Great BIG thank you to the staff at Denny's in Oakhurst, CA!! Late one Friday afternoon, I absentmindedly left my brand new cell phone in the women's restroom after spending some time in Yosemite with my family. I was heart broken thinking I would never see it again! Lucky for me one of the employees there found it exactly where I left it. After getting home I called back on Saturday afternoon to talk to the manager. He and the general manager assured me it would be safe until they were able to send it to me a few days later. As the Post Office wouldn't open until Monday. Of course I wouldn't recommend ever doing this on purpose. I was extremely lucky. But know the staff at this place were very honest and reassuring. :) Oh the food hit the spot in taming my VERY hungry crowd. :) The wait staff were also very nice, attentive and super pleasant to work with. Thanks again Denny's staff!! read more

I LOVE Denny's. Breakfast anytime of day?! What could go wrong? We were on our way back from the national parks. Our stomachs begged for ANYTHING but after getting food poisoning in the woods we opted for a familiar name. Denny's glowing light captivated us and we pulled in ecstatically. It was like stepping into a time machine. Our party had an obviously gay member... I didn't know how "obvious" it was until the I saw the dirty looks from this Denny's staff and guests. Regardless, the close mindedness of others was not going to affect our first real meal of the day. We ordered and my meal came first. Everyone encouraged me to go ahead because we were starving. I had finished my entire meal before my friend's meal even came out... We got the bill and her meal never came. The waitress had taken forever to refill waters, forgot to bring straws, etc, etc. This was all forgivable. But HOW, just HOW do you ask how someone wants their eggs and write all this down and then it never comes out? The only person with a shred of dignity in the place was the manager who brought the meal out late and excluded it from the receipt... I've seen managers go out of their way for smaller issues than forgetting a customer altogether. When I went to pay for the food, the individual charged my credit card the price without asking me how much tip I wanted to leave or even asking me to sign anything.. We had no cash and were unable to leave a nice tip, even though it had not been earned. We scrambled up change from the car for a terrible tip. The food was exactly like every other Denny's but the service was horrendous. Also, the AC was broken that day... read more

Just when I thought I had seen it all... -Cream cheese in my soda -Flies everywhere -No AC -Asked for grilled onions..got regular onions -HAIR IN MY RANCH DRESSING -Fries bland & unsalted -Slow service Horrible horrible experience. NEVER AGAIN. read more

Got here late ish on a Sunday night. They had run out of fries, Diet Coke, and soup crackers.... I mean come on ... And there was a 30 minute wait to get in. How come franchise owners screw up like this. Avoid it at all costs on Sunday at least. read more

"There is nothing lower in this life than a Denny's sausage" ~ Richard Jenni RIP. I don't expect their A Team at 2am on a Wednesday but my server was some crazy tweeker. I didn't even eat my food for fear of hepatitis. I just paid & left. It's ok though. The food was swimming in a grease puddle. Disgusting. It's not just this Denny's it's all if them. Unfortunately, it was the only place open late. I should have went hungry. read more

It's a shame you can't go lower than 1. We came in with 4 people, had a group of 12 coming in. We were told we were supposed to call it in if we had a group that big but it was fine, he was able to seat us. It was very nice of him to take us in even though we weren't following Denny procedure. I helped him set up the conjoining tables and we sat. The restaurant was empty Sans a table that was wrapping up breakfast. As a couple more tables came in, he went over to them and got them drinks...then took the orders....and we waited. As our full group came in with inquires of if we had ordered yet, we told them he hasn't even come by yet. Another man entered Denny's, he sat and you guessed it was brought a drink and then had his order taken. At this point 20 mins had passed. We all decided that our group breakfast could be ordered elsewhere and we walked out. We apologized for not calling ahead and were exited with a snappy "I told you it was going to take a while". read more

Terrible experience, the host (clueless teen boy) was so unorganized, kept disappearing into the back and had no clue what he was doing. The place was busy with probably 5-6 groups waiting to be seated. He then proceeded to let a group of indignant seniors skip the line and seat themselves at least 3 groups out of turn. When a few of us expressed our displeasure he just shrugged and ignored those waiting. Eventually the manager came to see what the uproar was then told those that had been waiting they were free to leave and took the order of the people that skipped the line. She was rude and obnoxious, no business of being in management. I guess if you're not a local you aren't going to get the same service as locals, I expected more from a national chain like Denny's. Can't comment on the food, anywhere that rude and incompetent is not getting my business. read more

