Delicious food and our server, Xochitl, was very friendly, fast, and efficient. We had a cheeseburger salad and a turkey club and it was absolutely to die for. Can't wait to go back! read more

Just a heads up for anyone whose placing an online order for desserts. Let the girls in front know your order, because if not you will be waiting a ridiculous amount of time. They don't actually look up your receipt when you tell them your name. Also wouldn't pay extra for a scoop of ice cream for your apple cobbler, because you won't get it. I wish I didn't tip before I received my order, because the only tip I'd give is some advice about common courtesy. A smile and a statement like "I'm sorry about that and have a good day." would of went a long way. Instead, I got girl who just started at me with attitude. read more

Our waitress, sadly I forget the pronunciation. It is something like Sochi. She was incredible. We waited a bit for a table, we were lucky and got one inside. Soon after ordering, we had to leave unexpectedly. Sochi was so accommodating and acted with urgency to pack our order to go. She didn't forget a single thing. We truly appreciated her kindness and assistance. read more

I live in Yucaipa and we have Corkies, Clarkies, kopper kettle, and abbys cafe to name a few which are heavy hitters so why would I travel out of town to eat, the food is why. As soon as I found out that they put a black bear in Colton I drove straight here, you get huge portions. The chicken fried steak was super juicy and full of flavor (other places are bland) and the biscuits and gravy was phenomenal. Totally happy and I will come here from now on. 10/10 read more

Black Bear Diner Colton - Super tender, juicy, and full of flavor. The chicken fried steak was epic. Biscuit and gravy was great as well. - Diners Near Me - Colton, California

Placed an order for pick up, the girl who answered did not give me a time for pick up or even ask my name and just hung up. I ordered biscuits and country gravy specifically. I go pick up my food and it was just a bag and f gravy....they had to add a biscuit to my order when I was there. Also, I wanted the plate not a side, never did I say I wanted a side, but they gave me a side, even after I said o wanted the plate they still gave me the side...Got home and the gravy looked like a mixture of chicken and country gravy there were visible chunks of chicken, not what I asked for. Then to top it off the one biscuit they gave me was stale....so dissatisfied and disappointed and will not go back to this location again. Bad customer service and the not what I asked for and stale bread... read more

This is my first time here. I'm pretty disappointed. I've been wanting to come here for a few years and finally for around to it. I ordered the blackberry stuffed French toast. They brought out food and there was no filling, no big deal. I sent it back waited about 15-20 minutes. In the meantime my son finished his food. Got my new French toast. I over he the customer behind me telling the waitress her blackberry stuffed French toast also didn't have any blackberries. I cut into mine and again no filling. Nothing. I was pretty confused. So I checked yelp to see if I can find a picture of my order and yup they looked different. One had filling coming out of the sides of the toast. So I again sent it back and just ordered pancakes instead. My son is bored and we're just waiting for my pancakes. The kitchen staff seems under a lot of stress and I can tell they are doing their best. For what it's worth the food is good but they seem understaffed and hopefully they are able to fully staff this location. Sorta thinking I should have just went to IHOP since I ended up just getting pancakes in the end. The waitresses were all very nice but also, they seem pretty stressed. I don't like leaving negative reviews and I don't think it's the staffs fault. I think this issue boils down to corporate and management. Hang in there kitchen and wait staff read more

We love this dinner the pancakes are delicious our waitress Xochitl was great she is a good server and we never run out of coffee.

I absolutely love their food! I can't complain about anything. Best grits I've ever had from a restaurant and their biscuits are so big and fluff. my favorite is the steak and eggs breakfast and they even offer poached eggs! but, Sooo.. disappointed that they now say they can't deliver to my area anymore:( I even always give a 20$ tip because the driver has to travel so far. I was so craving one of their bear claws with blackberry filling today :( I'm crying now :(... read more

