Staff is always so friendly and food is always good. Especially after a hike. Fun casual lunch and dinner

ANCHORAGE: Came in late and B-lined straight for the #1 recommended place in the city. The Bears Tooth is way out on a side road, low to the ground and hidden in the weird middle of a bunch of old apartment complexes. Completely divey location, pretty cool. They got me in at the very end of the shift and sere still super friendly and accommodating, big plus, 5 star service. They have a ton of good food genres and menu items within each genre, so plenty to choose from (and plenty of potential missteps). I went with a couple recommendations from the waitress and tried sorting through a few yelp reviews, which were a bit contradictory. In the end I went with the calamari starter and the blackened scallops, and requested "easy on the spice" thanks to the tip of another reviewer who said they overdo it. CALAMARI (4.5 stars/$12): This was super good! Lightly breaded, just enough batter, just big enough and flavorful, with a delicious garlic aoli with cayenne. Awesome! Blackened Scallops (3.5 stars/$20): This dish was complex: not pretty to look at, but the veggies and rice were Awesome! The scallops were a little too chewy and not great; I got it "easy on the spice" and they were still very spicy. Be sure to order like this if you choose this dish. Key Lime Pie (5 stars): This pie was fantastic! Probably the smoothest key like I have had; no jarring tartness like I have come to expect. It still had full flavor but was just extremely creamy. Awesome! Eager to come try more! read more

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First off, I don't go to the grill side as much as the theater side. IMO, I prefer the theater side... I like the place for its upbeat atmosphere, friendly staff, and nostalgia as I grew up in West Anchorage. To be honest it I had the saddest steak tacos ever. Steak came out as a flank piece on a plate that you needed to cut yourself, side of mediocre beans and rice, tortillas in a container, another plate with veggie fixings. It was just too much for little, it was trying to be happy but was not so. So, try everything else on the menu except the carne asada tacos read more

After a successful meal at Moose's Tooth we decided to stop by their other property for some Mexican. We received similar service at this equally popular spot. Parking lot was packed, short wait that was efficiently dealt with by the hostess staff. We ordered beers at the bar while waiting - stuck with our favorite Polar Pale Ale. Once seated we received great service and ordered some of the vegetarian options. The roasted tomato & pepper fettuccine was unique and very good - very filling. Prices were reasonable and overall we had a nice time. Great spot for families or larger parties - you may have to wait but they will fit you in. read more

Great Food. Great location and can't beat the prices. Also, step next store and go watch a movie at the Bear Tooth Theater.

I. Love. This. Place. I'm not in Anchorage very often but all the Tooth restaurants are on my list! Bear Tooth is a eatery and theater. Dinner and a show for the family or a quick date night. The food is spot on. If you leave here hungry, you're not doing it right. Party of 3 in for a quick lunch and we were not disappointed. The other side of the restaurant was full with a long waiting time but the theater side had a table ready to go. We had chips and salsa for an appetizer. Very well done salsa with a tiny kick. I had a burrito the size of my face and table mates had wings. The wings had that fragrant odor of "bout to bring some heat" and I might have had a little bead of sweat on my lip. Perfect. The burrito was good and I would get it again. The place is a little tight and the booth seating needs a bit more space between the seat and the table. We made it in but the seating was just tight. read more

