The Blonde Bear Tavern & Cafe

What a wonderful little place! Ate here this morning... Food was amazing and the service was the best I have seen in ages!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

I just had Huevos Rancheros on Sun. It was outstanding. The service staff were attentive, the portion was good. I've had Huevos Rancheros at a lot of places, it is top notch there. The outside seating was also really nice.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great Taos Ski Valley dinner spot. Ate here three times this season and was never disappointed. Great menu that changes each season. Great bar to visit with local friends and make new ones.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Nice service, food was great! We got the salmon & ziti pasta.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great place with fast and friendly service and a good range of available dishes including flank steaks and filets and salmon and a range of local beers on draft. Generous portions and protein is cooked well and seasonings are good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My fiance and I went here for our last dinner in Taos. This is a cute little quaint Fine dining restaurant located in One of the hotels walking distance from the Blake Hotel.  Highly encourage making reservations as they can get busy pretty fast!

We started off with the cheese plate and Caesar salad. I am big on Cheese plates and charcuterie boards and have had quite a variety, and this is probably the most disappointing cheese plate I've ever had in my life. Feel free to reference my photos, we essentially got four thinly sliced pieces of cheese cut into further smaller pieces. I was very disappointed, and an embarrassing plate to present - photo speaks for itself. Our server just got sat with 3 tables back to back so she didn't get the chance to check in with us regarding the apps.

Although off to a bad start I was pleasantly surprised and happy with our main dishes! I ordered the Scottish salmon, the fish was nicely crisp on a bed of crispy rice surrounded by a tasty Vietnamese yellow curry. My fiance ordered the steak and fritz, he said his steak is slightly over cooked but overall very tasty and ate every bite. I think it was the manager or similar checked in with us regarding our meal to see how everything was, I explain to her my disappointment and the cheese plate, she appreciated the feedback and gave us a small discount.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

I took my significant other on Valentine’s Day -and it was a joke of an experience. We got there at 815. It took 20 minutes before anyone talked to us after we were seated. We were given one drink. The food didn’t come out for an hour, and it came out cold. The waitress got mad at us when we complained and made fun of my significant others clothes. I would starve before going back to this dump.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Incredible food and great location after our family went sledding. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful. The kids were SO happy with their food which was a huge hit for us because we have some picky eaters. The vibe is very nice and relaxing with elegance and warmth. We cannot wait to visit again soon.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The cafe’s homemade bagels are great

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

AMAZING FOOD!!! WONDERFUL FRIENDLY SERVICE! WE WILL BE BACK BEFORE LEAVING TAOS.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Biscuits & Sausage Gravy

We arrived at 8:50 on Saturday morning and they didn’t come to take our food order until 9:25 as we were leaving. They did get us coffee and came back and checked on us multiple times, but they kept telling us they’d be back to take our order. We finally got hungry and frustrated enough we decided to go around the corner to get breakfast.

Atmosphere: 4

Service: 2

FANTASTIC FOOD, ATMOSPHERE, SERVICE & HOSPITALITY! HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

Stopped for brunch. The service was amazing and the food was even more amazing. I spoke with the chef who told me how he made the pancake syrup from scratch! OMG! SOOOO GOOD! Super great place, can't wait to go back!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Three of us had an absolutely fabulous dinner at the BBTavern Friday evening. The tavern was very cozy and the staff attentive to every detail. I recommend the salmon, but my son had a most amazing filet mignon... and the calamari was some of the best I've ever had.Based on the dinner experience, I tried a Goldilox Bagel at the Cafe the next morning and was blown away. Apparently the bagels are homemade and are really amazing! I guess I will be back every morning I'm here trying a different bagel combination... Oh, and try the cappuccino - perfection!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Among other things, we'd ordered 2 Veggie Bear bagels and 2 lattes (I'll come to the lattes later), one with chive schmear and one plain. When we got the food, it was both chives. I can't stand chives so I went to the counter (no one was there for a good 3 to 4 mins). Then when one of the baristas came to the counter I told her. She didn't apologize or anything and on top of that said disbelievingly that "My ticket had both chives". I insisted politely that no matter what her ticket said, I'd asked for plain. She brusquely took the bagel from my hand and threw it into the garbage bin.Of course, no one was going to eat it, but it was evident from the way she took it and threw it that she didn't believe me and was irked that a paying customer was asking for what he'd already paid for. How dare he?!Later, another barista (the one who'd actually taken out order and who later admitted that she mistakenly entered the wrong order) gave me the correct bagel.Meanwhile, not seeing any work being done on the coffee front, I asked for our lattes. It was pretty evident that they'd forgotten about it. The nicer one made one and gave it to me. Due to the earlier bagel snafu and also the reminder I had to give her for the coffee, I asked if she had another one coming. To this, the one with the bad attitude replied in a condescending tone, "We can only make one at a time, sir!"I told her that her attitude was unwarranted. I was going to further explain that their earlier snafus were why I was making sure, that's all, but my wife stopped me.After all this, the one with the bad attitude says to me "We're all doing the best we can sir, it's Christmas Eve." Well I appreciate that it is Christmas Eve, but that doesn't give you carte blanche to be pissy towards your customers. It also is not that you're doing your customers any favors, you're working there of your own free will.I would avoid this place if I could help it.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 3

Service: 1