Was excited to come here for the very first time because I live local. However, the hostess with the light brown hair and glasses was VERY rude. Only reason i'm leaving a couple stars is because the food was good but other than that, horrible customer service. read more

most terrible customer service ever. forgot about us and not one time came to check on us to see if we needed anything !!! I had to get up and ask for a refill... and the guy who helped me had an attitude. food was good but the waiters are lazy and don't care about the customer !!! so many waiters walked passed us and looked at my wife's empty cup and at my empty coffee mug and didn't seem to care at all. won't be back !!! I feel bad for the cooks because the food is good... but the customer service HORRIBLE read more

My girlfriend and I had visited for the first time today and our waiter Xochitl had made our experience very well. The food was very good as well and overall a good place to get breakfast, we will be visiting again soon. read more

Food is amazing.. New diner in Colton, our sever Alyssa was wonderful, very knowledgeable on the menu, super friendly and smiles through her mask. She recommended the Glizzly it was amazing, pancakes amazing.. Check it out the diner Ask for Alyssa!!! read more

Over priced and didn't like the tritip dip sandwich too much buttery. I was expecting better food.

The food is ok. Nothing special food can be bland, the only thing is the service is good and desserts as well.

Today was our very first time visiting this restaurant. What can I say... food was very delicious. The pancakes has this unforgettable flavor with warm sweet coffee. And let's not talk about our waiter Xóchitl!!!! She was very nice and polite. Xóchitl kept up with us and serving us warm coffee every time we started running low. When we would ask for stuff she was fast in brining the stuff to us. The staff made us feel very welcomed and the food was the cherry on top !! I will definitely be back soon. read more

First off I had the best server ever! Brianna did a great job.. And the food was great and so much.. read more

First time eating at this location after a lot of recommendations from family. I got sat down right away since they offer a large outdoor eating area. The menu has numerous diner options. Be aware, the portions a enormous. Probably could've shared with my little one. Sandra was great and never let my coffee cup empty! read more

Delicious food and great service. Thank you Xochitl for your attentiveness, happy spirit and hard work. Like my son said, "your awesome." Great family place and beautiful decor. read more

Unfortunately had a bad experience second time around, came here to show some family members how good the restaurant is being that it was my immediate families second visit and were happy with the first experience. At first they told us it would be about a 30-40 minute wait so we waited patiently. After the 40 minutes we noticed most parties before and after us had already been seated so I asked how much longer, we were told an extra 25 minutes. We understood they were pretty busy so we waited. After the 25 minutes were up we checked in again to see if we were up. They told us it would be another 25 minutes, that there was another party before us. By then I'm sure we had already been passed up by everyone that came in after us, i noticed their waiting schedule system was very disorganized I'm sure they lost track of who came first being that they had already crumbled up the paper we were listed on so I'm sure they had skipped and forgot about us at some point before they realized we had been waiting for some time already. So we left, came to cocos down the street got seated within 10 minutes got great service and food. read more

Went and had a meal with my husband, the waitress Marissa was terrible. She was extremely rude and had a bad attitude. She spent more time talking to the cooks rather than getting us refills and clearing our table. If I ever return I will make sure to ask to not be sat with her. Very disappointing because the food was great. read more

One of the best places to fill your belly. The food is top notch, and the waitress Tammy is a joy to her customers!!!!

Oh my gosh golly, i recently ate the black bear in Colton for the first time and my oh my, by far one of the best to go meals I'v ever had. The food came out steaming. I had heard raves about the chicken fried steak and it sure lived up. I was impressed with such a young but graceful team that i was greeted with. I definitely recommend. read more

Black Bear Diner Colton - Diners Near Me - Colton, California

Round 2!! This is the second dinner I've had here and just like the first time it was effing amazing! The waitress kortney was awesome, so attentive and sweet. She knew the menu so well. And my waitress I had last time remembered us from weeks ago and greeted us warmly. This place kicks a** read more

