Our server was great but all the trashcans in the parking lot and restroom were overflowing. We sat next to a window with a view of garbage piled on top of the can. A huge crow devoured trash outside the window while we ate. The toilet in one of the stalls was out of order; the smell was horrendous. We have eaten here several times and have never experienced such a disgusting environment. This location needs better management. The food was good and the waitress was kind. I would like to see this location stay in business but they need to clean up their act.​ read more

Chloe served us on a very busy Christmas afternoon and quickly helped us with our special requests. She did it all with a smile and kindness. Management is gifted with her employment. Our tip wasn't enough to express our appreciation of her service. read more

Lora Martinez served me yesterday at Dennys in raton New Mexico she was very attentive checked on us refilled are drinks, the food was amazing it was fast it was a great experience all the employees where very kind and sweet thank you. read more

They seated us to our booth. We waited for five minutes why the staff talked about how come the past was closed the day before. We got up and walked out. And we were the only guess eating, will not eating in the place. read more

The food was great, as usual. But Megan, the manager, was amazing She was short handed, and ended up doing all the hostessing, serving, and bussing tables by herself, and all with a pleasant attitude and a smile. Thank you so much, Megan. I predict your professionalism is going to take you far in this life! read more

Ange was very thorough, nice and attentive. Food was great and out in little time. Ambiance was nice.

Clean restaurant and nice hostess. Ordered ham egg and cheese sandwich and it was missing the egg. Staff was very accommodating and helpful. Got sick 6 hours later that night. I probably wont be back. read more

The food was very good, we ate every bite! We were surprised at how fast everything came out considering it was busy. The service was amazing, and our server had our kid laughing up a storm. The ambiance was very nice, everything was clean and well kept up we were amazed at how hard everyone was able to keep the restaurant cleaned while they were so busy, thank you so much Denny's Raton team! We will be sure to come back soon. read more

Just had supper in Raton, NM Dennys. Our server Michelle went above and beyond. Sunday night on a holiday weekend and she checked on us maybe 5-6 times. Asked for creamers and got a huge bowl, not just 2-3. Refills fast and almost invisible. Had picky orders and everything was correct. Other staff was also super courteous. A++ read more

This Denny's location is always friendly, consistent and worth the visit. The food is served quickly, orders are correct, wait staff friendly. Our server today was Faith. She was welcoming, attentive to our needs and a joy. read more

It was good. As expected, omelette was good and cheesy as we requested, plenty of ham and bacon as well. Megan provided good service was attentive without being overly so, provided refills with speed and grace. The music was a little loud for my taste, but we were somewhat close to a speaker. read more

We stopped by in Raton , on our drive to Colorado Springs, and had a light lunch at the Dennys there. We were quite surprised at the quality and taste of food. It was fresh and tasty. We also found, young Dominic, our server, to be very efficient, prompt and a hard working person. He definitely deserves a big pat on the back. read more

Lisa is great! After a drive of 6 hours she made us feel at home and took really good care of us. read more

The most racist restaurant ever, my 89 year old parents my aunt and their children who help care for them were left sitting waiting to be served while the hostess, sat two OTHER families, and proceeded to take their order leaving my parents for over 25 minutes, waiting to be shown to the table..or rather until they left... I will never eat at a Danny's again, nor will any of my family friends, or anyone else.... Seriously? Racist in New Mexico..... You ought to be ashamed!! They were hurt and could not understand how such a thing exists to seniors..... Debra S Montoya-Klir read more

My best Denny's experience ever! Road trips sometimes require late night dinner stops. My family of 9 got in around 10pm, and were famished. We were seated within a few minutes of arriving. We ordered a create your own omelette, with some wheat pancakes, chicken fingers with fries, veggie skillet, kids meals and a Philly cheese steak sandwich with fries. Christopher was our star server who was attentive & friendly. What impressed me about this particular Denny's is how you could tell how well the staff got along with each other. This special community of a healthy work atmosphere spills over to the customers. Happy workers=Happy customers. Keep up the great work and great food read more

