Black Bear Diner Olathe

Shelley Inglis

I had a surprise bday party/dinner for my fiancé at Black Bear Diner in early June. The staff was amazing from letting me drop off decorations for their party room in advance. Our waitress was Rebecca Slavens and she did a wonderful job. We had about 20-25 people in our room. She was very helpful in knowing the answers to our questions about the menu and what she would suggest for herself. And her suggestions were right on key!! I was very pleased with everything this diner had done for us. Thank you Black Bear!! We will be back soon!!

Greg Kellogg

Fun family restaurant. Perfect spot for a meet up spot for out of town guests or for your choice of breakfast/lunch/dinner. Creative menu in the newspaper on the table. Good was superb. I had the Waffle eggs and bacon while my Mother had the pancakes, eggs and bacon. Food was hot and fresh. Service was very friendly but slow which was a surprise as there weren't many customers in the restaurant at the time. If you have time to relax and visit with your family or date then sure stop on by for a great meal.

erika denton

Revision: Management did reach out and I feel respectfully and earnestly addressed this situation. While I doubt I will go back to Olathe I’ll definitely come back to Black Bear Diner! Prior: We frequent the black bear diner in Independence. But since the Olathe location was closest to KU cancer center we went here for my cancer free celebration breakfast. I ordered my usual loaded hash browns and two over medium eggs. Well when it came out the potatoes were barely cooked and definitely not loaded. So I tried to politely let the waitress know. So she took it back to the kitchen and I SH!T you not, I could hear her mocking me about this to the kitchen staff. So when came back out it still barely had cheese on it but had a little more ham and the eggs were cold so all together a complete fail. I did let her know I could hear her speak about me to the kitchen she immediately got deferred and said well I was just telling them what to fix (weird I didn’t realize that required mocking me, I actually heard her making fun of me the way I was speaking). Long story short she gave us $6 off a $10 meal I couldn't even eat really. But the coffee was good. To anyone who is like oh she couldn’t have known I was celebrating being cancer free she had to have missed my medical bracelets or phone conversation my mom called while ordered and I needed to tell her, regardless that’s just not cool period as a server to mock a customer especially within earshot. Even though she treated me very badly (within ear shot behind my back) still made my breakfast not edible we still tipped 20%.

Jenilda Gallo

Faith was a very attentive server. She was great in checking for ingredients that we were allergic to. Very personable server. She even got and git permission to give me a container for flowers my husband had bought me and we're staying in a hotel. Mark did a great job clearing tables and still having time to greet us and check to see if we needed anything. His conversation with us made us feel at home.