Black Bear Diner

I went here on a date and was AMAZED by the poriton sizes here. I got a Tuna Salad and there had to been a quarter LB of Tuna on this thing. I wish they had more of a selection and actually had Arnold Palmer mix. The prices were very reasonable and the atmosphere was cozy. I am planning on visiting again after good work out so, I am better prepared for these positions haha!

Zero stars! I got food poisoning from this shitty place. Had the chicken and waffles. Sadly my daughter had a piece of the chicken and she is pretty sick as well. Horrible place. My husband had the truth tip meal it was dry as heck.

Our waitress was great … Our food was delish was prepared just prefect … I would definitely come back !

First time here… and the last.
After a day of Xmas shopping, we were hungry. We spotted the diner from the road and were drawn in by large chainsaw carved wooden bear statues outside a knotty pine palace. campy and fun…
Thats where the fun ended.
Table for two, looking for tasty grub. ME: chorizo breakfast burrito, side of has browns EXTRA crispy please. Companion: Chicken parm (one of her favs, normally) and a coke please!
What happened: Chicken parm was incinerated, and my hash browns were as pale as mitt romney. She claims her «coke» was really a pepsi, and felt betrayed by the waiter. The breakfast burrito was a total disaster — rolled and cut in half, exposing a giant plug of ice cold refried beans, obviously from a can. It was clear that the chef made no effort to 1) heat the beans, 2) season the beans, or 3) spread the beans evenly along the tortilla. After some digging, I did find the chorizo, along with the eggs and jalapenos.
FORTUNATELY I recognize these things by sight, because none of them contained any flavor that might have identified them. The chicken parm was similarly bland, despite the charring of the breading. We were perplexed at the total lack of flavor in any of our food items; I even forgot to order w/​o jalapenos, but I didn’t notice until I saw them.
I really WANTED to like this place, and the stars are for the bears and décor. But sadly, the best part of my meal was the ketchup.
note bene: There are a multitude of hot sauces arranged on each table, of which I did not partake. Perhaps this is the restaurant’s selling point. I guess I will never know.

Had a very good breakfast here. Food was good and service was excellent. They have some big round tables that are great for larger groups/​families.
The biscuit was huge and fluffy. The coffee is better than most coffee places here in town.
The home potatoes had under-​cooked pieces of potato and green pepper. The gravy is not as good as home made but was tasty on the small but nicely tender chicken-​fried steak.
To be honest, I still the like the Egg & I or Cracker Barrel better for breakfast but the breakfast at Black Bear Diner is still worthy of a visit.

This was a good place for a late evening meal with friends. The black bear cabin-​y décor is corny, but cute.
This place is exactly what you think of when you hear «diner.» I would like to come back again for breakfast, but I imagine I already know how the experience will be. I had a club sandwich with turkey and avocado and my husband had chicken and waffles. From my photos you’ll see it was one waffle with chicken tenders. Not surprising, and he ate it all, but it’s always fun to see a restaurant put their own unique spin on it. My measure of success is: Can I make this at home? :)
I will say, service was great. Food was good enough. PIES are little «single-​serve» pies, but definitely shareable and delicious.

This is a hard review… so lets just keep it simple.
Food – tasty, not overly warm.
Hot cocoa– yummy to taste – a complete mess on the table! Drippy mugs, sticky handles.
Service – fast and efficient and without an ounce of personality.
I would go back — I will just more aware of what to expect.

First meal and review of 2016 and its not a good start. After eating at the westside location and enjoying the sweet cream waffle, the manager there told me to try the chicken fried steak. I love chicken fried steak! My quest in Vegas is to always find a great chicken fried steak, and … sadly… not many places can do it right.
The chicken fried steak I had here at BBD was not good. Overcooked, small, crunchy, flavorless gravy… nothing good about this one. Won’t be ordering that again.
The place was packed, 45 minute wait for a table. As a single I was able to procure a counter space quickly. Service is fast and friendly, food came out fairly quick considering the massive amounts of orders. And maybe that’s why the Chicken Fried Steak was lacking, due to heavy volume.
I’ll be back because its close, but will not order this again.

