Great experience can't complain. Food was good. My server was really nice and she checked on us a few times and was pretty quick even though it was extremely busy. It was on a Sunday. I honestly didn't expect it to be that busy. It was a little hot in there though but it was like 112 outside so I get it. I wish I got her name so I can tell her she did good. I'll be back. read more

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

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Big portions but still your average diner food. However, I'd still choose this over the breakfast options at Great Wolf Lodge. This place was only 7min away. read more

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

We eat here often usually on Friday nights. Good food garden salad always cold and crisp.

I rated this 4 star with the fact this is a diner in mind... so the food is diner food and for that it was pretty good. The server was good and tentative by getting us everything we needed and checking in appropriately. The location is cute with all of the bear decor, we also like to go here because our 2 year old loves to see all the bears and gets excited every time- also because my husband love their hot sauce... so whenever we run out we go back for breakfast. read more

Black Bear Diner Manteca - Dining area, mostly booth seating - Diners Near Me - Manteca, California

Meh. Not the biggest fan. It was my first time trying black Bear diner ... like ever! I was hoping I picked the right location but I was a little disappointed. I got the blackened salmon with veggies and mashed potatoes. My salmon was so dry and overcooked. It wasn't even really "blackened" it just had Cajun spices placed on top after the salmon was already cooked. I did enjoy the gravy my friend got so maybe I just need to order something else, like from the breakfast menu. Not sure if I'll be back to give them another try or not, but if I do, I'm sticking with the biscuits and gravy. read more

Black Bear Diner Manteca - 2 Biscuits & Gravy (1200 cals.) - Diners Near Me - Manteca, California

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We had a large dinner for 17 people and the service from Felipe was excellent. Sure we had one hiccup, but that happens. Otherwise dinner was cook perfect, we weren't abandoned it was quite the opposite...yay!! I ordered the Salmon lightly seasoned..mmm perfect tender juicy fish. My friend ordered the potroast and it was delicious. All at the table we're pleased with their food and one waited exceptionally longer, but she was okay. I definitely recommend a stop here. Thanks staff!! read more

Black Bear Diner Manteca - Cajun Blacken Salmon - Diners Near Me - Manteca, California

It is hard to pull into the main entrance when the drive thru coffee place sharing the entrance is busy! We arrived around 4:30pm. Hardly anyone was there. I don't know why but there were two tables near where we were seated that needed to be cleared. Leftover food on plates and drinks left on table. None of the workers were interested to clear it. Maybe they were waiting the table clearers to start their shift? It was just an eyesore since it was next to us. The club sandwiches and salad we ordered were tasty. Our waitress was okay. She seemed to be in a rush to leave and brought over our check while we were still eating. I do like Black Bear when I can pull over sometimes to stop in. This location is not my favorite. read more

Black Bear Diner Manteca - Do they care this is a mess? - Diners Near Me - Manteca, California

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Best breakfast in town! Always delicious and portions are great! My family and I will always go here. Their lunch menu looks great too but haven't got the chance to dine for lunch. I'm sure it's great as well! read more

I just went there for dinner and ordered the chicken pot pie was terrible. Don't ever order unless you'd like a dry chicken pot pie no liquid in it. You get a better one at KFC. Hopefully they can work on it. read more

Not sure what's going on here? Their quality is done.. place looks like a thrifty store and dusty the food was terrible & when I asked what happen to the bear claw cause someone fried mine with oil it was gross, they said new company makes them like that? The dust is dusting & the smell is smelling.... This is the worst Black bear diner I have stopped at! read more

Another visit to the Black Bear Diner, this time to the Manteca location. Again, promptly seated and my order was taken quickly. Ordered Bruce's Meat Lovers omelette. The food arrived very fast... in five minutes if that. The omelette was tasty and very filling.My only complaint, if any was that the bottom of the hash browns were a bit over cooked, not too much, but the low grade food service fork lost the battle in the cutting arena. The fork needed assistance from the knife. Overall, food, service, and ambiance of the Diner is excellent. Black Bear Diner continues its winning streak with this Yelper. read more