Bear Tooth Grill - Mexican Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

Preface: the majority of my friends love this place's food, so I'm in the minority in finding it just ok. And I'm referring to the restaurant side, not the theater cafe side. There are two great items on the restaurant menu I love: the lavender pear Bellini, and the key lime pie. Both are outstanding, but they are to me an exception to the otherwise not so exciting or tasty food. There are two good items on the menu, both from brunch: the breakfast sandwich (which I could easily replicate at home and have) and the biscuits and gravy (which is like any other standard b & g). But neither are what I would consider exceptional or creative. They have good calamari and garlic fries, too. However, there are much better brunch places around town. Everything else either doesn't run to my taste or is kind of bland, including my recent tries, the cotija tacos, their special migas (which I had yesterday), the carne asada tacos, and the chips with three salsas. There's not much flavor to them. Some of their stuff is spicy on top of the bland, but spicy isn't a flavor. It's a sensation. I have also tried two different dishes with chicken (including a spinach salad and the fettuccine). In both, the chicken was dry and overlooked and tasteless. Yuck! And the special berry cherry Bellini they had last week tasted like cough syrup. The server graciously took it back and replaced it with the lavender pear. Speaking of servers, they are all outstanding. Friendly, helpful, accommodating. And they generally manage the crazy business well--this place gets packed just about every night. It's a favorite local hangout. Should you be up for just hanging out at the bar, be prepared to be crammed in and constantly having people squeezing past you on the way to the bathroom. I haven't eaten in the dining area of the movie side, but I've eaten food in a movie from that side, but only the Caesar wrap. It was yummy, fresh, and a nice easy thing to eat in the dark. That's all I can speak to on this side except I like the cheap wine choices they offer at the bar for the shows. And the movie offerings and the music shows are undoubtedly the best thing about this place. They bring in fun acts and offer movies that you can't see anywhere else in the city, and cheaper tickets for popular movies after they've been out a while. I'm glad they are here for that and do a five star job there, but I am reviewing based on the food and mostly the grill restaurant side. If it's up to me when going out with friends, I usually don't choose this place for just eating and hanging out. But I can find things that I can enjoy when I do go there, and I imagine I will continue to end up there on occasion. I don't think it's on the top of any list of places to eat in town, but as I said, I know lots of people who would disagree. It's definitely a good place to get a taste of Anchorage local life, though. It's something of an institution, and that makes it worth checking out at least once. read more

Bear Tooth Grill - A good reminder to come early for all movies here. This is only the inside line. - Mexican Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

I hadn't been to Bear Tooth for a couple of years. The food was fantastic! I highly recommend.

No wonder only few people watching one of the biggest Disney movies, food was ok but the service and the process needs help. No need to go to details but it was not a pleasant experience that me I my daughter's we had today. The manager was on top of the situation and turned the i pleasant experience around and mad sure we left happy, I been coming to Bear tooth for years and this experience will not stop me from coming back, cheers read more

Bear Tooth Grill changed their calamari from rings to strips. While the strips were cooked well, the sauce was nothing special--surprisingly disappointing for a flavorful restaurant. An aioli base would taste better. I write this because I am a fried calamari connoisseur. I will not be ordering this again. Please bring back the previous calamari style but easy on the garlic. read more

Bear Tooth Grill - Mexican Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

Great place to have lunch and a stout. This is where the locals go and business happens. read more

Bear Tooth Grill - Great place for a Sunday Bloody Mary - Mexican Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

Great food and good service! We go there every few months and, so far, have never been disappointed.

This is by far my favorite restaurant in town. So flavorful and fun. I love the El Oso Salad with blackened chicken (really spicy, but so good!), the Garlic Cilantro Cheese Fries are a MUST and accompanied by The Hipster and it's a perfect evening. Their burgers and and Mexi Entree is great too! read more

One of my favorite restaurants to eat at. Great breakfast, lunch and dinner. Drinks are super tasty and they have non alcoholic drinks that aren't just soda. The service has always been great and we've gotten our food fairly quickly. Love the ambiance as well. Super chill and just overall pleasant read more

They appear to have changed the steak chimichurri burrito recipe back to the old style but just added guacamole! I look forward to eating it again. read more

Great service. Kale Caesar salad was crisp and refreshing and veggie sandwich was great too.

