Bear's Lair

GREAT HAPPY HOUR. Where else can you get AMF, Tokyos, and Long Islands for $7. The staff is super friendly. The burgers and fries are also super good! This is overall a great place to hang out with friends and have a bite to get on campus.

This is a small pub on the university campus. I went in for lunch with a colleague. Ambience is definitely that of a clean sports bar with TVs showing the latest sportsball game. They have a bar area and a few tables. I got the burger while my friend got the fries and salad. Everything was ... okay. My burger tasted as if it had been cooked from a frozen patty and not particularly good. The bun was nothing to speak about. My colleague's salad and fries looked similarly Cisco level. Not terrible but not amazing. Overall seems on the high end price wise with not the highest quality. I can see why it was largely empty while all the students were lining up in droves at the other places at the student union.

Understaffed service was bad.Only place with air conditioning thoMarketing manager had a bad attitude

It's back! The Bear's Lair is up and running again on the UC Berkeley campus. Unfortunately not open for lunch hours at this time, but a great spot for happy hour. They have some solid deals for meals, appetizers, beers, and cocktails.While the mozzarella pesto sandwich wasn't my favorite, everything else was flavorful and filling. Pizza & burger/ fries were great for indulging while the salads kept me feeling healthy. For bar food, I could still see myself eating a meal here if I didn't feel like cooking. Atmosphere is interesting with an outdoor patio, but plenty of tv to watch sports and other shows.The staff is kind and still trying to figure out operating on a college campus, but I'm confident they'll do great in the long run. Would recommend for folks visiting campus.

Good for happy hour! $5 slice of cheese pizza, $7 Cesar salad I'd skip the pizza next time. The salad was really creamy and well mixed with dressing and parm. Would come back and get the salad again and try other things on the menu. Recommend this place to stop by for a quick drink or snack.

Food and service is great! Nice to see the bear's lair open and having tasty food. Pizza and the fries are amazing!! Happy hour is a good deal! The staff are friendly and attentive!

Went for the free pizza, decided to buy french fries as well. Those french fries were legendary.

The food and service were just fine. Just wish the place were still open. This review is of the ASUC that owns and controls this barWhat self-respecting university can't keep a bar open on campus? Stop aiming for some bougie crowd. Beer+wine+cocktails+bar food+25,00 students = money in the bank. And how can any company survive when you don't let them do their own advertising and don't market the bar for them? You need a better model, folks. The old one has failed. Numerous times.Please think about your audience and inflation and make this work!

The food here is actually really really good. I always walk past the bear lair on the way home from esh and i am glad I finally checked it out :) Food: I got the fried chicken burger with tater tots and it was honestly the best tater tots I have ever had. The tater tots were the right amount of crunchiness and had a lot of flavor. Another must get is the fried plate with onion rings and French fries. The fries were seasoned perfectly and had the perfect texture. However, I was very disappointed by my fried chicken burger. The chicken tasted very bland and left a rubbery after taste in my mouth. Overall, the food besides the burger was great and I will return to try other options! Service: decent service throughout the meal, nothing spectacular or disappointing but I waited a couple minutes at the door to get seated but no one came so I grabbed a menu and sat downAmbience: it's a bit like a sports bar where they play sports games on the tv and people can chill at the bar but with an elegant, slightly more upscale twist. This is the perfect place for a nice dinner in a casual atmosphere

I guess it's under new management again since re-opening from the pandemic closures. Awesome deals for food and drinks. I guess I'm used to paying higher prices but was delightfully surprised at the bill for one burger+ fries & a beer. Definitely coming back. And everyone was super friendly. Cannot wait to come back and bring friends.