My family and I came for breakfast and we had excellent service. Our waitress, Kandace, was attentive, friendly and on it! Our food came in record time and it was delicious. Not sure why this place has negative reviews, but I thought I would give credit where credit is due! read more

Absolutely horrible Ordered Veg omelette and waited 35 min. Then the waitress came to apologize that the chef put bacon in the Veg omelette and will make new. Some 15 min later got the omelettes and one of the two omelettes was burnt and it had big bits of bacon. The side order biscuits were not cooked through. read more

They built this Denny's Restaurant in Oakhurst maybe a year ago. First visit the other day. I always think of a good breakfast when I think of Denny's but not this time. I don't know if it is just this new Denny's or what. The design of the restaurant is very nice. It even has a banquet room. The service was okay but the food was not very good. The texture and taste of the eggs were like nothing I have had. Hash browns were yuk as was the coffee. Can't see us going back. read more

We stopped by before heading back to bayarea. Service wasn't good. I ordered burgers and fries. Burgers came first..then she said fries are coming soon.. i ate over half my burger.. waited few mins n I finally asked wheres my fries? She rushed the fries out overcooked. Burger was ok... fries bad! Coffee watered down! I expect a smile. Greet. Apology when necessary. And even making up for such bad service. So next time were in town.. were not going to dennys. I also asked for ranch dipping sauce during my ordering.. and my "wheres my fries reminder" and she still didnt bring me ranch. Also drinks took too long to arrive. read more

We have been to Dennys multiple times, but we refuse to go there anymore.. The service is absolutely horrible.. It doesn't matter if it's packed or we are the only people there the service always sucks. The food is never good. Bacon is thin as paper and chewy like gum. The only good thing to eat is pancake puppies (if they don't burn them like usual) DON'T GO THERE! read more

This Denny's was not full and it still took FOREVER. Just to get seated it took about 15 minutes. Although most tables were open. Once seated, we waited another 15 minutes just to order our drinks. Half the tables are empty and the service is still slow and coming close to TRASH. A waitress approached our table to ask how we were doing, and we answer bad, and she just said okay and walked away. We have visited many Denny's all around the country, but this just makes us hate all of them. If Denny's really cared about their restaurants and their customers, they should clean house and hire a new set of staff. Words can't describe how bad this place is. UPDATE: We waited WAYY to long for food and asked for the check because we were not going to eat here. The waitress gave us HORRIBLE ATTITUDE. I told her we want someone else to charge us our drinks. We asked for the manager and the blonde lady(Candice) told us that he's cooking. THE MANAGER WAS BUSY COOKING. I told her to get us another waiter due to her attitude and she yelled at me and my family, "YOU DONT TALK TO ME THAT WAY. YOU HAVE THE ATTITUDE SO GET THE HELL OUT" read more

We just passed this Denny's on our way from Yosemite. Couldn't stand it for not having breakfast here. As usual, very delicious breakfast and nice friendly service. read more

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Terrible! Customer service is absolutely terrible. If you are lucky enough to get seated, then lucky enough to get utensils and a menu, then lucky enough to have someone take your order, be prepared to wait wait wait wait wait for your food. The order may or may not be right and the bill may or may not be right. I would guess that 95% of the locals will not eat there and I feel sad for the tourists who think they have happened upon the kind of Denny's they are used to in other places. Management doesn't respond, district refers back to management, doesn't seem likely a change will be happening. read more

We visited this place because our hotel was just next door to it. Before to be seated, we had been told that they have only 1 chef. So, the foods would take a bit more time. And we're ok with that. I ordered Alaskan Salmon, just disappointed about the size of salmon, it's very tiny for $12 and broccolis, corns that come with it don't look good at all. Nothing to remember here. Probably won't come back here again. read more

Denny's - A tiny piece of Salmon with broccoli sand corns - Diners Near Me - Oakhurst, California

I was eating at this Denny's and the party next to us was trying to leave because the food was taking too long. When they got up and tried to pay for their food, Candice, a waitress, started yelling, "Get the HELL out. You have a nasty attitude." My family and I were just eating, but it was disgusting to see this waitress act so horribly with this party. Never coming back. Wouldn't suggest anyone to go. read more