***This is for the theatre side*** I haven't been to a movie in a while even though you can get decent grub and beer because of all the yuppies saving 20 seats and make it a hassle to find seating. I haven't been to a show in a while because of all the pot smokers. I'm a pretty liberal person and don't care about the smoking itself, but I really don't understand how lax the company is with people smoking openly at shows. Can't they go outside between sets? I write this as I would like to go to Beach House, but am not sure I want to subject myself to that type of environment at a concert. read more

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This is my favorite restaurant in town! My picks: Grill Side Breakfast- BT with a Brass Monkey Lunch - Nachos with Skinny house Marg Dinner - Carne Burrito with two Skinny house Margs read more

One of my favorite places in town. The service is friendly and prompt and the food is consistently wonderful.

Food was expensive and so so, service was awesome. First time going there. Doubt I return.

It's Bear Tooth Grill, like if your a local than that's enough said. The dine in atmosphere is amazing, outgoing, hippie, laid back and fun. The staff is super friendly, always on top of everything. Honestly their pizza is better than its sister restaurant moose tooth. The theater is amazing especially! No where else in Anchorage has a restaurant with a movie theater. The diablo sticks! The tacos! The Mac and cheese! Loooove read more

So.much.food. My friend and I split the pork tacos, nachos, and a half order of garlic fries. It was so much food! At first I was whiny because the prices were a little more than I was willing to pay for an early dinner/late lunch. But when our food came there was so much!! The nachos were my favorite. The garlic fries reminded me of the ones you'd get at a baseball game. Yum. As for the pork tacos...they had a lot of potential. The pork was dry but it was easy to forget about if you topped it with everything else that came with the entree. Would I come back? Yes, but knowingly going for a TexMex sort of meal because I felt that was a theme they had going on their menu. Would I recommend it to a friend? Yes, I would also recommend they arrive hungry! read more

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We ordered take out on Wednesday evening and waited a long time to pickup. The workers at the front kindly referred me to the manager, Mandy. She is wonderful, professional and kind and gave me a generous gift card. I had not complained but I must say customer service was wonderful as well as serving tasty food. Kudos to Beartooth grill for providing kindness even when very busy and timely service is difficult. I am thankful for manager Mandy and team. read more

Brunch is the most important meal. The plantain French toast. Holy shot this is good!

I love the dining room/bar side of Bear Tooth. The Mexican-American fusion cuisine is perfect. I usually order their enchiladas, chicken skewers, and the pork with Mac and cheese--and garlic cilantro fries are a great starter. The spenard-a-rita (along with all of the other cocktails) are great for pairing, and it's an even greater bonus to be able to reserve a booth in the theatre at a great price. read more

We decided to come here after Moose's Tooth's wait time was 2 hours long and the hostess recommended it because the wait time will be shorter. We called and they told us the wait will be 15-30 mins. 6 mins later we arrived and the wait time was 45 mins, no biggie we decided to wait. 45 mins later our table was ready, we didn't wait long to meet our waiter and he brought us water. My cup had old vegetable stuck to it and the table looked to be cleaned in a rush bc it was sticky and had some old food on it. After we placed our order it took such a long time to come. About 45 minutes our waiter came and We were told they were running behind so they brought us pizza so we "don't starve" ... the pizza was the same type of pizza we ordered but it was cold, Overcooked and not enjoyable but we were hungry so we ate. The cilantro garlic fries were good but some of the fries were black. About 15 mins later our pizza came and it was fresh but we were full from the overcooked cold pizza. Overall with the wait time and wait for the food it took close to 3 hours. The same amount of time we would've spent in Moose's Tooth waiting for the table and eating fresh food. I will say a positive is they have a kids menu even though it's small. I did appreciate our waiter informing us about them running behind and checking in on us & the gesture of bringing us pizza was nice but it was old cold pizza lol. Overall the server was great but the experience was not. We'll just stick to moose's tooth. read more

As good as we expected from Moose's Tooth/Bear Tooth, with dishes other than the world's best pizzas. Had the Thai-influenced Peanut Noodles: Spaghetti noodles in a delicious peanut sauce, __piled__ with broccoli, tomatoes, sugar peas, cashews, bean sprouts, tempura tofu, sautéed onions. Most excellent! read more

