My son and I travel from Houston TX to California every few months and he loves stopping at Denny's. This is the first time we tried this location. We hade the best food, the best service ever. Our server Tiara S. Was awesome and courteous. The food was fresh and tasted so good. Normally when I order the Crazy spicy skillet it is good but normally it's sort of dry. But this was the best. The presentation also top notch. My son ordered soft scrambled eggs, bacon and pancakes ... He was so happy with his food. I also got us a super bird and that was soo good. The Manager was walking around checking on customers and helping out the staff. He told me that he has been assigned to that Denny's and I can say that he is doing a great job. I will definitely be stopping there again on our next trip! Receipt date: 03/18/2023 I don't recall the Manager's name, but I hope you see this review. read more

Sitting here for almost 20 minutes with 4 other table who haven't so much as been greeted and the manager is standing in the corner avoiding eye contact with the whole restaurant while one woman tries to run the whole restaurant. Hotel warned us not to come here, we should have listened. But it was this or McDonald's. read more

Understaffed. Cashier/Hostess pre-occupied with credit card machine. Waited 5 mins before she acknowledged people checking out or coming in. Only saw one server, who did not listen to customer before hastily walking away thinking she knew what was being asked/said. Food was as expected at a Dennys. Came out a little cold, could have been served hotter read more

Denny's Tucumcari NM Me and my husband had a wonderful meal with an awesome waitress Sam and a great manager Gabriel thanks for the great food and the great service. Tim and Nita read more

Great service. My family stopped in while traveling, our server was friendly and everyone enjoyed their food.

Traveling thru and stopped in for lunch. Super clean facility and very friendly staff. always a pleasure eating at these restaurants as their food is always on point. Thanks for getting it out in a timely manner and getting the to go boxes. Great Job! read more

Our first time at this location tired from driving since 3am so we decided to try this dennys .I ordered cheese burger and onion rings hun ordered the salmon and veggies on side .Everything was correct and as we ordered . I recommend this place 100 % ask for Savannah she was great A great waitress she deserves a raise. read more

Unfortunately had some car issues and stayed at the Hotel next door. This was our only food source for the day. Went and there was a wait (20-30mins) due to short staff. There was literally ONE server and ONE cook. Although people are in a rush, i think they forget that the two people were there, friendly, served us our food accurately and it was warm. I received my food within 10 mins of ordering. I appreciated how they still smiled even though they were tired and busy. Big advice: be patient because it's not the employees, they showed up to work and that's what they did. I hope this Denny's can have more employees soon! I know with the pandemic and it being a small town it's difficult. read more

Service was awesome. Both Savanna and trainee Ashley were prompt and friendly. Food was served quickly and warm. Coffee cups kept full.

This Denny's closed all but 6 tables. The other 30 or so they refused to allow people to sit at. They only staffed one server and one cook. 45 minutes to get seated. Another 45 to get food. Terrible management. They should just close their doors. I'm sorry we waited. Our mistake. read more

Food: Super Bird, Moons over My Hammy and kids chicken nuggets with grapes. Edible. Not much in the way of dinner options as we drive through on our road trip. Ambiance: horrible. Service: our server was nice enough and tried and the manager came by, but is she blind? Look around. Every table had dirty dishes and feels like a filthy pigsty. They are seriously understaffed. We did not have place settings and our food was delivered and still no utensils. Finally I got up and went in search of clean utensils, which was a surprising challenge as I waded past dirty tables. I finally found some on the other side of the restaurant at the bar seats. Location: attached to the gas station market. It smells bad when you enter like the bathrooms. I would not return! Skip and eat in Santa Rosa. read more

Great service and amazing thick pancakes!!! I told myself to live in the moment when eating it so I didn't take pictures but then remembered I have feedback to give lol. 8/10 experience. read more

Denny's - Pancakes - American Near Me - Tucumcari, New Mexico

Jaiden provided amazing service!! Food was perfect!! Penny is always friendly!! Definitely will be returning!

Disappointed in today's service, I sat at the bar for hammy over the moon. Didn't receive menu for 10 minutes after sitting down. Then didn't get coffee until 5 minutes after waitress took my order, about 18 minutes for meal, now I've got an empty coffee mug pushed forward when my meal arrives, waitress looKs into my mug and walks away. There is yet a bit of breakfast left on my plate before receiving 2nd cup. Done with meal, writing this post with an empty coffee mug in front of me, standing up and the waitress pours 3rd cup of coffee! read more

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

In other words your brand "standards" made your customers to wait in line for 30 minutes and then fed up to walk cross the street to Arby's. If you don't want our money, somebody else will. read more

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

Bad service because their refusal to raise wages keeps then from getting adequate help and then complaining "people just don't want to work". I like the food and have tried 3 different cities with the same problem. read more

Excellent food and great service! Pancaked were the best I've had in a long while. We didn't have to wait long for our grand slams.