We had a pleasant experience for breakfast. We arrived about 7am and there were several people here. Food was served in a timely manner and the waitress kept up with us very well. No complaints here. read more

Denny's - All American slam. - Diners Near Me - Oakhurst, California

Laurie G. was awesome. Denny's in Oakhurst has a great waitress and representative for its restaurant. Service was perfect. Friendly and attentive. The food was very good! My sis and I had the 55+ breakfasts. Fresh, hot and yummy. Comfortable booths, nice clean restaurant and bathroom, too. We will definitely return to eat and enjoy Laurie's cheerful attitude. read more

Waited over an hour for our food and only ordered regular build your own breakfast. Hardly any folks in the place so that was strange. Wish they had told us that it would be a while. Very disappointing. read more

Slow service, Super slow drinks, Super super slow table service. I'm sure they ran out of food after we placed our order. It took 40 minutes for eggs, toast, cold food. Thank you - we will not return. If you want fast service DO NOT EAT here. SLOW!! I can't stress enough how bad the service is and the POOR quality of food.... So slow!!! oh.... slow ! The food was terable. read more

We came with patience, knowing it's a holiday weekend and many restaurants are short-staffed. The staff was friendly and we appreciate that! But the place feels so dirty and unsanitary that we wanted to warn everybody. Every hand sanitizer station--and the soap dispenser in the ladies's room!--was totally empty. Add to that many many flies in the dining room, constantly landing on the food, crumbs and smears on the menu, and it's just too much. How this place has passed its health inspections is beyond me! read more

YEP, STILL THE SAME.... another business suffering from the absentee owner/management syndrome. seems like today the owner/managers prefer to try to run things via their smartphone/webcams, rather than actually go to work, and participate in the business. they offer minimal training, cut staffing to minimum and leave the employees to fend for themselves, which is a recipe for disaster, because most employees today have a difficult time with even showing up, much less functioning independently, all they want is the paycheck, just like their owner/manager role models.......hmmm, go figure. read more

Don't even think about eating here. Food always comes out slow and cold. Servers reek like cigarettes and not happy to help you.

If i could give less then one star I would. First I was here last year in October and said they just opened everyone's getting used to the menus ect......So I've come back for another visit to this town and came here again giving it a second chance!! Biggest mistake ever! Server still don't know the menu and asked for my has browns to to crispy and they are soggy and dark brown drenched in burnt oil!! Two eggs looks like they used mini eggs. Anyways it didn't look good so I asked for just french toast thinking who can mess that up!! And it came out fine!! Just seams like the food isn't that great but better service could make up for the food being not so great!! read more

Denny's - Yum lol not realy. - Diners Near Me - Oakhurst, California

They have six tables for outdoor seating. The hosts gave us a 25 minute wait time. About 45 minutes later, we walked out and only one table had food. 20 minutes later, they were ringing up a table and they said they would wipe down the table and seat us in 1-2 minutes. 15 minutes later we give up and leave. We see that there were FOUR empty tables outside and we were the ONLY people waiting for a table. If you're not able to get seated right away, DO NOT WAIT. read more

One star is too much in my opinion. I was at this Denny's this morning and was seated on a dirty table. When I told the waitress that the table was dirty, she told me to wait for it to be cleaned. I waited about 20 minutes to have the table cleaned and then finally got my order taken. During our visit, we saw a family leave because the food was taking too long to receive their food. So they got up and tried to pay. A blonde waitress began screaming bad words at them and told them to leave. I feel bad for them and my experience today will now prevent me from going to any Denny's. read more

Speechless. Restaurant full of empty tables, seemed to be plenty of wait staff, would not seat us, or any of the other 20 ppl in the lobby for over 25 mins. The hostess asks the manager right in front of everyone if she can seat more customers...no he says. Not now. Then he goes behind the counter and starts checking his phone. Hopefully he was looking for a new job. On a Sunday too, should expect customers on Sunday's. Not recommended at all. We went to Pops, just down the street by Subway. Awesome food, polite staff. Just go straight there, save the hassle. read more

