We walked in waited to be seated for about 20 minutes. I had to ask if they were going to seat us. We finally got seated, then we waited another 20 minutes, people who came in after us got seated and served drinks while we were still waiting. They were more worried about being on the cellphones or checking them than their customers. We ended up getting up and leaving and went to a mom and pop shop instead. I really see what they mean when they say the servers of New Mexico don't strive for business. Either their tips. read more

Can I give no stars? Let's just put it this way... If you need to eat gluten free, just get water. I've tried eating there a couple of times since my last review. How can the food be both raw and burnt at the same time? I order only items marked with GF...it means nothing to this Denny's. I was lulled by the waitress' knowledge of the GF items on the menu. She's not the cook. The entire time I was eating, I imagined Gordon Ramsey critiquing my plate, interchanged with the Christmas meal scene from 'Christmas Vacation'. Back to them being unsafe for anyone needing to be GF, I can't understand how they managed to make GF salmon (dry and crunchy around the edges o_0), hash browns (raw, yet burned potatoes loosely piled on the plate needing to be eaten with a spoon because they fall through a fork), and "sauteed" zucchini and yellow squash (literally raw but burned to blackness (did they use a blow-torch? napalm??)) in a way that would give a gluten sensitive person gluten poisoning. I write this while still poisoned. I'm really uncomfortable, irritable and might be this way for days. Thanks a fucking lot, Denny's. read more

Grace, the waitress, is probably the worst person I've ever met. She is, though, by far the worst waitress I've ever met. If we show up and and she is working, we just leave. She is really horrible and should be fired. read more

This is the worst Dennys we have ever been to I ordered a side salad and waited forever to get it Finally told the server where is it?? Oh I thought you wanted it with your meal.. Hello um no! Hubby ordered the tbone breakfast asked for 2 extra eggs and a medium rare steak waited forever to get the food and it was missing an egg not to mention the steak was well done!!! The only thing right was that the manager took it off our bill! Skip this joint and go to IHOP read more

I normally don't leave reviews for anything but had to for this one. Never go here EVER. Everytime we go something is always wrong with our order and it's not simple mistakes either. From fries and the whole meal being ice cold to them forgetting all our sauces we paid extra for and them telling us oh we're out of that sauce but still charged us anyways to forgetting a top bun on the burger to them forgetting every single topping to put on a burger meaning no lettuce tomatoes onions NOTHING was on it besides a flimsy piece of chicken that looked like it was reheated in the microwave. A few other things but those were the main highlights. this Denny's in Carlsbad gives the restaurant a bad name! So not how I know a great place Denny's can be. read more

Not attentive waitstaff. Took us forever to be seated, finally had to go find a waitress and ask. A long time between sitting down, placing drink orders, food orders, getting our food, and paying. Again, paying took forever to get someone to help us and the second time we left money on the counter and left. It really wasn't busy so I don't know why it took so long. The food was the same as every Denny's. I only came back to this restaurant because it's 24 hours, unlike all other restaurants in town. read more

Best service in town. New management and the cooks are soo incredible . Server roberto did a great job today i wish there was more places like this in this small town . Thanks god this place is 24/7 read more

Went in to a leaking ceiling with black trash bags over.. was very disgusted over the whole situation definitely do not care about he issue.. will not go back read more

Denny's - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Carlsbad, New Mexico

I visit here always on my way back from Texas, late nights. Jessica is always a pleasant and delight at the end of my road trip. So I thought hmmm, I think ill take the family in on Sunday. That was the worst idea. We were sat and our drink order was taken, 10 minutes later we received them and our order was taken. We watched our waitress put in our order, and we waited. We were seated at birds eye view of the kitchen. The cooks were not anywhere to be found. I timed how long before a cook began cooking again, 17 minutes. this is 10 am where it is the busiest times, how does your cooks and manager go missing? The food was terrible and looked like it was thrown on the plate. The butter was melted on my pancakes. Our waitress had no name tag. The only time ill visit Dennys again is on my drive in between1@2 am where I know the service will always be good service. They could take a few lessons from your grave yard girl. And maybe think about better management. read more

