We tried to dine here two nights in a row. We arrived at 530 last night and it was a 45min wait so we left. Today we came at 445 and it was a 35min wait. The restaurant was 2/3 empty! They claimed their kitchen was too backed up for them to seat more table. What a disappointment as this is the only true family spot in the area aside from fast food. read more

Disappointing experience. Bad service. Salads came out very late. Then wrong dressing for both salads. Meanwhile our meals are sitting under the warmer a very long time. Lettuce was cooked on the plate. Never picked up salad plates so had to eat dinner squished together. Never saw waitress again until time to go. Took forever to pay with slow cashier. Meat loaf had gross amount of celery. Gray and mashed super salty. Veggies over cooked due to being under the warmer so long. No refills offered on tea. Won't be back. read more

Good food, large portions! We stopped in a couple of times during our stay. Everyone that we met was very friendly and welcoming. We ordered breakfast. The fresh orange juice is fantastic! My wife ordered hot cocoa but it was a bit overpowering and she wasn't able finish it. I tried the coffee but also didn't finish it. We ordered an almond bear claw to split. It was large and was served hot. Really delicious! For our meal, I ordered the Grizz. The eggs were well cooked as ordered. Their pancakes were large and had great flavor, but mine were a bit pasty in texture. The country potatoes were tasty and well prepared but a bit under-seasoned. Overall, a great place to stop in for a hearty meal. We'll definitely be back when we're in town again. read more

Black Bear Diner - Almond bear claw! Yummy - American Near Me - Sequim, Washington

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This was a great place for breakfast. Our waiter, Steven, was attentive and pleasant. I ordered the bacon well done and it was perfect. All of our food was well prepared and the restaurant was clean and staffed with pleasant people. I'd stop again! read more

First let me say that the décor and theme of the Black Bear Diner is adorable!! I loved all the bears inside and out! Second, the service was excellent. The server (Brittany?) did a terrific job and was very friendly and quick. The food was terrible. My husband had the breakfast of corned beef and eggs. The eggs were overdone, the toast was burnt and the corned beef was terribly dry. I had the chicken and waffle. The chicken had an odd taste and was incredibly thin. The waffle was tasty but the syrup had NO maple taste and tasted like sugar water. Overall, not a great experience and we would not return. read more

Don't waste your time. My wife and I went to this place for a meal. First off, the restaurant was 3/4 empty and it was still a 15-minute wait to get a table. The staff at the front doesn't acknowledge your existence. We really got the feeling that we were interfering with staff and their day. My wife and I went to another cafe in town and were seated instantly. read more

After walking out of the Hwy 101 diner due to lack of service we walked into this place on New Year's Day. So crowded there was no parking in the lot - but we were seated relatively quickly and got to listen to music by this adorable older couple and look at all the bear paraphernalia while waiting. Once we were seated service was quick and food was straight forward and good - I got a club sandwich and my wife got a turkey sandwich - they were exactly as you would expect these items at a diner to be. We were in and out in an hour, which is exactly what we wanted, too, although I am sure we could have lingered a bit longer if we had wanted. read more

This was an excellent stop at the end of the day. We told our server our likes and dislike and he gave us great advise. We were here at dinner time and had fried chicken, pot pie, pot roast, and huevos rancheros. Everyone raves about their food. Portion sizes were huge! Highly recommend this spot. read more

Black Bear Diner - American Near Me - Sequim, Washington

Mighty good comfort food, good service, reasonable prices and comfortable setting. I had the large country fried steak.. They are proud to boat that they buy large platters and fill them up. In my case they lived up to their claim and there is enough left over for breakfast tomorrow. My wife had the turkey dinner and found it to be very tasty, apparently she was hungrier than me as she was able to eat it all. They spent some money on both the interior and exterior design and in my opinion it enhanced the experience. I was happily surprised how much the reheated CFS was this morning - it made me smile. read more

Very nice atmosphere. The food was okay. Chicken Parmesan was good, but the noodles that came with it was a little bland, and oddly full of onions. Everything tasted fresh, corn bread muffins were great! read more

Black Bear Diner - American Near Me - Sequim, Washington

Went in for the fish fry and came out with a peach cobbler and peanut butter pie! Yikes! Their tweet Tea was perfect! Portions are humongous! Staff was mostly younger and a bit frazzled so patience is needed. Overall good stop for stick to your ribs country vittles. Yes Haw! read more

Black Bear Diner - American Near Me - Sequim, Washington

They have great food, great service, it is clean, and they have plenty of parking. It is all home made food.

