Mel's Drive In

Name: Mel's Drive In
Address: 801 Mission St, San Francisco, CA, 94103, US
Telephone: +14152270793
Price range: $$

AmericanBreakfast$$Silicon Valley

$$ · Moderate
Reservations not listed
801 Mission St
San Francisco, CA 94103
+14152270793
Website
Menu

Ways to pay here

What each card earns on your bill, best first.

Your bill$

Top dining cards

Best nowAmerican Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
4x on up to $50,000 of eligible spend a year
≈$6.00
6%
With Rakuten Dining: ≈$11.50 · 12%
4x Membership Rewards on dining
400 Membership Rewards · ≈$6.00 at 1.5¢ each (valuation from Aug 2025)
After you join Rakuten Dining and link this card
Rakuten Dining, Member tier: 5% back
$5.50 as points, or $5.00 as cash (valuation from Oct 2026)
Valued as points, for members who take Rakuten Cash Back as Bilt points (free Bilt account; 50 points per $1 at Blue status, 100 per $1 from Silver up) or Amex Membership Rewards (1:1; needs another Amex card that earns Membership Rewards). Taken as cash, it is worth its face value.
A card links to one Rakuten (Rewards Network and Seated) program at a time; linking it to Rakuten Dining replaces any other.
Join Rakuten Dining
Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40
5.4%
With Rakuten Dining: ≈$10.90 · 11%
3x Chase Ultimate Rewards on dining
300 Chase Ultimate Rewards · ≈$5.40 at 1.8¢ each (valuation from Jan 2026)
After you join Rakuten Dining and link this card
Rakuten Dining, Member tier: 5% back
$5.50 as points, or $5.00 as cash (valuation from Oct 2026)
Valued as points, for members who take Rakuten Cash Back as Bilt points (free Bilt account; 50 points per $1 at Blue status, 100 per $1 from Silver up) or Amex Membership Rewards (1:1; needs another Amex card that earns Membership Rewards). Taken as cash, it is worth its face value.
A card links to one Rakuten (Rewards Network and Seated) program at a time; linking it to Rakuten Dining replaces any other.
Join Rakuten Dining
Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40
5.4%
With Rakuten Dining: ≈$10.90 · 11%
3x Chase Ultimate Rewards on dining
300 Chase Ultimate Rewards · ≈$5.40 at 1.8¢ each (valuation from Jan 2026)
After you join Rakuten Dining and link this card
Rakuten Dining, Member tier: 5% back
$5.50 as points, or $5.00 as cash (valuation from Oct 2026)
Valued as points, for members who take Rakuten Cash Back as Bilt points (free Bilt account; 50 points per $1 at Blue status, 100 per $1 from Silver up) or Amex Membership Rewards (1:1; needs another Amex card that earns Membership Rewards). Taken as cash, it is worth its face value.
A card links to one Rakuten (Rewards Network and Seated) program at a time; linking it to Rakuten Dining replaces any other.
Join Rakuten Dining

Values are estimates at CardRewards point valuations. See the best cards for dining.

Best now≈6%American Express Gold Card

About

Mel's Drive-In serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a 1947 Americana spirit, featuring craft beer, wine, free-range eggs, and smash burgers.

Mel's Drive-In serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner with a 1947 Americana spirit.

The menu features free-range country fresh eggs and 50 cent smash burgers.

Craft beer, wine, and champagne are available alongside classic diner options.

Known for

Classic 1947 Americana spirit
Craft beer and wine
Free-range country fresh eggs
Smash burgers

Dining programs here

10 dining programs pay extra here on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and pay with that card.

Hilton (Rewards Network): pick one of 10 programs

These programs share one restaurant network, and a card can be linked to only one of them. Choose the currency you want. Every day.

Hilton Honors Dining2–8 points per $1
IHG Dine & Earn1–8 points per $1
Eat Around Town4–6 points per $1
AAdvantage Dining1–5 miles per $1
SkyMiles Dining0.5–5 miles per $1
MileagePlus Dining0.5–5 miles per $1
Atmos Rewards Dining0.5–5 points per $1
Rakuten Dining5% back
TrueBlue Dining1–3 points per $1
Rapid Rewards Dining0.5–3 points per $1

Hours

Monday	7 AM – 11 PM
Tuesday	7 AM – 11 PM
Wednesday	7 AM – 11 PM
Thursday	7 AM – 11 PM
Friday	7 AM – 3 AM
Saturday	7 AM – 3 AM
Sunday	7 AM – 11 PM

Location

801 Mission St · Silicon Valley, San Francisco

Directions Apple Maps

Details

Features

Outdoor seating
Vegan options
Vegetarian friendly

Good for

Breakfast · Brunch · Dinner · Lunch

Nearby restaurants

Mel's Drive In
up to12%
South of Market · 300 ft
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Upside6%
Zevi Cafe & Bistrob
up to16%
Café · $$ · Yerba Buena · 450 ft
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Upside11%Rakuten Dining5%Bilt Dining1x
Zevi Cafe & Bistro
up to8.8%
Mediterranean · $$$ · South of Market · 500 ft
American Express Gold Card + Eat Around Town
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+7 more
Bimi Poke
up to12%
Japanese · $$$ · South of Market · 500 ft
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more
Buckhorn Grill Metreon
up to12%
American · $$ · SF - North Beach & Fisherman's Wharf · 500 ft
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 more
Dabao Singapore
up to12%
Asian · $$ · San Francisco - Downtown · 500 ft
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more

114 American restaurants in San Francisco 6 restaurants in Silicon Valley

Some restaurant addresses, phone numbers, websites and cuisines come from Overture Maps Foundation open data (Meta and Microsoft, CDLA Permissive 2.0; Foursquare, Apache 2.0; AllThePlaces, CC0 1.0). Overture attribution Some neighbourhoods come from Who's On First boundaries (CC-BY 4.0). Who's On First licenses Some opening hours, phone numbers, websites and cuisines are © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). OpenStreetMap copyright

About

Known for

Dining programs here

Hours

Location

Details

Features

Good for

Nearby restaurants

Mel's Drive In

Zevi Cafe & Bistrob

Zevi Cafe & Bistro

Bimi Poke

Buckhorn Grill Metreon

Dabao Singapore