I won't make this long and drawn out-we frequent sweet Melissa's very often and food is always consistent, fresh and service always attentive and quick. Cafe melissa on the other hand, I have been here twice and ordered the same salad-salmon salad which I love. The first time and the way it's supposed to be had a nice crunchy jicama slaw on top-this time had red bell peppers which were wilted along with the jicama wilted on top-I honestly thought it was cheese at first because of the texture! My daughter had chocolate chip pancakes for brunch and we love sweet m's pancakes-the texture was off on hers and felt almost hour old and not fresh. Super disappointed. Service at cafe melissa was the same slow service we had before and the same waiter. We were checked on once, never asked for our waters to be refilled and we were siting outside in the hot sun, I finally asked when they came back and it then took 15 minutes to return with no water but my check and then I was asked if I wanted water!?!? Service needs to be on point which it isn't and my friends who prefer to go to sweet Melissa's instead have told me the downfalls of cafe's food being inconsistent along with service but we were in the area and I wanted the salad I love-which I didn't love at this visit. Work on service-it was dead in there and it shouldn't matter dead or busy be consistent! Food needs to be exactly the same every time you order it. And another side note, in order dressing on the side and as I'm drizzling it on with my fork I have chickpeas and random food floating in the dressing container...Uggg sloppy details people!