Restaurants in Melrose, MA

Melrose has 38 places in our directory, and it is a restaurant-heavy list: 26 restaurants, 7 fast food spots and 5 cafes. Only two cuisines show up in the tags, coffee shops at 8 and pizza at 7, which means most other listings carry no cuisine label.

Main Street holds 21 of the listings, far more than West Wyoming Avenue at 6, Franklin Street at 5 or West Emerson Street at 2. Brazilian Finest and Jitters Café are listed here. Melrose is north of Boston, with Stoneham, Malden, Saugus, Wakefield and Medford as neighbors.

Food in Melrose by cuisine

All 38 places in Melrose

• Alfredo's Italian Kitchen (Temp closed)
  Restaurant · 126 West Emerson Street
• Big Fin Poké
  Restaurant · 531 Main Street
• Bobby C's Ristorante
  Restaurant · Italian · 20 Main Street
• Bohemian Coffeehouse
  Cafe · 132 West Emerson Street
• Brazilian Finest
  Restaurant · 31 West Wyoming Avenue
• Bruegger's Bagels
  Quick service · Bakeries and donuts · 496 Main Street · Takeout
• Caffè Nero
  Cafe · 530 Main Street · Takeout
• Cappa's Trackside Kitchen
  Restaurant · Breakfast and brunch · 1 Grove Street · Takeout · Outdoor seating
• Coffee Time
  Cafe · 44 West Wyoming Avenue · Takeout
• Comella's
  Restaurant · Italian · 478A Main Street
• Domino's
  Quick service · Pizza · 385 Franklin Street · Takeout
• Dunkin'
  Quick service · Bakeries and donuts · 470 Lynn Fells Parkway · Takeout
• Dunkin'
  Quick service · Bakeries and donuts · 350 Main Street · Takeout
• Feng Shui
  Restaurant · Chinese · 444A Main Street
• Giacomo's
  Restaurant · Italian · 454 Main Street
• Jamba
  Quick service · 496 Main Street · Takeout
• Jitters Café
  Cafe · 12 Main Street · Outdoor seating
• Kennedy's Ice Cream Bar
  Restaurant · 888 Main Street
• La Q Chara
  Restaurant · Latin American · 506 Franklin Street
• Liberty Bell Roast Beef & Seafood
  Quick service · 886 Main Street
• Lisa's Family Pizzeria
  Restaurant · Pizza · 45 West Wyoming Avenue
• Melrose House of Pizza
  Quick service · Pizza · 475 Main Street
• Mexico Lindo
  Restaurant · Mexican · 449 Main Street
• Mother's Pizza
  Restaurant · Pizza · 524 Franklin Street
• My Diner
  Restaurant · Breakfast and brunch · 399 Main Street
• Number One Taste
  Restaurant · Chinese · 381 Franklin Street
• Petrone's Pizza & More
  Restaurant · Pizza · 438 Main Street
• Rising Eagle Publick House
  Restaurant · 505 Main Street
• Santa Fe Burrito Grill
  Restaurant · Mexican · 411 Main Street
• Shawbak Lebanese Kitchen
  Restaurant · Mediterranean · 40 West Wyoming Avenue · Takeout
• Starbucks
  Cafe · 521 Main Street · Takeout
• Sushi Corner
  Restaurant · 18C Essex Street
• T'Ahpas 529
  Restaurant · 529 Franklin Street
• Tenoch
  Restaurant · Mexican · 517 Main Street
• The Bangkok
  Restaurant · Thai · 57 West Wyoming Avenue
• Theo's Pizzeria Restaurant
  Restaurant · Pizza · 55 West Wyoming Avenue
• Turner's Seafood Grill & Market
  Restaurant · Seafood · 506 Main Street
• Wood and Fire
  Restaurant · Pizza · Outdoor seating

Own a restaurant in Melrose?

Pizza is the one cuisine with real depth in Melrose, with 7 listings, so a pizzeria is up against a crowd. Digital presence looks solid, with 30 of 38 listings showing a website, but only 10 are tagged for takeout. If takeout is your plan, your own ordering site with zero commission is the cleanest way to claim it.

Of the 38 places listed here, 30 (79%) list a website in OpenStreetMap. A site guests can order from directly keeps the full ticket instead of paying marketplace commission. Servestack builds that site, with commission-free online ordering, POS sync and loyalty, for a flat monthly price. Hiring? Post the opening free on the Boston jobs board, and see what you would keep with the commission savings calculator.

Listings come from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Places open, close and move; check with the restaurant before you go. Data refreshed 2026-10-10.