This is easily my favorite Denny's in Southern California. The service is consistently friendly, the food quality is solid, and the place is always well maintained. The staff is great about keeping the coffee refills coming and making you feel welcome. When you're ready to leave, you take your check up to the front to pay. My go-to orders are the Grand Slam, French Toast, or the Country Fried Steak. The eggs (any style) are perfectly seasoned every time, the hash browns come out crispy, and you can't go wrong with the bacon or sausage. I definitely recommend using the Denny's app since it's super easy for earning points and scoring deals. It's the perfect spot for comfort food in a relaxed environment. read more

Stopped in for breakfast after going to the gym. Tasty breakfast food at a reasonable price (especially compared to nearby breakfast places). Calm, quiet environment with kind and attentive staff. read more

Stopped in to see my favorite server Bobbi again. Always a positive experience both with the service and the food. Chicken fried steak with salad and veggies. YUMMM... Made my day!!! Del Mar, just off Highway 5... read more

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I was really wanting some hashbrowns so we came in here for some breakfast deals. The girl is really sweet and served us right away. The ambience is totally renovated in November 2025 It looks beautiful and will definitely come back. read more

Denny's - 12-2025 easy parking and wheelchair accessible - Diners Near Me - Del Mar, California

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This is a live review since i'm sitting in Denny's right now eating my All- American Slams and fried mozzarella sticks with my bestie, Danielle on whom is studying for the bar right now. Yes, that's right, we out here eating and studying at Denny's. Don't sleep on that. Denny's has been a staple for me since my college days back in 2013, food is decent (depending on certain location, the one across from Santa Ana College was the one I used to go to back in the day) But this location, the chef who is working right now( time is 2 am on June 4, 2025) and our amazing server Gail, thank you for serving us. Gail was wondering and for the first time in my life, she told me I look familar from this show called Gilmore Girls on which I never watched but my bestie look it up and I can see the similarities. Alright, now lets get do to the food, I ordered the All- American Slams, cripsy hashbrown, scamabled eggs, 4 pieces of cripsy bacon and a stack of pancakes, with an add on of toasted English Muffin. 9.6/10 I agreed with my bestie, that indeed, their pancakes are WAY better than IHOP. The pancakes here are fluffy and mosit, not dense like Ihop, again if you like dense pancakes this isn't it. Cheers to the chest for making that cripsy hashbrown perfect and the plating... I never seen a more aesthetic Denny's plate than this location, looks so well put and the fried mozzarella sticks were hot and not too. salty 9.4/10 Originally we wanted to order the maple stuff donuts but they were out. That's totally fine, because it's giving us an excuse to come back and get it. We came in around 1am, my bestie needed to study other than at home so I didn't mind. This is just brining me back memories from my college days so this was a nice visit and by far one of the besst location of Denny's. No homeless here like in Santa Ana and everyone that dine in was respectful. Thank you Gail for serving us and she was the only server here at time we were in so we understand, plus we weren't in a rush to get our food since we were studying well my friend was stuyding, I'm just typing out this review. read more

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Food is good and affordable. Newly designed interior design. Very comfortable with nice Christmas music. Service was great . Nice reward information. I think you will be pleasantly surprised. read more

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The food was really good, but the waitress was super slow. She said she was going to come right back to take our order and didn't come back for more than 5 minutes. We asked for a box to go and she took a lot longer than 5 minutes to bring us a box. read more

The service was really good, I got everything I wanted, so the food was really good! I would definitely come back to this location again in the future! read more

I did not have a good experience at this Denny's in Del Mar, my waitress wasn't in the best mood. This was the first time that they didn't allow me to substitute the meat for toast. I ended up switching my order to French toast which I received burnt, crispy not good. There was a nasty fly disturbing our meal & the food took alot longer come to out. I did not like this location. I will say the gentleman at the front cashier was very pleasant!! read more

Went here recently during their remodel and worst service ever and very mediocre food. The waitress was very impatient with us and very unkind. My wife had some questions and took some extra time to decide and this waitress did not want to give her a second to do that. The food was also very mediocre, much worse than I remember in the past, very greasy. I understand that there prices are low, but the food was always decent in the past. read more

Terrible service! Not busy and servers were just hanging around, not attending to tables or orders... Ordered togo and the women (server name on receipt, Homaira) just let my order sit on the counter while she spoke with another male server. Definitely not worth the cash tip I was going to give. If I were the owner of this restaurant, I'd be very concerned. Drive a little further down and go somewhere else unless you want to wait around for no reason and eat cold food. read more

This is a great location. It's right off the I-5. In Del Mar. i've spent many late nights here eating great meals. I can't wait till they reopen. read more

Denny's - Temporarily closed. - Diners Near Me - Del Mar, California

Brought a party of 40, the service was quick and efficient. Food was standard but employees were great at adapting to our needs.

