Loved the 50s music and vibe at this Denny's by Great Park! Javier was so warm and upbeat (even at 6 am!) we returned the second day of my son's baseball event hoping to start our day with his cheerfulness again! Mission accomplished and ball player fueled up! read more

Gross and disgusting!! Served me bread with mold, waiter confirmed it and general manager said it was avocado!' Idiot! I'm a chef, I know the difference between mold and avocado. If you don't, you shouldn't be a manager! read more

Not clean at all. We got here and they gave us a table full of ants, they were everywhere and instead of giving us a new table they just clean it even after the ants still kept coming, then the baby high chairs were full of ants they were everywhere. read more

We stop for breakfast, at this location everything was delicious, hot food and drinks excellent service ,are server was very pronly and helpful, the manager great ,welcome greetings and Custer service, very clean environment, nice view , . read more

Just terrible service by the manager there, I got the crappiest breakfast potatoes, burned and over seasoned. Raul, the manager failed to acknowledge the terrible food. He just went on and on and on about how he used to be a chef and has been working there for 30 years! I'd expect way more high expectations then sir! Goodness, someone please give him a refreshed course already! read more

Still my favorite place in Irvine to have breakfast it's easy good food fair prices and the place is clean with happy workers. This will forever be my breakfast place. read more

After watching menu prices increase almost 40% at this location, you would think there would still be some value options. Not here. No value menu. No Everyday Slam. The portion size, such as hash browns has shrunk in half. They don't accept coupons and don't even honor discount to their own loyalty club. 3 waters and coffee and still almost $70 for very average food with small portions and owner that does not value repeat local customers; time to find another breakfast spot. read more

This review is solely due to the customer service, mannerism, and great look out for 3 ladies coming to get a late snack after a good night out. Thank you Miguel, you definitely made the night and made a good laugh. Thanks for looking out for us after drunk creeps kept bothering us. You are amazing and this Irvine Dennys should know how amazing you are! We plan on coming back and we hope to see you! read more

I have been coming to this Denny's for many years and the service is always amazing. The staff here is extremely welcoming and sit you down quickly. The management staff is always walking around to make sure you are taken care of and make the extra effort to great everyone. The servers are all great but Tony in specific is amazing. My family and I come to this Denny's specifically because of all the wonderful staff that works their. read more

Not your typical off the freeway Denny's! The restaurant was super clean all the way around. We were greeted and seated as soon as we entered. Our waiter was absolutely amazing (Jorge)! We have been on vacation all week eating out 3 times a day and Jorge was the most efficient, polite service we have had all week! I would highly recommend this Denny's if your looking for a pit stop in your drive! read more

This place is great , the food was excellent The service it was the best Armando are sever really made us fill great my family enjoy this dinner read more

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I just want to take a few minutes to give the manager of this particular Denny's and his staff a huge shout out and thank you for their service, I was there yesterday morning with my son to get a quick breakfast treat and they went above and beyond to keep us all safe and maintaining a great attitude thru it all. My 15 year old son was thankful and what a GREAT example of hard work and passion to their work! The waiter thanked us and said that he was grateful people are coming to eat because that way he had his job!! Thank you again for a great place to eat! read more

Just plain bad. The food tastes like hospital food, even though it is loaded in with salt and fat it still has no flavor. Not a fan of their breakfast or lunch items, their healthier items are still so bad for you, the quality is just very poor in everything that they serve. The restaurant itself is fine, service OK, but the food some of the worst I have had in awhile and not worth the money at all. read more

Fair price and lots of options for breakfast! My kids really love their strawberry pancakes and they have gluten free options for my husband as well. Will go back there on next Saturday morning! read more

Denny's - Yum yum yum!! - Diners Near Me - Irvine, California

So gross. Walked in super late, a little before 2AM, starving and the place smelled like they had sewage problems. What made it worse was they had a caution sign up as if they had just mopped the floors, so it made me wonder what water they used. Service was okay, but started to deteriorate as soon as a large party of like 20 (no joke) came in. So random at such a late hour. Anyway, I will not be returning. read more

