Very dirty! Lots of food on the floor with employees walking around it rather than picking it up. The hostess was not around and several groups just took the list and put their names down. When the hostess returned she called off a different list. Several people were very angry. Once sat, we waited 5 minutes before I had to ask to be served. Server did a fine job but not much of a personality. I do not recommend this place. You are better off dumpster diving. At least it would be cleaner. read more

I saw a lot of negative reviews on here before I went, so maybe my expectations were low, but my experience was quite positive. I went there around 12:30 (lunchtime) on a Sunday, right in the middle of the post church "grand slam". The place was pretty packed, but we waited less than five minutes to be seated. Someone immediately took our drink order when we sat down and we never had to ask for refills. The food took no more than 15-20 minutes to come out and the hamburgers were great, with plenty of seasoned fries on the side. To top it all off, we had a coupon for buy 1 entree, get one free :) You can't beat $17 for two people. I know what you're thinking, is Denny's really a 4 star restaurant? It is for its market. I think compared to similar options like IHOP or Waffle House, Denny's is the top. read more

If I could put zero stars I would. My dad likes to eat there, and we live near by. I have gotten sick EVERY time I eat there. Every time I order something safe, like a sandwich. I have not eaten there in a year because of this.. I ate there yesterday with my dad and alas I am sick right now. I have taken Pepto and Immodium and still I am sick.... I WILL NEVER EAT THERE AGAIN! read more

Waited in line for 10 minutes to put our name on the waiting list. When it was our turn the hostess walked away without a word, I had to write our name on the list. After waiting outside for an hour I went in to check on the wait and our name had been crossed off the list. The host was very rude when this was brought to his attention. He showed us to a table and threw the menus down and walked away without a word. Our waitress was very friendly but after our food was served we never saw her again. read more

Went there sunday evening, they were short staffed and we waited for 20 minutes. Because I was too tired from traveling I decided to stay and eat, but when we were seated the waitress was exhausted but friendly. They took our order and the food was exactly what we ordered and very quick. I was impressed, I thought we would be there for another hour or so. Great service, friendly people, and good food. I will definately go there again just for the service alone. I also left a decent tip. It was worth the wait. read more

While it's not new, snazzy, or even modern - the "Dennys Diner" is still a Dennys at heart. Service can be a little slow during peak rush (I.e. Breakfast) but otherwise it's ok. I do get frustrated when I eat breakfast there so I tend to avoid it unless I use their Breakfast to Go option (which is suprisingly good). Plus: they serve beer ... who knew? read more

This just isn't the first problem I had with them.... but damn?! Is it really that hard to make pancakes??? Who burns pancakes?? I get more of the burnt taste then I do the buttermilk? Terrible service and food in marina.. read more

Denny's - Diners Near Me - Marina, California

It's Denny's, in an area that might not get a lot of traffic, so they're permanently understaffed. I go at odd hours instead of prime mealtimes, and both the food and the service have been okay - neither are brilliant, but neither are bad. Decent food at a good price. In my experience I think the kitchen does what it feels like with your order and the servers have to deal with what the kitchen doesn't do right and hope you won't complain. read more

Possibly the worst food I have ever ate. Every time I eat here it is so disappointing. Today was the icing on the cake. The service is horrible, the restaurant smells like dirty wet towels, menus are filthy and sticky and the food is absolutely disgusting.. Not to mention dirty glasses that are chipped up and utensils with dried food all over them. I ordered some hashbrowns to go and I'll let the picture speak for itself.. I wouldn't recommend this Denny's to anybody. read more

Denny's - What exactly is this?! - Diners Near Me - Marina, California

We're in Marina staying at the Sanctuary Beach Resort and decided to pop in here for a quick breakfast. The parking lot doesn't seem very big and the wait to be seated for two (despite empty booths) was about twenty minutes. The host, Pamela, seemed bothered to ring up the lady in front of us at the register. I know this is Denny's, and for that I have no expectations; however, what really put me off was that while we were waiting to check in at the register and wait for a seat, Pamela, who is either the host or manager, asked the lady paying in front of us if she left the tip on the table or if she was planning to charge it to her card. RUDE!!!!! When we went to pay she also asked us the same question, which I felt offended by. I am a very good tipper, especially when I receive good service; however her asking about the tip embarrassed me and I had no problem nicely telling her that I felt her question was rude, to which she ignored. I then asked her if tipping is voluntary and at the discretion of the customer, to which she quietly said it was and I responded with a simply thank you. Our server Norma or something like that was very nice and did receive a nice tip reflecting our satisfaction with her service. Also, when my husband and I were finally seated and looking through the menus we realized that we both had two completely different menus with different items-odd. We weren't sure which is the new menu and which is the old one. read more

Stopped by here recently during a recent foto trip. The booth benches has a color pattern similar to the bedsheets of a Motel 6 suite!! Though others were waiting, no wait practically to be seated. The breakfast combination I wanted wasn't available but waitress was kind enough to help me with my order of eggs, sausages with hash browns without paying a fortune. Served quick enough. Parking lot so no problems with that car. read more

