I wanted a breakfast so I stop by cause they use to be good but this was not hitting the mark. I ordered off Senior menu and it was ok I got coffee that was cold and no non-dairy creamer. Everything was off knife no fork . When I was done and got the bill the cold ass coffee was 3.98. I thought it was a mistake for a cup of coffee this is not Star Buck's which is in the same parking lot. 13 plus tip is not the senior discount. I notice most people left a good portion of their food. I got doggy bag. It's definitely was not worth it. That's all folks. So disappointed. read more

Always great service at this location. My issue is with the misleading menu, thought I ordered the $6.99 Big Cheese Omelet , the picture caught my eye, apparently the omelette shown in the picture is $10.99, so I paid $4 more... read more

Denny's - Diners Near Me - Oceanside, California

I always have a love hate relationship with Denny's. But this location was on point. I placed a online pick up order and got my food within the time it said it was supposed to be ready. Food was delicious and belly's were stuffed. read more

A typical Denny's location. Nothing more and nothing less. My family and I came here 20 minutes prior to "kids eat free night." They would not give it to us. The server even suggested we come back in 20 minutes by asking if we had any errands to run near by. Hmmm... My kids were famished and that's just a tad bit extreme. Other than that, it was a pretty good meal. I ordered the sweet and tangy BBQ chicken meal. Boy, was it tangy! The chicken was tender and the flavor was on point. Yeah, I was a bit shocked. I really want to give them three stars but to be asked to come back in 20 minutes to avail a special is ridiculous. read more

Denny's - Diners Near Me - Oceanside, California

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I haven't been to Denny's in several years, so either the quality of Denny's in general has gone down or this is quite possibly the worst Denny's in the world. We were running the Ragnar race and decided to eat here because it was close to a stop and there really aren't too many options at 10:30 at night. I could tell as soon as I requested a table for 7 that the manager seemed really overwhelmed. I was told the wait would be about 10 minutes even though the restaurant was less than half full. After we were seated, it took FOREVER for our food to come out. Some of us were literally falling asleep at the table while we waited. When our food did finally come out the first thing I noticed was that the plates were really small, like my food was falling off the edge. Then my friend commented that my sandwich looked burnt. It did seem a little burnt, but I thought maybe it was just the type of bread?? I also didn't want to wait another 45 minutes for new food. I don't think anyone was very happy with their food or the service. Our server was very nice, but he could have done a better job keeping us posted on the status of our food. The manager seemed overwhelmed and had a little attitude. I'm guessing this location must not get a lot of business late at night and they couldn't handle a half full restaurant full of runners. I remember going to another Denny's at like 2 AM before and they were packed completely full and seemed to be doing fine. read more

Denny's - Pot roast melt. Why is the plate so small?? My food was falling off - Diners Near Me - Oceanside, California

Ms.Randi The General Manager was one of the nicest people i ever met on Planet Earth. She seems like she cares about the people more then the money and that is hard to find this days in the 21st Century Special in 2020 .. GOD BLESS HER SOUL & The Danny"s Restaurant on El Camino. read more

Denny's - BLACK JESUS - Diners Near Me - Oceanside, California

Can I have some Bacon in my Sundae? What!!! Bacon inside an ice cream Sundae? Ewww... Denny's is having a Bacon lovers promo and calling it "Baconalia". They're putting bacon in all kinds of weird things. Anyway. The Bacon Sundae sounds nasty... BUT. I just HAD to try it. It wasn't bad. In fact, It was GOOD! haha I dare you to try it. If you're reading this, you MUST have one within 24hrs and you will receive good fortune! ;) Seriously. Try it. read more

Denny's - Diners Near Me - Oceanside, California

Don't have unreasonable expectations here and you won't be disappointed. I come for the breakfast, nothing else. It's the one thing on the menu that is made fresh and not from frozen (except the potatoes). Besides, it's really hard to mess up breakfast. Had a great experience in here this am. Quick to get sat. Friendly service from our server, food was hot, yummy and came out quickly. Hey.....it's Denny's! read more

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Food is what you expect from Dennys, not much to say about it. However the service was very poor and slow. I felt like our waitress was purposely not looking towards our table when it came time order, and then food was very slow to come out. read more