Denny's - Smells like a toilet in here. - Diners Near Me - Irvine, California

This review is long overdue. I usually don't post reviews unless my experience was either real good or real bad. In this case, real good. Before work, my friend and I would sometimes stop by for breakfast. The waiter, Johnathan, is very friendly and attentive. Seems like a lot of customers are returning customers who Johnathan is friendly too (he's friendly too everyone as well.) The experience for me is unlike any other Denny's I've been too service wise. Thanks Johnathan! See you next time. read more

Being a night owl, I need a good, local, 24-hour establishment that I can go to at all hours when I'm having a late night! The food is your typical Denny's diner food. Menu offerings include all day breakfast and deli/diner type selections. The service here is always great. It's never too packed, and it's clean. If you want a reliable, consistent 24-hour choice for food in Irvine, this is your spot. Right on Denny's! read more

There's nothing like having A restaurant that is open 24 hours next to your house. I finally went to this Denny's and got Lisabeth as my server. She did a good job getting my food and keeping it short. I'll definitely come back again the next craving a late night snack. This place gets five stars from me! read more

It's a Denny's.... so-so food turned awesome by late night food runs. Actually came here for dinner at a normal (7pm) time and experienced the WORST service I've had anywhere. It took forever to flag a waiter down to order, we didn't get any refills for our water, no one stopped by to see how we were doing and it took forever to get our check. Once we got the check, we waited around for another 15 minutes for a cashier, but no one showed up.. so we just paid for the meal and whatever was left over was 'tip.' NEVER coming back to this location. read more

Horrible place! I specifically ordered over-medium eggs and they gave me over-easy eggs!!! Very terrible! They had one job and they messed it up! Never going back to this location again. read more

Denny's - Yummy - Diners Near Me - Irvine, California

While trying to place a pickup order to save some time during lunch, I noticed that the phone # provided (949) 786-2600 has been busy or off the hook for the last 25 minutes... Is it me or should all respectable businesses have call waiting or at least transfer you to VM? Update: Ended up walking in as my office is steps away and verified the phone was not working when I arrived. Once it got brought to the attention of the manager, the phone miraculously started working again. read more

Called in my order and it was quick (only 15 minutes) to get brunch! Loved how the packaging had the pancakes separate from the eggs (so it wouldn't get soggy). Staff was friendly and efficient! read more

It's Denny's. Expect crappy food. This one is pretty slow b/c it's located in Foothill Ranch, so have fun and eat some mediocre food.

This Denny's is awesome. The food is great and the environment and staff are always so welcoming and friendly every time I've been there. I went this morning with my wife and young daughter. First, we we're seated right away out on the patio, which was nice. Then, we ordered our food a few minutes later. We explained that my wife is pregnant and isn't supposed to eat deli meat like turkey or ham unless it's cooked, but she's been craving a club sandwich. Our server, Gustavo, was completely accommodating to this, and said it was no problem to cook the meat first. When the food came out, before setting down the plate with the club sandwich, Gustavo noticed that the kitchen forgot to cook the meat. He apologized sincerely and rushed off to have it fixed. A few minutes later he brought out a new sandwich - not just the same one with the meat cooked, Gustavo let us know they made a whole new one, knowing that the other ingredients could have germs from uncooked deli meat on them. I thought that was fantastic. Our server Gustavo is what not just every server should aspire to be, but he is an example of how all people should perform their jobs. He had a really positive and friendly attitude, was really good at his job, and you could tell that he really cared. 5/5 stars for Gustavo. The food was also great. I've had that same club sandwich in the past and I love it. Today I got a burger and it was great, and I tried my daughter's pancakes which we're also very tasty. She also mentioned that she liked the sausage that she got too. Also, the fries are on point here. Finally, they had some colorful balloons waving around in the wind outside, and since we were on the patio, my daughter said she wanted one. I figured the chances were slim that they sold balloons there, but I asked Gustavo anyway. "Do you guys sell those balloons?" And he just looked at my daughter and said, "Oh you want a balloon? Which color?" And she told him that she wanted blue. Gustavo went over to one of the balloons waving around, untied it, walked over and gave it to my daughter. He then went and grabbed a few more and handed them out to all of the other kids on the patio. It was so awesome, all of the kids and families were so delighted. It was one of the best dining experiences I've had in a while, and all for $30 bucks before tip. Looking forward to coming back again soon. read more