Service is outstanding!
Food and coffee are okey dokey.
The pancakes are good, sweet and not chewy. They remind me of a flat overcooked cake. I prefer my flap jacks or hotcakes or pancakes to not quickly soak up any syrup I pour over them… and these do. They are a little in the dry side and I end up using more syrup than I should. The eggs are eggs and the red country potatoes are yummy.
My recent visit left me with burnt red potatoes and I was an angry bear! Until Geoff came along and turned my frown upside down. My waitress must have seen all of the burnt potatoes that I placed around the rim of my bowl; she failed to stop and failed to ask how our meal was going. She was too quick for me to flag her down to alert her to my yucky breakfast. Suddenly Geoff appeared and looked at my food in disbelief. He told me that he would get me a new breakfast. I told him I didn’t like to send food back. He looked in my eyes and said it would be okay, he would get me a replacement. He didn’t want me to leave hungry. I honestly believed that he cared. I don’t think he wanted me to leave hungry. He didn’t know I had taken a picture of my burnt potatoes. He had no indication of an intent to SM rant. He just wanted to make me happy and he was so very sincere.
My yummy replacement breakfast was swiftly placed in front of me.
Thank you Geoff. You are awesome.
Black Bear Diner, you have a gem in your restaurant and his name is Geoff.

Good place to eat everything was perfect. I would recommend this to my friend’s.
Steak very juicy

Went here for the first time today and it was pretty solid! The inside feels like a log cabin with a bunch of cute bear décor. It was kind of slow when we went around 3 but picked up by the time we left. Service was good, I felt bad for our server since it looked like he got triple sat and since it seemed like he was the only server at the moment in the restaurant with over 10 tables so he was running around everywhere definitely weeded. But he was still really nice and was able to keep our waters filled and checked up on us often :)
As for food, I understood that they had big portions but oh my goodness everything was MASSIVE! I had the Chicken Fried Steak and it came with eggs, hashbrowns, and a biscuit. I think they kept with the bear theme and made the biscuit the size of a bear cub paw! This thing was enormous lol The fried steak was decent flavor, I didn’t really care or their style of hashbrowns since it didn’t really stay together and wasn’t really seasoned well but the eggs and biscuit were solid, biscuit being way too dense for my taste. My boyfriend had The Grizz, their signature breakfast and that normally comes with hamsteak, 2 sausage links, 2 pieces of bacon, eggs, hashbrowns, and a side of Sweet Cream Pancakes but he subbed the ham steak for some sourdough toast. The bacon and sausage was really good and the sweet cream pancakes were tasty since they had a nice sweetness to it but they were pretty heavy. They were really moist and had a cakelike consistency. My boyfriend also got fresh squeezed orange juice and that was really good as well but kind of pricey in my opinion at $ 4.99 since my entire meal was $ 9.99. I also liked that they had 4 different styled hot sauces on the table named Mama Burn, Papa Burn, Baby Burn and Crazy Cuz haha so cute! I like Mama Burn the best since it was a Chipotle hot sauce. Total was about $ 29 before tip so pretty good pricing for the enormous amount that you get. I would definitely share an entrée next time or get one of their lighter options. Overall, pretty solid, left me in a happy food coma, glad that I have Black Bear Diner as another option around this area :)

Country gravy was watery, the «poached eggs» on a Benedict were hard cooked. The manager/​owner or whomever he was, was pushy on getting us out the door. The one star is for the pot roast. That was the only thing good. The meatloaf was dry and flavorless. Definitely not coming back.

pretty traditional breakfast options~
I have eaten at a few BB Diners and the staff is ALWAYS so perky & pleasant which is nice at the crack of dawn and the Henderson location was no different.
My husband has the Corned Beef Hash… which looked nice however he said it was mezza mezza & the potatoes were under cooked…
I had 2 scrambled eggs with cheese and a the huge biscuit which were both good~
I did notice that their windows needed a lot of attention and the booth dividers could has used a good cleaning too!

