Denny’s

Servers were friendly, manager was helpful. Given this is a popular pit stop along the 5 between LA and SD, it’s very busy all the time. The service was pretty friendly when greeted and the manager thanked me when I asked him to have our horrifically dirty seating and under table area. Our server, however, was lazy when I asked her if they had crayons for my three young children. She said «ya they have them at the front». Not sure her name, but she had large round holes in her ears. Rude.
What they called pizza on the menu, was absolutely gross. Only decent items that have been consistent all these years were salad with ranch and chicken strips. Forget the lack of health. Strictly act of desperation.

Great service! ! Thanks Brianna. Everyone loved their desserts and service was quick.

The service was very poor and slow. Appetizer arrived the same time the main meal. We asked for plates three times before our waitress decided to get them for us. Holly (the waitress) didn’t even offer to refill our drinks. It took 20 minutes to get nachos… NACHOS!

They don’t pay attention to the order. I ordered pancakes with walnuts in them & they forgot the walnuts. Then I ordered a burger with no onions and they had extra onions on the burger. My boyfriend ordered a chicken sandwich with no mushrooms or peppers, guess what was on the sandwich. That’s right! Mushrooms and peppers. If you go here make sure you double check your orders.

Worst Denny’s ever created! I was starving so I had no choice but to eat my cold food when it arrived. The service was not the worst I’ve had in my life but pretty close to it. Only thing good I can say is that I didn’t puke.

Great spot to grab a bite. Sorta feels like Cheers that serves breakfast. Me and crew meet there regularly and the staff is very accommodating.
The entire staff seems to work together to help and Aurora and Marysol always have a witty remark and smile to serve. Keep it up everyone and please stop in to say hi. Parking sucks but hey it’s California what do you expect

This Denny’s is our usual spot we stop at before arriving in San Diego.
The servers are always friendly and the place is always clean. The Denny’s is sandwiched between a Chevron and Mobile gas station so you can eat and gas up in one place.
When I normally order my hearty breakfast skillet the portions normally fill or overfill the plate but today it seemed like they rationed out their food. My skillet was about ¾ full of food. The food tasted great but I feel a bit shorted on my portion size.
My wife ordered the Super Bird with avocado, which the waitress recommended but when she got it there was no avocado in sight. As we sat there trying to flag down the waitress we hear another table talking to their waitress about an item missing from their order. I guess the cook in the back was having an off day with their cooking.
This one experience will not keep me away and we will be back the next time we are in the area.

Went to dennys today with the family for breakfast and was pleasantly surprised on how clean the restaurant was and how awesome the service was! It was my first time at this location and wasn’t expecting anything special due to previous experiences at different locations. The food was on point too! I will definitely be coming back to this location.

Denny’s is Denny’s so its the people who make the difference.
Friendly welcome !
Quick and friendly service.
Coffee OK.
Food OK.
Next time i’m around i come back.
If only for Aleyna !

Service was excellent Sandy is an outstanding waitress employee if your lucky you will be in her area. We were visiting the area stopped in for a quick breakfast and was expecting the usual not so nice experience that we usually have at the Denny’s back home but boy were we wrong. The crew here is amazing and they actually work great as a team the way it should be. Thank you so much for the great service and breakfast was great too. Thank you Sandy and Cecy for a great start to our day

I have been coming to this Denny’s for like 3 years but I must say the last few visits have been the best! If you come for breakfast try to get Marisol as your server! She is so caring and has amazing customer service, the best I have had at Denny’s ever. She is always on top of everything, checking on you and ready to help you. So if you go remember to try to get Marisol!

Long story short they ran out of «real eggs» and gave us powdered… Oh wait we didn’t get that far they didn’t bring the drinks for 30 min. Manager didn’t give a shit and nothin done of course. Going to call corporate and tell them that a Denny’s which is know for breakfast ran out of eggs… And didn’t let nobody know they did until you ordered. Stay away just go to Ihop down the street they have real eggs.

