My son, fiancé and I stopped up at Sweet Melissa's for a celebration breakfast (I proposed the night before!) a few weeks ago on a Saturday morning. We like the small business feel of Rocky River and my fiancé recommended this place for a nice breakfast. The interior was very pretty with a rustic, homey kind of feel. The display case of treats in the restaurant had our mouths watering before we sat down.
The brunch menu was clean and fresh and it was nice to see that they had multiple options but we settled for breakfast items. Our server was a younger female who was friendly but not over bearing, which was a relief. My fiancé ordered the corned beef hash, my son had the pancakes and bacon and I went with the biscuits and gravy with a side of bacon.
The mini appetizer or fresh fruit and a mini scone was a refreshing start the to the meal that we all enjoyed. My fiancé was very impressed with her meal as was I (and I'm not a huge corned beef). My meal of the biscuits and gravy kind of threw me off. I was expecting white gravy (not specified on the menu) but it came with more of a southwestern spicy gravy, which was awesome! The "biscuits" was actually one LARGE biscuit (which was a little dry) in a bowl covered the tasty gravy. I happen to hate eggs which happened to come with my meal but I was pleasantly surprised that I ate more than a few bites (the best eggs I have ever had to be honest). The star of the plate weirdly enough was the redskin potatoes that had a warm white drizzle that was out of this world. The bacon was crispy and my son loved his pancakes as he always does (3 year olds are easy).
Sweet Melissa made a very good breakfast for us and although it's a little on the pricy side ($55 for 2 adults and 1 toddler) we will definitely be coming back. Next time I will probably give the French Toast a try since the pancakes were so good! Bravo!