Not the greatest. Food was good but the service wasn't the best. We were seated and greeted right away but that was it. It wasn't busy. It was Saturday night around 10pm. Our drinks never came, I tried to get our waiters attention but he didn't come around to check on us at all. I saw him at the register having what looked like a long conversation with customers that were on their way out. I had to walk up front to the register to ask for the bill. I had asked him to remove the drinks from the check since we never got them. He smiled and his apology wasn't sincere. I won't be going back to this location even though it's about 10min from my house. Ill drive further for better service. read more

HORRIBLE, How is Denny still serving people.The food was disgusting not even cooked right. I understand that due to COVID many places are understaffed. Their is no need for them to be rude.we sent the food back twice they got it wrong.My fries were cold we waited 50 mins for our food their was very few people. I been to others location but this one is the WORST read more

The menu has been changed, went there to get club sandwich and a hot fudge sundae but no longer on menu. Only had three servers, so very slow and food was just warm wont be going back. read more

This is ok for breakfast and coffee there coffee is little bit high they charge $3.19 compare to others the foods is good and service is good they have restroom and lots of parking space. read more

First time here. Came here after new years eve event at legoland and lucky for us it was a Kids Eat Free Tuesday. Place was clean. Cashier/Hostess was very nice. Server Erin was great. Came by several times to check on us even though he was serving half the place by himself. Overall food was good. Bacon nice and crispy. Only thing in could critique is that thebbreakfasy sausage and mozzarella cheese sticks were a tad salty. Overall nice experience and cant see why this place has negative reviews. Maybe we just got lucky this evening with a good staff. read more

I came in tonight with a friend, my waitress was claudia, she was so kind personable and attentive. She made it a great experience. read more

I used to go to this Denny's all the time and use the 20 % off meal. This coupon was sent to me online. Now I went twice and they didnt accept my coupon. So I called customer service and they said a manager would call me that was 3 weeks I'm not looking for handout just tell me sorry about that but nothing. BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE NOT EATING THERE AGAIN!! read more

Last week, on the Black Friday, day after thanksgiving I ordered multiple Veggie Burgers via phone app order. Dennys staff was very professional on the phone too. On a rainy evening, those burger combos were really nicely made, well packed and delivered warm. My family loved those delicious burgers. Thanks to everyone, who worked that night at this Dennys. read more

Make sure if you don't like your food Or it doesnt taste right dont pay for it! Or let the waiter know! My husband and i ate here This morning and i had ordered a cobb salad and he ordered chicken buscuits and gravy he automatically took a bite and it wasnt tasting right to him but he kept eating more becuz he was saying they cooked it and he felt bad for not eating it. He couldnt finish it and when we got home he felt sick, he got the chills, kept feeling like he wanted to throw up, and has thrown up ! read more

Upon entering I was greeted by Yumi in the front, he rushed (good) us to a table. Our server was Brianna M., who had lacked the ability to refill my cup of coffee. Not once during my visit she refill my coffee with her own hands. Others servers had done that job for her. Next, I order all you could eat pancakes and ended up waiting 15 minutes to receive the 'next' plate of two. Did not get my pancakes until AFTER speaking to the manager. NOTE* I do understand my visit was on a Sunday, one of the most busiest days of the week. Even with this being the case, after being told my coffee would be refilled shortly by my server. It ended up being refilled by another server which I had to go out of my way and ask. read more

I am staying at a nearby hotel and my breakfast order was delivered without utensils, napkins, butter or jam for my toast. I ordered the new chicken with biscuit and gravy bowl and it was so salty that it was inedible. I also ordered 2 fruit bowls that were both only half full. I contacted the MOD and was offered only an apology. I didn't want free food, but I did want them to make good on this order. These are not Covid issues, these are issues of indifference and/or incompetence. Wasted $40 on some fruit and toast. read more

Had great service by Maria today. She was very nice and seemed like she loved her job. We love the food here. It's an easy debate breaker so everyone wins. We will be back, as always. read more