The guy who sat us was really nice. He let us move two times before finally choosing our seat! Food is ok--we didn't order any meals. We had a diet coke, water, and shared a chocolate peanut butter shake. :) Our Waitress Katherine was super cute and very helpful! read more

I see why this restaurant is only rated two stars, although service is very friendly, this place is filthy and extremely slow. read more

Denny's - Carpet is filthy, walls are gross, covered with dirt, restrooms were pretty bad also. - Diners Near Me - Marina, California

my wife and I walked in the lady at the door showed us to our seats 5 minutes later she brings a family of 5 seats them about 5 minutes later she brings them silverware and takes their drink order walks out staring at us a few minutes later she comes back with their drinks and takes their order, in all this time no one says a word to us, brings us silverware or takes our drink order. After wasting 20 minutes sitting there we get up and walk out! read more

This place needs to update and comply. There AC does not turn off and has been broke for years. What is the problem with this picture, bad management. They need to fix this and I will be calling the corporate office. read more

Denny's - This is the only heat in this store. Management needs to fix the heater and turn off the AC. Cheap - Diners Near Me - Marina, California

This Denny's location just does NOT care to improve. We got out of work late, so we thought we would try coming here for dinner...we were not acknowledged for a half hour. In fact, servers were complaining to each other about who was going to take our table. Don't worry, Ladies, we won't force you to take our money. read more

where to begin the place was clean it took forever to get a seat and there was no one in the restaurant the waitress was quick to anger I was seated before one family and she skipped me and went there first I was looking for a bathroom she quickly replied I'll get to you a minute I was thinking wow this is going to be an experience went to the bathroom it was in very bad shape, music was way to loud had to yell I order the pot roast it was the worst I ever had way to salty and warm later I found out that they had a shortage of help. these issues are a sign of a bad manager read more

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Monday September 14,2015 The worst Denny's ever! by far!! don't go to the Denny's in Marina! on Reservation Road! Horrible! Horrible! Horrible! The service was Horrible! it took way too long to get our food! the food was COLD! just ABSOLUTELY HORRIBLE! The worst EVER! you can't even give it one star! that's how BAD it was! THEY DESERVES NO STAR'S read more

Why does a cup of coffee at Denny's ($329) cost more than a (real) cup of coffee at Starbucks?? When you add the coffee to the breakfast then the tip.......well, breakfast sure does add up! read more

On our way back from Monterey this morning and we were hungry for breakfast so we came to this Denny's. We got seated right away, menus and drink orders quickly. I hand a build your own breakfast of 2 eggs, 2 sausage with hash browns and a biscuit. Hubby had their Ultimate Omelet. When mine got to the table my eggs were a little over done and our waitress promptly took them back for some more, I appreciated that. So she left me with the hash brown and sausage, which were cold. But I ate them anyway. Hubby Omelet was dry and crumbly on the inside but he said it tasted ok. The food today was just ok but their service was really good. read more

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Not getting service and hearing fun in the kitchen ummmmmm. Just was told there was a party in the back. Ok how about your paying customers? So far this experience is terrible! read more

It's a Denny's... There's not much else to say, but it's pretty much the only open place to eat at in the evenings (everything else generally closes by 9 pm). It's nice to know that it's open 24 hours, and it's inexpensive. Yeah, that's about it. If you get the chance, go to Sakura in P.G. instead... Better food, still inexpensive, open 'till at least midnight. read more

If you're in a hurry, skip this place. If you have all day to wait around, this might be an okay place for you. The wait was ridiculous. Came in at 9:30 a.m. and were seated at 10:00 a.m. Our order was taken at 10:15 a.m., but by 10:58 a.m., we still had not received our drinks... we ended up walking out. One out of about 10 servers was on her game. Unfortunately, she wasn't our server. The other servers worked at a sloth's pace. Very disappointing. read more

Service was friendly and fast. Coffee is delicious but the food was ok. Wish they offered a better selection for people with food allergies and food intolerances. Probably will return for their coffee but not their food. read more

Came in here with a friend, the waiter took our order, handed our drinks. We sat at the table for 30 minutes. Finally asked a different waiter, so where is our food? Guess what? This waiter said there was no record of us ordering. Are you kidding me? We were at the table for 30 minutes waiting for a good meal after 8+ hours of driving from LA. We just got up and left. All we got was an apology. No thanks. read more

This is the absolute worse Denny's breakfast that I have had the displeasure of dining on. I stopped in around 7 am. The customer service was non existent. I ordered the grand slam breakfast 2 pancakes, ham steak, hash browns, and scrambled eggs. I asked for orange juice- sorry we are out of orange juice, so I asked for tomato juice, same reply sorry we are out of tomato juice. I responded OK do you have apple juice? I'll check was the reply. The waitress brought the apple juice. I have no idea what brand they purchase but it was awful! It had to be watered down I could barely taste the apple at all. The ham steak was cold in the center, and the eggs were runny. The hash browns and pancakes were good. read more

Been sitting here for 35 minutes so far waiting and two orders of pancakes and biscuits/gravey. The manager was impolite and the only person that seemed nice was our waitress. Dude the manager took food off of a plate going out, with her bare hands..... Gross The hash browns are burnt and tiny. The refills on endless pancakes are half as big. And there are apparently five managers. Not to mention the fact that one of their high school aged workers keeps yelling at the cooks. This place sucks. Buy eggs and pancake mix and just make it at home. read more