Not only was this one of the nicest restaurants decor and settings in the Sequim area, but one of the prettiest BBD of the chain. Melanie was an outstanding server. She knew the menu and guided us through to get us just what we wanted with our dietary restrictions. My wife always gets the turkey platter with mashed potatoes and gravy, substitutes side salad for veggies and of coarse a large portion of sliced roast turkey breast with cranberry sauce, it's a winner every time. And It's thanksgiving dinner 365 days a year if you wish. It was my birthday and as a club member I had rewards. If your not, sign up soon and before your birthday. Food presentations are always large and good value. It's always fun to find the BBD on our travels. We will be back. read more

Best prime rib we've had for a long while! Good social distance between tables - at least where we sat! Love their apple cobbler too!

A family friendly restaurant with a robust menu. Kids get free ice cream with their meals. Portion size are big so one can easily split an entrée. I had the chicken cobb and could not finish it. Service was decent and the establishment was spacious and clean. read more

This spot has friendly service, great food (large portions, good prices, a lot of food choices, and has a nice ambience. It is a diner, but sitting outside, you're getting the feel of a restaurant. The branding it superior. Bear statues, bear claws on their napkins and plates, bears on the cups and even the ketchup. They also have a se"f- made bear claw. Amazing. I love this place. read more

Had signs all over saying they are short staffed, and the reason for that is because they fire them all for not being vaccinated. Let the discriminating begin. They wouldn't let us come inside without a vaccine card. Enjoy going out of business. They need us we don't need them. read more

I just can't get my take out order correct from them! The chicken fried steaks and potatoes was still COLD The gravy was so thick, it wasn't too thick to swallow I just can't get the quality or service BLACK BEAR says they have! I guess I will go to Apple bees for this kind of food There it is hot! How can you have such COLD still in the chicken fried steak? And service it!? Your coleslaw is great And sometimes, your food comes out great but It sure would be nice to know it is like that always!! read more

I lived in Shasta city and Redding where they all started. Nice to see them grow and have a following. Basic dinner food with larger portions. Clean and fast service. This location is ideal as it is next to the only hotel I will stay at in Sequim. We will be back read more

I was pleasantly surprised with this establishment. Very cute decor, clean and well kept. Food was amazing! We went for breakfast and liked it so much we went back for dinner. Both times were great! Breakfast my husband and I shared the Grizz which was more than enough food for 2. Dinner we had the meat omelette and pancakes and fish and chips. Can I just say these pancakes are out of this world good!! read more

Solid Black Bear Diner. Being from the SF Bay Area, and we drive up here sometimes, we've stopped at lots of different locations. My son, now 11, has a sentimental attachment to black bear diner I think. lol. I have been to some locations that are bad. But never had anything but hot, diner type food, at this location. Staff is pretty attentive. We've stayed twice at the holiday inn, so we usually end up eating here at least once. Portions are large, but that's just how black bear diner is. Lots to choose from on the menu. Super clean location. ***UPDATE*** Don't come here if they're busy. We waited forever for our food. Son got a chicken strip basket, I got pancakes, husband got a breakfast combo with biscuits and gravy. We waited 20-30 mins after ordering. Maybe a little more. Husband's food was cold. Not room temp but cold. My pancakes were legit raw in the middle. I got the 7 grain ones. Check out the pic. It's total BS that it got put on a plate, anybody that's made a pancake in their live could tell it was raw when the took it off the griddle. So yea food here has been solid, but all the other times they were pretty slow, cause we ate at off times. read more

Black Bear Diner - My literally raw in the middle 7 grain pancakes. don't come here when they are busy. If it's quiet you won't have these issues. - American Near Me - Sequim, Washington

We ordered 3 meals and a side of fries a couple of nights ago--chicken strips w/fries, fish & chips w/onion rings, and chicken fried steak with a baked potato. The food was all good, but we were surprised at the small portion size of the chicken fried steak and the baked potato was tiny! We have always thought their portion sizes were huge when we had been there in the past, but not this time. I wish I would have gotten a pic of it to post, but I didn't think about it at the time. read more

We have been hearing good things about this diner so we decided to give it a shot. Very nice exterior, inviting interior. Food smelled great. BUT, never got past the front door. There were other people waiting to be seated and we waited there for 5 minutes and not one employee even acknowledged our existence. not even a "will be with you in a minute" . We were completely ignored. The wait staff would do well to let the customer know that they are seen and be told how long. If we were told it would be a while, we would have waited. We will be giving the place another shot later on. This may have been a rare occurrance read more

