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| - Eh, not bad. I loved the atmosphere, and WISHED this place had been in Lakewood when I lived down the road 20 years ago...My only complaint, for a place called "Melt," known for grilled cheese for the hipster crowd and gourmand tourist, one should be able to find the cheese on their sandwich without a map. The bread tasted great, sliced thick like "Texas toast," but too thick...to have a slice of cheese, one layer of tomato and one layer of bacon, the sandwich was dry as hell. Tasty, but dry from way too much bread. We had 3 adults and 4 kids in our party and the server seemed to handle the crowd ok enough, only...for our party, majority kids, they included the 20% gratuity. No bigs, anyone that knows me, knows I will tip more than 20% if the service was great and/or, they've had to deal with a group that includes a.) my mother b.) my 4 nieces and nephews aged 9 and younger. So, seriously? This hipster dude was not seeing another penny from me. When I asked him if they normally include gratuity for parties of 6 or more, he said yes and I told him too bad, I would have tipped more than 20% simply due to the crowd control at our table alone...his reply "I'm not greedy, I'm fine with 20%." Yeah dude, and your service reflected the fact you had a built in tip. "Parties of 6, 7 or 8 or more" rules usually apply to individual paying adults to discourage 6, 7 or 8 separate bills. Duh. I doubt I'll be back to Melt. When your niche product is something that most of us have mastered in our own kitchens, you betta bring it with the service, especially when a party of 6 can expect to pay $80 (including tip) for lunch. Yes, LUNCH. If I were in SF, I'd expect the attitude AND the pricing, but c'mon, Cleveland?? Get over yourself. Decent enough food, but Cleveland and Lakewood have better options...
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