Bad restaurant and the worker are terrible at there job would not recommend here. I had to seat my self and did not smell great.

Best breakfast for your hard earned dollar Pancakes are light and fluffy Omelets are quite cheesy read more

I've always enjoyed Dennys. It's open at all hours , and the selection of food is vast. I'm giving this review to provide info for Dennys app users and customers driven by specials. Yesterday 9/18 was national cheese burger day. I found a list of restaurants giving special discounts. Dennys was listed as one of them. However when we arrived we were informed this location was not participating. The host advised us to check online for coupons or promo codes I found the Dennys app and downloaded it and got an immediate 20% off coupon. The fine print indicated it does not apply to Every Day Value Slam and items under $8. We ordered to burgers off the $2/$4/6/8 value menu. I had 3 add ons. Avocado , cheese and the seasoned fries. We went to check out and were told we only qualified for .77 cents off. I tried to give the cashier the info and fine print but he refused it stating there was fine print that stated this. So I concluded the Every Day Value Slam equates to the $2/$4/$6/$8 value menu. I should have ordered a burger off the regular menu and got more bang for my buck. Fortunately the total dinner was reasonable despite not having the coupon. I just found the location lacking in customer service regarding the specials. (I had to specifically request the Value menu ) as it was not provided and I would not have known about had I not downloaded the app. Regarding food. It was served hot and fresh. Burger was pretty good Seasoned fries not worth $1.99 upgrade. Recommend this Dennys if you just want a place to sit down for a burger , breakfast Simple food. The booths need to be replaced. Ours was torn up where you were sitting on the foam. read more

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The restaurant is closed for renovations.... They should really update their hours or at least put a message on the phone stating this. We walked from our hotel late at night just to be disappointed.... read more

Stopped at the Denny's in Del Mar this weekend, on the way home from an LA day trip. We arrived close to 9pm at night. The restaurant was not super busy, but had a good amount of people. We were seated almost immediately. I know Denny's isn't always a popular choice for a family meal out. But when you are on the road on those long drives, they really just hit the spot. As was the case for this visit. We ordered our food, and everything came out hot and fast. There was no disappointment with everything that we ordered. Our appetizers came out a decent amount of time between our main food, which is appreciated. I hate when your appetizer comes out and then 2 minutes later your main meal comes out. Then you either don't enjoy your appetizer or you let your food get cold. We were able to enjoy our entire appetizer and then our maid events came and we were ready! I never got the name of our host (she was an older hispanic lady) but she was awesome. She was so polite to my kids. My son had just woken up from a car nap and was a little grumpy. She made a point to talk to him and make him laugh. Throughout our meal, she would stop to check on us and again make conversation with our son to get him talking about his toys. She was great and I wish I got her name. Overall, you know what you are getting when you eat at Denny's. It's not the best quality fine dining. But it's good food, when made fresh and served hot, you can't go wrong. Perfect for those road trips or even late night eats. read more

My group of 3 people stopped at Denny's for a late night meal after the New years party. There was a wait which we did not mind, waited our turn and got sat by a serve named Cynthia. We placed our orders, asked for milkshakes and she said No, we're busy at the moment and the milkshakes are made by hand, but once it dies down we can see if we'll be able to make you one. So we said okay and waited. After a while, there was no line at the door anymore, the rush has calmed down. So when someone else brought out the dessert, we asked again if we were able to get 3 milkshakes and she said yes, made our milkshakes and brought them out. The server, Cynthia saw that, and she very UNPROFESSIONALLY reprimanded the other lady in front of all the customers, saying "I already told them no, why did you bring out the milkshakes, I told 4 other tables no so now we'll have to go make more milkshakes, do you know how much time it'll take to make them all a milkshake? If someone orders something, run by me first". That was a conversation that should have been had in private, but she obviously wanted us to hear because she said it right next to our table. 5 mins later, another girl at a table next to us asked for a milkshake, and she said "No, we're not making those tonight" then pointed to our table and said "they just told the other lady that I said it was okay to make them milkshakes", which did not happened, she RUDELY lied about what we said to other customers next to our table. The experience at Denny's was great until she started having a public meltdown down and talked rudely about us indirectly to other customers but loud enough to have us hear. She honestly ruined the entire experience we had at Denny's with her nasty words and attitude. She should not be in the service industry. I hope other costumers do not have to experience this. However, the manager on shift was very nice and comped our meal for the trouble after we brought it up to his attention and was very professional. He said she should not have been telling customers that they're not making milkshakes and to let them know it will take a while instead. Which validated how we felt. read more