I know black bear is trying to go eco friendly which is a start, but they still microwave turkey dinner and other things and if they are home cooking should not radiate oatmeal. This is obsurd for the price one is paying. Hot coco has hydrogenated or harmful oils added. Customer service is ok, but they had gotten order wrong because of not listening well. I think it's much better than Mariners cafe as they use margarine in different items. read more

This is such an up and down restaurant, once in a while food is good not this time.service is usually understaffed. Never had are drinks refilled, food ordered breakfast everything over cooked or slightly burnt. Tired of hoping for the best will not try again. read more

Black Bear Diner - Burnt white toast - American Near Me - Sequim, Washington

Bad service person on the call. Apparently , BB only does delivery through doordash which means I have to order through a third party provider. Their service has gone way downhill; used to be one of favorite stops on the way to the Olympics; now off my list. There are better local options in town for breakfast; read more

Wife and I arrived at lunch time - people waiting to be seated, we gave hostess our name and waited. Hostess eventually got to us and took us to one of the very small booths - I noticed three open large booths plus three open tables and requested one of these, was told that this seating was for larger groups so we reluctantly took the small, cramped booth. Within 10 minutes this hostess seated single couples at each of these six preferred seating areas - this really irritated me! Next, our service was SLOW, people that came in after us got served before us. We should have and will walk-out if this ever happens again. Guess everyone gets screwed sooner or later eating out and this was our time. Suggest eating here off hours read more

The food was probably what you would expect, it was decent. But where this location shined for us was with their absolutely incredible customer service! Every single person that we encountered working there was so amazingly friendly. We came kind of late like 30mins before closing and we hate to be "those people" you know the ones that make the staff wait around and work late for you. We asked about getting the food to go to our room across the way at the holiday inn and they assured us that there was absolutely no issues waiting on us and to take our time and enjoy ourselves. I would definitely come back here because customer service and the way you treat people are key!! read more

I just had the next lunch I've had in a long time. The service was great, the iced tea was fresh and clearly homemade and my food was delicious. I had the turkey pesto sandwich and fries. The turkey was smoked in house and was super thick and yummy, the avocado and greens were fresh and plentiful and the bread was amazingly soft. And best yet the fries were under cut and perfectly fried. I can hardly wait to go back to this little gem!! read more

I go to Black Bear often and the food quality is Ok. I enjoy their variety of foods on the menu and the friendly staff. Last night I decided to try a dessert with my family for all of us to share. We ordered "Grandmas Famous Blackberry Cobbler" and asked for it warm or hot. What was presented to us was an innocent looking cobbler and were excited to try it. What we saw in there was to our surprise. As we cut open the thin crust we were introduced to a Light Purple Hue and Liquidly Gel. And to our surprise, we found only 8 small blackberries that were barely considered blackberries. What happened to Grandma? The taste was like Water, Sugar, and Cornstarch. We were very disappointed both in our Hearts and in our Stomachs. Black Bear I encourage you to please to no longer keep selling this product, I am nervous to try the other pies, I strongly suggest you have a taste test. Let's make Grandma Proud! read more

My friend and I decided to dine here at black bear diner, food was great and the service was subpar, when my friend had paid the bill and we were leaving, the manager came up to me and had asked me if I had paid on my phone as if to accuse me of dining and dashing, I was taken aback and froze because I have never dined and dashed and it seems to me as if my race (black) and my friends Jewishness played a role in that. read more

LOVELY BREAKFAST - huge fluffy pancakes, thick tasty bacon, friendly staff. our fav spot to eat when visiting Sequim ....love the fun bear carvings read more

Black Bear Diner - American Near Me - Sequim, Washington

The atmosphere is really cute and cozy with the wood carvings and the food was excellent quality and quantity. The prices were also very reasonable . read more

We ordered online at noon and were told the food would be ready by 12:30. After waiting for 30 minutes we walked in to get the food and we're told it would be another 30 minutes. The kitchen was apparently backed up even though there were very few diners and just a couple waiting for takeout. When I asked to cancel the order they refused to do that too. What a disappointing experience! Finally got it around 12:50. The food tasted good enough. So updated the rating a bit. read more

I enjoyed our lunch stop, the restaurant was very clean and the food was quite good. I had a Club sandwich along with the best sweet potato fries I've ever tasted. My wife had a yummy burger. read more

