulfilled. I went in to dine at about lunch time. There were about 20 diners seated. Just one waitress and one cook in the kitchen. Within 15 mins, I received my order. To me, thats prompt service. For those that like beer wirh their meal, Melba's has a good selection of name brand beer and some I did not recognize. I chose to sit at the bar so as not to take up table space, I had good un-sweet tea, not much of a beer drinker. The atmosphere is new, clean, quiet. The diners? White collar, blue collar, and retired. Of race, an assortment. For years, I have tried my best to give a review of any place I dine. I have never given a 5 star review for all 3. Great work Melba'a
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Timothy Buzbee
The fried shrimp and the fried oysters were very greasy. The wait staff was excellent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Cherrie Murphy
Gumbo was on point.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dale Bryan
Delish!!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
madeline worth
I am so glad that my grandmother and me stopped by here for the first time this evening. The atmosphere was peaceful and the food was delicious. The seafood was absolutely wonderful, and the quality was grand! I wish there was one of these restaurants at home! We also brought home some dessert, because we were so full! Definitely will come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Corbin Covey
Great experience including waitress, seating and food was outstanding. I had grilled shrimp, crab claws, and hot fluffy baked potato. I’ll definitely go back!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Boiled Shrimp
Terri Nicole Jackson
Fun kid friendly place , kids meals with ice cream desert ,coloring ,great music, great food ,awesome staff , did i mention great food ? Best in town,you have to see for yourself !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Slow Smoked Prime Rib, Ribeye 12 Oz Minimum, American Red Snapper, Shack Fries, Shrimp Queso, Steak Bites, The Shack Burger Fries, Fried Shrimp Plate, Chicken Strips, Shrimp Poboy, Boiled Shrimp, Grouper, Seafood Platter
Enjoyed the whole experience, food was great recommend the catfish and shrimp plater well worth it, plenty of food and good prices. Worth a stop
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish
Silver Conundrum
I'm a little late on the review, but it's better late than never. The food was over-valued, i wish it looked like the photos other people took. Drinks were overpriced, and I'm not talking about the beer. Customer service was lacking. Could have been an off day. For what you spend you can go to another full service restaurant and get more bank for your buck. The reviews were 4.3, so one would have the inclination that the place was worth it. People lie for their local restaurants. I'm just saying.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
Tired of this crap
I've heard that this place was the place to go for GREAT tasting shrimp at a good price, and they had the best mushrooms. Well, I'll never get to know. They were sold out of a few of the menu items. It happens, but hell, 4 things? Really? Everything I asked about was "sorry, sold out."
I went today with a buddy for a late lunch around 3ish. They had about 15 or so people outside just talking not eating or drinking and 9 or 10 inside with about 6 actuly being waited on. So it was a good crowd. The poor waitress looked stressed out because the manager or owner or whatever looked like he chewed the poor girl out. Her attitude looked like it went from happy when we were seated to upset but trying to keep her composure when she took our order.
The food took a while to get once the order was placed, but it was fresh, hot, and bland. The shrimp was overcooked for my liking. For a "southern" restaurant, I'd like to have more flavor for my meal than what a hospital would offer. Maybe they were so busy that they forgot to add the seasoning. I don't know.
The atmosphere, well, let's just say... If you like sports bars/biker bars, this is your place. Will I give them a 2nd chance, maybe? But for the price of the food... holy crap, I'd have to take out a 2nd mortgage. Oh, and one more thing... what's with the price of a coke. I mean, you can dang near buy a 12 pack for what y'all charge for 1 can. Lmao. The best part was when I went to McDonald's directly after to actually get a meal that was filling. Being sarcastic but truthful.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
Candace F.
I understand in the economy today prices are up on everything. Is this place worth the prices charged? No. I ordered the creole wrap with the shrimp grilled. The flavor was decent, but it was salty enough to where I had to take a drink after every bite. My son ordered grilled catfish and with a bite ended up loosening one of his brace brackets on what looked like a shell from a crab(red; no one at our table ordered any shelled fish). Not the worst hush puppies that I have ever had, but Melba's is pretty close to being the worst. I definitely was expecting better food based off of friends and reviews, but this place definitely didn't live up to any of its reviews.
Great service and excellent food! We had sauteed and fried crab claws; the best hamburger with bacon and sauteed mushrooms; my husband had shrimp/sausage/corn/potatoes and gave it a double thumbs up! Such a treat. We will make the trip from Gluckstadt to dine there again!
So salty that you can’t eat it!
Great waitresses
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Come to Brookhaven quite frequently.
Have eaten at all of the beaten path restaurants. Decided to do a search for "the best burgers in Brookhaven."
Melba' Place was one in the listings.