The twenty fifth is a crazy stressful holiday add that to restaurant and it could spell disaster. Not at this Denny's the hostesses was super sweet and seated far sooner than expected. The waitress Judy? / Judith? was amazing I do believe she is the best thing since slice bread I only wish she could have taken a load off and had a coffee me. Seriously can I take her home? The bacon was hot and crisp, the scrambled eggs were fluffy, not to mention the French toast was out of this world. I can't wait to come back, I am quite sad that I am full. When hunger strikes again so will I. Thank you for the pleasure of your company. read more

I've always loved this location since I was a kid. There's something really cozy about it. My friends and I came here the other night after deciding to boycott ihop but still craving diner food. The middle eastern/Indian (?) man who looked like the manager took us to our table and he was really warm and sweet. The restaurant was pretty busy, it was a rainy Friday night which seemed to draw in the crowds that had come from their Christmas shopping. I've always loved that Denny's has the $2,$4,$6,$8 menu. There are some really decent sized meals you can get for a good price. I ordered the burger from the $6 menu which came with fries (.59 extra for seasoned). My boyfriend ordered a build your own omelette, my other friend ordered the Philly cheese steak sandwich (he said it was surprisingly extremely tasty). Our server was rude. Don't remember her name, she had braces and long dark hair and ignored us every time she would walk by...but of course was flirting heavily with the military men seated right behind us. Anyways, our food took a pretty long time to come out but like I said it was all enjoyable. One thing I regret was asking for the seasoned fries. I assumed they would have that yummy orange salt on them, but instead they were cooked in a curly fry-like batter and I don't like curly fries for that exact reason so oh well I learned my lesson. Overall I do love Denny's and this location always brings back childhood memories. My stomach is always satisfied when I leave. Service could definitely be better but eh oh well. read more

The server was great, the food was just as expected; however the restaurant manager ruined the experience by refusing to honor the terms of the Denny's coupon I had for a free 2-4-6-8 menu item. He claimed the print was too small for him to read and was unhelpful. Consider a different restaurant or chain. I also overheard some other customers complaining how the quality of the location has dropped since it became a franchise location and the owner is cutting corners... read more

Was really un happy with this place I've been here many time but today was horrible it took us about 35-40 minutes to receive our food, once we got it . Everything was cold , beside that an elderly man wasn't getting attended but got seated with no menu and he looked at me and exactly said "maybe I should faint and I'll be noticed" as I got up to get him a menu the manager Krystal asked my boyfriend, "if we were gonna sneak away" which pisses me off ! They have horrible communication with customers and accuse people of not paying when they are still eating.. read more

Me and my roommate have been looking for a place to eat on late nights, somewhere to call our own little dive when we get hungry and nothing is open. This will not be the place. After trying the Denny's not far from here and finding it "average" we thought we'd give this one a go and we were disappointed. We started off with 2 waters which tasted like they had been used for the dishes, honestly the taste of the water was very off. So we got other drinks which took awhile to get there but were fine, being forced to order a soda or be thirsty was a bit off-putting to begin with. After ordering some sodas we ordered a nacho appetizer and 2 meals. My friend said ever time he goes to Denny's and orders a sandwich they add ham and he wanted bacon NOT ham and of course after waiting 15 minutes we hear the waiter say to the cook "no this wasn't supposed to have ham". After ANOTHER 10 minutes of waiting or longer we were brought our meals, nachos and all. We were talking about walking out minutes before the food finally got there, the place wasn't busy at all. So we finally got our food which was "Okay" The super bird was the worst I've ever had but just because it seemed small and smashed, it still tasted okay. Took forever (Sorry Chris, you looked new, if you were new I at least kind of understand.) The manager was walking around asking other people if they'd been helped yet but didn't ask us how we were doing at all. They seemed VERY disorganized. Sadly we won't be returning. The place didn't feel comfortable and the food was disappointing. We were not charged for the Nachos since I told him we had ordered it as an appetizer but he could have at least let us eat it instead of throwing it away. Like any of my bad reviews I will GLADLY accept a message from a manager at the location if you'd like to discuss our experience and try to figure out a way to make it better. If you care about your rating and word of mouth I look forward to hearing from you. Disappointing night out =( read more

I understand that due to COVID many places are understaffed. However, I've been to a couple of different Denny's locations during the pandemic and this is by far the WORST I've been to. Service was terrible, didn't get asked a few times if everything was okay, if we needed more drinks or anything. Our food was completely wrong. We sent the food back and in return still got horrible food. The hash browns were half cooked and COLD in the middle. Never coming to this location again. read more