I hate chains, and Denny’s is no exception; however, I found myself here past 2am and it was good, which means it was the best Denny’s experience of my life.
Food: My friend ordered a meat sandwich with fries; I ordered a healthy veggie skillet entrée … potatoes, bell peppers, broccoli, and egg whites, plus a side of avocado. It was perfectly seasoned, and came hot in a cast iron skillet. Perfect portion, generous fresh avocado, thank you! I added a little sriracha, and ate the whole thing even though I wasn’t all that hungry. It was that good! Thanks, Bernice (I think that was the cook’s name).
Service: Maria was awesome. Friendly, timely, attentive, and pleasantly quirky, she joked along with us making it a fun experience. Our orders came out perfectly to our specifications and she accommodated our every request. She was almost too humble to accept the generous tip, we had to insist like three times!
Like I said, best Denny’s ever.

I had the Southwest Turkey Sandwich, and it came with a cup of chicken noodle soup. I was really surprised by how good the sandwich was. I wasn’t expecting much since it’s Denny’s, but I liked my food.
Service was friendly and attentive, which I’ve seen pretty consistently at many different Denny’s locations.

Do not come here at 4 am. various people will be taking their clothes off and the security guard (yes they have a security guard) will be sleeping in the corner.
Food wise, it’s Denny’s. Amazing as always, service is good, make sure your receipts are right. If they didn’t have 4 $ endless pancakes it would be two stars.

Well my last visit wasnt the best but this time by far was absolutely astounding! I can not believe the great service I got! I want to personally thank ROSIE for her amazing service and customer service skills! Thank you for being attentive and polite to us! Definitely the best server here! Thank you again! And SHELLIE was very kind and accepted a coupon for us! U guys did an awesome job and I can’t wait to come back!
See you soon Rosie you rock!

My first experience with this Denny’s was their grand reopening. We got free food and service was great! But I thought «Let’s see how they do when they’re not trying to show off!» came back many times since and EVERY time has been just as amazing =)
The staff is friendly and we’re usually there late at night. The Wait staff recognized me and my roommate since he always asks for his bacon to be basically charred till it’s crying B-​)
If I were to give one general complaint about this location it would only be that at night the staff seems maybe a bit too relaxed as I’ve seen them talking to their friends who are sitting in stalls seemingly waiting for them to get off work. It doesn’t bother me though since they’re always aware of ME and asking if I need anything =)
This Denny’s is officially the 3^rd closest to my house and when it’s 1 in the morning and I’m tired It’s STILL worth passing the other 2 on the way to this location. I’ll be back =)

I’ve said many times that I would gave to be paid to eat at Denny’s. Well now I remember why that saying is true!
The only pluses, advantages, positives and Unilocal stars that I can see are the hours and that you get a good amount of food for the price. That’s it, hence the 2 stars.
Some of the lowest quality food that you can taste with every bite.
Hubby and I were starving after a poor and long evening, we were far from home and it was close, open and cheap. Homecoming teenagers filled the spot (I’d never go out with that guy again!) and management couldn’t handle it and was literally talking to herself and gesturing wildly. Luckily our server had a better head on his shoulders although definitely inexperienced as it took forever to get drinks, forever to get a refill and hubby never did get one. The food also took awhile to come out and was barely lukewarm. I needed butter for my pancakes and that took so long! So the pancakes were now cold and the butter wouldn’t melt, yum right?! The hash browns were too thin and so crispy that they bordered on burnt. The ham slices were of such low quality that there were parts that could not be eaten as they were hard rubber!
Hubby’s burger was overcooked (think killed), the bacon of low quality, extra fatty and not crisp. His bourbon sauce on the burger was tasteless, and as he stated in his review «had the chance to be the hero» and that didn’t happen.
Anything Good At All?: Yes, my scrambled eggs with cheese added (not told there was an extra fee for this and it was offered that way), was the only really good thing about the meal. The eggs were surprisingly fluffy and not over or undercooked. Hubby’s fries are wavy-​cut and were actually cooked well, not under or over and had a good potato flavor.
So what can I say but I will again, not be back to Denny’s for a long-​long-​long time. It had been over 15 years, perhaps never again.