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It's hard to rate this with stars. Most servers are very polite and the food was pretty good for this type of restaurant. We've eaten there several times but one time with this one server we watched him bring our drinks to the table handing our drinks to us holding the glasses by the top rim with all 5 finger by the top of the glass. Returning to this restaurant after that, we asked for a different waiter. Come to find out, the waiter we were avoiding was the manager. Beware of the guy in the RED SHIRT. If you think I'm over reacting, remember how how Covid 19 passed around and bacteria/germs. read more

Had an amazing vegetable beef soup! Our server Jesus mentioned it's a rare occasion they have this soup and I really enjoyed it. Rest of the food is typical Black Bear diner food but still good with healthy size portions. Jesus was an attentive server and made sure our glasses were always full. read more

We had a party of 20 adults and students. They were able to seat us immediately and had a comfortable space for us. Philippe, our server, was friendly and greeted us quickly. The food was tasty! The staff were warm and welcoming. Thank you, Philippe and staff! We were grateful for a pleasant experience. read more

When will Black Bear diner learn to do breakfast potatoes. We asked our waitress for our potatoes to be crispy and she told us they won't be crispy, and she was right. Not only were they soggy but they looked like they could have been scraped off of someone else's plate that was just as put off. Our third time visiting Black Bear for breakfast, Same deal. Put them in the flat top and crisp them up for gosh sakes!!!!!!!!! read more

Came here with my family and pictures of food looked so yummy. Portion was huge but most of the dishes were not all that. Some was tasteless and others were dry. Great service though and clean atmosphere. read more

Unfortunately, this was not a good experience. Ordered a coffee and my waitress never brought the vanilla creamer i had asked for. After almost 10 minutes, I had to get up and get it from another table. Then when I finally got my food, there was a hair in it, so I sent it back. After another 10 minutes I requested that they cancel my order altogether, as we were having to leave. The manager then came over trying to convince me to keep the order and allow them to remake it, although unfortunately there was no time. Majority of the time I was looking around for our waitress, she never once checked in on us, until after I returned my food. My son never got a refill on his drink until I had to flag down another waitress to ask. The environment is nice and I have had black bear diner before at other locations, but this location did not do it for us today. read more

I went to Blackbear Diner in Manteca, CA this morning (Jan 12, 2025), ordered breakfast, and found a live silverfish in the French toast. Just an FYI, the waitress and manager did not seem concerned and actually wanted me to pay for part of the meal until I refused. read more

Fun place to take the grandkids because of the ambiance. Service is friendly but they don't check back to see if you need anything. We didn't have silverware so we got it ourselves after waiting when our food arrived. The food was great, exactly as you would want for a Reuben and pancakes for the kids. We will be back read more

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My son moved out right before Covid. We recently decided to do Sunday breakfast once a month, since we don't get to see each other much. This was our 2nd time eating in somewhere since the pandemic. It was surprisingly PACKED! The wait looked like it was going to be long, but we got seated fairly quickly. People were seated at every other table for distance. Our server came over quickly and food took an average time. You could tell they were really hustling to get people in and out. Service was overall decent and good was good.. read more

Black Bear Diner Manteca - Cinnamon Roll French Toast - Diners Near Me - Manteca, California