This was my first visit to Black Bear Diner. Went on a Sunday morning about 9am there was no waiting time we were seated promptly. Staff was friendly and attentive. Our server was nice and took our drink orders quickly she also gave us just the right amount of time to look over the menu. My companions decided on breakfast they both ordered omelettes and I ordered the chicken avacado club sandwich. The omelettes were delicious one was served with hash browns and a fresh made Biscuit (large enough for two servings) and the other was served with fresh seasonal fruit, my sandwich was good just the right amount of ingredients just one thing I would have preferred my bread be more toasted my sandwich came with a side I ordered a salad was delicious very fresh. The coffee was fresh and hot and we never had to ask for refills our server was checking on us frequently. Restaurant was bright, cheery and homey with a lot of cute bear decor. Price is about the same as other diners but they give large portion everyone in my party took home enough for a second meal. We were all full but couldn't resist taking home delicious desserts they have so many to choose from. Would recommend to friends and family read more

One of the best breakfast diners in the inland empire,big portions, good customer service and nice relaxing atmosphere would definitely come again! read more

Black Bear Diner Colton - Grizzly breakfast - Diners Near Me - Colton, California

Visited the Colton location and was disappointed. To begin with (1.)the front door was wide open with flies everywhere in the waiting room and kitchen area (possible tainted food?)-(2.) We asked for coffee and my cup had alot of "lipstick stains" which I guess server didn't notice or possibly care. (3.) On this date at approx.11:15-(table 63/1) was not much of a "server". She skipped us several times as I noticed...(4.) My Bobs burger wasn't great, it was o.k. for being an $18 price. (5.) My fries came cold and looked as if they were sitting for quite a while in the kitchen. (6.) Noticed the front door handle broken on "left" side as we left. (7.) Prices are a bit "pricey" and not enough food...(8.) Cheap paper "newspaper" type menu...no pics.....Overall disappointed as i've said earlier. I did not see any managers walking in the restaurant. Managers-pls. relay info and bring this establishment up on service and care... respectively a concerned "customer" whom has visited other locations throughout the state. P.s. love Black bear diner read more

We arrived at 3:00pm on a Friday afternoon. It was semi-empty probably five or four tables were filled. We were greeted and seated quickly. Our server was amazing. The menu is unique as it's given in newspaper form. It can be a little intimidating (menu) because there so much to choose from. Ultimately, once we ordered our food was delivered to our table within 15 to 20 minutes. The portions are big and worth the price !! I ordered a chicken avocado sandwich and it was great,warm, and great portions. We ordered two pancakes to go and even after eating them in the Erving at home they were delicious!!! Their maple syrup is super good !!! I rate the service a 10/10, food 10/10, ambience 10/10!! The only negative from this experience was I did not take pictures of my food!!! :( Will definitely be coming back again! read more

Our server Xotchil was terrific!!! Answered all questions, very patient and made sure we had everything we needed!

We eat at Black Bear Diner when we were in Fort Mojave Az. years ago. Good to see they are now in Colton.

Today we went again to black bear and wanted to see how it was. We got the OJ and it was super good. They were putting oranges thru the juicer and giving it out like that! We both got pancakes and she got the waffle both our eggs were perfect and the bacon is unbeatable! We will always come here for breakfast! Thank you Colton Black Bear read more

I hear a lot of great things about Black Bear Diner, however, my visit was not what I expected. Not sure if it's due to the location of where it is or the staff. I went with my daughters to try this place out for the first time. We were seated within a min. Our table was one of the tables along the windows. While we were sitting in our table, my daughter noticed an ant, I went to kill the one I saw, not realizing there were more on the table. I began to look around and noticed there were more along the borders of the windows. My youngest daughter, noticed some ants also walking on the edges of the table. We asked if we can be moved since we did not want our food to be infested with ants at the time of eating. We were moved to a table across after one of the workers came over to see the ants. A few minutes after moving us, a new family was seated in the ant infested table... mind you it was never wiped down or treated after we were moved. You then ordered our food and drinks: One kids mac and cheese, kids chicken strip, kids burger, kids pasta, and a crispy chicken cob salad. My kids loved their food, which has some flavor. As for my salad, it was good, except for the big chunks of onions. I should have said no onions if I knew the onion cuts were going to be thick. I'm use to small thin slices, and a small amounts. These chunks made we taste more onions then the chicken or croutons. Let's just say ranch didn't even help. Not sure if I will ever go back to black bear diner if a salad that is easy to make can be that disappointing. read more

Very overpriced for the quality of food that you get and it wasn't all that Tastea will not be returning there ‍