Bear Tooth Grill - Peanut noodles w/tofu - Mexican Near Me - Anchorage, Alaska

Good service, mediocre food, chicken skewers bland, Cobb salad extremely disappointing- from quality, presentation and portion. Won't be returning. read more

Had the most delicious and delightful pork belly taco. The food and service is above awesome. There is also a substantial variety of alcoholic beverages. My favorite is port lager beer read more

My girlfriend and I went there after work a couple weeks ago. I ordered the fish and chip. It came out pale and soggy. I can't believe the server delivered it. I tried to eat it but the batter was raw. I sent it back but after 20 minutes it still wasn't ready. My girlfriend had already finished and I was over it. The manager came up and told me he took it off the bill, like that impressed me. I didn't eat it, why would I pay for it? He told me he would comp my next meal when I came in again, but them never gave me a coupon or anything. So I left empty handed, hungry, and upset. Thanks for nothing. read more

Have only been during outdoor seating (during covid), but all visits have been great. On site parking. Huge variety in menu. Competitive prices. Good service. Food was delicious. Highly recommend! read more

I had the pleasure of dining at Bear Tooth for the 1st time! I liked it so much that I came two more times in my 1 week stay. We had the calamari as our appetizer. Large potion executed perfectly. It was a hit with my daughter and friends. I had their soup of the day, a delicious fresh soup packed with flavor. Their burgers and fries were also a hit. We all shared a ginger cream brûlée. Perfect end to a wonderful meal. The prices are good so what are you waiting for? read more

I've been here a few times since my last review and just realized I never updated it! The food is always delicious and they try to make sure everything is as it should be or correct any mistakes immediately. The service is always amazing, everyone is so friendly and nice. I'm so glad drink specials are back! And I'm glad to see a couple of their previous specials were added to the menu. Everything is getting back to normal and I'm secretly hoping they bring back some of their previous items like some burrito options on the theatre side like the steak & mushroom or the steak & avocado, and some of their brunch items like the churros and the huevos rancheros. There's also a few drink specials I haven't gotten over that I hope make a comeback as a special sometime soon. read more

What a great use of the theatre space! Now that outdoor dining is done, Bear Tooth added a dining area in front of the stage in the auditorium. Food and drinks were great, as always. Friendly service. Always one of the best places for brunch! read more

Probably one of the best Mexican restaurants I've been to. Large portions. Almost can't go wrong with almost anything ordered here. Not super authentic Mexican, which I don't really believe it tries to be... it has its own take. But nonetheless, delicious food! One thing though is that the churros aren't as soft and fluffy as ones you might find at the fair, but they are accompanied by a chocolate dipping sauce. read more

We got the All American pizza and the basil vinaigrette salad.One thing I can say about the pizza, is the slices were kind of big for me and I wish they were cut in half.The vinaigrette on the salad was really good.The dining experience was great I would definitely come back again.I also loved that is was a self service kind of thing. read more

This review is for the Grill portion. We enjoyed the following items: AK BARLEY BREADED CALAMARI STRIPS- These were cooked perfectly!! We weren't fans of the ranchero sauce but very good over all. CARNE ASADA TACOS- I feel like a kid every time I order these. The beef was trimmed perfectly with no surprise grisly bite. The vegetables and tomato were fresh, and the guacamole was really good! SONORAN STYLE ENCHILADAS- Cheese, Chicken and Beef were ordered and I had a bite of each one and they were really good along with the black beans. Grill cheese and fruit- I was very surprised the kido enjoyed grill cheese on sour dough. The server's and staff were very nice and accommodating... read more

Great food, friendly servers and reasonable prices. Blacked salmon bowl was outstanding - a real highlight. Good drink and beer selection. Always busy - get there early read more