I've taken long time to form an opinion of Black Bear Diner. Like 10 years. Yeah, I know. For a very long time, I was on the fence. This place has huge portions. The food is piled on, the biscuits are the size of soft balls. Pretty much all the deserts are insanely large. But the one thing the food was lacking was flavor. Every time I came in, I tried something new and in general, the food was always bland or unseasoned. I was really disappointed. It was a shame that a place that gives you so much food could just fall short in the taste department. Despite, this the food was never horrible, I was just disappointed, so I stuck with it and kept coming. I couldn't tell if there was a problem with the recipes or just execution and as if by some unfortunate coincidence, my food just happens to be prepared by the cook who doesn't care too much. I've found that over the years that there are some things on the menu that actually grabbed my attention. The reuben was one of the first items I tried that actually had a great taste. Just recently, I visited and had the New York Steak and Eggs and it it tasted wonderful. The biscuits could still use some work. It really sad considering they're the biggest biscuits I've ever seen. I find that the gravy does most of the heavy lifting. The staff here, however, has always been great. They're always helpful and very friendly. The last time I came, I waited a little long to be greeted, but my server fixed that right away. She took my order and I had my food very quickly. She stayed on top of my coffee refills, which is a long taken for granted skill I think. In general, it's not a bad place. It'll surely fill you up. There are some great things like the bear claw and the New York Steak. I'm still checking out the rest of the menu to find more of these good dishes. read more

I would absolutely recommend this restaurant to anybody. The food is absolutely amazing and the service is perfect. Every single time we go we have no complaints and we always come back. read more

I'm a big fan of black bear, I've been going for years, I've even eaten at the first one in Mt. Shasta a bunch of times, but it seems like the more restaurants they add the worse they get, that said this location is the worst I've EVER HAD. My go to is a club sandwich and French fries, easy right? Nope it was the most disgusting club and undercooked fries on the planet! I tops the waiter cause he was cool, told the manager the waiter was good but the food was horrible and he just snickered, doesn't surprise me!! read more

Yeah they are finally back to pre flu conditions. Always a pleasure coming here and getting dinner or breakfast read more

Black Bear Diner Manteca - Bears hanging out 4 dinner - Diners Near Me - Manteca, California

We doordashed food from here. I should have known better since I don't even eat here in person. I just really wanted pancakes. We waited a pretty long time for this food to arrive only for them to have forgotten to send more than half of our food. HOW? WHY? Seriously, so mad. Will not order from them again. What we did receive was my husband's food only and whoever bagged it put his containers in sideways and it was all spilled in the bag. Ridiculous! read more

I really like BBD. I've been to a few different restaurants of theirs. My go to is always the Chicken Fry Steak. On this occasion it was no different. However this time was a let down. The food was something that resembled or seemed like it had been sitting under a heat lamp. But the taste was worse. It was tangy, is the only word I have to describe it. There was something off. Just not fresh nor taste good. The only reason this review gets two stars is because my mother liked her scrambowl. read more

Gluten alert- Let's start with the service they have been great and this review is for the Misinformed managers from two different shifts. I can go into the story that Lead me to this review but instead I'll tell you two managers on two different shifts swore the roll was gluten free and that was a lie. My wife refused to wart a roll that they swore was GF. Than on today's visit she asked to see the ingredients and the managers were both wrong. How dare they give people deadly information. Thank god for the great server who took the time. Corporate should write up the managers. read more

We had quite good experience with Black Bear Diner in other place, so we decided to try out this one as well -- and this one turned out even better. The ambiance was very fun and inviting, the portions were generous, the food was really good. I enjoyed experimenting with their three versions of hot sauce -- "papa bear" was the best, well, maybe because I am a papa too. The service was excellent -- attentive and quick. They brought me coffee and said it was on the house. I was happy and I reflected it in my tip. Highly recommend this place. read more

Waited 50 mins after ordering, food still did not arrive. 0 communication when asked how much longer our food would take. Walked out after a hour of sitting and no food. read more

I came here on a Saturday at 12 noon. There was a wait but it wasnt long for a small party of 2. We only waited 15 minutes. The bigger parties have a longer wait. If this restaurant was short staffed we would never have known. The service was great and the food was good as well. The waiter was friendly and accommodating. My niece ordered the New York steak and eggs breakfast plate. Im actually surprised we didnt wait longer. We were so full we didnt take any pastries/ pies home. We did end up taking a lot of left overs with us. I will definitely come back and I recommend Black Bear Diner. read more

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Food was good but service was excellent. We went there after a big chain restaurant nearby said it would be 30 minutes with tables empty all over. I felt bad for the big chain store not able to hire anyone but the waiter we had at Black Bear was good last Sunday evening. read more

The food was a bit greasy and the service was slow. The portions were a good value. The bathroom smelled of ant spray.

