Black Bear Family Restaurant

OH YEAHHHHH this is the place you want. It's all-day breakfast, lunch and dinner, and it's like the upper Midwest on a plate. I came here with my darling children while home visiting my folks. We were seated rapidly and served rapidly too. I had something called the Tot Scrambler and it was basically an homage to poutine: tots, onions, bacon, scrambled egg, gravy. Yes, it's every bit as awesome as it sounds. My daughter had an egg-n-cheese croissant and sweet potato fries and the fries were excellent. My son had an enormous meal with French toast which he caused to disappear with remarkable speed. As is my custom, I give this place 5 stars because it is a perfect avatar of its genre. Being here is like the emotional equivalent of falling into a vat of macaroni and cheese. (Which, if they have it here, is surely perfect.)Parking was fine and handicap access was fine too. If I still lived here in Appleton I would come here every month for sure.

The photos of this place don't do it justice. The night before, our Uber driver recommended we go to Black Bear Family Restaurant for breakfast. As an avid Yelper, I looked it up and wasn't too impressed with the photos, but I decided to trust a local's choice. We took the 10-minute walk from our Airbnb, and when we arrived, I was shocked to see how big the restaurant was. It was bustling on a Saturday morning, but we were seated quickly. Immediately, I noticed a warm and friendly family-focused atmosphere. Our waitress was kind and quick. She brought us the menus, got our drink order, and gave us time to look through everything. Since this was our first time in Wisconsin, we got an order of cheese curds and a breakfast skillet each. We easily could've shared one breakfast skillet, but they were both so delicious, and I'm glad we got our own. The cheese curds were phenomenal, even though we ordered them as an appetizer. They came out at the same time our meals did.I enjoyed our time at Black Bear and I'm even considering going back again as I write this review. A great spot for newbies in town and definitely worth checking out.

American fries were great, but could have been hotter.See through bacon could have been thicker.Don't recommend a frozen puck burger.Why not make the king of sandwiches from fresh ground beef?Prices were fair.

I stopped here for dinner at 6 pm and the place was packed. I was seated right away, and my server took my drink order. When she came back, I ordered the Country Fried Steak along with American Fries. It was served right away, and it was really nothing to look at, but boy did it taste good. The steak was very tender and flavorful. There was plenty of gravy and the American Fries were perfectly cooked. Overall, this was a really good meal for the money and the service was quick and efficient, I will stop here again when I am in town.

A really solid place for breakfast. I've been there several times and have enjoyed the quality of their food, great service and decent prices.A good sign for any diner is a restaurant with a full parking lot. This place always has a packed lot. While the inside isn't fancy and is a bit dated, it is clean. There is also room for parties having a larger number of guests. The menu is packed full of breakfast items and their lunch offerings always sound appealing (I've always went for breakfast).I really like their coffee and they are always good about refilling your cup. The breakfasts I enjoyed have had ample portions, been properly prepared and are reasonably priced. In my book, those qualities are more rare by the day. I'll definitely continue to return in the future.

Delicious food that was great value for the price! Lovely wait staff that were very quick and helpful.

Had the biscuits and gravy with eggs over medium and a sausage pattyBacon cheeseburger and friesBacon, egg and cheese muffinHam egg and cheese muffinAnd PancakeBiscuits and gravy were good with good flavor and the biscuits are not big, perfect size. The sausage and eggs were cooked perfectThe muffins were also good and great flavorThe bacon cheeseburger was also cooked perfect and had good seasoningPancake was good and thin with good syrup

We came here today for lunch and drinks water, I had chocolate chips pancake, my mom and grandpa had some else great food!! Nice place! I recommend this place

Super-mediocre food: poorly cooked, poorly seasoned, and overall very bland. Tables are somewhat sticky, seats are cracked and dirty. +1 star for being affordable, but you definitely get what you pay for.

Great service, good selection of american favorites on the menu and modest prices. A neighborhood favorite!