We were told this was a good place to eat, especially for breakfast. We went for lunch and the food wasn't that great to be honest. Wouldn't go back. Service was great,

Great place. The breakfast were superb. Also if you had breakfast you got 10% off a meal in the evening. Had a few good meal in there. There is a separate bar upstairs, which had live music on, and was quite lively. I would recommend Melissa's to anyone wanting good quality food, good service, a good price and a good night out. Dies get busy for breakfasts at the weekend.

I'll try to end in a positive note because Melissas has some redeeming qualities.

So let's start with the bad news.

The sign outside the restaurant reads "Melissa's Missteak" and it actually hits quite close to home.

I've been here many times before and found the $7 steak sandwich to be extremely agreeable and so when I had some money to splurge decided to treat myself and my girlfriend to some proper expensive steak from Melissas... oh what a missteak that was.

I ordered the 10oz Ribeye Steak with peppercorn sauce... what a disaster. The taste of the steak was about as flat as the prairies and the peppercorn sauce was nothing short of putrid.

If my steak was a disaster my girlfriends steak was a Greek tragedy, granted she ordered it medium rare but it was cold and it resembled something more along the lines of the entrails of a pigeon than a 30 dollar piece of Grade A Alberta Beef.

So that was my first and last dining room experience I'll be having at Melissa's... I will never make that missteak again.

Now to the good.

The upstairs bar is neat, pool table (though be prepared to play pool like the movie 300, you'll see what I mean if you go there) cheap PBR's and most important of all FREE POPCORN!

I cannot stress this enough, if you're looking for a good night out, get yourself to the Mels bar upstairs, grab a PBR and get your fill of free popcorn, they sometimes also have live music, but avoid the dining room at all costs.

First time to Melissa's: We were completely satisfied & would recommend it to anyone looking to dine in Banff.....Good Food, great service & value for money!
Keep it up!