RAWR !!! if you have a phobia of bears … don’t come here, they are literally EVERYWHERE !!! Inside and outside (no live animals were hurt, that I know of)
So I went to Black Bear when I was in Utah, and I wanted to check it out to see if it was the same. It reminds me of restaurant chains similar to Denny’s and IHOP. Note this location is busy so don’t come starving.
They serve breakfast lunch and dinner ALL DAY. My family and I came here for breakfast and portions are reasonable for the price. The food is good/​ok, nothing to brag about, but not bad either, same goes for the service.
After my visit I found out you get free coffee and a bear claw for signing up for their rewards card program … maybe I’ll do that if I ever come back here.

I mean it’s a chain diner. So nothing is really over the top good, it’s either A-​OK or Meh. My experience here was just OK.
During the main brunching times this place is packed and I mean lines out the door. It’s largely a family and grandparents dining place so don’t expect people to eat quickly or things to be super flavorful. I chose to sit at the counter, which was empty and gave me a first hand look at chaotic food runner station.
I ordered a specialty Black Bear Benedict, a benedict with shredded pork and prepared in the Huevos Rancheros style. This was ok and the portion was huge, so big in fact that I didn’t finish it, which is really saying something, but massive portions don’t necessarily mean massive flavor. This was lacking in the spice and salt area, hence a diner fit for grandma and the kids.
The service here was attentive and surprisingly quick during their busy brunch service. The one thing I did notice was small pile of trash that had been left by the previous eater at the counter. My server walked by it at least four times before a busser who was dropping off glasses noticed it and cleaned it up. Not a major thing, but what if that had been old food and not paper straw covers and napkin bits?
If you enjoy bland food and crying babies in the distance than this is the place for you. Sorry Black Bear Diner I just don’t get it, but maybe when I’m 65 I’ll call this place home.

From the second we walked thru the door we were treated nicely. Our waitress Trina, if I’m remembering that correctly, was a doll. When she came to our table she asked if we had ever been to the diner before. Well, no we haven’t, this was our first visit. She went over the menu and pointed out some of her favorites. Then took our drink orders and gave us time to make our decision. While we waited for our food to come up, I was checking out what everyone else was eating, of course! But, it turns outs, what stood out the most was how polite and friendly all the staff was being to everyone. Customers walked in the front door while the Hostess was seating other guests and a busboy and a waiter said «Hello, welcome to Black Bear!» The people here don’t seem to just work, they seem to work as a team.
Our food came out hot, looking and smelling great! I had the Grizz, which really is a lot of food. It’s 2 good sized sweet cream pancakes, 3 scrambled eggs, 2 slices of bacon, 2 sausage links, a piece of ham steak and hash browns. My guy got the chicken fried steak and 2 eggs over easy, with country potatoes and a HUGE tasty biscuit. Yummy! Notice what happened here? YEP! I got to try a BUNCH of stuff. LOL!
Our waitress asked if we wanted dessert. Ummm NO! We were stuffed full. But, we will go back just for pie sometime. Everything in the case looked really appetizing, and of course I love pie.
I know this is a chain, but I’m happy to say that it felt like I was really eating at a local diner.

My food wasn’t too hot or too cold, it was just right. Goldilocks would be happy.
I had a good lunch experience at Black Bear. I realize it’s a chain but it was my first time dining at their establishment. We were greeted and seated immediately. The dining area is a plentiful area. Of course you’re met with the décor of a log cabin.
I chose to indulge in the Chicken Avocado Club with fries. This triple stack sandwich had a great balance of chicken, avocado, cheese and blt. It was a very tasty sandwich and too much for me to eat in one sitting. That only means I have dinner for later. :-) The French fries are good but not great.
For dessert my friend and I split the Cinnamon Apple Cream Pie. It was ok. I will say it is more than enough for two to split.
Service here is ok. I think our waiter could have been a little friendlier. Once he dropped off our bill he didn’t want to make eye contact with us. We had to flag him down to get dessert.
I’m sure I’ll be back to try out another meal. Hopefully the service is improved.

