Black Bear Tavern and Restaurant

Scott Baxter

We went on a Friday night and waited about 20 minutes for a party of 8. Live music was nice but absolutely a bar atmosphere. Waitress was pleasant and attentive. Four people ordered fish and chips and she had to come back about 10 minutes later and said there was no fish. Two people had to send soup back because it was cold and the hamburgers we ordered all came out well done and the fries and onion ring sides were Luke warm at best. Lots of better food options at Deep Creek lake

MonaLisa Leung Beckford

We came to Deep Creek Lake for the long weekend. We ate a late lunch and wasn't hungry until 8pm. Most restaurants close by 9PM. This was one of the restaurants that closed at 10PM so we came here at 8:15pm on Sunday 5/29. So it seemed like only 3 women were waiting on all the tables. We sat down and waited 15 mins just for someone to stop by to offer us water, and another 10 mins to take our order, and another 30 mins to get the food. So We didn't get food until almost an hour after arriving at the restaurant. The food wa pretty good though, the fries were on point, I loved the fries. I got hot wings with mango habernero sauce, and it was good, not as hot as they advertised though. My husband got a philly cheesesteak and he said it was ok.

a f

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!!

Jason Lin

I guess all the 4 star and 5 star reviews are for the bar/beer. Because the food was barely edible. I got the peel and eat shrimp as my appetizer, and some of the shrimp weren’t even cook through, the center on some shrimp were still raw/clear. Also got the half rack of babyback rib as my entree. It was tough to chew and swallow, and the meat on the rib did not have any flavor, there’s no rub of any kind on the meat. All the flavor was from the sauce they splatter on top on the rib. I wasn’t expecting a competition winning rib coming here, but I can honestly say this was the worst babyback rib I’ve ever had. Definitely won’t be back again.