Running Bear Pancake House 538 Madison Avenue, West Yellowstone, MT 59758

"Wow! If you want to know where the locals go for breakfast, well, this is the place. The food was the perfect combination of traditional breakfast. The French toast was all that you can imagine. Next time you are in West Yellowstone, be sure to make this place part of your day."

"They make the best pancakes, hot chocolate and banana walnut loaf. Staff were awesome and extremely friendly. We visited twice in our 3 day stay at West yellowstone.highly highly recommend."

"Worth the wait! Emma made us feel so welcome. My breakfast burrito was delicious but my friend got the chicken fried steak and he gave me a bite and I was very jealous. They have specialty coffees. I got a mocha and it was fantastic, as well as visually pleasing."

"I’ve never done a 1 star review but had to post this so maybe someone else wouldn’t have a bad experience like we did. The service was non-existent. They use a pager system but seated other groups that arrived after us (same party size). We had to go in to check on our status after watching group after group get seated, and then the host told us “oh you’re next”. I think he screwed up our pager but didn’t acknowledge that or apologize. I get that mistakes happen but own up to it. Waitress approached our table with “what are you having?” No “hello”, no “would you like some coffee?” (Is it too much to expect a greeting?) Ordered Papa Bear (biscuit was dry, gravy was cold, bacon was good), Meatloaf substituted pancakes (meatloaf was dry, eggs over cooked), Kids #1, and the cinnamon roll (my son loved it but I thought it was heavy on the cinnamon). They also charge 3% for credit card transactions and had added that to the bill before we even paid (what if we paid in cash?). I didn’t see this disclosed on the menu but this is common in West Yellowstone. Very disappointed in our experience here and would hope that no one else has to waste their time here."

"Best breakfast we’ve had in or around the park! French toast and cinnamon roll pancakes were amazing! Bacon was great - way better than the sausage links. Kids meals are very reasonable. We got here around 9am and had no wait. Would definitely recommend."