Melba's Restaurant

Melba's Restaurant Melba's Restaurant is a black-owned southern restaurant located in the Harlem borough of New York, NY.
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Melba's menu serves up comfort food classics like fried chicken and waffles, catfish, and short ribs. Our southern restaurant was born out of the vision of our founder, Melba Wilson, who wanted to nurture and provide an exquisite yet comfortable dining experience to the community that raised her. Melba's Restaurant offers their Harlem soul food for catering in NYC so you can share the best soul f

ood in NYC with your friends and loved ones. Enjoy the best soul food and southern hospitality in NYC at Melba's Restaurant.

Happy Birthday, ! 🧡Still smiling thinking about the beautiful Airbnb Experience we shared at Melba’s — good energy, grea...
06/25/2026

Happy Birthday, ! 🧡

Still smiling thinking about the beautiful Airbnb Experience we shared at Melba’s — good energy, great people, and a little mac & cheese magic in the kitchen.

Wishing you a year filled with love, joy, blessings, and everything your heart is building toward. 😘

A summer stop at Melba’s is always a good idea.Thank you for the love, ! 🧡
06/24/2026

A summer stop at Melba’s is always a good idea.

Thank you for the love, ! 🧡

Last week, had the room feeling right. Tonight, the mic opens again. 🎤Open Mic Night at Melba’s Harlem📆 Tuesday, 6/23⏰ ...
06/23/2026

Last week, had the room feeling right. Tonight, the mic opens again. 🎤

Open Mic Night at Melba’s Harlem
📆 Tuesday, 6/23
⏰ 6 PM – 9 PM
📍 300 W 114th St

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Motivational Monday ✨Honor what came before you, but don’t let old fears, inherited doubts, or other people’s ceilings b...
06/22/2026

Motivational Monday ✨

Honor what came before you, but don’t let old fears, inherited doubts, or other people’s ceilings become your blueprint.

Take what strengthened you. Release what restricted you. Then build something bigger — for yourself, for your family, and for everyone coming after you.

That’s freedom. That’s responsibility. That’s legacy. 🧡

Happy Father’s Day to the fathers, father figures, grandfathers, uncles, mentors, and men who lift our children higher.T...
06/21/2026

Happy Father’s Day to the fathers, father figures, grandfathers, uncles, mentors, and men who lift our children higher.

Thank you for the love that protects, the strength that steadies, the wisdom that guides, and the joy that makes a child feel like they can fly.

Today, we celebrate you. 🧡

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Father’s Day is tomorrow, and I know exactly what Dad deserves. 🧡Join us at Melba’s for our Father’s Day Special: tender...
06/20/2026

Father’s Day is tomorrow, and I know exactly what Dad deserves. 🧡

Join us at Melba’s for our Father’s Day Special: tender baby back ribs glazed with our famous 50-50 sauce — that perfect mix of Melba’s hot sauce and barbecue sauce — served with any two sides for $30.

Come hungry. Bring Dad. Let us help you celebrate him the Melba’s way.

Today, we celebrate Juneteenth — freedom, heritage, community, and the joy of gathering around the table. ❤️🖤💚At Melba’s...
06/19/2026

Today, we celebrate Juneteenth — freedom, heritage, community, and the joy of gathering around the table. ❤️🖤💚

At Melba’s, we’re honoring the day the best way we know how: with comfort, soul, and love on a plate.

Join us all day for our Juneteenth specials:
Fried Chicken & Waffles for $19
or
One piece of fried chicken or catfish with any side for $19

We’ll also have Uncle Nearest drink specials all day long.

Come celebrate with us.

06/18/2026

This is what it’s all about. 🧡

One of my greatest privileges is getting to celebrate life’s big moments with our community — birthdays, graduations, homecomings, wins, milestones, and everything in between.

Congratulations to ’s sons on their middle school graduation! Watching families gather around the table, love on each other, and mark these special moments is exactly what makes Melba’s feel like family.

Thank you for letting us be part of the celebration. Harlem village, always. 🎓

Now this is a night at the theater worth showing up for.You’re invited to Encores! La Cage Aux Folles — a Tony-winning m...
06/17/2026

Now this is a night at the theater worth showing up for.

You’re invited to Encores! La Cage Aux Folles — a Tony-winning musical about love, chosen family, resilience, and yes… the greatest drag show on the French Riviera.

Led by the incredible Wayne Brady and Billy Porter, this glamorous production features an all-star, all-Black cast directed by Robert O’Hara.

Use code LaCageIrene to save 20% on select seats at NYCityCenter.org/LaCage.

Go get your tickets and enjoy the show!

One year without my Anne.Some friendships become family so naturally, you forget there was ever a time before them. Anne...
06/17/2026

One year without my Anne.

Some friendships become family so naturally, you forget there was ever a time before them. Anne was that for me — my sister, my Salt-N-Pepa partner, my truth-teller, my laugh-until-your-sides-hurt kind of friend.

Grief changes shape, but love does not. I still feel her in the little things — a memory, a joke, a song, a table full of people, a moment that would have made her laugh.

Anne, you are missed beyond words and loved beyond time.

Forever my sister. Forever Salt-N-Pepa. 🤍

Address

300 W. 114th Street
New York, NY
10026

Opening Hours

Monday 12pm - 12am
Tuesday 12pm - 12am
Wednesday 12pm - 12am
Thursday 12pm - 12am
Friday 12pm - 12am
Saturday 12pm - 12am
Sunday 12pm - 12am

Telephone

(212) 864-7777

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