Must have a basic knowledge of dining room and service procedures and functions. Possess verbal and language skills to understand and communicate with guests. Thank guests for their visit and invite them to return.īe available to fill in as needed to ensure the smooth and efficient operation of the restaurant as directed by the restaurant manager or immediate supervisor. Clean chairs, booths, and surrounding carpet.īe ready and willing to assist fellow servers as situations arise. Prepare bill and present check to guest at appropriate point in service sequence.Ĭlean and reset tables promptly. Respond promptly and courteously to any requests. Ensure guests are satisfied with the food and service. Monitor and observe guests dining experience. Perform side work at the start and end of each shift as assigned. Run food orders from the pick-up window promptly regardless of which server placed the order. Take food and beverage orders from guests, enter orders in our point-of-sale system.ĭeliver food and beverages to guests in a timely matter. Inform guests of specials and feature items.Īnswer questions about our food, beverages and other restaurant functions and services. Make all our guests feel comfortable and let them know youre there to personally take care of them. Provide friendly, prompt, individualized service that creates a dining experience so positive that all guests will want to return. Baked goods prepared on site are offered, and some locations offer alcohol sales. It offers family meals such as breakfast, burgers, salads, and shakes. Black Bear decor has a rustic motif with "over-the-top bear paraphernalia". Eggs, hash browns, sausage – you’re covered.Black Bear Diner is a restaurant chain in the western United States which serves homestyle and "old-fashioned" comfort foods. So if you’re craving some good ol’ breakfast foods, you’re covered. Winner! Oh, they have other pies, too, but banana cream is my very favorite.Īnother cool thing they have is 24 hour breakfast. Good thing Black Bear Diner has banana cream pies in the dessert display fridge. If you know me, my biggest criteria in deciding whether I’m going to enjoy my visit to a restaurant is the dessert menu. Steak dinners for under $20 – pretty good. A burger, fries, and a shake with extra tin cup for the extra for under $15 bucks is welcome. For a family like mine with 5 kids – 4 with restaurantable appetites – affordable is important. Prices at Black Bear are right where a restaurant in a bedroom town like Vallejo should be – affordable. And the service is decent enough that it doesn’t turn away customers. As more people eat, the more food has to be brought in.
The food is somewhat fresh because of turnover. It means that people like the food enough to pay for it. A busy restaurant (no matter the Yelp ratings) is a good thing to me. I’ve been to Black Bear Diner four times in the last year and each time it was busy enough that I’ve had to wait. Where Lyons felt a little drab and depressing, Black Bear Diner is bright and cozy. The decor does make the restaurant feel livelier compared to Lyon’s during its last months. It’s like you’re out in the country where black bears may join you for dinner. Adding to the ambiance, the menu looks like a old time newspaper from small town. The one in Vallejo even has a log toy train with little bears on them and my kids didn’t hesitate climbing atop and pretending to ride it and acted like they were friends with these cub statues. Of course a Black Bear statue or several of them stand guard inside and out of the restaurant. The first time I ever ate at a Black Bear Diner was in Suisun and to me it seemed like a super suburban type of place – almost country – that served good food and had good service. Lyons died a slow death and unfortunately (or fortunately) saw its demise in early 2011 but out of its remains rose the Black Bear Diner which opened its doors in the summer that same year. A few years ago a long time eating establishment by the name of Lyons closed their doors. In the northern part of Vallejo close to Discovery Kingdom is shopping area where a lot Vallejoans get their wears and grub on.