Matthew Laurin

Great family friendly restaurant with American fare. We stopped here on our way into Monterey. It wasn’t busy at all on a Sunday afternoon. Food was reasonably priced and the service was was great. The whole place was really clean and so was the bathroom.

+10

Was at BlackBear Diner in Monterey on Tuesday and let me tell you there was a waitress named Crystal that was so rude to her coworkers was so uncomfortable the food is always good and amazing and w…

I didn't feel like making breakfast this morning, so I ate at the Black Bear Diner. I had their wide cut hash brown potatoes with three eggs and a side salad. My server Celsa, was very friendly and…

I didn't feel like making breakfast this morning, so I ate at the Black Bear Diner. I had their wide cut hash brown potatoes with three eggs and a side salad. My server Celsa, was very friendly and…

The seafood is well priced for the area. I ordered to go orders for friends and it was 20.00 a plate, average.

We've been coming here for their breakfasts and it's always plentiful and delicious. \nTheir service is great and very attentive and helpful.\nWe like the atmosphere and the hometown feeling.

Great menu and food. Fun atmosphere. Great service. Easy parking. Better than Denny's.

Ample food, good as usual chicken fried steak, fresh salad, pasta with salmon. Staff waited a few minutes past closing on Xmas eve. Thanks to staff. I ordered via phone for takeout and since I was …

My husband and I ate here tonight November 20, 2025 while on vacation. The hostess who greeted and sat us and our sever, Jose M. were friendly and polite. Jose checked on us during our meal to see if…

The staff were very friendly and the service was good. The food quality was great. This is a big restaurant too and can accommodate large groups. We enjoyed our visit and will return.

The staff were very friendly and the service was good. The food quality was great. This is a big restaurant too and can accommodate large groups. We enjoyed our visit and will return.

The staff were very friendly and the service was good. The food quality was great. This is a big restaurant too and can accommodate large groups. We enjoyed our visit and will return.

Donna our server was absolutely fantastic she treats everyone like family. food was cooked to perfection COOKED NOT MICROWAVED. The rest of the restaurant's in Monterey can learn alot from black bear…

Donna our server was absolutely fantastic she treats everyone like family. food was cooked to perfection COOKED NOT MICROWAVED. The rest of the restaurant's in Monterey can learn alot from black be…

Donna our server was absolutely fantastic she treats everyone like family. food was cooked to perfection COOKED NOT MICROWAVED. The rest of the restaurant's in Monterey can learn alot from black be…

While staying in Sea Side, we went to the Black Bear Diner for breakfast twice. Both times we were greeted with a friendly smile and ushered to a table. Service was prompt and the food was delici…

While staying in Sea Side, we went to the Black Bear Diner for breakfast twice. Both times we were greeted with a friendly smile and ushered to a table. service was prompt and the food was delici…

Best. Food. Ever. We looked for breakfast as we were passing through Monterey on a road trip. Best choice we did. The food was amazing and our waiter Maria was an absolute delight to meet!

Plenty of variety on the menu, filling food that came in good time. The decorations inside are outdoorsy in a cozy way, jukebox is cool. Has its own free parking lot. On a busy weekend morning for …

Our first trip to a diner and it did not disappoint! The food was delicious & generous. Reasonably priced. Our waitress was so friendly. Highly recommended!

Good food and large portions. Cozy interior design with severel Beats. The prices are reasonable. Had to wait a bit for the food.

Good food and large portions. Cozy interior design with severel Beats. The prices are reasonable. Had to wait a bit for the food.

Stopped by the Monterey location early evening & wasn't aware of how long the wait was. The server Kitty welcomed me & apologize for me waiting, which wasn't long & didn't mind. She took my ord…

Ken Johnson

Blackbear always delivers respectable portions and food is usually warm and ready to eat. The staff is lacking in edicate, but always attentive and quick with requests. I have observed questionable food handling on the line and by the foodservers but overall a decent meal.

Enzo Lopez

Edit on my previous review: I just checked my receipt hours after eating at Monterey branch and just saw that they only charged 5.49 instead of 11.99 on the menu. I guess the server thought I only wanted biscuits.

Brenetta D

This is a must visit every time I come to this area. The food and service is always great. The atmosphere is great. There is open seating, booths, and a bar for a dinner feel.

+14

Jamie Lawson

This is a nice spot to stop for any meal and has a lot of parking, which is a big plus. We had a late breakfast here and it was good. The eggs benedict was my favorite of everything we tried. The homestyle potatoes were great too, they had good seasoning and veggies with them. The strip potatoes were very plain and didn't taste like they had any seasoning at all.

Joe L

Very nice inside and decent food. Eggs Benedict tasted good along with the home fries and hollandaise sauce. The food was warm not hot. The service was good minus a little wait at the door.

Food came completely cold. Syrup has a fine film over the top of it. My meal looked like they accidentally made it an hour before and didn't want to waste it, so they waited until someone else orde…

food came completely cold. Syrup has a fine film over the top of it. My meal looked like they accidentally made it an hour before and didn't want to waste it, so they waited until someone else orde…

Consistently quality ingredients prepared well. A reliable place to eat.\n\nThe main problem I have with this place is the on-going shrink-flation here. Part of their image is that they serve satisfy…

11/22/25\nI writing today because it was late to write a review. We ate in and food was very good.\nService was quick\nAmbiance: lit lights and nice music and very relaxing atmosphere.

11/22/25\nI writing today because it was late to write a review. We ate in and food was very good.\nService was quick\nAmbiance: lit lights and nice music and very relaxing atmosphere.