Slow!!! Tell me, how long does it take to throw a salad and breakfast together? Not coming back. Unprofessional scattered vibe from staff. Ok my Cobb Salad tasted good even though the toilet called to me the minute I got home. My boyfriend liked his eggs and hash browns. Then I practically bored through Savannah the Server's brain with my eyes trying to catch her glance to give us our ticket. She was too busy flitting around accommodating a table of her peers, something I've noticed especially in California but didn't think would be here in New Mexico. Then at the register the line of people wanting to pay and leave piles up and this other rockabilly hair wanna be too old server tells us 3 times she'll be back but never did. I can understand if a place is busy but it wasnt. These bitches have some serious arrogant blase spoiled attitudes. Oh and I've never in my life tipped someone zero but Savannah deserved less than that. read more

Good good here but the service is horrible. They say they are short help every time I have been there. Although the food is good. My time is more important. Will go there when with friends and not in any hurry. But that is the only time read more

If I could give a zero stars I would!! First, it took over 20 minutes for our drinks to come out. Then after 20 minutes more we asked when our food would be out. At which time the waitress stated that there was a big table ahead of us (literally 5 adults and 6 children). As we were about to leave because of the service our food come out. We should have left. 3 out of the 5 things we ordered were cold. Also, the scrambled eggs were like rubber and had no flavor. When we complained about our service and our food they could careless. They gave us a 6.00 discount. I think they really don't care about their service as a lot of the customers are passing through and don't come back a second time anyway. I would never recommend this restaurant! read more

We visiting this part of the town in New Mexico , Tucumcari but the service in this restaurant is horrible , I been waiting over 45 to be seated and the manager not even a good morning only one server , no sense to run this business or care for customers, never stop again or reco read more

Our service was excellent. I ordered grilled cheese, potato soup, salad & fresh fruit. My husband had Salmon, veggie melody & fresh fruit. We were pleased with our meals, service & time! read more

Though they tend to mess part of my order up more often than not, when they get it right (I always have a patty melt on rye bread, no onions and no special sauce with regular fries and X2 sides of ranch dressing) it is yummy! However I do not recommend that new special "better" beef patty or whatever it's called, omg, tried that a few days ago & spit out the first bite, not good at all, wouldn't even feed it to my canine kids! I usually get a piece of cheesecake with strawberry topping as well, it is fantastic when they actually have it! I dig that Denny's is located in Pilot truck stop, I love browsing around the store while I'm waiting for my to go order! read more

After driving over 600 miles, we pulled into the hotel and across the parking lot was a Denny's. We figured, it's convenient so what the heck. If you have the same thought - DON'T! Ordered a hamburger with onion rings, even paid extra for the onion rings, chicken tenders for my 89 year old mother, and a Cobb salad for my wife. Not 10-seconds after I placed the order online the restaurant called and said they didn't have chicken tenders, what could they substitute. I said nothing, just cancel the order. I was told it would take up to 10 days for the charges to be reversed. Fine, what other chicken do you have? They substituted grilled chicken. I picked up the food, get back to the hotel - no dressing for the salad, the grilled chicken is a dried out, burnt piece of something disguised as chicken, and French fries instead of the onion rings I'd paid for. I called the restaurant and spoke to the manager. After I explained my displeasure, his comment was, "I'm sorry, is there anything else I can do for you? Then he hung up the phone. $50 to discover I should have gone across the street to Arby's in the first place. Save yourself the time, money, and frustration. Go somewhere else. read more

Denny's - Note the onion rings under the hamburger. It isn't the price, it's the principle, they charged for them but didn't provide them. - American Near Me - Tucumcari, New Mexico

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Stopped by for a breakfast pickup order on our cross country drive. We got berry pancakes and the chicken fried steak. Food was absolutely delicious, service was delightful, our food came out quickly, and the staff was fully masked and sanitized everything. read more

The owner and or manager needs to get these people more help. Shame on you. The poor waitress is running her tail off trying to do three jobs. Hope you are paying her three checks. Saw three parties walk out because they wouldn't wait. Not her fault. I took one star because of the upper echelon being stupid and stingy by working their staff short handed. Food was very good. Service was as good as could be expected under the conditions these people are forced to work under. Come on, owner, take care of your f'mg people!!!! Shame on you! read more

The manager is very nice she remembers my husband and myself every time we come thru in our semi and we stop in. Today we got seated and got our food and my husband's vertigo kicked in she was sweet enough to help me get everything in to go boxes. And then helped me back out to our truck so I could get my husband laying down. You don't run into help like that all the time I love coming into this store everyone is always so nice. read more

The manager greeted us with a smile and everyone was really nice, food took a bit to come out but it was still good. Great stop if you need gas and food and maybe hit the attached truck stop for some on the go snacks. read more

Denny's - Eh - American Near Me - Tucumcari, New Mexico

service was awesome! Didn't wait long at all for to go order! food was hot and smoothie was delicious!