Denny's - Diners Near Me - Del Mar, California

Flawless experience. On the way home from San Diego and was super hungry and wanted comfort food. This location is the BEST spot to be, besides the Denny's in San Clemente. The service is great, food is flawless and the ambiance is comfortable. Our server Cindy was a gem, and I hope that she continues to be bubbly, and personable. I am always eager to meet and have a wonderful experience when dining out and she did not disappoint, also she was able to show us the menu and other specials that they offer which was a huge plus! Definitely I will be reconsidering this Dennys in the near future. Huge shoutout to Cindy, thank you!! I recommend the pancakes or breakfast sandwiches! Honestly all the breakfast is delicious! read more

Happy Veteran's Day to all my fellow veterans out there. Decided to go in for a complimentary Grand Slam breakfast and it was a great way to start the day while celebrating with other vets. Denny's is a popular spot on Veteran's Day and while it may have been busy, customer service was top-notch. My favorite waitress, Bobbie, assisted us and she was as sweet as ever. Showing love and respect to all of the veterans dropping in for breakfast. The pancakes were fluffy and golden and the eggs, crispy hash browns, bacon, sausage link and hot coffee hit the spot. This location in Del Mar is right around the corner from the Del Mar racetrack and is always busy, but the crew there always provides great service. If you're in the area and you need to relax and grab a bite to eat, take a break and enjoy a meal. read more

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good food and the price was right with the AARP card service was good. it took them a while to get our food as if we were forgotten but i can look past that. they kept filling g my coffee and that made up for the late delivery of the food read more

Food sucked dude was a total asshole and verbally berated me with insulting comments while I was trying to pay. Additionally he gave my milkshake he took 20 min to make to high schooler who sat down 2 min after. read more

My dad and I were served by Homaira R. She was very attentive and friendly. The service was very fast and the food was nice and hot. I was then greeted by the new assistant manager Sherry who checked us out. She was also friendly and we had a good conversation and a few laughs. Very clean location! -Angelica and Gus read more

Miss Cindy was literally the best server. she took her time with us and walked us through the menu. she was so nice!!! and handling a million things all at once. the perfect multitasker!! we will definitely be back. everything was delish and she was sooo sweet. read more

Gail was our server and she's amazing. The food was super good, amazing midnight snack. The ambiance feels like you're in an actual diner. 10/10 read more

Best Denny's I have ever been to!! Clean, very good service, and the food is good quality and delicious!! read more

Denny's - Diners Near Me - Del Mar, California

Gale was the absolute best and Robert too, they real really were the sweetest and most genuine people to ever enter a Dennys

I haven't been to Denny's in many many years but since having kids, things have changed.. As a family we can't really go out to nice brunch places where kids will sit still and behave (well maybe later when they are older). So which leads us to Denny's and other more casual, family friendly establishments where people less likely to roll their eyes. I think most of us know what is Denny's had to offer in terms of food. I'm just gonna highlight kids breakfast, its $4.19 (eggs, pancakes, bacon). It doesn't come with milk but still it's an incredible deal! Sunday are very busy but the wait it not that long. Coffee is actually good. Service is pretty fast, no thrills. read more

Denny's - Kid's menu - Diners Near Me - Del Mar, California

We came in, like most people do when nothing else was open. Jay was our waiter. You should be so lucky as to get him. He was funny, and a quick and courteous waiter. My friend, well she ordered an interesting array of food. Some garlic bread. Some pancakes. And chicken fingers. Hey, I'm not one to judge, and neither was Jay. He didn't bat an eyelash at the unusualness of her order. (Though I did ask her some pointed questions once he left.... garlic bread..) I (for once) kept it simple, I ordered an egg scramble, just as it's made, add on some tortillas, and call it good. Oh wait.... hold the mushrooms.. I guess I did make it a wee complicated. The food came out, mine was exactly perfect. And tased great. My eggs were scramble, there were yummy bits of potato, red pepper, sausage and I got to have warm tortillas. Life was good. My friend. She liked her shmorgazborg of good. She had way bigger eyes then appetite, so she took a lot home with her. Jay was a great waiter. The restaurant is super easy to access. Our table was clean, as was the restaurant as a whole. I also think it was a good value for money. read more