Second time here and we had breakfast this morning. The breakfast was typical to other restaurants. The service was slow and they were not busy this morning. No return service to table and took f…

Second time here and we had breakfast this morning. The breakfast was typical to other restaurants. The service was slow and they were not busy this morning. No return service to table and took f…

I love that they have the option for small portion plates so I don't feel like I'm wasting food or money. Also love the desserts, the fries, pancakes, and most importantly the bacon ranch. Also can…

This brownie sundae is good and the large brownie is nice and soft, and for five bucks it's a good deal. The place is clean and the service is good.

To start with, the food was ready VERY quickly. I picked it up figuring I'd have to wait inside for 10 mins and they were just pulling it from the window. The Alfredo was LOADED with sauce. You cou…

I miss being able to go to black bear, but we've been priced out. \nI'm terribly discouraged with Black Bear the past couple years. \nI was incredulous looking at a breakfast bill and realizing I'd…

Excellent customer service!! Thanks to Michael, our server, and cashier-hostess (no name tag). We had a good time. clean bathrooms, well... clean everything! Lotsa coffee refills, no real cream…

Really good. Actually reasonable price for area! Definitely had a outdoorsy interior which is not common in this area.

Waitress seemed to spread her sugar friendliness to everyone except me. Please work on being courteous and welcoming to everyone. Otherwise great food and a bit pricey.

BJ Hastings

Good food, great prices. Wonderful service. The only thing I want happy about was their baked potatoes. Not available until after 4pm. But they were out when we got there at 730 pm. I guess they only make 1 potato a day? House salad was amazing.

Tess Evn

We was on vacation in Monterey. I was craving beef pot roast. Found the Black Bear Diner on Google or yelp. The waitress was nice. They had good service from her. previous I ordered the Little less of the pot roast. It was delicious, but it was mostly gravy, little bit of vegetables and 2 or 3 small pieces of meat for $15. It wasn't filling. I wonder if I'll get bigger 3 pieces of meat if I ordered the bigger helping for $22.? I might try again at I asked if they had like garlic bread to go with the stew, instead of more vegetables. I thought the stew would have enough vegetables, but didn't! The waitress gave me the bread. It was so greasy. I didn’t like it. I gave it to my husband. I might try a different dish next time if we go to a Black Bear diner.

Good setting with large and roomy areas inside. A juke box plays oldies continuously. breakfast food average. Corn beef hash was more like dry bacon hash. Ham steak excessively salty. Service …

Good setting with large and roomy areas inside. A juke box plays oldies continuously. Breakfast food average. Corn beef hash was more like dry bacon hash. Ham steak excessively salty. Service …

Robert Aguilar

To Whom It May Concern, My mom and I recently visited black bare establishment for breakfast during a road trip to the California Central Coast Veterans Cemetery. While the aroma in your restaurant was enticing, we were unfortunately very disappointed with our meal. We both ordered the Grizz breakfast. I requested over-easy eggs, but they arrived sunny-side up with runny whites, and the bacon was overcooked. The hash browns were also undercooked and lacked flavor. My mother's experience was even worse; her eggs appeared watery, her bacon was burnt, and her pancakes were raw in the middle. Although she asked for the pancakes to be cooked longer, the new batch was still raw. Neither of us finished our food. It seemed as though the food was cooked on high heat, resulting in everything being undercooked. We chose not to send our food back, as we were unsure of the condition in which it would be returned. Given our experience, I would not recommend this place to others. Sincerely, Sad fatboy.

literally the worst food I have ever had in my entire life!! the place was very clean and is a cool concept. ordered chicken fried steak, it was like hamburger. zero flavor on the hash browns and oni…

literally the worst food I have ever had in my entire life!! the place was very clean and is a cool concept. ordered chicken fried steak, it was like hamburger. zero flavor on the hash br…

literally the worst food I have ever had in my entire life!! the place was very clean and is a cool concept. ordered chicken fried steak, it was like hamburger. zero flavor on the hash browns and o…

VERY...dissatisfied with my breakfast..the waiter wasn't paying attention ..as I ordered sweet cream pancakes..eggs over easy ..WELL ..cold pancakes and scrambled eggs NO!!! Really breakfast is s…

I couldn't eat it - the steak, egg, hash browns every day special. I asked for medium - it was rare and very very salty. Ate about a fourth The hash browns and eggs - tasted like the cooking oil. I just couldn't do. But I wasn't hungry anymore after my appetite was destroyed. So there's that.

Mona Lisa

All of the servers here a great. Too bad the food is straight GARBAGE. Undercooked, hamburger meat is like glue or plastic, had to spit out every other bite. Worse than fast food. For the prices, just go eat at McDonald's. Breakfasts here are disgusting. Watery eggs, SOGGY half cooked bacon, half cooked potatoes. Half cooked pancakes. Even the toast is plain white, NOT TOAST. Fast food quality for triple the price!

Iris Yung

We did not have our rental car until later in the day, so we ordered breakfast for delivery on their own site, which they still outsource to Uber. They gave someone else's order to the Uber delivery guy. I caught it because the bag felt light and we had ordered 2 boxes plus a drink. The hostess did not believe me at first and put me on hold for several minutes, until the driver returned back with the bag that had someone else's name on it. There was zero apology. The driver was kind enough to return and re-deliver the correct order. They did not apologize to him either. We received our $55+ worth of food and due to tripling the time of the wait now, the food was COLD. We also only received 1 set of utensils and no condiments, like ketchup. The $20 burger, which I ordered rare, was closer to well done. The fries were soggy and sad. The breakfast was the better option - the eggs and sausage were decent, the potatoes were semi-crispy, but the biscuit was dry as cardboard. No jam included either. Overall, an extremely disappointing order. Not knowing the area, we later came to this diner and waited 5 minutes to be seated, but no one ever came. We then went next door to Grandma's Kitchen and had a lovely experience there.