Golden Bear Pancake & Crepery Restaurants — Restaurant in Worth Township

This is my new favorite breakfast joint in the area.

The menu is extensive! I mean you can get all kinds of crepes, waffles, pancakes, omelets etc.

What I love:

The ambiance- it feels like you’re in a cabin somewhere in the woods in the snow. There are bears everywhere. It’s just so darn cute!

The people- the owner is there. I love that! He is sweet and walks around making sure everyone has what they need. He’s had this place for 30+ years if I remember correctly. The staff is really sweet and extremely attentive.

The food- They have a machine at the front of the restaurant that squeezes fresh orange juice when you order it. The menu is insanely extensive for breakfast foods AND super tasty!!

I ordered: ham and cheese crepe: This came packed with cheeses inside, and then a side of queso blanco as well as hollondaise to dunk bites into. My crepe was slightly sweet, which pleasantly surprised me as sweet and salty is my favorite combination. I hope that was intentional and not a mistake, because that’s how I want it every time. I chose the potato casserole as my side and wow! Cheesy goodness!!!

I also added a side crepe- the lingonberry. This was also great. I love lingonberry because it’s not only sweet, but sour. This crepe tasted like it was cooked in a bit too much oil, but once I took it home, and reheated it, it was perfect.

Something else I love, is they have mugs that you flip over once you sit down to let the waitstaff know you’d like coffee. They serve that, before anything else and as long as your mug is turned upright, they will keep coming around and refilling it. All of the waitstaff walk around with the pots of coffee, so there is no need to eat for your server.

Truly and hidden gem! I can’t wait...

Food was good. One star for the terrible treatment. Anyone that goes out to eat goes for the convenience and to be treated nicely. I can make pancakes at home, I went to share with my family. For starters the soda was flat when I mentioned it the man rolled his eyes and took it back. At that point I didn't want anything. I asked for water. There were 5 of us. Not enough silverware we had to ask. But all of that I can live with. I understand no place is perfect especially on a Saturday. When we got the bill there were TWO taxes charged. I asked what the 2nd tax was that was 20%? I was told, with attitude, gratuity. I asked after how many people do you automatically Include gratuity? And do you have it posted anywhere like most places? I was told "on the ceiling" the old man gave me, a paying customer with a question , that smart response!! To make matters worse I paid with my debit card and he ask me in the pad what percentage did I want to tip??? Excuse me??? You just took %20 without notice and still have the nerve to ask me this??? So when I got upset he began to shoo me out the restaurant. Throwing me and my family out. A paying customer. I will NEVER go back to this place. I DON'T recommend it. Save your money for another place that appreciates their customers. Anywhere I stand I will speak on what this owner did. Some people should not be in...

The food was very filling and good. It the vibes were bad. We were greeted by the host, who based on other reviews was Tom the owner, and he didn’t respond when we said hello and told him our party of 4 number. He just sighed and turned and walked to a booth, hoping we would follow him. The server was fast on refilling coffee but we had to ask to get out water/ other drinks refilled. The thing that really made it a bad trip was at the end when we went to pay. We asked the host (Tom but we didn’t know his name) if we could split the checks and he sighed and shook his head. Then we was asked if we could spilt the checks and we started to tell him what we had, so he could start ringing it up, he grunted at us, held up his hand, turned and grabbed a menu and very angrily started flipping through it while staring at us. At this point, we just wanted to leave so we said ‘nevermind we can just have one person pay’. He then sighed again and said ‘that’s the way to do it’ and rang us out. While my friend was signing the receipt to leave a tip, Tom stood there and watched my friend while he signed his name and hesitated on the tip line (calculating the correct amount) and Tom sighed again and stared my friend in the eye. Pressuring him to leave a larger tip. Overall, food was okay and the vibes were decent but the service from the man who is apprently the...