Met 5 client’s here for breakfast on a Tuesday early am. The restaurant is located on a corner and has their own private parking. I heart the décor inside which had a mountain cabin feel to it — cozy and quaint. We were seated in a quiet corner which was perfect for a business meeting.
After receiving our coffee and OJ our friendly waitress took all 6 orders.
I went with the chicken fried steak wirh potatoes, eggs, biscuits and gravy. The portions of food here are ginormous and even the biscuits were massive. I only ate half of my entrée and half of 1 of 2 biscuits & gravy. My clients breakfast plates were huge and satisfying.
I would definitely return here and recommend breakfast.

Date dined 2÷1÷15. We walked into the old Chili’s location to find it turned into Dennys meets lodge. They were quick to greet us, but there was quite a large throng of people waiting, so I was not surprised at the ½ hour wait time. However, there were only two people sitting at the counter. I was pleasantly surprised to find out that we could sit there without the wait! We love to sit at the counter anyway. You get a real sense of the place by seeing the kitchen, wait staff, and expeditor working.
The staff was exceptionally friendly and helpful. We ordered coffee (fantastic) and OJ because I loved their fresh squeeze machine (also fantastic) while we perused the menu. I wanted to try a bit of everything, so I went with the Bears Choice for $ 8.99 and picked scrambled, 7 grain pancakes, and bacon. The eggs & bacon were standard, but the 7 grain granola pancakes were divine! No butter or syrup necessary.
The BF must have been nuts because he ordered the Bigfoot Chicken Fried Steak & eggs meal for $ 11.99. It sounds ginormous because it is! The steak is smothered in gravy and it comes with three eggs, hashbrowns, and two biscuits as big as my head! He liked it very much, didn’t even make a dent. Upside is it gave me an opportunity to try more stuff (hee hee) and let me tell you the biscuit is amazing.
We had a really good experience. I loved watching their expeditor work because he really ran it like a well oiled machine and caught stuff like an under cooked pork chop from going to a customer. We will be back.

Born and raised in Long Island, New York the diner is an institution that is a part of my heritage. Now living in Las Vegas, my heritage was on the other side of the continent. A couple of years ago when I was motoring on W. Tropicana Avenue I hit the jackpot when I laid eyes on Black Bear Diner. It was guaranteed I would try it. After two meals there I was impressed. However, it is a drive from Henderson to Spring Valley to enjoy a diner. But something happened. Santa Claus gave Henderson residents and myself an awesome Christmas present: a brand new Black Bear Diner. This would rejuvenate a former Chili’s that had been a sight for sore eyes the last couple of years.
When I bestow 4 star ratings and the food is 3 to 3.5 stars, exceptional service or a unique environment could top it off to that level. In the case of Black Bear Diner it is the later. The bear theme is welcoming, entertaining, and unique. When customers walk toward the entrance, a family of bear statues are an omen of what awaits inside. In the vestibule there are couple of bear statues. Inside the diner, the bear motif is prevalent. However, this location is missing the menagerie of stuffed bears that make the Tropicana Avenue Diner a quasi-​stuffed bear museum. On the table, the menu is displayed on newspapers. Nearby the menu is a history of Black Bear Diner that is rich in bear lore. In its own way, Black Bear Diner reminds me more of Cracker Barrel than a greasy spoon.
Being a diner, there are so many choices. I visited during dinner. I selected the meat loaf diner. It included corn bread with either a soup or salad. I went with the chicken noodle soup. It was fresh and delicious. It included mixed vegetables and a choice of potato. I went with the mashed potatoes with gravy. The abundant portion equaled quantity and quality. With a bottomless Coke, it came to a little over $ 16 before the tip which the waitress certainly deserved.
The waitress was friendly and professional. It was brought to my attention that a few Black Bear Diner employees from California were assisting with the grand opening.
It is worth mentioning that the kitchen is exposed, where the customers could see the cooks making the food. In a way, the cooks were part of the entertainment.
Black Bear Diner is down the street from me. I not only intend to return to Black Bear Diner a few times. I intend to try at least three different items from their menu then ultimately incorporate them into a review update that will be part of a list of «restaurant in focus» or another name I come up with. But in the mean time, «Happy New Year!»