The first time I went here it was eh, it seems like it's not getting any better! I am looking at all the positive reviews from a year to two years ago and like I said it's not getting better. I think the problem is that they are short on staff and need to really clean up the place because it really scares me to think how my food is being handled by the looks of the filthy place. My brother and I went to have a light dinner over there last night and this is what was served to me. Looks nothing like the picture lol I'll reiterate myself, you need more diligent workers!! The only highlight was the one sweet lady serving me and trying to serve the 20 other people. read more

Denny's - No comment - Diners Near Me - Marina, California

To be completely honest with you, had I not been in a good mood that morning i would've given this place 1 star. I can see that they're trying, and there was nothing wrong with the food. But at some point they will have to reckon with all these negative reviews and fix things. I'm talking about the grand total of 3 people working the front of the restaurant on a Saturday morning. On 4th of July weekend even. One cashier/hostess. One waitress. One busboy. For the entire restaurant. I would've spoken to the manager, but whoever that was was nowhere to be found. When I complained to the cashier/hostess about the waitress not having come by to take our order after 15 minutes, she apologized. The waitress apologized too, but still seemed rushed. Of course she was. She was the only waitress working the floor! Food-wise the breakfast was on par with other Denny's I've dined in. Fact is the chicken fried steak I ordered was crispy and delicious. Such a shame that bad service would ruin the entire dining experience. Perhaps management doesn't get it because this location benefits from its location (right next to a motel and just off the freeway), and there's enough volume to make up for a lack of repeat business. But if they were at all interested in making this franchise at least be on par with other Denny's I've been to, then they should work on their service problems. read more

Bad service. Waited over an hour and 30min to be served. Table of 8 first dish came out and the rest at intervals of 10min. Do the math. By the time my guest were done with their meal, I was barely getting mine. Give the a 0 stars read more

Waited 1 hr to get seated and another 30 mins for our food. The food was horrible as well, it was either too salty or it was bland. They were also very forgetful with our orders. Would not recommend coming. Better to save your money buying mcdonalds or anything else besides this place. read more

Carlos is a great manager. He helped us a lot. I had an appointment and had to leave on time. So within 30 minutes he was able to bring our food out in time. Great service. Great waitresses and great manager! Thank you Carlos !! read more

Horrible service. Waited for 1 hour 20 minutes to get our food. Place was half empty. Waitress Shirley mixed the order twice, so another waitress replaced her. Still waiting for my burger. My mom is waiting for veggie omelette. 1 hour 25 minutes! Unacceptable. read more

I'm really disappointed that this is one of my first terrible Dennys experiences. My friends and I came in at 10pm and were not even spoken to until 10:25. After that, they told us we had to wait an additional 10 minutes for a seat, when there were clearly multiple open booths. We were seated after another 20 minutes of waiting in a secluded back room. Our server did not even come to get us drinks for another 20 minutes. The food was completely inedible. My boy friend's burger looked like a hockey puck and he could not eat any of it. I could not eat any of my food as well. It was $29 for a meal that we did not even eat, much less enjoy. This is incredibly disappointing and one of the worst experiences we have ever had. This was a waste of 2 hours and a waste of money. read more

I think the hu need to shut this place down, bathrooms are not working sewers everywhere on both men and women bathroom, reported to the manager before after we sit in and before we leave I I checked but still not done, I'm hoping no one get sick in my family today for the improper handling of food. read more

Spent money renovating the inside but their service still sucks. Sitting for over 10 minutes before our drink order was taken. It's not even 3pm. There are literally only 2 other guests and they already had their food when we sat down. No apology for the wait. read more

When we arrived there was nobody there to seat us and then when they finally arrived we told them we had a party of 10. They told us only parties of 6, which we can understand with the current conditions, so we quickly told them we were willing to split up into two groups. He told us he would be right back. I watched as he went and mumbled to another coworker and then they acted as if we weren't there. We also watched as one customer got up to get some utensils because they were taking their time getting him his silverware. Poor service and very rude of them to ignore us. Won't be coming back here, and we didn't even have a chance to eat here. Sad read more

Food was decent. However, service quality left much to be desired. Waitress (although friendly)was sitting down talking to a friend and watching videos on her phone while all customers in the restaurant were unattended for prolonged periods of time. Based on previous reviews, this seems to be happening frequently and was not an isolated event. If you still decide to dine here, I recommend you bring your homework, a novel, your tax documents, and a 5000 piece puzzle to keep busy while the waitress is away. read more

I think her name was Angela who was our server and she was beyond amazing! She remembered our order perfectly without having to write it down. Fast service. Great food!! read more

Cashier was passive when seating us. Server didn't understand order of the serving process and had attitude rather than positive attitude. She messed up our order in many ways and tried to reconcile with mozzarella sticks with old celery and NO marinara. The grits were not cooked through and I could hear the cooks in the back giving attitude all the way from the front. Avoid this place. I say possible food poisoning is the next step. read more