Denny’s

First off, I saw a rat scampering in the bathroom, it tried to eat me. It followed me back to my seat and raped my pancakes. Two of the waitresses could be seen openly tag teaming one of the chefs. In fact, I saw him shoot a glob of cock snot into my pancakes. Most of the servers have an extreme case of autism, except for Barb. She is an exceptional gal and always treats my fellow friends and I with the utmost respect. Such a sweet lady. Give her a better wage and better hours. Really, the only reason I come to this establishment is for Barb’s STUPID fat ass. This place fucking sucks and is gay. 5 stars. :)

I would give zero stars if possible. Should never have walked in here. Homeless guy camped out in front of the front door. We were sat at a dirty table in an empty restaurant, had to ask for them to clean it. When I got the coffee I asked for it was in a dirty cup, sent it back to get ANOTHER dirty cup. When the food arrived it was cold, and the server said, «Well, it was just put up, so I don’t know what to tell you.» Steer clear of this one folks, gas station food is safer. Gross.

I went there for breakfast on a weekday, it was not busy at all. I had my one year old with me. She was hungry, grumpy. The waitress was AWFUL! She ignored my husband, myself, and my screaming baby for almost an hour! I couldn’t get her attention, cause she was so busy chatting with the regular customers. I finally ordered my baby a Sprite with a lid because my baby knocked over her water cup, and she never brought it. The food was standard, nothing special. I was almost in tears by the time I left. How rude to completely ignore a customer with a screaming hungry infant! Have fun chatting with your regulars, you won’t be getting any new customers.

I always end up coming here around midnight/​early in the morning so the service and food is pretty good. I actually really like the food here. I always get something different and haven’t come across anything to complain about. Always clean and tidy.

Service was fast but it didn’t sound like no one knew what was going on. Ran out of ranch dressing and no one knew how to make it. One of our burgers had mold on the bun, the pancakes had jelly and some other fishy things on it. First and last time here. I would not recommend this.

Unbelievable!!! 40 min later no food. Server does not even come by to tell you what’s wrong. Kids food at least came out first instead of getting cold. It’s 2:22 in the afternoon the restaurant is not even busy actually very empty. We order a lumber Jack and no toast on our plate… they miscointed bacon and sausage so they have to come back for it again. Seriously. Where is the food. Now it’s an hour. Managers please change this or close down

I walked into this place and thought it was 1985 again which I think is the last time anyone did any decorating here. Then we wait until someone acknowledges us– about 5 minutes to be seated. The service is slow as can be. One time I simply walked out after waiting 15 minutes for someone to take my order. Then if they do take your order plan on waiting another 30 – 46 minutes to get your food even though the dinning room is empty. I have never seen more than 10 people in here at a time– for good reason. I have been to other Denny’s all over the country and have never had bad meals — even in Chehalis — but this place shouldn’t even be part of the chain. My advice is go next door to country cousins.

I only ever end up here usually really late at night/​really early in the morning, but at that time the service and food is great. Such friendly staff and they are wiling to make substitutes that some other dennys won’t do– such as more hash brown instead of meat and eggs since I don’t eat those things. The food always comes out hot and delicious, they’re very generous on serving sizes too! Definitely a great midnight snacking place.

The star rating has nothing to do with the food which was surprisingly really good (big improvement since the redmodel). Nor with our server Rachel who was badly treated by several tables due to no food coming form the kitchen. The servers have nothing to do with speed of cooking. No we had to wait nearly an hour for our food. We had two young children and a 90 year man with us both becoming grumpy from hunger.
Rachel was doing her best to keep the calm among a growing number of angry hungry people. We found out by someone that they only cook for one table at a time. We came in before a large group and placed our order, as several other tables had. However they apparently take care of large groups before other tables. SAY WHAT… I’m sorry but do they not know how to cook for a busy restaurant on a Saturday?
Several tables simply got up and left, I heard the manager being summoned to other tables. We were 1 minute from leaving when the food arrived. Rachel kept us up to date and tried to make every table as happy as she could.
They need Chef Robert to come in and learn how to actually take care of a large lunchtime service. Look Denny’s is not new to this, they should have the process down on how to take care of the tables. they lost at least 5 tables on our side and I saw other’s leaving and complaining from the other side. How much money did they lose that day.
Rachel needs to be working in a restaurant that would really utilize her skill, where she can get the tips she deserves and not have to try and keep people happy when busy.
We will not be going back.

Not impressed. We go to various Denny’s in our travels, and this one just isn’t up to par. Stopped at this one of a late Sunday morning… hostess announces they are short a server, hostess, and someone else. We were seated and were served by a polite but clearly unhappy waitress. Food took forever to arrive and it was pretty bad: The food was on a small plate like a dessert plate and overhanging it, the hash browns tasted like they had been cooked in old oil and they were overcooked. The omelet was pitiful. The next day I was sick. Keep driving and find something else.

I really wanted to give a good review but seating your customer and disappearing is not ok. I waited 15 minutes and then left. I asked the old lady waitress Connie for the manager she seemed dumbfounded by my question. I got the manager Mike and never once was an apology issued he just went in back and said the waiter was in the restroom. Ok I understand bathroom needs but tell the manager or co worker to take my order. I guess they have lived down to their poor reviews.

I usually do not review chain restaurants because… um…they are all serve the same stuff. Not so at this Denny’s. I had, quite possibly, the best Philly cheesesteak sandwich of my life at this Denny’s in Centralia. I lived near Philadelphia for a few years and this sandwich ranks right up there with some of the best. The prime rib was tender and sautéed just right. They topped it with grilled red onions, mushrooms, and American cheese. You have your choice of sides. I had the ridged fries.
I am still thinking about this sandwich as I write… I hope all Denny’s do such a good job with this dish.
Our waitress was friendly and right on top of things. A lovely meal at Denny’s made our long road trip much more pleasant.