Tried to give this place another chance last night and after waiting and hour we were told the chef was overwhelmed and asked if we could wait for another chef to come in to relieve him. We agreed and 20 minutes later were told the chef arrived and our order was being cooked. After being at the restaurant for over an hour and a half our food was served. My boyfriends breakfast came first and my boneless wings were served ten minutes later. We agreed to wait and I wouldn't be writing this if that was the end of this story. However after over an hour and a half of waiting my chicken came out COMPLETELY RAW. Oh god this Denny's needs some serious help before someone gets really sick. read more

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I am was craving denny's on friday night. Since it's close by, so I decided to come here. When me and my friend arrived at the location, about 6 groups of 2 or 3 ppl in the restaurant. 3 servers including manager. I asked for water with lemon as the waiter came by. Waited about 15 mins. (during these minutes, I gave a little hint to waitress). She noticed me and she said she will be with us twice. (She was pretty busy with other tables since waiter ditched our table). About 5 minutes later she came back to us with nice apology (she didnt have to since she wasnt designated for our table). Finally ordered the food. Food was just regular denny's anywhere you can find. I wanted to give 1 star, but the waitress was so gentle and nice with respect, adding 1 more star. Rather go to Ihop next time. read more

Always a 5 star experience when I forget eat breakfast 3 hours into my shift. Denny's to the rescue! I usually order the French a toast plate and it always arrives neatly packaged and warm. My go to Grub Hub restaurant! read more

I am only giving 2 stars because Last night around 11:15 p.m. I had to ask for someone to give us our drink and a couple minutes later she came with them. At that point we where ready to order food so we did just in case the crew didn't show up again for another 20 minutes. The girl who sat us was on her cell phone. My 9 months old was irritated and the whole crew neglected to help us. Including the one's who stud around behind the counter bullshited talking about person stuff the was irrelevant to work. Will not be going to this location again. read more

Good food (for IHOP), fast service, friendly folks and easy location to get to. read more

Denny's - Diners Near Me - Oceanside, California

Very good service, promt and tasty. Menu looks great to, parking plenty. My favorite is the Grand Slam, very affordable breakfast for a consumer. read more

We came to this DENNY'S and the service was fast, very, VERY polite waiters and waitresses. It just amazed us how great the environment and food was. We are always use to waiting and waiting, but not this time. read more

Came here for breakfast today and the food was good. My waiter Chris was cute too. However, I had to ask for a drink refill and more napkins. read more

I had lower expectations about coming here for breakfast. My wife wanted an inexpensive breakfast, so we tried here. I was pleasantly surprised. We both ordered off of the senior menu. Our food was cooked great, the omelet was stuffed with ingredients, the hash browns perfect. We were seated right away, our server, Brianna, came quickly and it was a short wait for our food. For what it is, we were very happy and will come back. read more

Great food and service. I am a frequent guest. The new night manager, Krystal, is very nice and makes sure each table is satisfied with their meal and service. It was great seeing a manager there in the evenings once again. read more

Just an average denny's that faithfully keeps filling up your coffee cup :). Even better on Free Grand Slam day! read more

Okay, price wise, Denny's always has a pretty good deal. And my Banana Carmel French Toast skillet was pretty decent, though why I got two little cups of syrup to go with it is pretty crazy, considering the toast was already well painted with carmel over it. But some people like things super sweet so I get that I guess. Our server didn't rush us in ordering and was well timed. That is, until we received our order. After that, he wasn't anywhere to be seen and drink refill? Not happening. 2nd time in a row that we've come here and we get the feeling the servers just want to do the minimum and disappear. Last time, we found our server just sitting outside and chatting with a friend while the manager could only apologize for her having disappeared. This time at least we got our check sometime after we had finished and were looking around for our server or anyone else to get our check. read more

I really enjoyed waiting a hour and a half for burn toast, burn pancakes, hashbrowns were actually raw potatoes, I have no descriptive word for what they call butter, and I really apperciated the fact, not either the waiter or manager even bothered to look at you, after asking you a question. Never going back here again! read more