EVENT: We're driving and hanging out... heading to our destination... we're ready for breakfast! Why is this place a 3 star??? It should have 5 stars!!! Everything was excellent! First of all... the service was amazing! Quick and fast! Got our waters, our coffeeee... BOY we're ready to eat! Server boy gave us some delish recommendations and the cheapest option! FOOD: (1) Steak & Eggs *Must Get!* Amazing flavoring, eggs are made perfectly! (2) Vegetrian omelette: my friend got this and she loved it! (3) Cinnamon Roll French Toast: **MUST GET** best decision of my life! Got this recommendation from our server! DRINK (1) OJ: HhmMmm! yums (2) Coffee: yes! now I'm awake!!! **OVERALL: if you're driving and heading somewhere south... great place for a stop to eat breakfast! **YUMS** read more

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

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Great service at this Black Bear. The waitress had came to our table about 7 times within 30-40 minutes. The food was also pretty good. My only thing was the portion size. Im not sure if it was just my order but it only took up about half the plate. Other than that it was overall a pretty good experience. read more

We are always impressed at the speedy service and excellent food on a busy Sunday. Servers are always with a smile and eager to please. Hats off to all that works at this Black Bear in Manteca. Special Thank you to our server today , Fernando. Continue the excellent job well done!!! read more

Food is garbage!!!! Pancakes hard as a rock. Hashbrowns burned, chicken fried steak super hard, I guess I had to go vack to realize why I never eat there anymore.im about to xall the corporate offices if there's one or find out who owns this one to complain. Food isn't cheap, read more

This restaurant is super-expensive, even after taking into account today's prices . . . and the food just "fills the gap". Lunch for two will run around $45-$50. The staff was pleasant and there was no wait. Unfortunately the food was barely acceptable. I considered sending my meal back, but I don't think any replacement would have been an improvement. There was so much salt in most everything that it dominated any true flavor. This is basically an expensive greasy-spoon type restaurant on an industrial scale. I wish we just went to McDonalds ... The food would have been better and healthier and I'd have $30 to spend elsewhere. read more

Both sandwiches failed. Not what it looks like on the menu. Hardly any cheese, very dry. We were very disappointed. Good thing it came with fries, or we would have left hungry. Server was friendly but food took forever to come out. read more

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Been here a few times and really like it. I've never had bad service here, though I'm surprised so many other reviewers have! Yes, there has been a wait on Sundays, but it's not the restaurant's fault that they are packed, and in fact, tells me there must be a lot of others who find this place pretty great. I've come here with multiple people for breakfast and lunch only, and always had good service, and good food. My cousin is a vegetarian with a gluten AND dairy allergy and they even accommodated her diet needs. I've had the volcano meal and upgraded to blueberry pancakes as well as the 7 grain almond cakes, both delicious. I've also had the eggs benedict, pulled pork sandwich, and the waffle. Waffles and pancakes are a little less cooked than other places, so not crunchy or waffle, and a little chewy for pancakes, but still delicious. Eggs are always perfect, as are bacon and sausage. The only thing I've had that was a big disappointment was the biscuits and gravy. Biscuits were too big and fluffy/flavorless and the gravy had very little flavor or richness. Still, everything else here is great, even the coffee is never burnt. I'll definitely continue to come here for breakfast, especially with guests, since there is something for just about everyone. read more

The chicken fried steak eggs Benedict was pretty good but the hashbrowns were so gross not crispy at all had just a plain flavor on it. It was really disgusting. My dog wouldn't even eat it tried to feed it to him he said what the heck, so no Bueno on that the fruit was all right good portion nice size, they have a way better menu than what they used to back in the day. I might go back to check with you just might. read more