Melini Cucina Italian Restaurant — Restaurant in Grayson

Went their May 17,2024 approximately 3:30 pm,My Granddaughters Birthday.I stopped to see if they had "Chicken Fettuccine Alfredo" they said Yes,it would take 15 minutes,Hostess was nice,Boy at register was nice,they brought me her food stacked in a bag&I left for home.I got home handed the bag to my Granddaughter,I hadn't noticed but Due to the paper lid that was Saturated with white runny liquid it at leaked out the lid which was barely on the to go container,The Bag was Full of the runny white substance, probably 2 Cups or more! I told my Granddaughter to throw that junk away,She trashed the bag of white runny liquid,wiped off the to go container &removed the Saturated paper lid,there. was 4 or 5 thick white pastie squares of. what resembled "Tofu" which turned out to be something that was Supposed to be a sorry representation of some sort of cheese which was Awful,The Entire thing was a Low Grade mess,I Got that mess&a Antipasto salad&paid $ 28.00 for it. I just purchased a ONE TIME Nasty Experience for $ 28.00 Dollars,folks who frequent & patronize such low standard of Food prep must be easily pleased with lower expectations of what is "Supposed to be" Italian food, Definitely NOT! Won't throw my hard earned money away on that mess again&had to Apologize to my Granddaughter for buying her & presenting her such a mess from a Restaurant attempting to Immitate Italian cuisine,I would think a 12 year old could have done better,It's been made All to Clear to Our little Family that they Do Not Care about the Food Prep or how it's sent out of their Store,as long as they get their money.What a...

Food was great. Service was horrible. We understand that with the pandemic workers are hard to find but everyone else in the resturant had good service. We sat at our table for 20 minutes before anyone came to get our order for drinks, while everytable around us that was set at the same time of us had already had their drinks and appetizers. The two servers that was working tonight walked past our table numerous times and it took us saying we were ready to order before they even took our drink order. Our drinks came out and we went ahead and ordered, we did not get our appetizer that was ordered. When our food came out I asked for utensils and she said that they only had plastic utensils, meanwhile the table right beside us just got real utensils and the tables that was sat after us got real utenails. We had to track our waitress down for refills and for a box to go. All of the other tables around us got checked on numerous times we were only checked on the once and that was after I had to acknowledge that we needed refills. When we went to check out we still had not had our ticket but we had to go as we had already made prior arrangements to be somewhere at a certain time. We frequently visit here to have dinner and have exceptional service so it could have just been an off day. But when every table around you is getting good service that really...

Relaxed atmosphere with knowledgeable and helpful waitstaff. Plentiful menu selection with a decent children's menu that my children had trouble deciding on because they stated it all looked good. We started with appetizers including fried calamari and caprese salad. The calamari were delicious...a good mix of rings with tentacles that were lightly battered and fried golden brown. The caprese salad was good but the tomatoes are out of season at this time so slightly mealy. My wife loved her veal piccata with capers. Baked ziti was exceptional as well. Two adult meals, a Cesar salad, two higher priced appetizers (for this establishment), and three sodas came to $60. My family and I all agree that we enjoyed the restaraunt and look forward to sampling more of the menu. Oh, and their dessert menu looks good but we were too full to even...