Maaan, when I read the negative reviews I figured it was just snobs expecting luxurious service...but boy was I wrong. Where to begin? The greeter guy was cool, even kind of funny which is appreciated at 12:30am, but from that moment on it was horrible service. We were told to sit wherever, so we did. Our waitress came after a few minutes and got our drink order, although she never bothered to bring silverware or take our orders. After a few "excuse me" calls, we said forget it and were about to leave when a separate waitress had to come and get our order. She was helpful but it took forever to get our food...and we STILL had no silverware at this point! As we sit there with nachos and a salad, we ask for silverware and our original waitress takes forever then only brings one roll of silverware! Wtf maaan!? I proceed to let the manager know that we received terrible service, just for the sake of letting him know. But he doesn't even bother to offer to comp anything or give a free dessert or anything. I understand that it was late, but if you're on the clock then you're on the clock. Please quit your job or work a different shift if you can't handle late night. Smh. Never going back there again! -Rayce #TheLifestyleNotTheLabel read more

I have been here 3 times and this last time was so disappointing. We arrived for dinner and they were not busy at all I was greeted by some unprofessional girls that could not figure out where we should be seated. They continued on and on loudly "where should I sit them" The waitress finally just told me to pick a seat and I did. Sat there for a few minutes and seen the girls again so unprofessional with 3 older ladies that came in, they couldn't figure out where to seat them. Cindy was quick at getting g our drinks but then completely disappeared when we were ready to place our order. We waited 10 minutes and finally I asked for the bill for my drinks as we were leaving. I could not believe how unprofessional and unorganized this place was. I hope things change soon. read more

I went to Santa Paula's Dennys and i ordered the Premium Chicken Tenders and they were very hard and didnt have a good taste. It came with two garlic bread strips and they had minimal flavor and they were cold. Ive had better. read more

The server makes or breaks the visit! Mine definitely made it! For a young kid Chava or Chavo idk definitely has it down right. He made sure our glasses were never empty and interacted with my 5 year old. He politely tried to upsale and wasn't to pushy, great eye contact. Will be back and asking for him! !! read more

I wish I could put no stars. Staff, except one gentleman, was rude and hardly came to check on us. We were a big group but we felt neglected. It would have been more efficient to get us our food one my one as soon as each was ready, but they did it all at the same time, causing us to be there from around 10:00- 12:30. That is one more hour that we could have had not bothering others around is. It was a Friday night. There should be more people working and helping on Friday & Saturday night shifts. Also, multiple people I know have gotten sick off this food including myself. Not to mention that the kitchen was right behind us so I'm sure they heard us complaining. The item I ordered smelled like literal s**t. I would not recommend this to anyone willing to spend money just to spend a day I bed with food poisoning the next day. I don't like writing reviews but something had to be said. I've come here at least 4 times and I've given Different menu items a chance. Nothing satisfied me, but only made my stomach feel gross. I just hope they fix their food and their service so others won't feel the need to write a horrible review like this one. read more

been sitting here over 25mins for food. we ordered our food and drinks at the same time with michelle. not once did our server come and ask if we needed more coffee. our food just got here, cold as if it were sitting out ready 10mins ago. other servers were able to get a new table, seat them and they received their bill and were out before we received all our food; our food came out with a big time gap read more

I will only eat at THIS Denny's location. I live 25 miles away and I feel like I'm cheating on the staff if i eat at another Denny's. Man the host who greats you(I'll get your name again bro and put it in the review) is always welcoming and entertaining and the moment the waitress Victoria sees my fiance and I she is already getting our drink order ready she is always so helpful as well. . The service is always great no matter how big the rush is. Being a past waiter and seeing the chemistry the staff has is cool. Everyone seems to be on the same page and helping one another. I believe the name of the manager is Tanya and she's always around making sure everyone is taken care of too. The food is always good and make a specific way for us. Thank you guys for a great time every time and for bringing my bill after I'm finished eating THANK YOU read more

We came in on opening day and the service was awesome. Ricarda is so sweet and has great customer service! Decided to come in for a second time and had yet another fabulous server named Monica...this time however there was a manager working (very tall white guy no name tag) who we observed down talking and direspectfully addressing other employees throughout our meal. Asking a server "if she'd throw that out at home?" And sarcastically speaking to your host in front of customers is pretty rude. Glad I don't work for him. read more

service is horrible, bosses/managers are unprofessional aswell. they yell at they're employees right in front of the customers. But they employees might deserve it because of how horrible they are at being a waiter/waitress. the food was the only good part of being there. read more

