We visit here every year when we pass through. It has always been exceptional, even on their busiest days. The food is great and they have a decent beer selection. Our waitress, Rebecca was absolutely amazing. I completed the hot wing challenge they had advertised and I must say, some of the best hot wings as far as texture and heat I've ever had with a hot wing challenge. Just like we have always made sure we stop at this tavern, we will continue in the future. Keep up the great work, black bear employees!
It just felt like home. All the staff were down to earth, friendly, and attentive. Food was delightful, and the live music just kept playing those great nostalgic, folky hits. Will be back!
Say hi to Laura (manager) or Hannah (server) and any of the head hostesses!
Try the pot pie, amazing. Hope to hit good music night. They should get rid of picnic tables outside, and go back to regular tables, beyond that, best sports bar in Deep Creek.
Fantastic food. Desserts were homemade and delicious! We both had the pot pie. Well, worth the price. Our waitress/ bartender was exceptional. She made sure each customer was well taken care of. Everyone there was friendly and enjoyable to talk to. They still have NTN/Buzztime trivia too.
Great food and drink, great location, and a super-cool staff. I’m a big fan! Deep Creek Dunk party is fun too!
This place was great service was to notch would recommend it
We love Black Bear and recommend it to friends and clients. Food is reasonably priced and delicious. Great Bands and Entertainment. Deep Creek Lake Hot Spot for sure.
Excellent food an great environment I will return again.This place is wonderful for a party of any kind .
We were in the area on Saturday and found your place for lunch while driving around. Yes, it’s a bar setting, but we had the absolute best service, and the food was delicious! Our server was AWESOME and so attentive and knowledgeable! I’m sorry I don’t remember her name. We actually went to a more upscale restaurant for dinner and the food and service was not even close to your restaurant. Thank you! You helped make our weekend getaway enjoyable!!
Food is better than you'd expect! Service is lacking, there is few staff and it's usually very busy, as the location is popular. However, they still maintain a clean environment, reasonable service speed, and quality food and drinks. Definitely worth a visit for karaoke night on Thursdays if that's something you're into.
Lively spot with decent drink prices, only about five minutes away from the Wisp ski resort. There was a $5 cover charge for the "nightclub" section. They had a mechanical bull which was popular with the patrons. Ample parking on the premises. I visited late on a Saturday and the crowd seemed mostly in their mid/late 30's with music selections matching that demographic. There was a decent crowd all the way until closing at midnight. Definitely worth visiting again.
Delicious food -friendly waitress! Probably The best teriyaki sauce I’ve had was on the rice. Excellent crab cakes! Very filling! Great atmosphere, nice spot on the lake to enjoy drinks and great food! We ordered chicken wrap, crab cakes, teriyaki rice, Asha a couple of burgers for our table. The burgers were huge and delish! Crab cakes were fresh and very tasty! Battered onion rings were yummy too!!
Have the wings to begin, then with steak you got to add shrimp, fries and chips then you will go home stuffed, in fact you may need a take home box like me. Brandon the bar tender was awesome he kept checking in and he’d update people on their food status and he was fast. It wasn’t crowded considering it was early evening.
We have never been here before. We also read the recent reviews saying they are short staffed. We knew going in it would be a wait so we did everything we could to help and make the experience better. We ordered our drinks at the bar before finding a seat (with only 2 servers working at the time). We knew what we wanted before she got there and had our card ready when she brought the check. When we wanted a refill from the bar we went to bar to get it for both non and Alcoholic drinks. Our server Brandi was super nice and absolutely did a great job. Yes it is a wait but they informed us about it and we chose to make our own experience better by making it easier on them.
We were on a mini.vacation with kids and totally enjoyed ourselves at Black Bear Tavern. We will always come here when traveling through.
Stop for a drink Friday night. We got a Cherry Rum ?? (something) mixed drink, 2 drafts and an order of fried pickle chips for $30ish. Cherry drink was good(pricy to me @ $13 but could be average for the area), draft beer was cold, and the pickles while good dipping ranch seemed a bit watered down. Service from the bartender was good, she was busy, servers who all walked by seemed friendly with smiles and hellos. Stop again? Sure, probably skip the pickles though and try something else as the regular meals coming out looked great. They also had an acoustic musician there for the evening, who was good as well.
Wait staff is very polite. The food is excellent, and the few times I've been there have always been pleasant. Ive seen some good musicians there too.
We went on a Sunday late afternoon. We sat at the bar and it wasn’t too busy. The bartender was attentive. The place appeared to be clean. The food was so delicious! I didn’t get a picture of it, but my husband had the brisket flatbread and ate the whole thing. We had mozzarella sticks, fries and coconut popcorn shrimp. There was a little mix up with out food, but they fixed it right away. We will definitely be back again.
Went in for drinks and appetizers and sat at the bar. Food was really good. Atmosphere was very nice as well. Bartender was not as attentive as she could have been but we had a lovely time anyways. I’d go back again for sure.
We are dinner here. They had karaoke and one of the ladies in our group sang. She nailed it. Everyone in the establishment was very impressed with our friend who sings exceptionally well.
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