I am confused by some of the reviews for this establishment because dining at its best is a far stretch, unless the closest comparison one can find is Denny's. The real scoop is the food is not much better than Denny's, the only difference is they overwhelm you with large quantities of mediocre food in the hope that you will slip into a food coma before you write a review. But the mediocre food is not why I gave them one star... The score was a culmination of mediocre food, an establishment that appears to be stuck between two time zones when serving guests at the same table, and a waitress who felt is was her obligation to interrupt a guest who was politely complaining about the time-zone difference in food delivery. Rarely, if ever do I not tip a server. I absolutely respect the job these men and women do, the long hours on their feet serving so many different people. But there is a simple fact; when you are a server, you are the mouthpiece and earpiece of the company. This means, do your job well, listen to your guests, politely address issues, and try to turn a bad situation into a good one. Well, this did not happen... And I was put in a position of advising her manager to explain to her the multiple reasons she was not getting a tip.. First, at what point in time did a restaurant find it acceptable to serve two people at the same table at different times? I don't mean seconds, or even a minute or two. I mean different time zones for shit sake. This is simple logistics folks. Two people at the same table order dinner. The server takes the order at the same time. He or she submits the order to the kitchen staff. The kitchen staff prepares the food by cooking it fresh, or in this case, dumping it from a can and pulling it from the freezer, heating it up and throwing it on a plate. The kitchen staff then notifies the server that the order is ready to be delivered to the guest[s]. Pretty simple.. At least you would think...... So after a while of the Wookie's food cooling while it sat in front of him, waiting for my dinner to arrive, the server comes up to acknowledge the problem. I politely explain to her that serving food to the same table, in the same time zone is appropriate service, however, she must have felt that my polite, calm tone of voice, and carefully worded (politically correct even) complaint was too much for her to handle, so she decided to interrupt me with a snide remark, and quickly grab Woookie's dinner to haul it back to the kitchen while they finished preparing my items. Well, usually this would end up in me verbally destroying any bit of what emotional stability the offending party would have, but I chose to take the kinder, more gentle approach and biting my tongue. Instead, I plotted of how to explain to either her, the cashier, or the manager (or all three) exactly what is expected of an establishment that survives on providing good customer service. Now don't get me wrong, I have worked the service industry, and for the love of all that is sacred in this world I would never say "the customer is always right", because 6 out of 10 times, the customer is just a jerk. But in this case, the customer is not a jerk, well most of the time, or arguably some of the time, and even could be considered somewhere between a really nice guy and a jerk. But I digress... This isn't about me, it's about Black Bear Diner. Now to make matters worse... We have food cooked in different time zones that obviously exist only in the kitchen area. A server who feels it is her right to interrupt a very polite customer, and mediocre food that was far from being worth the time and/or aggravation. We need to add the completely disinterested assistant manager who obviously cares about his job because it is probably the best gig he could find in the tiny town of Sequim, WA. This guy was oblivious to what was happening, or at least appeared to be at the time it was happening. Maybe, just maybe his attention span was trapped between the mysterious time zone differences in his establishment? Yes, I am trying to give him the benefit of the doubt here. I mean there have been other unexplained phenomena like Grey Aliens abducting people, crop circles, spacial distortions, so a time zone change manifesting in a restaurant could cause some type of mental distortion.... But now that I think about it, I am probably just lying to myself in disbelief. I say that because when I explained to him why he needed to explain to his server why she was not getting a tip, I received a snappy return of "She made me aware of this after it happened". Do tell good sir.... Your server made you aware of the problem while we were still sitting at the table, and you failed to have the business courtesy to come to the table and at least apologize? I say this must be a new form of customer service that I was not aware of. To be honest, I think the concept is lacking in substance. read more

Staying at the Holiday Inn- this is across from the parking lot and surprisingly good. Why surprised? Most restaurants next to a hotel are marginal at best. I had an amazing salad- yes salad can be amazing. I wanted onion rings too but I knew I couldn't eat all that. The waitress , Summer gave me a bonus 2 onion rings . They were delish. My kids had burgers and fries. They also had "the best milkshake ever". Funky place with friendly staff and hearty food. read more

Black Bear Diner - Burger salad - American Near Me - Sequim, Washington

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Prices are good, friendly folks but the place is overhyped overall. Food is hit and miss about what you would expect from any cheep greasy spoon diner. The only difference is that The Black Bear is new and shiny. Bottom Line: Its for the on/off the freeway tourist. If you have a little time go into town and get some real food, you won't look back. read more

Simple, basic, consistent chain. Great comfort food. Definitely get the chocolate lava pie, blackberry crisp and the peanut butter pie is great. The peanut butter pie you only need a little at a time. read more

The food while decent took an incredibly long time to come out and when it did the order was incorrect. The food was also dry and and after looking away mid-meal to speak to my associate my fries were taken away from me. I had just finished by burger and there was a full plate of fries taken in seconds before the waiter hurried off. This was not rem read more