I could make better food at home, but I don’t expect much from Denny’s. The food is the same everywhere. The service however, is hit and miss. Probably more miss. The last time we went Mayra was awful, she should not have a job in customer service. Snooty and impatient from sit down to payout. She didn’t smile once. I wouldn’t have tipped her but since we are forced to pay upfront I couldn’t stand to see her nasty scowl one more time. She stared at me like a was an idiot throughout my entire order. Her attitude was so bad it distracted me from enjoying my meal.

Awful service at the Dennys @ 1052A Harrison ave in Centralia, WA from the time we stepped foot in the door. Waited about 10 minutes to even get acknowledged that we were waiting to be seated, meanwhile, the ones who were being seated, were being seated at dirty tables while they clear and wipe down the tables… also being asked, «do you want your table wiped down?» To the people who were just seated next to us (at a dirty table), asked multiple times for refill of creamer, and they never asked if we wanted refills for our drinks until we were done eating, and I had to have my sausage taken back multiple times (twice) because both times it was only luke warm… and that’s after they got my order wrong in the first place. didn’t offer me any discount or anything to make the situation right. and then they have the nerve to ask if I wanted to leave a tip on my card. I said «no» of course, because everything was awful. From the service to the (lack of) cleanliness to the food quality. I WILL NOT recommend this dennys to anyone. If anything — they should be put out of business.

We had a wonderful experience from beginning to end. Our server was Rachel, and though it looked like she had the place to run on her own, she was prompt when we came through the door, introduced herself, made us feel welcome, and brought drinks immediately.
As we scanned the menu, red velvet pancake hush puppies caught my eye, and because I had been craving red velvet for a week, I decided to do the annoying customer thing and ask if I could just have red velvet pancakes, instead of the hush puppies on the menu. She said she wasn’t sure but that she would ask, and she didn’t seemed bothered to go to bat for me at all. She came back and said, «the cook says he will make red velvet pancakes today only», and it made my day which she could apparently tell because she later said my face was priceless and she was happy she could do that for us.
The meal was delicious from beginning to end, the coffee service was on point, and everything was clean!
Would absolutely return when in that area!

We ordered the prime rib cob salad. The meat was tender ave the veggies were fresh. The service was good. :-). I left the restaurant and forgot my purse and called them to let them know I was on my way back, nothing was touched and they saved it for me :-D .
This is one HAPPY CUSTOMER! Hard to find honest people in this world lately. it !!!

My family and I decided to eat here after shopping at the outlet. Usually our experiences with Denny’s are good. However, this was a terrible experience. When we walked in there were only 3 families there and no hostest to greet us. The décor of this place is very outdated and the place did not feel clean, the whole floors were covered in rug. When we did get seated we had to wait awhile for our waitress to take our order. Now my family consist of me, my parents, 8 years old sister, and 2 year old sister. My 2 year old was taking a nap in her stroller when we were sitting and all of a sudden the staff decided to clean the restaurant. They started vacuuming and brooming while there were still peopl eating in the restaurant. Now I would assume everyone knows what happens with loud noises and children.
Even though the restaurant wasn’t at all busy the staff was very slow and they all had poor appearances. They should have looked more presentable. Because of slow service our food came cold. Not hot, not warm, but cold. I decided to get a clasic burger, usually they would come with wavy fries, but they were out. I decided to get seasoned fries instead. However, the waitress comes back 5 minutes later telling me they have no fries just red potatoes, hash browns, and onion rings. Very unconvinient. My Dad on the other hand got the Southwest Turkey Sandwich with Chicken Noodle Soup. Now all the other Denny’s we’ve been to the sandwich is full of turkey and they used Texas toast, but here it was normal white toast and not much turkey. The sandwich was so thin. The soup was like water with chicken. The noodles dissolved and it was bland. Campbell soup is better.
We love Denny’s, just not this one. Never going back to ever. Overall bad experience with the whole place, the food, and the staff. I wish I could give it zero stars or atleast half a star.

in reality, this place is zero stars. I’m sure the food is OK… but both times I have come here I’ve never actually received my order. wait staff is slow. after waiting an hour for food, we left. manage was rude and indifferent when I try to voice my concerns.
The Chehalis location 5 miles down I-​5 is much, MUCH better.

The worst restroom I’ve been in, meal took 45 mins to come out and it was wrong when it arrived

Wow. what an entirely different experience I had than the other reviewers here.
My BFF lives down in the area now, and we try and visit as much as we can. This trip was different, though, as I traveled mid-​week with the intention of helping her (really hot) friend Jay, who hired me to help write his resume.
We chose here, as it’s easy off the freeway for me and would have wi-​fi if we needed it.
Between the task and hand and just goofing off, we were there for at least 4 hours. Our servers changed right, near the end, both of them were fantastic and attentive.
Nothing out of the ordinary of what you’d expect from Denny’s food offerings. We had gallons of coffee, water, a few sandwich/​lunch orders throughout our time. We didn’t need to ask for refills, cream, condiments or anything even once.
This is also very clearly a «truck stop» town. Huge parking lot with room for the big rigs and the bathrooms are immediately near the front door. (Really weird to me. No «bathrooms for paying customers only» signs here)
If you’re a resident of this area, I don’t know I’d say this is a destination place. the area does have a few of it’s own style restaurants that are certainly better, but I wouldn’t discount it at as an option.
If you’re passing through, this is a viable option you can access directly off I-​5, where there’s little mystery in what to expect on the menu.