Denny's - American Near Me - Raton, New Mexico

The greatest Dennys ever....... I love the pancakes especially the ones with chocolate chips and blueberries and the birthday cake all of them were so good and they come with cream or my goodness read more

Stopped here for breakfast on a road trip. Previous reviews were not that great. Decided to try it out because we were hungry. It was great. Definitely worth stopping! read more

Another Dennys pretty much like every other location on the outside. I was greeted as I entered and promptly seated. My waitress was good, she checked back a couple of times to see if I needed anything. The place was loud enough but then there was one waitress who was way over the top on her volume. She laughed almost non stop ot talked so everyone in the place could hear her. I ordered 2 eggs over easy, 2 pancakes, 2 strips of bacon and hashbrowns. Everything was cooked correctly except the eggs were runny and I left them untouched. The service was good, the prices fair but the place was noisy and the eggs disgusted me. read more

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It was horrible we waited to be seated for 30 mins mind you the restaurant was empty the waiters would just check out people and look at us crazy nobody told us that we would get a table soon or anything they didn't even check on us after the 30 mins of waiting we just left it was bad read more

We have been stopping here for 20 yrs on our way to Albq. Great service and food!! and served very fast!!

Good food, came out fast. Good ambiance. Clean bathrooms , we stop here as Pueblo and COS don't have Dennys

We drove all day and were pleasantly surprised how wonderful the food and service were, shout out to Megan for her friendly service, bring back this kind of service with a smile read more

Denny's is "America's Diner" and this location is located in Clayton, NM. A few blocks away from Hwy 85, it serves as a busy pit stop for folks travelling along this road. My Overall Rating - 2 Stars (Service, Food, Return) Atmosphere - This Denny's is like most, you'll have a large number of booths and tables throughout. However, be weary of the bathroom. On this visit, the men's room seemed like it had not been cleaned in a while. Given this is a popular stop for road travelers, I would hope they would maintain it a bit better. No Star. Service - The staff was friendly, but woefully understaffed. On a Friday morning the restaurant was probably at 80-90% capacity but there were maybe 3 servers. The end result? It took a while to place and get our orders, simple requests like coffee refills were not so simple. I don't blame the staff because they do the best they can. And except for the challenges around timing they were great. 1/2 Star. Food - It's diner food, so don't expect 5 star quality. The kids liked their chocolate chip pancakes, so no complaints there. Fruit was fresh. But the omelet was very uneven. The eggs had a foam texture (instead a fluffy), and the ingredients of my Veggie Omelet were all over the place. One bit would be nothing but cheese, another nothing but zucchini, etc. The last item of note is that Denny's is not cheap. Yes, you can find good deals on their Value Menu but most breakfast items ranged started at $9 and went up. 1/2 Star. Will I Return? - Probably. Even though the food is average at best and not a great value, I wouldn't mind coming back if I wasn't rushed or wanted something beyond your typical McDonald's menu (they're next door). 1 Star. My Yelp Rating Scale (Sum of all parts): 1 Star - Atmosphere - Is it a cool dive? Perhaps an upscale place? No matter the type, atmosphere plays a big part and I'll give a star if I like it or thinks it has great charm. 1 Star - Service - You can have a great meal with bad service. But that's also what can make a five star joint drop to four. It's important to the dining experience that service is great and on point. 2 Stars - Food - I'll award up to two stars for the food, since this is the main reason we dine out. Sometimes the extra star is given for value, but it's really all about the food. 1 Star - Will I come back? - If I know for a fact I'll return, I'll give this a star. A place has to make an impression for me to return. Each Category can be given up to 1 star except food (2 stars) because I consider all these categories important to the overall dining experience. I will sum them up to provide my final Yelp score. read more

Denny's - Omelet - American Near Me - Raton, New Mexico

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Went here at 12am and there was 4 employees in the restaurant talking, I walk up to the door and it says closed until 7am???? I came back at 9am got sat right away then waited 25 MINUTES before I see the waitress take the people's order that came in after us???? Obviously left after that. What are y'all doing?? Upper management needs to come save this place fast!! Pathetic. read more