There's no need to read reviews of this place, you're going to like it. That being said, you must be aware that there are two sides to this restaurant with two distinct menus (the Theatre side and the Grill side.) I give the food 4 out of 5 on both sides. On the Theatre side, the Spicy Bear burrito is outstanding: big enough to fill a hungry belly, spicy enough to make it interesting without the need for constantly sipping water. On the Grill side, the Potato Burrito is amazing: filled with delicious potato chunks and an amazing spicy cream sauce. Don't forget to check out the specials on both sides, you will generally not be disappointed. The Theatre side gets 3 out of 5 for service and the Grill side gets 4 out of 5 for service. The Grill side staff (including world's best bartender Ken and hands down friendliest server ever Bret) really know how to make your experience enjoyable. The beer (available on both sides) gets a 5 out of 5. Some of the First Tap beers are a little out there, but taken as a whole you can't go wrong with Bear / Moose's Tooth beer. The restaurant / ambiance gets tricky. Grill side gets 4 out of 5 for being very well laid out considering how small the space is (you feel cozy but not cramped ever.) You will almost always have to wait for a table on the Grill side no matter when you go. The restaurant / ambiance of the Theatre side gets a 3 out of 5. Sort of generic seating with booths that are not all that comfortable. The actual movie theater itself gets 5 out of 5. The tables and movie chairs are surprisingly comfortable. How can beer + dinner + movie get anything less than a 5? Other dishes not to be missed include: nachos (Grill & Theatre side), garlic fries (Theatre side), spicy Thai noodles (Grill side), avocado & corn salad (Grill side) and the chocolate mousse (Grill side.) read more

I can't believe it has taken me a so long to go here, but I finally did. Its hard to rate adequately because overall it gets a 5 star for its uniqueness and successful juxtaposition of food, and entertainment: movies, concerts,etc. However, I thought the pizza totally sucked. I was shocked because I really like Moose's Tooth pizza. My friend and I ordered a large Classic from the Pub for the movie, and it was doughy, way undercooked (I mean way!) floppy soggy, bland, and just all out hugely dissappointing. I would have loved to have sent it back for another 5 mintues in the oven. And oh, by the way, needs lots of salt, or something. The other huge disappointment was just getting a beer before the theater doors opened. I had to go to the grill, not knowing I could have got a beer in the theatre, I even asked the person at the food counter in the theatre If I could get a beer in there and they said "No", Really, they said "no, there is no server in there and that I have to get it at the Grill" Maybe must mayabe, she thought, right now, but the doors were closed, so obviously I couldn't go in there NOW and get a beer.. Wow. So I went to the grill to get our beers just before the theatre opened. At the Grill waiting for my beers, standing at the bar looking dumb, realizing I was in the wrong spot for to go orders, I quickly figured it out and had two people ahead of me. My god, I stood there for what seemed like forever, not just waiting for the two people ahead of me, but me too. And then, even funnier, I put my money on the table as soon as the beers landed, a twenty, for a $10 order, I had to wait and excruciatingly long time for change, the bartender didn't even pick up my money, it was right there, she watched me get it out. She looked at it and walked about, and made someone else a drink. I saw her take a straw she used to stir the drink she made, lick it, and put it back in the drink. I KID YOU NOT!! So I'm standing there, with two beers, waiting for the damn bartender to do something with my money. No, I am not giving you a 10 dollar tip, for a 10 dollar order. AT this point, I'm thinking stiff, but no I had some heart, and left a buck. More than she deserved for handling the whole affair. Finally, into the theatre with two beers, and guess what, yep, the theatre has a bar, with beer !!! The second I walk in there with my beer the bartender yells at me, saying that I can't go in there with glasses, that I need plastic cups. OMG, I really can't believe the disfunction of this place. Luckily, I did not have to wait in the huge long line that had already built up in the theatre to transfer my beer to plastic. Chalk a LOT up to learning, I know I was a bit ignorant, and I'll KNow better next time, buy I am quite appalled at the total lack of competence, and professionalism in the service aspects. So, Yeah, I'll definitely go again, but sheesh. I'll hide my own beer in my coat, and order a taco or burrito. They definitely need to deliver beers faster to the theater crowd. People were still standing in line while the movie was going. read more