Ethel & Fred's — Restaurant in West Melbourne

Was Not happy with this place. I had never been and my boyfriend had not been in a while, so we went. It was busy. There were us and another couple in front of us. We spent 10 if not 15 mins at the door after they sat the first couple. No one acknowledged us as they walked by a few times. (No sign to seat yourself) finally someone said to go take a seat anywhere. Our drinks came fast. We only asked once to give us a few. 10 mins later we got our order in. Nothing crazy. People came in after us, got seated, ordered and received their meals. We sat there for about 40 mins or so after our drinks came and watched people get served. (We were busy talking until we noticed our food had never showed up and everyone else after us got served.) We asked. She checked and said she put it on a rush on it. Said everyone else must have asked for serving easy to make. 10 mins later. We paid for our drinks and left. Still no food. From start to finish was not a good experience. Not...

They close at 2:00, so breakfast and lunch only. We were there for lunch. I was picking up flooring down the street and they recommended Ethel & Fred's when I asked for a local mom-and-pop place with really good food. Glad they recommended it, as it was great!

The server said their patty melt and burgers are exceptional, so we got one of each. I asked for crispy fries, and she said they already come pretty crispy, and they were perfect. Really good fries.

My wife was thrilled with the Patty melt, and my burger was delicious. The cole slaw was also really good. Creamy and just the way I like it.

You would never notice the place if you are not looking for it. Their sign above the restaurant was destroyed in the hurricane, and she said it's very expensive to replace. It's in the corner of an L-shaped Strip Center behind...

Not a bad spot for a quick and reasonably priced lunch but DO NOT get the "NY Style" breakfast sandwich. Feeling homesick I decided to give it a shot and what I got was best described as a Mcdonald's style breakfast sandwich. The woman who took my order even boasted about how good the sandwich's were, how close they were to what she used to get back in NY, and that she would not allow them to sell bad breakfast sandwich. The "Kaiser roll" they used was literally a hamburger bun and the eggs were rubbery and perfectly circular like they dropped eggs into a mold and shoved it in the microwave for 2 minutes. Everything else I've had here has been fantastic but that breakfast sandwich has left a bad taste in my mouth both figuratively...