DO NOT GO HERE!! If I could give this place NO stars, I would! Where do I even begin?! Came here with my family as we were just passing through trying to get a QUICK bite before heading back to Denver. (There were 5 of us) We ordered nothing that was difficult to make and it took about 45 minutes or MORE to get our food. (Not only that, but our waitress told us that she was out of French fries so that pissed me off because she didn't tell us until after we waited 20 minutes to order..) In that time, our waitress had spilled my water and kept forgetting to come clean the table! We finally had to use the paper menus to cover up the water. (They never brought us napkins!) My dad had asked for sweetener packets for his tea and had to ask again 2 more times before it was brought to the table. When we FINALLY got our food, French fries came with my mother's meal.. "but wait I thought you were out of fries?" And my dad's order was wrong too! HERE's THE CRAPPY ICING ON THE SHIT CAKE: my sandwich bread HAD MOLD IN IT!!! Which naturally I didn't notice until I was almost finished with it... I complained and the waitress was gonna try and say that it was NOT mold... I took a PICTURE! They did comp my meal, but honestly that is just NOT good enough. DO NOT GO HERE!! read more

Denny's - Mold!!! - American Near Me - Raton, New Mexico

I never expect good service from places like this. Not surprised horrible service. Inexperienced "hostess" and manager. A table was sat prior to us even thought we arrived before them. They offer a free grand slam for Veterans Day since both my partner and I are veterans we decided to stop bye on our way to colorado. Never visiting another dennys. Just reminded why we don't visit dennys. read more

We stopped on our way to Albuquerque and it was well worth it. Amazing service from Sydne!! Thank you for the delicious food and service.

Fast friendly service from Lisa. Clean facility and good food. Great location close to I 25.

Frankly, ownership and management should be embarrassed here because responsibility starts at the top. Yesterday I couldn't be seated because kitchen was "already 20 minutes behind". There were 5 tables seated at time. Today, 3 tables & 6 covers resulted in 40 minute wait for food to come. 3 servers and 1 manager could bus 2 tables in 60 minute visit. Dish washer mopped restrooms then left mop and sat directly with customers at table. Friends or not-yuck. Mgr (2nd to GM) sneezed in hand and went directly back to kitchen to help out. I had a view of it all. Almost as bad as her chatting/laughing with staff instead of helping serve/bus. Bussed tables "cleaned" with dirty rag and water. I suspect the obvious lack of motivation, poor hygiene, and bad facility conditions will mean they'll close soon- or should. read more

The servers and staff are incredibly friendly and helpful! Very prompt and responsive!

Ate breakfast here. I got the 55+ Omelette meal and my husband got the 55+ scrambled eggs with chees meal. Both were very good. Lavonne was our waitress and she was on top of taking care of us. Only down side was my seat had a hole where it had been taped but the tape tore off. And for some reason there were several flies that bothered us. But people were very friendly. Can't beat good food and good service with a smile. read more

The young tall girl.......terrible service, she may need more training along with the cook. If they can make a mac n cheese look like a soup then he should find another profession because it's obvious that you don't know what you're doing in that kitchen jeopardizing people's business. Amazing manager but bad employees! read more

Waitress was great ... (Lisa) True service with a smile !! She apologized for our wait but we were actually served very fast and had no complaints read more

I appreciate, well prepare food and friendly services....come-by and enjoy for your self.. can't go wrong

The seating area itself didn't look too full but service was still very sluggish. Waited 15 minutes with 3 other groups in the area. 2 other groups that were waiting walked out. There was several guests waiting to pay their bill too, and I watched at least on guy leave without paying. One of the cooks it seemed, (he was wearing an apron) finally came up to take payments...And was handling money. He went back to the kitchen and nobody was taken to a table. At this point a few more parties showed up and one of the women leaving said "it's gonna be a long wait" as to which I left and went to another restaurant for lunch instead. This place has been good to me on previous experiences but I guess there has just been a downturn in staffing lately? read more

Will be contacting the corporate office as well as district manager for this location. They are the most unprofessional dennys I have ever seen. We ordered curbside pickup and I CANT make this up. The guy opened the door yelled out to the car saying we need to come in to pay for CURBSIDE PICKUP. Upon speaking to the manager JOHN he stated "that's how they do it in big city's". No worries I have the entire phone conversation recorded and action WILL be taken! *update...Corporate csr said it doesn't matter how big, tall, small, or wide the city is... curbside pickup is the same at EVERY Dennys's. Will update more once I hear back from corporate and district manager read more