I enjoy eating here. Its not a 5 star restaurant but the food is good and the $$ is perfect. Breakfast for dinner or just to go for dessert are my favs! I've gone more then a handful of times and the service is okay and friendly. read more

Great food great service. Stopped in on a whim. Really glad I did food was very good the service was above and beyond really had a great waitress and the hostess was excellent kept checking everything. I will be back to this location our waitress his name was Victoria and she should be commended she was excellent read more

Horrible server got mine and my friends order completely wrong he was slow and took forever. I had to go get my own check. Usually it's pretty good but today it really was bad read more

Victoria, Victoria, Victoria!!!!!!! You are great I!!!! I worked at Denny's for almost 20 years and have been a server for almost 40. So as hard as I try it is impossible for me to not "watch" the workings of every restaurant I go to. I have been to this Denny's many times and it is always good. Victoria works really hard and always gets it right. The only downside...... management. The last two times I have been here the male manager has been working the floor and I'm not really sure what he thinks his roll should be????? So let me clarify what you should do for your team and your guests. First of all, tell your district leader not to come on Sunday morning when you have lots of guests and more important things to do then listen to him tell you how to better the "bottom line". If he has to come on a busy Sunday morning then be part of the team...... Don't just walk past the guests waiting at the door for someone to say "hi". They are your guests as much as they are the servers guests. Be part of the team and help. As for the manager, help your servers, busers, cashiers, dishwashers, cooks, all of those jobs are your job. If you give a server yet another table when she is clearly in the weeds, ask them for a drink order, see if they need a highchair or booster seat, or silverware........ Don't just drop menus and walk away....... This is not good customer service and if I'm not mistaken, that is the business that you are in. read more

Waited 30 min for our breakfast to arrive.the service seems to get worse every time I go.

The place was clean and not overly packed. My food came out fast and was cooked just the way I asked, flavor is eh okay. Service was okay, the waitress was nice but you can tell she was annoyed. My only issue was they didn't offer Wifi like all the other Dennys I've been to. I was looking forward to do some work done. Oh well. read more

Since I work in the same shopping center decided to go in and give it a try during my lunch ordered a club sandwich with fries it was okay nothing to write home about it had turkey and bacon but no ham ?? Food and tip came up to $16.00 will not be back typical Denny's it seems as though portions are measured when it comes to lunch menu read more

Best Denny's I've ever been to. Very clean ! Polite and attentive staff quick service during a busy time . I was impressed and extremely satisfied good job! read more

First and last time coming here. Service was horrible. As we entered the waitress Michelle that took us to our table was eating. She sat us down and took awhile to get our drinks. We finally order and again the food took awhile to get to our table. Our food finally came in and Michelle never came back to ask if everything was fine, we had to ask another server to get us a refill. She came back within 8 min after bringing our food to the table to hand us our bill to pay. We weren't even half done with our food. Not to mention another of Michelle's table actually walked out because she took forever to take their oder. Michelle still continued chewing and talking while taking food to one of her tables. Horrible service. I've been a server myself so I know what should be done and what shouldn't. Food was okay not the best either. read more

The food and server were great 4 stars to that. The blonde lady at the front im guessing is the manager was the part that ruined the experience for me at this Denny's. She was awfly rude to the employees in front of customers speaking to them in a maner no employer should speak to employees. read more

Literally the worst restaurant experience I've ever had. Wouldn't even qualify this place as a restaurant. The service is non-existant, the orders are consistently wrong. How a place can manage to bring cold food straight from the griddle is beyond me yet they do it on the daily. If you don't get food poisoning expect to get bit by the insects they let freely crawl through your food. Don't worry though, they come free of charge! Crossing my fingers for the day the health dept shuts it down. read more

I went there twice and both times I had great service and food. It may be busy but if you know the area then you know it's been a long time since they've had something like this. The employees were very nice and it seemed like they helped each other and worked well together. The food tasted great and portion size was good. I'll definitely be back to this location. read more

Its Dennys ....No More ...No Less..... Service was good ...Food was just ok...