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Mrs. Taylor our waitress was very friendly & worked very hard but I believe she was misinformed about the coupon we were going to use for our breakfast. We gave her the coupon before our order and asked her to verify it with the manager to make sure there is no misunderstanding later. She went and asked, came back & assured us that we were going to be able to use them. Even when she brought the bill she said 2 times "You will be paying a lot less than what the bill is for" To our surprise they didn't accept them and we ended up paying the whole amount. It was very disappointing. read more

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Our waitress was fantastic. My son had the Star Spangled Breakfast, pancakes piled high topped with strawberries and whipped cream, scrambled eggs, bacon and hash browns. The pancakes were terrific, the bacon was so sad. Skinny, tiny and under cooked. The eggs great and i prefer the browns well done. He likes to get the Arnold Palmer and free refills are great. our service great, prices are like any other place now, Breakfast Rep, Broken Yolk, like $12, coffee $3.60 not the deal it used to be. read more

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I had breakfast here on a quiet weekday morning and I found everything here to be quite pleasant. The service was attentive and polite, the place was impeccably clean and the food was good. From past experience I've found that Denny's can be a hit or miss, and not all locations will offer you the same experience. I would not hesitate to return here the next time I'm in the area. read more

Denny's - a view of the dining area - Diners Near Me - Del Mar, California

DOING A GREAT JOB ON THE LATE SHIFT ! Sadly still not many customers during the pandemic. They have a wonderful late night staff and the service is excellent let's get out there everyone and support our restaurants! read more

Denny's - Late night... - Diners Near Me - Del Mar, California

Sooo slow, food was overcooked, underwhelming, and the check took forever. On top of that, we had to watch Fox News. Thumbs down.

Only 4 because there should always be room for improvement, in anything we do. That being said, this Denny's is awesome! After working both jobs all day and up until midnight-thirty, I was hangry and exhausted. I was greeted and warmly welcomed by a smiling Cindy. Great customer service and I don't think I ever saw her without a smile on her face, the entire time I was there. The chef, Ubaldo, is just as awesome too. Friendly from behind the scenes, in the kitchen, fantastic food (plated gorgeous, and tasted like friggin heaven). Came here not in the greatest mood, but leaving full, friendly and happy. Kudos Denny's for this stellar duo... And thank you to Cindy and Ubaldo for an unexpected, but greatly appreciated, very enjoyable experience in the wee-hours of the morning, and bringing my day to an end. read more

Went here after a concert with my family. Service was quick and polite. The waitress was extremely kind and had good attention to detail. Our food was pretty good too, they were slammed at around 1am and despite that our food got out quickly and was good. It's Dennys, I know what I'm expecting here. Got to say, I wanted to leave this review cause you Del Mar locals are literally the worst people I have had the displeasure of dining in the same vicinity as. Disgusting old man at the bar was so gross to our waitress asking if she was single and had a boyfriend. Gross dude, she's nice to you because that's her job! Get your Divorced Dad Energy out of here. There was also a pack of semi-shirtless teenage boys sat near the restrooms catcalling women all night. I spoke to them, and I saw a few other women do the same. Do you boys really think that's going to get you a girlfriend when you treat women like that? Your trashy rich boy attitude is going to gatekeep your virginity forever. Other than that, great service, good food! read more

Hey people Del Mar I stopped by Dennis today and did not like it at all their no organization on taking orders and they all have a bad attitude but theirs one waitress her name is Eva she is very awesome doing her job but her manager in the other case is rude and does not have patients to take care of us Not satisfied with the service here not a happy costumer read more

Denny's - Diners Near Me - Del Mar, California

This place is a joke! The lady up front was so rude. I wish I got her name. But she wore glasses and she was absolutely rude. We showed up after Del Mar races to get dinner and she told us we needed a reservation! At Denny's. She was so rude to everyone one that went in there. She told us she couldn't handle 25 people because she was to busy and had only 2 people working! This was so bad i will never ever come back to this place! If you know the races are going on, get the right staff! It was so bad!! read more

Very long wait time! Helped other customers that were after me. Thought this was a good spot to stop at but took 30 minutes just to get a table. read more