Our waitress took 25min to take our food order and then came back another 20 min later and asked how my friend wanted his eggs cooked because she forgot to ask and then came back 20 min later with food for 2 of our party of 4 and only then let my friend know that they were completely out of what he had ordered and then didn't comp the $2 pancakes he changed his order to which were cold when they came out. My other friend ordered an egg white omelet which they apparently made without egg whites and had to remake. She was informed of this after the rest of us had already received our food.... and she was fairly certain it wasn't the right omelet when it came out. No apologies... no offers to make up for anything. Just bad service :( read more

We all know the how to food is so let ke talk about the noise level. There was a large party with kids screaming and running amok. One od the waitress name might be Denise was so loud. She basically yells when she is talking right next to you. We asked to be seated in a quiter area and once the loud party left we noticed the place actually had music playing. Our waiter Christopher was great. Bring ear plugs when you visit here. read more

Came here at night. Not a busy night, may be 3 other patrons eating dinner. Our server was nice, got us our table, help us settle down, although we didn't get the amount of utensils needed, but we grabbed them from other tables. Ordered our food and drinks. Got the drinks and then our server went MIA, mid service. No refills or anything. Food was not cooked properly. Burger was still raw, chicken was not grilled, but rather felt it was boiled. We left all our food as it was without eating. Spent $90 for disappointment. Should've trusted the reviews before we came. read more

Staff is kind and courteous. Never have had any issues here. I just wouldn't try to pull a motorhome or trailer into their parking lot as it has a hill and we all laugh as once a year someone gets stuck. Other than that its the only place in town where you can be up at 2am because you had a few too many coffees late in the day and satisfy your food cravings. read more

The worst Dennis I ever been... the service is really really slow I wait for my food 45 min... and for what!!!! My food came burn and the look was so disgusting... read more

After spending the day at Bass Lake, everything was super busy, so we stopped on our way home in Oakhurst. First off, our kids ate free so it was just 3 adults and was still $70. Only one waitress out working 4 tables, she couldn't keep up with everything. We had to ask for, refills, napkins, straws, boxes. Nothing was offered. We had to still the silverware from other tables. The high chair was nasty. I could go on. We frequent the area often, but won't be back here. read more

7:10 4/3/18 only 2 tables are occupied (one was ours). We knew what we wanted and when we told the server we are ready (we have a schedule we are trying to follow) she said "No, I will just take the drinks order". I told her I'm ready to order but she insisted that she will just take the drinks order, "Water" there you go. Another lady took our food order but was as rushed and mean as the first one. No tip coming from me! No one is here why the rush? Writing this review while waiting for my kids to finish. This is how annoyed I am. I should have heeded the warnings. Convenience is not always the best choice especially in starting a day. read more

I'll be short. 1 hour wait for 2 adults and 2 children. Got most of the order was wrong. Clam chowder smelt like a dead fish. Sloppy food presentation. Eating area looks like a middle school cafeteria. Too bright. Our booth smelled like urine. Not enough employees to handle the size of the restaurant. Terrible, terrible, terrible. Wish I could get a refund. Ruined our night. read more

My experience there was not a good one. How can I say this without being too rude... the food was GROSS! And also the bathrooms where SO dirty! I will not be returning to this place ever again. The one star is for me finally yelping about this horrible experience. read more

This place has no air conditioning. The iced tea and water taste like sewer water. Our server was very nice. But the food was dry and tasteless. I won't be back. read more

We came back late after hiking in the Yosemite Valley all day, and stopped by Denny's for a late dinner. We ordered the following items: - tilapia ranchero: fish was okay 2/5 - Santa Fe skillet: 4/5- tasted good and the portion was large. - strawberry n creams pancake slam: pancakes were pretty fluffy! It's really sweet though with the white chocolate (almost like a dessert) 3/5 -eggs/tbone: unfortunately very well done even though my friend asked for medium. :/ 1/5 - bacon slamburger: burger was good but the fries were super dry and dehydrated. 2/5 Service was pretty good though all around! They actually have an all value day value menu (all you can eat pancakes for $4) that is worth checking out too(though it's usually place on the table, the waitress doesn't give it to you) read more

We sat there waiting for them to take our order for 40 MINUTES and the restaurant was completely empty and still nobody came. Yes they were dealing with a leak from the roof but still. They could have Atleast took our order. The waitress said we will be there with you in 3 minutes and we waited 40 minutes and then we just left. read more