Upon entering the dinning area the floor was filthy food and trash all over the place and under every table even the one they wanted to seat us at. They took us to the table but forgot to clean it so we had to stand by. The waitress was straight faced not friendly. We we served drinks and mine had red stuff in it. It took a long time to get replaced. When she took the newspaper menus they were out back for reuse. All the food came except the child's. That took 9 more minutes! By the time his food came out food was cold. The cheese burger had no cheese and was rare in the middle! I ordered eggs Benedict and what I thought was mushrooms were black avocados. We ordered pot roast, 2 cheese burgers, fried chicken. And the food was ok. I may give them another chance cause I've heard such good things but man I feel It's just a set up for failure. read more

Came back for lite breakfast. Had the bearly lite. Very good. Chicken pepper sausage very delicious. Egg whites very healthy. Spinach and mushrooms made the scrambled eggs delicious. Husband had the mini volcano he liked it. read more

This was our first time here and we were amazed! My mom got the beef brisket eggs we all had to have some it was so delicious and juicy and the bbq sauce wasn't super sweet which we appreciated. The servings are huge and everything was served hot and prepared very well. Our waitress Xochtitl was so sweet and attentive. We will definitely be coming here more often. read more

I rarely leave reviews, but this place was awesome. The food was so good. Usually I have to add some type of seasoning or condiment, but everything was seasoned perfectly. They give huge portions and the customer service was great. It is a little bit pricy, but its definitely worth it! Parking is a bit limited, but I would definitely recommend coming here. read more

I met a friend here for breakfast. The food was great, fast and friendly service. I will be definitely returning and would highly recommend it. read more

I ordered the chicken Cobb salad. Presentation was very nice. It's my first time going there. I ordered take out on my way to work. As I started digging in I started to see brown/red lettuce. I thought maybe it's just a few pieces. NOPE!!! ALL the lettuce was brown and tasted gross! The croutons tasted stail!! Like how does the cook not see the lettuce is bad???? $18 salad went to the trash!! read more

Went for the first time with my husband tonight around 8. Food was okay, loved the pancakes they were amazing. The two stars are for the food. But the service was not good at all. There was one server on, she had about 5 tables two were pretty much done. So not sure why but every time she came by to see if we needed anything I would have to hurry up and ask for what I needed or she would take off and I wouldn't see her for ten minutes. It really bothered me that she was so nice and attentive to all her other tables but my husband and I? Every time she brought us anything I and my husband would say thank you and she would say absolutely nothing and walk away? It really bothered me that she couldn't say you're welcome or anything at all for that matter. When the table next to us said thank you she said "My pleasure" and another she said "Of course!" But im not sure what biases she has that kept her from treating us the same or having simple manners? This trend continued throughout the meal to the point I didn't even want to tip her. I serve for a living as well and one thing I know is to be courteous and polite to all my guests. And give them time to present their requests instead of rushing off, especially if I am not even busy. And I always give refills without being asked until the meal comes. I had to ask her for refills every single time and my husband was never offered a refill on his soda. She took at least 4 minutes ensuring the lady next to us had everything she needed before she left, but not us? Not sure if it was because we are young? I am 26... but for good service I tip at least 20%. If you judge a table and treat them as if they are not going to tip, then they won't. I ended up leaving her a 10% tip but I wanted to leave her one cent. I understand you don't always click with every table but manners are very important and I felt she thought we were not worth her time. I will not be returning due to this experience. Very disappointing and left with my feelings hurt. It doesn't take much effort to say "you're welcome" and offer a refill or two. Your guest should not have to ask you for every single need part of the job is predicting their needs. Otherwise going out becomes an unpleasant chore instead of a fun thing. read more

Me and my family came to eat dinner last night. The hostess sat us right away. She was real friendly and awesome. We have never been here before and we enjoyed our dinner. Although it took over 30 minutes for our food to come. Our waitress Courtney was amazing. She checked on us and made sure we never had to ask for refills. She asked if we wanted dessert but we were to full. We will definitely be back for desserts and to sit with Courtney for great service. read more