Lakewood Black Bear Diner

they were extremely busy tonight; we ended up waiting for well over an hour to get our food after we were finally given a table. Our server Katie was very sweet and understanding, as well as wanting to make sure that we were taken care of! She definitely made it a better experience!

This diner is simply awesome. The staff is friendly. The diner is clean and the food is very good with large portions. You definitely get your money's worth. I highly recommend this diner to anyone looking for good food, decent atmosphere and good prices. They even have a table for the soldiers who didn't come back. Respect!

This was the first visit for me. I only got coffee but was there with a big group. I saw all the food that came out and it looked and smelled good. The waitress was very very kind and recognized many people in the group from prior visits. The menu was a cool surprise (it looks like a newspaper).

We decided to try Black Bear on a freinds recommendation. He was right delicious the biscuits are huge and really good. The chicken fried steak was amazing. Be really hungry going in because the portions are huge. The staff very nice very clean restaurant well kept. Just about everything is homemade. We can't wait to come back!

Got there about noon today, Christmas day. The place was absolutely slammed. At least two dozen people waiting, and groups of three or more had extremely long waits. The two of us in my party were told it would be fifteen or twenty minutes. Thirty five minutes later we saw two seats open at the counter (open seating there) so we pounced. At the counter we got to see up close the organized chaos the wait staff and kitchen staff were contending with. We saw every single one of them. They were busting their humps non-stop, no slack, yet with smiles on their faces and some even singing carols. They were amazing! I guessed they must be getting a pretty decent bonus to be in such high spirits while working on Christmas. I asked a couple of them about that and was dumbfounded when told no, they were not getting any bonus! The owner/corporate, whatever, does not deserve the staff working in that place. If I could, I would fire Black Bear and keep the staff.