I promised a friend I wouldn't write a two page review about this, so here goes.
I had high hopes for Melt Grilled Cheese, but it seems I'm spoiled by better experiences in the past.
I've been to Melt a few times already, and I knew what to expect, but the food is just not great. Really not great.
I have big eyes and poor impulse control, so in the past I went for things like the tuna melt loaded up with jalapeno havarti, tomato corn salsa, and shredded lettuce, with a milkshake on the side, of course. I was quite let down.
My friend suggested going for the Tuesday special, $3 for a classic grilled cheese. As the saying goes, once bitten - twice shy; but I figured that I can't go wrong with a basic grilled cheese with no accoutrements. The grilled cheese was passable, at least they got a decent melt, but the tomato bisque I got as a side tasted really underwhelming - definitely store bought, maybe frozen and defrosted - and the parmesan, don't get me started. The mac and cheese side was OK, it tasted like a basic mac and cheese, pretty middle of the road, but at least not bad.
One slightly redeeming feature was the tater tots. I don't even like potatoes, but I found these quite interesting, and that's probably why I'm not being as scathing as I'm sort of tempted to be.
I kept wanting to like Melt, but I'm approaching the definition of insanity - trying the same thing over and over again, expecting different results.
Save yourself the trouble, please go somewhere else.