Black Bear Diner Elk Grove

I frequent Black Bear diners when ever visiting friends in different cities as they typically do not disappoint. This was a terrible experience at the Elk Grove Ca location. We were seated in a booth where the seat looked like it had been slashed with a knife; and the vinyl fabric scratches as you try to move across the cushion. We only noticed condition of seats after the host abruptly walked away. As i was trying to see what side of table would work best for my friend who had a injured foot and wearing a surgical boot.Then the waitress came over to take our order. I asked if I could have honey with my coffee. My friend ordered lemonade. She brought the drinks but not the honey nor did she acknowledge she forgot it and walked away. I was resolved just to drink the coffee black, but when

Went here around 9pm. Restaurant closed at 10pm. We ordered coffee, all meat omellete with hash brown and a hamburger with onion rings. The food was good. Service was good. All the employees were busy cleaning and ready to go home. Our server gave us free coffee to go because he doesn't want to waste a batch. Gave only 4 star because one of the employee started vacuuming near our table. We were fine for her vacuuming the other areas with no customers but she went on vacuuming near us while we were eating. We understand that they were about to close but we just wanted to have a good, quiet, and dust free meal.

Great experience! Brayan was a very attentive and friendly waiter. He not only kept checking in on our needs but I noticed he made sure to frequently check in on all his tables. The kids enjoy the food here and the ice cream seals the deal. Love the seasoned fries with ranch. Meatloaf was very tasty. I always try something different when I visit and have never been disappointed.

Showed up with a group of 14 friends visiting from out of state and they did not have any seating available for our group which is fine cause we said we could sit at different tables but they said it would be an over 1 hour wait. We sat and waited for 15 minutes and in that time we saw multiple small groups of 1 and 2 people getting seated at tables that could fit 6 people. My spouse stated that she had had a similar experience at a Black Bear with her families the past. I don't think I will be trying to seek out a Black Bear to have a meal at anytime soon in the future.

My visit to Black Bear Diner was my first visit and also on my birthday, the food was amazing, the staff were wonderful and helpful, will be returning again!