There was a time when I vowed never to darken the doors of a Denny’s again, but through a series of mishaps while «zombie hunting», the better half and I found ourselves extremely hungry and with very limited options (not to mention my loving wife’s bladder was about to burst). So when we pulled out of Camp Pendleton, there was a Denny’s staring back at us … mocking us!
Rohlinism: Some vows are meant to be broken!
Upon entering, this location was strangely busy considering it was midnight and we were told by one of the people at the cashier station (
) that it would be a few minutes. Apparently one of the local high schools was celebrating Homecoming and a number of the students had decided to come here to eat after the dance.
Things have changed since I was in high school. If I suggested Denny’s after a formal dance, I am pretty sure it would terminate my dating career on the spot!
At least the wait gave Laina the time she needed to use the facilities which were very clean.
Once we were seated our server came over and took our drink order, but it took a good ten minutes to get a Cherry Sprite and Iced Tea. By the time the server returned with the drinks, we were more than ready to order. Laina selected the Lumberjack Slam:
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Consisting two buttermilk pancakes, a slice of grilled ham, two bacon strips, two sausage links and two eggs, plus hash browns and choice of bread (my better half substituted an additional slice of ham for the bacon and sausage).
I ordered the Bourbon Bacon Burger (
) which is a beef patty topped with Cheddar cheese, bacon, sautéed onions and mushrooms. Served on a Cheddar bun with lettuce, tomato, red onions, pickles and a sweet bourbon sauce and a side (I chose the Wavy-​Cut Fries). I also ordered a plate of the Red Velvet Pancake Puppies (
) with Cream Cheese Icing.
While we were waiting for our food, we took some time to observe the staff and manager. The staff looked overwhelmed at times and several things were forgotten. I was never offered a refill on my drink (my better half was offered) and the extra butter Laina requested with her pancakes was forgotten (by the time she got it the pancakes were cold). The manager appeared to be more suited for a padded cell than restaurant management. She spent part of time talking to herself and the other part giving orders that were reluctantly followed by the staff. It was pretty much «the lunatics have taken over the asylum» feel through the whole meal.
The food finally arrived and what can I say … it is Denny’s. It probably tasted a little better than it should because we were famished, but still you could still see and taste the inferior quality. My better half’s scrambled eggs were probably the highlight of the meal, nicely cooked, somewhat fluffy and plenty of cheese. She wasn’t told the cheese was extra, but I doubt it was have deterred her had she been informed. The ham had grizzled pieces (never seen that on ham) and the ham quality was rather poor. The hash browns were more cooked than Laina would have liked and the pancakes were somewhat spongy.
I had requested my burger medium rare and I got medium well. This may be the only way they cook their burgers, but if I am getting shoe leather, I just want to know in advance. The bacon wasn’t crisp and quite fatty, the rest of the toppings were meh. The bun was bland considering it is supposed to be a cheddar bun. The Bourbon sauce had a chance to be a hero here, but ended up being weak and watery. The Wavy-​Cut fries were a nice golden brown and with a soft potato interior. The «puppies» were almost devoid of chocolate flavor, but icing was a saving grace and had a nicely balanced sweetness.
If you are looking for a good amount of food at cheap prices and don’t care about abusing your palate, then Denny’s is the place for you!

Chose this Denny’s simply as a meeting place halfway between Newport Beach and San Diego. Needed to meet family and exchange some items.
WOW — this Denny’s was a very clean, organized and welcome surprise! Recently remodeled it has a bright, happy feel. Our waitress Cecilia was a total professional who easily could serve at a five-​star restaurant. The location offers easy freeway access from both Northbound and Southbound I-​5. My family and I left feeling like we needed to raise our opinions of Denny’s!