This has got to be the worst Denny's, I've ever been to. Unfortunately the waitress and manager need to learn better social skills. The waitress(China) could not be understood. We tried telling her to bring only 1 pancake to our order, because we were getting and did not want to WASTE food. She still brought us two. We ordered the Super Grand slam advertised on TV for 5.99, China said, they are franchise not corporation, not understanding what that meant I asked the Manager (Sandra) . She was very hard to understand as well and quite rude. I said, what does CORP /franchise have to do with honoring the 5.99 price, she said nothing. I said well China said the price at your Denny's is 6.99. She made no sense of her explanation. Take my advice food was not great and service was awful. When I asked for the managers name, she asked why... I said I would like to call CORP and file a complaint. She proceeded to say that's NOT MY PROBLEM. read more

I wish I could give zero stars! About a week ago my mother in law walked in with her friend after going to the doctor for her diabetes. They paid for their food with what the cashier said was a fake $100 bill. The cops were called and the cashier again tested the bill along with another bill from the cashier. It turns out their bill checking machine was malfunctioning! This whole time they were treated like criminals from the employee and were not allowed to eat their food which is bad for diabetics! They were waiting for nearly an hour and employees failed to test their own machine! On top of they did not even offer to comp the meal after all the ordeal they put my mother in law and her friend through. I would think that is the least they could have done but they were happy taking their money! I used to frequent this place a couple times a month but I will no longer support this place after piss poor customer service. read more

Was at Dennys and a man iam guess a manager was yelling at his employees in front of everyone eating. I think it was really inappropriate. He has no respect for anyone. The people working there were working so hard. Iam giving it a one star because of the way he was acting. read more

Denny's - This man is so rude to his employees. - American Near Me - Santa Paula, California

My husband and I eat here quite often. We love their hamburgers. Best tasting meat in our opinion. Of course their breakfasts our winners too. Service is always friendly and quick. read more

First and last visit to Denny's. We were seated before 4 other tables and they all received their food before us. Ours came out in trickles. Forgot our coffee, water, no top offs. Food cold. Last food came out 20 minutes after first plate. Manager worthless and basically that is the way they operate. Server seemed new passed us drinks and plates to hand down to each person instead of serving everyone. He tried hard but service was super slow. The host nice and friendly young man. read more

We had a great meal here. Our waitresses was great, and I had to return my chicken sandwich because there was a dairy sauce on it - which I cannot eat. It was no problem - everyone was so nice, and they made me a whole new sandwich. The cook even came out to ask how the second one was. read more

This place could be allot better with there staffing my food was a little cold and they were bringing plate by plate instead of eating as a family I had a grandslam sandwich that tasted like cinnamon and it was soggy I don't know if it's because of a lack of experience but I'll try it out in a couple months see if theres is a improvement there read more

Unfortunately my review for the Santa Paula Denny's is not good. I have lived here for over 25 years and love all the "Mom and Pop" restaurants in town and try to stray from the Chain restaurants. But I decided to give the "New" Denny's a try because I have eaten at many Denny's across the county which for the most part are acceptable. First off the inside and whole building is very clean and is a refurbished Carrow's which they did a very good job. When we first walked into the restaurant it was not very busy and we stood at the hostess station for over 5 minutes before anyone even noticed that we were there. "First annoyance" When we finally got seated our waitress was nice and she apologized for having "tunnel vision" "2nd annoyance" and not seeing us. Really??? She then came back and took our order in a timely manner but that is when she failed. Some other person brought out our food after a very long wait and we never saw our waitress again, or anyone else. She never came back to check on us to see if she could refill our coffee or anything. After we ate we had to ask for a check 15 minutes after we finished our meal. "3rd annoyance" and Strike 3!!!. Our waitress finally gave us a check but never asked if everything was ok or if we needed anything else. Overall food was OK but service was SUPER HORRIBLE!!!. I can overcome mediocre food but when service sucks it is not a good thing. I will be surprised if this restaurant makes it past a year with CLUELESS STAFF and and obviously CLUELESS MANAGEMENT. For me, I will never go back. Patron beware!!!!!! Unless you like being annoyed!!! ;( read more

Went to this location and got seated pretty quickly. Once we were seated with our menus, 20 minutes had gone by and no one had taken our order or asked if we wanted beverages while we waited. I then got up and told a cashier that we've been waiting for some time now for someone to come and take our orders. Another 10 minutes went by and finally someone showed up and we placed our orders. The food took a little long to come out and the waitress forgot to bring out an order of pancakes for one of my orders. The waitress then said that she would be right back with that order. 15 minutes go by and the waitress came back and asked if everything was okay and if we needed anything else. I then told the waitress about the pancakes that we've been waiting for and then said she would be right back with the order. By this time, we were almost done eating our food and the waitress finally came by with our order. We ended up taking the order home with us. Also, the restrooms did not have soap or toilet paper. read more