Wow no help! People leaving. Standing here for 25 minutes. Still waiting to get seated?

Right now due to covid in New Mexico no sit down seating allowed in restaurants (only outdoor seating). This Denny's has no outdoor seating space  so takeout only available. The takeout desk was super busy and seemed to have limited staff. Typical Denny's in Tucumucari New Mexico easy on/off  Interstate 40. We got cheeseburger with fries, meditteranean chicken with whole grain rice and broccoli, mozzarella sticks and a piece of cheesecake with strawberries. The cheeseburger and cheesecake was very good. The meditteranean chicken was okay, didn't get the broccoli I ordered (boo!) It's Dennys...order the simple stuff! The mozzarella sticks tasted like it was cooked in oil that previously cooked seafood yuck! read more

Fantastic Service and great food!!!! They were short handed and still served us in a timely manner and had fantastic attitudes when they didn't have to! read more

They're pumpkin pancakes are delicious- hot or cold! Great service. The restaurant adheres to Covid regulations.

my moms bread was GREEN this is nasty will never eat her again. the service was crap we had to go up to the counter to pay. would not recommend AT ALL read more

This must be the worst Denny's in the U.S.! OMG. First, we got there about 7:30 p.m. and there was a couple a head of us waiting to be seated. A man who I believe must have been the manager at the front who could not figure out the register and had to get a cook from back to try and help him. There was only 1 person in the place, and he was trying to leave but the manager could not figure out register, and we waited 15 minutes until a waitress came in the front door, looked like from break, and put her stuff behind the counter. A few minutes later she came back and seated the couple in front of us and 5 minutes after that she sat us. It then took another 10 minutes before she came back and asked if we wanted anything to drink. We ordered a water, a diet coke & a chocolate shake. 10 minutes later we got our drinks. My shake had chocolate running down the side and it dripped on my shirt, so I asked my boyfriend to ask someone for a napkin. He asked a guy and that guy said, "what did you spill?" my boyfriend said, "nothing, just want a napkin". The shake tasted like chocolate chalk anyway, but I was hungry, so I drank it. 8:15 she took our order, we figured we better make it simple just so we could get some food and get out of there. At 8:20 another person came in front door and the manager told him that they were going to close at 8:30. We had not even gotten our food. 8:30 we got our burgers. They had already put the lettuce, onion & pickle on them and must have been sitting because the pickle juice made the bun soggy, the hamburger was dry and a little over done. The fries were hard and cold. I took a couple of bites and told my boyfriend I had enough I was going out to smoke, just pay the bill so we could leave. It is no wonder the hotel did not have them listed on the sheet of restaurants in the area. Being that close to a truck stop I am surprised & disappointed at the quality and service of this place. It should do much better or be closed down. read more

Great Denny's, though they were packed (in COVID-19 safe way) and understaffed, the manager was right on it and we got seated and fed as fast as possible at the time. Great meal, overall, if in the area, a good place to eat. read more

First, I want to offer props to the young lady who was our server. She was sweet, accomodating as best she could be with what she had to work with and had a great sense of humor. Driving through on a road trip from L.A. to Oklahoma, we stayed at the nearby Desert Inn (fabulous, btw). It was a Sunday night and all the "real" restaurants in Tucumacari listed on Yelp were closed. That left us literally 3 choices: Denny's, Godfather's Pizza and the truck stop mini-market. We went with Denny's 'cuz EWW Godfather's(!) and didn't think a mini-mart would be a good choice. We placed our very simple orders (a bowl of soup and two sandwiches) and waited and waited and waited...The dining room was nowhere near full or busy. Apparently kitchen staff was on a long break. Once the food arrived, it was ice cold. Server offered to re-make sandwiches but we were so tired and hungry that we decided to choke down what we got so we could go get some sleep. Afterwards, we did go inside the adjacent truck stop store and low and behold they had LOTS of good, hot and relatively healthy food choices! I'm talking about a steam table with with roasted chicken, green beans, soup, etc. Totally should have gotten food to go from the truckstop. read more

The best Denny's server in the country Mandie S. She has been here a number of years and always takes care of all her customers in stride no matter how busy it is. read more

The wait here was ridiculous! The restaurant literally had 2 other parties and we waited an hour to get our food! We then had to wait 10 minutes to pay our bill at the register and ended up leaving cash on the table. As we left there was a long line of people waiting to be seated.... In an empty restaurant! I would rather have driven farther to eat somewhere with better service and food. read more

Yea No no. I'm not happy here felt like there was not enough meat on my salad or avocado only like three pieces. read more

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