We love this local hole in the wall. We recently stopped by to try their new menu items. Billy provided exceptional service and had great recommendations. Try the hot honey cheese bites. read more

Best bacon smashburger! Got in town late from ATL and needed a beer and burger. Lindsay is awesome at the bar and the boys in the back make a damn good bacom burger. Fries are great as well! read more

We were traveling through & stopped in Charleston. Walked here for dinner. Walked in on a Tuesday night & it was empty except for one person at the bar. Had a classic smash burger with onion rings. Both were great. My hubby had a couple beers & a smash burger with fries. Good meal & service. Bar tender / waitress was very nice. read more

So goood! Friendly staff! Food was great. I had the chili and club sandwich. Spouse had smash burger and it was fantastic!!!!! read more

The Bear's Den - Wine - New American Near Me - Charleston, West Virginia

My first time trying food from the Bear's Den. I had their club sandwich with plain ruffle chips and dill pickle spear. It was very good, large and filling. No real negative about this classic sandwich except might have been tad better with some thinly sliced onion and some vinegar drizzled on it. But I would DEFINITELY eat this sandwich again and highly recommend trying this joint out. read more

The Bear's Den - New American Near Me - Charleston, West Virginia

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Great Charleston eatery and watering hole. This includes Charleston's favorite bartender on Monday-Wednesday. Everyone loves Kelly. Plenty of good food both for lunch and dinner. read more

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Went with family mid-day, Wednesday. Mostly empty yet took forever to order and get food. Grilled cheese mostly bread, already sold out of their special, onion rings practically onion-less, son said Arby's Ruben was better, and fries weren't fully cooked. When we shared feedback with server, all we got was a lukewarm apology. Won't be back. read more

Located in the basement of what used to be the Daniel Boone hotel, this bar and grill is the downtown hot spot for weekday lunch. They have a large selection of salads and sandwiches, the prices are a little on the steep side, but the portions are big, and delicious. I am a hamburger lover of the nth degree, and the Bear's Den currently ranks as having the number one burger in the valley, IMO. They grind their own meat, and cook it to order per your specified degree of doneness. And for a few extra bucks you I recommend a side order of their hand cut french fries. read more

I ordered for the first time from here. The reviews were good for the club sandwich and chili. I ordered both. The club sandwich was ok, but the chili tasted like chili you put on hot dogs with the same consistency. I could not eat it. The next order was a plain cheeseburger. Well, it looked good but as soon as they took a bite it was raw. That was not eaten either. We got a pasta salad and potato salad for sides. Pasta was good but potato was bland. Very disappointed in the order but never know unless you try. Do not think I will order from here again read more

By far the best little bar in Charleston. It's like Cheers but nicer. The bartenders know your drink and make it appear before you know your empty. The atmosphere is friendly and the service is fast and courteous. Everything on the menu is excellent, but the chili and the buffalo chicken wrap is by far my favorite read more

Located in an historic building, this is a little hidden gem. Perfect for unwinding by yourself after work or to hang with friends. Great people. Pleasant atmosphere. Everyone is friendly. Food and drinks are great. I LOVE their Reuben! They deliver for lunch and have Happy Hour. read more

Busy little lunch spot in a historic building. The baked steak is the bomb. They have great daily specials and I like they have more southern country cooking specials around here. Owner & staff are very friendly. Great little spot. read more

Bears Dens always been good to me. It's easy access from my state office in downtown Charleston. Great wings, great Chili and if you need a go to sandwich get the Cajun Turkey wrap. The fries are great but the chips are too. They have a great fish sandwich and burgers. Nice big back room for gatherings like fantasy football picking. Amazing little spot. Great atmosphere. read more

Do not eat here. I am a student of the University and have eaten the Bear's Den food for over three years. The food has only gotten worse over time and the company, Sodexo, that runs it has zero intention of ever improving. This is a common problem brought up in student government, but because freshmen and sophomores are forced to have meal plans, Sodexo has no incentive to fix any issues. Do not eat here or support the Bear's Den. read more