I wish I can give this place 0 stars. It was the worst service I have ever experienced in MY LIFE!! Our waitress was so RUDE and so unprofessional! She didn't ask what we wanted to drink, she screwed up our order 2 times and was so rude when we confronted her about it. We had a party of 3 and she bought out everyone's food at different times! Obviously being considerate we didn't want to get started until everyone had their food... Finally when all the food came out it was cold!!! My boyfriend ordered hash browns that were not fully cooked! I normally NEVER complain being that I understand sometimes mistakes happen, but this was the worst place I have ever stepped foot in! Only recommend this place to people who like rude/unprofessional staff, horrible service, and cold food. read more

I have been to this location 2 other times and it was decent (better than Ventura). But last night my 4 other friends and I visited. First of all we got there and it took 5 mins for us to even order our drinks, it took another 10 mins for us to get our drinks. We ordered our food 30 mins later, it came out in about 15 mins. I ordered the seasonal skillet and it came out still cooking and it didn't stop cooking for like 5 mins and then I started eating it and it was all burnt and dry on the bottom, my girlfriend ordered a steak medium rare and it came out still bleeding on the plate almost still mooing to the point it would have made her sick. We asked to speak to a manager and he didn't come by for about 10 mins. When he did come by all he said was, "how can I help you" we proceeded to tell him what was wrong with our food, he didn't say anything besides okay do you want me to have them remake the food and we said well of course and how can you make it to where we are highly satisfied and he said 25% discount and that's it. My friend (a manager himself ), ended up getting me a free meal because I wasn't going to pay for a burnt skillet and it took 15 mins to get a decent plate back. So I got a free meal. Yeah we were a little loud, but I observe (as I work in a restaurant myself) the manager kinda stood by the counter was looking at us and walked away shaking his head like we were there for a party but we really weren't, we were just hungry and wanted our dang food. The waiter was pretty decent even though it took her 10 mins to make 3 simple shakes, but the manager was a total idiot and I don't even know how he got a manager position, I could be a better manager. We went to pay our tabs separately and we were told previously that we would all get a 25% discount and he knew it was gunna be separate tabs, we had to push them and ask them AGAIN, well where's our discount, we aren't paying full price for poor management, poor service, poor food and such. my girlfriend and I had to pay full price for her steak that came out still mooing but they took off the skillet. All in all, they need a better manager. Please be aware of all this when you make a stop to this dennys, very highly unsatisfied. read more

I was going to give it 1 star because I ordered some chicken wraps they were plain but I asked the waiter where lettuce and cheese were at he had them remake it and then I was honest with waiter and told him I honestly didn't like them he spoke to manager and she was really nice and told me she would go back there and make it her self so I'm giving it 3 stars for that because she didn't have to read more

Marco and John both were great with us, we ordered are food and honestly it was fast no waiting. I think they only have one great manager at night "late" I did not get her name. I really like going later great staff. read more

I went to this fabulous Denny's on Mother's Day. It was packed and the servers and management were wonderful. The food was great and they gave us a flower which was an awesome touch. This was in the morning around 11 I highly recommend this Denny's. read more

The food was SO salty! I was looking forward to it but I won't go there for a long time. The service needs some fine tuning as well.

Very good place to eat. The food is great. The service is good. Employees are real friendly.

Went in this AM with my nephew and husband to,dine in. Had the pot roast mashed potatoes and broccoli .. it was so cold. Husband ordered pot roast sandwhich and it was burned and nephew ordered club sandwich. We didn't complain we just decided to get boxes so we can take our stuff to go there was no point wasting time sitting there and picking at our food. For some odd reason my debit card wasn't going through and I text my husband who was putting our special needs son in our vehicle while I paid to come in and give me cash while i called my bank to see what was wrong with my card. I waited there patiently for 15min while our waitress was attending other costumers JUST to tell her I'll be paying cash instead but she started to yell at me saying she's going to get a manager which was fine with me. Manager came and started to scream saying my bank isn't her problem and me being 8months pregnant calmly said there's no need to scream all I want to do is pay and go. I have no idea why they were treating me the way they were. I felt discriminated. . I don't dress the fanciest and had no make up on today but the way they approached me was very rude. I cannot believe the way I was treated. Did they think I was going to dine and ditch? All I know is we will never go back there again. $58 in the trash cold food and rude service. read more

I've never thought I'd ever yelp but this made me today. Took out my mom brunch, host was very nice but as our server, she wasn't very cheerful nor Attentive. I understand if she was busy and running around but nope it didn't seem that way. Another server had to run our food and deliver our bill. What on good earth was she doing?! But of course when I came down to pay. She was on that. Also manager seemed like he wasn't very happy. They need something to change the customer service here. read more