The service was not good. I asked for the value menu which most Dennys have and the waitress said we don't have one and we no discounts of any type in rude way. I was only asking for the value menu not free food! Last time I'll be eating here. Horrible service. read more

This place has horrible service The waiter came once to take the order and once to drop it off. Waited 15 mins for the bill and never got the ranch. Don't come back! After never getting the bill we went to the counter when we complained the guy smiled and said okay will that be cash or credit? We left and they started cleaning the table without noticing we were gone and paying at the counter. Definitely a place to dine and dash!!! read more

I don't remember the last time I had dennys. TOO long ago. There wasn't any seats inside so we sat outside. Sucked that it started raining. Had to change seats with my bf. Pancake is always good at Dennys! Thats all I gotta say! read more

The server Miguel is very rude. Rushes you when there's four tables at 2am. We walk in and he shakes his head like "no" and says "you can sit but all the tables are all dirty for a while. It's just me." Oh, that's fine! We end up waiting 15 minutes minutes to order. Probably would have been better just to say "there's a 15 minute wait, is that okay?" Or something along those lines. We saw him do this and worse to three other parties of two behind us. When we ordered we asked some questions and he was very pushy and rushing is. "Are these good?" "Just order what you want" ...okay... He pointed out that it was only him about six times. That's fine, but you had the amount of tables any server would have during the day time. 4-5 tables doesn't really give you a reason to be rude and pushy. About all I have to say. Food was fine. Edit - forgot to mention that we saw him cough on the food without covering his mouth...ugh... read more

I've been eating at this Denny's for years. Food is OK -- typical Denny's. Went there the other night, ate my main course and went to the bathroom. I left the bill and my eyeglass case on the table. When I came back, I saw that they had seated a family at my table! I wanted to get a cup of coffee and they seated me at another table, brought my eyeglass case to me. I told the manager that this was very strange and I had never experienced anything like this before. He said he was sorry, but the apology was obviously not sincere. I won't be coming back. read more

My family and we're getting ready to head back to AZ we decided to stop somewhere for breakfast. I am so happy that we stopped at this Denny's. As we were entering the restaurant we were greeted with a smile by the Manager Javier Garcia he was super friendly. Honestly I don't remember the last time we were greeted like that, it was awesome! We then proceeded to get seated and our server was absolutely amazing Tony (Antonio O) was on point he was also very nice, he was very attentive. Our meals were served perfect and our drinks were always refilled with out us having to wait or ask. To top it off the place was super clean, and the food was delicious. Thank you gentlemen for such great service. We shall return to see you guys next time we are in the area. read more

Denny's - Anxiously waiting for her delicious meal - Diners Near Me - Irvine, California

Let me just start by stating the obvious... when people order coffee, it's expected that said order item will be served hot-- not unless the order was for iced coffee. One more thing; the same goes with soup unless it's gazpacho. Right? Please do enlighten me! Just venting... read more

Denny's - Sausage skillet - Diners Near Me - Irvine, California

Slow service and had to place the order with the cook ourselves. She was very clear she would not be able to help us for a while and that we would need to wait. As you can see she did not have a name tag. Where is our server Tony?? read more