The unique place is not on the main strips. I ordered the Shack burger and fries.
It was the best burger I have had in a long time.
It is one of those burgers that we with mustaches, or guys with besrds, get burger all in our facial hair. Gals with long hair not tied back, get it in their locks.
Its one those hugh, sloppy burgers that the patty upstages the bun.
I got bacon and grilled onions, which are add-ons, and yes at an additional cost.
Well worth the money. One of my pet peeves is a resturaunt that reduces the amount and quality of their product to make their servings more affordable.
I can understand that principle, yet do not agree.
If you have a good product, people will pay the extra for quality and leave the restaurant fulfilled.
I went in to dine at about lunch time.
There were about 20 diners seated.
Just one waitress and one cook in the kitchen. Within 15 mins, I received my order. To me, thats prompt service.
For those that like beer wirh their meal, Melba's has a good selection of name brand beer and some I did not recognize. I chose to sit at the bar so as not to take up table space, I had good un-sweet tea, not much of a beer drinker.
The atmosphere is new, clean, quiet.
The diners? White collar, blue collar, and retired. Of race, an assortment.
For years, I have tried my best to give a review of any place I dine.
I have never given a 5 star review for all 3.
Great work Melba'a
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The fried shrimp and the fried oysters were very greasy. The wait staff was excellent.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 5
Gumbo was on point.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delish!!!!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I am so glad that my grandmother and me stopped by here for the first time this evening. The atmosphere was peaceful and the food was delicious. The seafood was absolutely wonderful, and the quality was grand! I wish there was one of these restaurants at home! We also brought home some dessert, because we were so full! Definitely will come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great experience including waitress, seating and food was outstanding. I had grilled shrimp, crab claws, and hot fluffy baked potato. I’ll definitely go back!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Boiled Shrimp
Fun kid friendly place , kids meals with ice cream desert ,coloring ,great music, great food ,awesome staff , did i mention great food ? Best in town,you have to see for yourself !
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Slow Smoked Prime Rib, Ribeye 12 Oz Minimum, American Red Snapper, Shack Fries, Shrimp Queso, Steak Bites, The Shack Burger Fries, Fried Shrimp Plate, Chicken Strips, Shrimp Poboy, Boiled Shrimp, Grouper, Seafood Platter
Restaurantji Recommends
Loved the food and service was great
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish
Enjoyed the whole experience, food was great recommend the catfish and shrimp plater well worth it, plenty of food and good prices. Worth a stop
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Catfish
I'm a little late on the review, but it's better late than never. The food was over-valued, i wish it looked like the photos other people took. Drinks were overpriced, and I'm not talking about the beer. Customer service was lacking. Could have been an off day. For what you spend you can go to another full service restaurant and get more bank for your buck. The reviews were 4.3, so one would have the inclination that the place was worth it. People lie for their local restaurants. I'm just saying.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 2
I've heard that this place was the place to go for GREAT tasting shrimp at a good price, and they had the best mushrooms. Well, I'll never get to know. They were sold
out of a few of the menu items. It happens, but hell, 4 things? Really? Everything I asked about was "sorry, sold out."
I went today with a buddy for a late lunch around 3ish. They had about 15 or so people outside just talking not eating or drinking and 9 or 10 inside with about 6 actuly being waited on. So it was a good crowd. The poor waitress looked stressed out because the manager or owner or whatever looked like he chewed the poor girl out. Her attitude looked like it went from happy when we were seated to upset but trying to keep her composure when she took our order.
The food took a while to get once the order was placed, but it was fresh, hot, and bland.
The shrimp was overcooked for my liking. For a "southern" restaurant, I'd like to have more flavor for my meal than what a hospital would offer. Maybe they were so busy that they forgot to add the seasoning. I don't know.
The atmosphere, well, let's just say... If you like sports bars/biker bars, this is your place. Will I give them a 2nd chance, maybe? But for the price of the food... holy crap, I'd have to take out a 2nd mortgage. Oh, and one more thing... what's with the price of a coke. I mean, you can dang near buy a 12 pack for what y'all charge for 1 can. Lmao. The best part was when I went to McDonald's directly after to actually get a meal that was filling. Being sarcastic but truthful.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 3
I understand in the economy today prices are up on everything. Is this place worth the prices charged? No. I ordered the creole wrap with the shrimp grilled. The flavor was decent, but it was salty enough to where I had to take a drink after every bite. My son ordered grilled catfish and with a bite ended up loosening one of his brace brackets on what looked like a shell from a crab(red; no one at our table ordered any shelled fish). Not the worst hush puppies that I have ever had, but Melba's is pretty close to being the worst. I definitely was expecting better food based off of friends and reviews, but this place definitely didn't live up to any of its reviews.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 2
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