This was the worst place to eat me and me and my husband and my kids when here to eat cuz we thought it is biggest food chain Denny's with no it would be good to eat breakfast here but no I was wrong my food was uncooked ! burnt ! runny eggs and they took forever to serve drinks we were sitting in our tables for at least 15 minutes before anything came and to top that off when we got there there was a line to be sitting or standing in line behind three groups of people. The people didn't even notice that we were there too so we can be seated read more

After standing for 10 minutes waiting to be seated & having several staff walk past without even acknowledging us--we left. Wasn't busy but if service was anything like our lack of greeting we wouldn't have been happy anyway! read more

We just had the worst experience EVER! I don't even know where to begin. When we first walked in the lady at the counter ignored us. Then once we sat down we waited about 10 minutes before anyone came to get our drink orders. It then took about 10 more minutes for the to bring a cup of coffee and watered OJ. Yes, watered OJ. We sent that back twice. Other patrons were also sending their "OJ" back. We still don't know who our actual waitress was. Supplies (ketchup and sugar packets) at the tables, ours and others, were out. No one ever came around to check on us or ask how the food was. My husband had to flag down a random waitress to get a refill of coffee. The so-called manager was very loud and barking orders to the waitresses. You could tell other patrons waiting to be seated, already seated, and waiting to pay were also disgusted. The ONLY good I can say about this place is that the food was good and the portions were large. I am glad I will never have to endure that again. read more

I love Denny's but I'm sorry, this location is staffed poorly. Slow service, slow kitchen and dirty tables complete a generous one star rating. read more

Horrible horrible service!!! Don't waste time twice we have gone there and don't even get waited on. In fact we were told as we sat at the counter - you seated yourselves - good luck getting service! Really that is some attitude ! Do not go!!!! read more

Disgusting!! Under cooked chicken, bread like a brick, bathrooms that smelled like a sewer and to top it all off the staff fighting in the back. read more

I really like this Denny's. However, the hostess (manager) never cracks a smile and just expects you to follow her to a table...Brenda the busgirl is the hardest worker in that place. She is 70 years old and runs circles around everyone. This particular Sun morning the joint is half empty and the waiting area is completely full because no one is seating them. The young man waiting tables is twirling his thumbs because he has one table. Leadership is seriously lacking here. Why are the two oldest women in this place the fastest and hardest workers??.. Really.. Whats wrong with this picture? Anyways, Im still giving them a good rating because its clean, good prices and good consistent food. Plus Brenda and older waitress lady are awesome! I will be back every month on my business trips. read more

The problem is there's only like two restaurants open on Sunday morning in Carlsbad (unless you want fast food). We entered & stood at the counter waiting to be seated for quite awhile, even though there were three staff standing at the counter! The restaurant is dirty and dated. We should have turned right around, but we stuck it out. The waitress took our drink orders and brought out our drinks....in dirty glasses! I ordered egg whites with spinach & fresh fruit. I got runny egg whites, sans spinach, and a bowl of grapes. The food is sub-par and the service leaves much to be desired! Good luck! read more

Went in for a late dinner this evening and Taelyn (our server) was amazing. She was very polite and friendly as she waited on us and the tables around us. Poor girl was busy busy seeing as she had 5 tables who all came in pretty close together. We loved her service and the food was great however when another server sat another table on the opposite side of the restraunt to which Taelyn was unaware of some time had passed by when whom i am assuming was a manager or maybe serving manager started to help this gentleman came over ranting about how she had to help him and to which the other servers and a trainee started very rudely asking why taelyn hadnt got that table( let me claryify that Taelyn was the only one working the floor while everyone else was cutting up with an employee that was of shift ) . i felt so bad for her she was doing her best and a great job at it too while her coworkers were being lazy and riding the clock. They were out of strawberries for an entree at another table and after this poor girl explained to tgis table and offered a substitute to fix the issue the manager from before approached her table and let them know again that they were out of strawberries and said " i dont know why she didnt tell you we were out of strawberies " by this point my blood was boiling as a server myself i watch and listen all the time and it took all i had to just finish my meal and leave because this poor girl was on her game and doing a wonderful job and her coworkers / teammates were not only singling her out but being very open and obvious about doing so. So In summary food was good service was great but her teammates could do better !! read more