Denny's - Slow service at Denny's Irvine. - Diners Near Me - Irvine, California

I walked in with a larger party (8 people and an infant), and they got us seated in a reasonably decent amount of time. The food came quick, tasted great, and despite the confusion of 3 family's in our party the server kept everything sorted and organized. Kudos read more

If I have ever been to a Denny's before, perhaps it was during a road trip in the middle of no-where. I know better than to eat at old-American diners... or do I? I did end up eating breakfast here today. Though never again. We fell into the trap after seeing a bus driving around town advertising "Tres Leches Pancakes". If you have ever tried real tres leches dessert, how would this not sound extremely appetizing?! So that was our trap. We found our nearest location (which wasn't near at all - that should have been the other give away in Orange County) and showed up for early breakfast. It turns out that their special menu not only included Tres Leches Pancakes but also a Dulce de Leche Pancake. Since there were 2 of us in our party, we ordered one of each. Now, for full disclosure, I did ask our server -Gustavo- if the Dulce de Leche and the Tres Leches pancakes were the real deal... he said no, but that they were good non-the-less. So we lowered our expectations and ordered them anyway. We wanted to make our own mind on how good or bad these were. Our server's honesty won Denny's the extra start. The pancakes were terrible. The Dulce de Leche pancakes must be adopted children of the cinnamon family, never met their biological parents after whom they were named. No dulce de leche to be seen in there. Not even the crappy long lost cousing, Caramel, that Americans often confuse with dulce de leche. Sugary Cinnamon pancakes would be a better name for these things. Then came the time to steal some Tres Leches from my partner's plate. If you have never had tres leches in your life, it is a very simple dessert consisting of a plain spongy cake drenched in a sauce consisting of equal parts of condensed milk, evaporated milk, and cream/milk. Really hard to get the sauce wrong. Dirt cheap to make as well. But somehow Denny's just flat out decided to crap on Hispanic traditional food (I wonder if they are big supporters of our current president, which would explain everything). Again, big on cinnamon -though not as much as the "Dulce de Leche" pancakes and something vanilla-ish. On top was a wanna-be horchata ice cream scoop that helped moist a rather dry pancake. Now, I could have partially forgiven this experience for the huge let down of the pancakes. However, we ordered these pancakes as a breakfast combo, so we were also delighted -yes, I'm being sarcastic- with cold scrambled eggs and hash browns. I didn't ask my partner how was the bacon... but I don't think you would choose a diner based on the bacon alone. read more

We come here regularly.....awesome breakfast...fluffy pancakes. Gustavo is the best! If youre lucky to get him....he is always so cheerful....very welcoming...and professional. He makes you feel like you want to come back. I hope this Dennys doesnt lose him! read more

Great service and great food! I'm pleasantly surprised with Denny's. The fact that they're open 24 hours makes it a bonus! read more

This is my go to place for late night hunger or Sunday Brunch. They have lots of options from awesome pancakes to omelette and burgers. Anything and everything is available. For drinks they have hot coffee and shakes and hot chocolate along with soda. I think whatever it is... this place will suffice your cravings! read more

Coffee was served cold. Scrambled eggs were not cooked. Server did bring a new cup of hot coffee and exchanged the eggs. When we were given the check we showed the server our 20 percent off corporate coupon and were told they are not accepting any coupons or discounts at this time. Have been eating at this location for many years however this may be our last. read more

Yes this is a 5 star Denny's. Read carefully - this is a 5 star Denny's. Typical Dennys menu - Superior Service. This place was slammed on a thursday afternoon at 2pm - the manager and 2 servers for a packed house. They performed excellently under pressure and still kept us happy despite being seriously undermanned. I can only imagine how great they are under normal conditions. Food was served hot and yummy, with a smile. This place is locally owned and you can see the pride of ownership. Bravo! This is one of the best Denny's I have been to in the USA. read more

Good location right off the fwy and close to tiajuanas for late night snacks! Competing with Knowlwoods and the motel for parking... Dont get there too early or else you will run into the senior crowd! read more