So I went after every one at work mentioned it. No one said it was good or bad, just that it was there. I got a french dip. It was very old looking meat, very dry, not enough auj ous. The bread tasted stale and cold. It came with some nasty chips which were the worst I've ever had in my life. A disgusting limp pickle that was more watery then pickley. It was over all disgusting and over priced. read more

A few of my co-workers gathered there for lunch recently, and I was disappointed. I ordered the BLT, an order of onion rings, and coffee. The coffee was delivered quickly, but it was undrinkable; it tasted like it had been sitting on a hot burner all morning; you know that taste. The BLT was dry and remarkably tasteless. And the onion rings were breaded, not batter fried, and tasted like the Ore-Ida onion rings you'd get from the frozen foods section at Wal-Mart. read more

This is a really neat little place hidden away in the bottom floor of an old hotel. I always got the steak sandwich or sometimes the steak salad with balsamic dressing if I was feeling like a fat ass. Beer is cold and the menu is of a wide variety. Also, pretty quick service for lunch. It's a little off the beaten path from your restaurants closer to the river, and so it's easy to overlook, but don't. read more

I've eaten here twice and enjoyed it both times. The chicken sandwich was decent. Fries were good. Also had a good club sandwich. My boss gets chili here when she's craving it. Overall, not gourmet, but the food seemed decent. Lots of business people during the lunch hour. Has kind of a dark, club-housy vibe. Service was friendly enough. I'd go here again. read more

May not be much to look at upon first glance, but the beer is nicely cold - the food is excellent - and the service is pretty damn good. I will definitely be back here on future visits to Charleston. There's not too many places in Charleston to get some really good grub, and cold beer, at a really good price. Recommended you check this place out. read more

The only reason why they are getting 2 stars is because of the nice lady working behind the bar. We waited almost 1 hour for a burger and chips. Normally I would not complain, but there were people who ordered a half an hour after us and they got their food before us. When I finally received my food, it was totally burned to a crisp. I support local business in Charleston, but Bear's Den will not be one of them. Highly disappointed! T.H. read more

I had lunch at the Bear's Den today and I was not impressed. I went with someone else and we arrived at about 11:30 (so pre lunch rush). Our waiter was very nice, I have no complaints about the service - it was pretty good. He explained to us, that everything on the menu was good (red flag number one) and that they had the best cheeseburger in town. So, I ordered the cheeseburger and their hand cut fries. About 15 minutes later my fries showed up cold and the burger was hands down one of the least flavorful burgers I have had, ever. My date's food was a little better, he had a ribeye sandwich and onion rings. The ribeye sandwich was decently flavored and the onion rings had great potential. They were battered properly and the onion had an appropriate amount of snap to it. Had they been hot (as opposed to room temperature) I would have considered giving this place one more star. Nutshell, I would not go back. While the experience was not bad, it just was not enough to motivate me to spend my money there again. read more

I made my first visit to Bear's Den today! I was here for a business lunch. I have a high tolerance for finding the occasional foreign object in my food (e.g. the occasional hair). However, what I found in my food today at Bear's Den may not have been of this world. On the second bite of my seemingly alright Reuben sandwich, I felt what I believed to be a rouge piece of sauerkraut hanging from my lip. Embarrassed, I went to remove it before anyone else noticed. What I pulled out next would rival any hairball ever expelled from a household cat. As I began to pull the would-be sauerkraut from my mouth, I noticed it was in fact a large black hair that I was pulling from my mouth. At this snapshot in time, I was not that disgusted. For, a rogue hair in a sandwich is not unheard of. This was no ordinary hair. It was as dark as a filthy rat, slimy as a cockroach's back, and, worst of all, it was attached to a nexus of hairs formed around what I surmised was a core of human skin and dregs of kitchen crud. Was this sandwich dropped on the floor? Did the chef have a violent coughing fit between the slices of rye? Is this human, feline, or something not of this world? That is a mystery for another day... I quickly hid the the revolting object, relegating it to a napkin prison. Partly to be polite, and partly to shield myself from the horror that a closer inspection might yield. How could such a large krakken of human hair go unnoticed? What other dangers lurk in other dishes made here everyday? I stomached enough of the vile sandwich as to not raise alarm among my fellow diners. This single wretched experience has led to the 1 star I have given this restaurant. Probably will not go again. read more