Apparently Denny's is getting a remodel and the employees overseeing this project came into my work last night and were so rude and demeaning to everyone that I refuse to ever set foot in their restaurant again. read more

The service on Monday was above and beyond. The food was even better! The manager/cook made sure we were well taken care of. As well as giving words of encouragement to her staff. The young lady was in the front, the back, cashing people out, and making sure the restaurant was getting cleaned and on a path to a successful night. All of our food came out picture perfect! Please keep this incredible improvement up! We will definitely be going back very soon! Thank you very much Isa read more

This place is so inconsistent we try not to come but there is very few breakfast choices here on Sunday today it wasn't horrible but turkey bacon was undercooked read more

Between the dirty silverware, the rude, complaining server, the disgustingly dirty coffee cups and pitiful excuse of a sundae my fiance received, I really wish we had never went. read more

The service was horrible!! Waited for 40 min and had to go ask for our drinks, then another 20 min and had to ask for our food after watching 4 tables get up and leave. When the food finally came out it was cold. I would not recommend going there until some staff changes are made!! read more

Had 3-4 waitresses over 13 people waiting and all seats in the house empty. I came from out of town in TN and it seems these waitresses don't want to make money read more

I will be fair and give this Denny's a two star for tonight but that's pushing it. I came here late expecting a fresh made Valentine's Day dinner and was seated in a booth in the back with no silverware and no waitress to be seen at least five minutes later a waitress, a very nice lady, took our order drinks appetizers and all and was back with the drinks fairly soon. The wait for the food wasn't too long, but when we got it the wait was not worth it. My boyfriends burger was bland, messy, and watery. The patty tasted like beef you get in canned stew. His fries were alright, not the freshest, but fine. My meal was a combination of over cooked and undercooked foods plated and thrown into the microwave. My hash browns were half burning hot and half frozen cold, and my bread turned to dust in my mouth. The service was very nice and they comped my boyfriends burger and gave him free endless pancakes which were good. Denny's can fluctuate between a low two star to a mid four star just depending who is in the kitchen and who is my server. read more

Been waiting for 75 minutes since placing our order and no food in sight. I don't need to taste the food to formulate a one star rating for this place. Other customers have got up and left; they got tired of waiting, too. read more

Let me start by recommending that you DON'T go at peak rush times....they can get VERY backed up!!! I tend to go between 9am-11am or 2p-4p on weekdays...and avoid going during 8am-3pm on weekends....way too busy. Check the parking lot...if it is 3/4 full, your service won't be fast!! For breakfast, I love their new pancakes...light fluffy and a touch of sweetness. At other times I confess to being addicted to their Onion Rings!! My servers are usually good at refilling my drinks. then again I am a regular(they don't even ASK what I want to drink anymore!! he-he. I have never had a problem with the bathroom being dirty as one reviewer mentions. read more

Will not go back!! Service is awful! When you ask me how I want my eggs cooked and the waitress reply is " I can't make any promises and it's not like I can stick my fingers in it to make sure it's done" Really? Well needless to say we got up and walked out!! read more

I don't even know where to begin, the waiter was rude and he gave me cold coffee with out any creamer. Then he was standing in the corner,texting. When my order was ready, it sat there because the waiter wasn't Any where to be seen. Another person brought me my food and it was so cold I just left. I used to love this place, but I never want to eat here again. read more

Wouldn't even give one star but it makes me. Been waiting an hour for food. Only one cook. This is ridiculous ! Leaving !

