Reviews for Black Bear Diner Pleasanton in Pleasanton, CA

Because this place is across the street from a hotel whose restaurant is closed, I ended up eating 4 meals here, dinner, lunch,... and 2x breakfast. Service was consistently good as were all the meals. I enjoyed the breakfasts the most (seems to be sort of aspecialty of theirs) but the chicken taco salad for dinner was really good as well. Quiet enough to carry on a conversationwhich is also a plus. Will return next time I am in the area. Read more

Excellent service and huge portions. Our waiter was very nice and attentive throughout our meal. They ran out of vanilla ice... cream for my root beer float and got a complimentary drink with chocolate instead. The tri tip sandwich was delicious! Read more

Food was delicious! Very large portions. Chicken fried steak Benedict was fantastic! Great service. All employees that I... encountered were smiling, friendly, and genuinely seemed to love working there. I only wished I had found this diner soonerrather than the last day of my trip. Read more

Literally the worst meal I had in a long time. We stopped by mid-afternoon for a bite after going car shopping. The host/server... was very pleasant and welcoming. We were seated and placed our order. 5 minutes later (no joke) our food was brought out. I wasshocked. Clearly this food was prepared long before and the quality showed. The eggs were extremely over cooked, rubbery andslightly burnt, the hash browns were dried out and tasted reheated. The worst of it all was the bowl if grits. The cookliterally took hot water and poured it over the grits. They weren't even cooked. We called a server over asked if it could becooked longer. 10 minutes later the same bowl of grits returned dried out and lumpy. The grits were microwaved. The serveractually brought extra butter to ?soften? the grits?.hahahaha? Are you f?ing kidding me? Clearly the cook has never made gritsbefore and the server knew it was bad. He was super polite and tried to remedy the situation by discounting the meal. Wepolitely requested the check, paid our bill and left. We will never return to this location again. The One star was for theserver?. Read more

I went in on Sunday morning for breakfast. I had amazing service from Jennifer. She was the most eccentric waitress I have ever... seen. I had the most fun and she made me laugh. It was nice since I had a death in the family this last week and not much tosmile about. Pancakes were out of this world. Jennifer though?very witty and a lot of fun and very beautiful I must add. Keepup the good work black bear diner! Read more

Really good breakfast, portion size is amazing considering the price, it was also really tasty. Service was fast and friendly

Worst pancakes I ever ate! So surprised because I had very good pancakes at black bear ???? diner in Oakley, but this time at... the restaurant in Pleasanton was a whole different experience. The pancakes were extremely dry, under cooked and tasteless. Itwas a pick up order and I had to cook the pancakes at home, unfortunately it didn?t work and I ended tossing them into thegarbage. My five year old nephew can make a better pancake. Read more

Use their signature sauce. Put it on everything your heart desires. They have baby burn, mama burn, and papa burn. perhaps my... favorite part of the meal was their sauce. Too spicy, my dad simply mixed it was ketchup to enjoy with his scrambled eggs. Theircoffee is 100% nicaraguan blend if that sort of fun fact entices you. Read more