Haley & Bear is the restaurant and bar located at the Doubletree by Hilton (formerly Holiday Inn) in Concord, which opened in October 2025. Formerly EJ's On Main, H&B serves breakfast and dinner in a modern bistro atmosphere. They serve hotel guests, as well as the general public.
The dining area has a full service bar with 2 flatscreen TVs & high cushion seats, booths, high top tables and regular tables & padded chairs, framed pictures on the walls. Each table has candlelight, wild dried plant/floral vase, and small table lamps.
The breakfast menu offers eggs, omelets, hotcakes, waffles, brisket hash, oatmeal, yogurt, fruit and pastries. The dinner menu offerings include a selection of snacks, starters, soups, salads, burgers, sandwiches, main entrees (steak, pork, poultry, seafood), and desserts. The prices are moderate. The full service bar offers 10 draft beers, bottled beers, wine list, spirits, mixed drinks, cocktails and mocktails.
I stopped by H&B for dinner recently. I had made an online reservation earlier just in case. I was seated at a high top table near the bar and given food and drink menus. I was given cold water and I placed my order. I ordered two starters which was the Skillet Mac & Cheese ($11 plus tax) and the Tempura Fried Broccolini ($11 plus tax) and the Smoked Turkey Dip ($15 plus tax) with Housemade Chips. The starters came out together first in 15 minutes and the sandwich plate arrived 5 minutes later.
The Mac & Cheese was a good portion of cheesy elbows with a cheddar blend topped with gratinee crumb, served in a hot skillet. The fried broccolini was coated with a semi thick tempura batter, deep fried crisp outside and served with a cup of cilantro ranch dressing. The smoked turkey dip was comprised of dark sliced smoked turkey, melted gruyere cheese, hint of horseradish aioli on a toasted parmesan roll, served with au jus for dipping. The potato chips were warm and crunchy, unsalted. I finished most of the food, but requested a box for some of the mac & cheese,
For dessert, the New England Apple Crisp ($12 plus tax) was a good sized portion served in a hot skillet with chopped/mashed cinnamon apples, walnut streusel with two scoops of Giffords vanilla ice cream topped with caramel sauce & cinnamon. This dessert could easily feed 2-4 people and I did get another container for the extra apple crisp, which was great with my oatmeal.
The check with Toast QR code was presented which was $53.18 with tax and before tip. Overall, the dinner I had was pretty good with leftovers. The service was adequate here and the main courses were served in timely order. I was able to watch sports highlights on one of the TVs behind the bar and enjoy some filling eats. I will have to try here for breakfast, since they open early enough before my shift at work. read more