The service here is by far he worst I've ever had. Our waitress has over passed us without asking if we need anything with our empty glasses sitting on the edge of the table. restaurant is not busy to the point we have to wait this long for refills or food. For sure will never come back. only giving 1 star because it wont allow me to give zero read more

Very attentive wait staff. Everything Came Out hot and it was very good. I had a very difficult order and the waitress was super friendly. She came back to make sure of my needs before the order came out and to confirm my instructions. Top notch read more

So you know your in a Small Town when they only have 2 restaurants open on Sunday. Unfortunately one was Denny's. I realize they were busy, however 10 minutest to take our drink/food order and 45 minutes to get our food. Not acceptable. Food was warm at best not hot. Took several tries to get drink refills. I would not recommend this place for breakfast. Better off going to McDonalds read more

We came in on Sunday and we regret it! We never got our food, they ran out of coffee mugs. Maybe, if all the cooks weren't out n the back smoking they would have some better food n service. Waste of time n money. read more

This Denny's is horrible. My friend and I arrived on a Sunday afternoon at about 3:00 pm. It was not crowded but the floor was dirty and tables unbussed. Service was slow. Food was mediocre. They didn't seem to want our business so we will oblige them and not return. read more

Horrible, horrible service! Food is what you'd expect, no surprises there. Our waitress disappeared after serving our food, never saw her again. I made the mistake of asking a different waitress for a coffee refill and got my head bitten off. Later, I asked someone else if our waitress was available and she responded with "What do you need?" Eye roll, I asked for my check, got another Eye roll from yet another waitress. I guess along with having to get my own coffee refills, I was supposed to check myself out too. Do yourself a favor and go to IHOP. read more

We got to Denny's around 1 am the only customers me and my friend. We walked in host/ waiter was on the Denny's phone. The only cook looked like he might of been texting. He seated us while he was on the phone and from the sound I it he was fighting with his girlfriend. It took him another ten mins to get our drink order and we sat there for 20 min more mins watching our coffees get cold. We got up and left... read more

Will NEVER return to this location. Hostess was very rude, refuse us service. I emailed the manager and got no response so I then emailed corporate and still no answer. They simply do not care about how the customer is treated nor do they care to hear about it. read more

This is the worst Denny's I have ever been to. we came in as a group of six. a group of eight came in after us and was seated before us. when we asked what was going on they said they couldn't see our name anymore because all the names around it was scratched off. then our order came out or should I say half of it did and they said they'd be back with the rest in a minute. the rest came out but it wasn't what we ordered. so then she comes back again with some food that was close enough so we just took it. finally the ticket get there and is all messed up. I love Deniz and go there in every town we are in but I would never go back to this one and don't recommend anyone else go there either. I wish I had read the reviews here before going but I just figured it was another Denny's, that was a mistake I will give it the one star because I have to and because the food was typical Denny's food so at least it didn't taste bad but my daughter did have to send back her burned bacon read more

Never have I ever had a good experince at this place. Sadly living in Carlsbad, you only have so many options on where you eat-especailly on sundays. :/ Where do I start... I have never wanted to cry over my "dinner" as often as i have at this place- let me only review last weeks. 1st- no one ever greeted us- we sat ourselves. when no one ever came to the table we called in our orders. and asked them to deliver it to the table with the 4 people sitting starving by the wondow. at this moment a aitress came to take our order (Apparently this is how you get their attention). After this we ordered soup bc soup is fast and premade and again we were starving. I ordered a water. we had 2 diet cokes and a tea at the table (See how I remembered this? -well apparently it was too difficult for our "server" b/c we got 2 waters and 1 coke.... after we gave her the simple bev test and got our drinks she took our orders. 32 minutes later our cold soup came out. We sent it back and asked for warm soup with our meals... we finally walked out after 1 hour and 12 minutes after i had refilled my own water twice and we saw another table leave so we decided sonic would be a better waste of our night. God I pray I will not be back- but as i said we have such a wide selection... I dont recommend this to anyone... except the bitch that works at U-1st credit union bank... read more