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You are given a review about a place. You need to provide a rating from "1 star" to "5 stars" for this place.
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9/04
I like! Not all diners can take me back to my first months living in CA. Stepping into this Black Bear Diner, I felt like I had stepped into my uncle's Buckhorn motel and restaurant (sold a long time ago), thanks to the comforting aromas of coffee and breakfast cooking on the griddle, and the hustle-bustle of a busy diner!
Our server was friendly, prompt, and efficient. No complaints there. Still no complaints when we received our orders of the daily special of NY steak and eggs (which came with hash browns and choice of bread: muffin, toast, pancake http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/black-bear-diner-goodyear?select=q7dK8yU76GIyLxt6KVjrHQ#q7dK8yU76GIyLxt6KVjrHQ , or biscuit) and a plate of biscuits and gravy. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/black-bear-diner-goodyear?select=EpBzkp0dH2QNe4m-F7F4dQ#EpBzkp0dH2QNe4m-F7F4dQ Loved that she asked us how we wanted the steak cooked- medium rare to medium, please. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/black-bear-diner-goodyear?select=30v8SVaQU2f7AcTsPIRd2w#30v8SVaQU2f7AcTsPIRd2w Oh, and she was thoughtful enough to split our entree when all we had asked was to have an extra plate. http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/black-bear-diner-goodyear?select=RCVOGduEtBFY2S63er9qlA#RCVOGduEtBFY2S63er9qlA She even remembered that I didn't want to have any of the eggs... cool.
Everything was delicious! The color/temperature of the steak was perfect! I did ask for the hash browns be cooked extra crispy, and it wasn't, but no big deal, since we had the lovely biscuits and gravy to contend with, too. (I suggest you get your fill of the B&G when fresh, 'cause they're not good eats hours later, most notably the gravy... ugh.)
Glad to find another breakfast eatery to take my Mom to!
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4 stars

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Going here was a last sec decision. We were on our way some where else. What a pleasant surprise. Their claim to fame is all their ingredients are local. Which nice right away as the food taste so fresh. The food tasted good but not great. It was however a memorable dinning experience. It had a nice atmosphere. The place was an old school turned into a restaurant.

One last tip and this is important. Asked for Luegi to be your server. He was by far the best part of our dinning experience.
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3 stars

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Oof...not good. Hubs and I came here for a "nice" dinner after Michael Jackson One. I was skeptical of a kitchy Italian restaurant in Caesars, but I thought it couldn't be that bad...blah. It wasn't exactly BAD, but it just wasn't good. The best part of the meal was definitely the bread! The herbs on it were so good, and the oil was the perfect dipping sauce. They kept it comin' too!

I ordered the lasagna and hubby ordered shrimp amatriciana. She warned him that it could be "spicy" and suggested he get it with no spice so he did. Unfortunately no spice = no taste. The watery spaghetti noodles didn't hold any of the "sauce" so he was constantly trying to spoon it all together for an ideal bite. I tasted the pasta and it literally tasted like nothing. Not impressed.

My lasagna was equally unappealing. It came to me on a large plate with a glob of congealed cheese on top - like it had been sitting for some time under a heat lamp. Instead of being hot and fresh, it looked and tasted like yesterday's lasagna that someone threw on a plate, microwaved, and then forgot about. The sauce was very weird as well - the sauce and the meat were separate. There were little balls of beef sitting on top of the sauce under the noodles...and it just didn't look good. It didn't taste good either....it was luke warm and tasteless.

We had been pumped to order dessert for our fancy night, but we ended up passing. The dessert menu looked good enough, but we were just too turned off after that dinner.

Also, wait staff was annoying. We got there at 9:45 and they closed at 11. Around 10:30 we had a waitress come by and ask us to swap her oil bottles - in my opinion, if you have closing work, you work on empty tables first and then move to other tables AFTER the customer has left. We paid way too much for this meal and I would never, ever recommend it.
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2 stars