Food was hot, fresh and delicious. Great polite service and wow very clean dennys. Probably the cleanest one we ever been in. read more

Denny's - a view of the outside of a restaurant - American Near Me - Raton, New Mexico

This has to be the worst Denny's that I have been to so far. Empty tables and booths, cook has orders lined up ready to deliver to tables. But I have never seen a wait staff that seemed to care less than this one. They were in no hurry to to anything. People were lined up out the door and they don't even acknowledge your existence. While we were waiting at least 20 people left. All the same comments, about not acknowledging your existence. I can appreciate being understaffed. But a greeting and an acknowledgement go a long way. Just flat out ignoring folks not so much. read more

Yes, we were just wanting a quick bite of food and the delicious coffee Denny's is noted for. The place had six tables on a Saturday evening. Everyone was waiting for food. We waited to be seated because of the sign that states to wait for hostess to seat you. We waited and waited for at least five my. Finally, someone said "without a smile" and as if we were not his. TOP priority will be right with you. His body language stated a different story. Another couple and our group left Immediately. read more

Ok. I had a tough time with this one. The evening started with us waiting almost 20 minutes to be seated, despite there being no one in front of us and plenty of empty tables. We finally got seated and waited for the server to come and take our order. 15-20 minutes later she comes over. Very sweet and very knowledgeable about the food. She put our order in and we patiently waited. My dinner was a medium well done steak, my husband had the "steak bowl" so a wait was expected..... but a half hour? Ok. So the food FINALLY comes. HANDS DOWN- BEST DINNER IN AGES. Did you get that? This dinner was AMAZING!!!! The steak was tender, juicy, and cooked to perfection. Although I had requested some A1, it did not need a single bit of seasoning. My corn was beyond delicious. Crisp, sweet and buttery. The red skinned mashed potatoes were by far the best I have ever had at a restaurant. My husband's meal was just as yummy. The meat was perfectly cooked, the vegetables were fresh and tasty. Neither one of us needed a to-go box (they were lucky we left the plates lol). I am not exaggerating - this meal put Outback Steakhouse to shame. I was beyond impressed. Ok. Then we waited for the check. Needless to say, we would have been wise to request it after the meal ticket had been taken to the kitchen. After 30 minutes, yes, I said 30 minutes, we finally went up front to ask for assistance. Now - I do need to mention, in the entire restaurant of about 20 seated tables, our server was one of two in the entire place. We knew this not just because we have eyes, but because she very loudly announced it to the table next to ours (uhhhhh Covid precautions much?) and was visibly annoyed that anyone could possibly be upset about waiting so long to leave (the people in the table next to ours were also waiting to check out but not as patiently I'm afraid). She was quick to inform (all of us) him that it was only she and one other person and that they were super busy taking orders, bussing tables, seating people, bringing out food, cashing people out, etc etc - you get the picture I'm sure. Then .... without a goodbye, good luck or definitely a check, she unceremoniously left. To go home. So, after she abandoned us and we realized that we were supposed to fend for ourselves, we went up to the front counter and explained to the poor girl who was going to take her place (who knows?) that we needed our check and that we wanted some apple crisp to go (well - you would be hungry too after all this time). She was able to get it to us rather quickly and then another person (non server, manager maybe?) came to the front and cashed us out. My husband asked her if the desserts could be on the house and she replied that "yes, of course" and our desserts were comped. When it came time to put down the tip, however, we gave it instead to the other server, a young woman named Darcy who was busting her behind - but was still managing to be pleasant and kind to her customers despite the chaos. It was impressive really. Now WAIT- before you roast me - YES, I have been a server, AND yes I've been a single mom, AND yes I've also been in "the weeds" at a busy dinner rush with little to no help. However, I have never abandoned my customers with such complete disregard or disrespect. As far as I'm concerned, the tip (and we as customers) just didn't matter to her. read more