Denny’s

I was amazed by the burger!
What a good discovery. I should not tell you and keep for myself ;)
Onion rings really good. But beware if tey try to underserve you 6rings. Ask for more. I dint know if it was an jonest mistake quicly corrected or my divine intervention. Good staff (when I was there, of course… it’s restaurant business!)

Just keeps on going downhill, can’t get an order right, takes forever to get the wrong order and is cold when you receive the wrong order.

My wife asked me not go back there anymore. Although this is the worst Denny’s in town, I could eat a burger there, but my wife’s dinner was burned and horrible. This place needs an audit by the franchiser. Also, management is quite cheap. Does not deserve to be called Denny’s.

Don’t care what people think about this one
The food is good. Great selection always hot
I like the coffee
Great staff – especially a man named ‘Grant’ he is hilarious and always provides great entertainment
Sometimes the food gets on the greasy side
Overall, good!

When’s the last time you took a late night Denny’s trip sober? Never?! I’m not surprised. Nobody does that; nobody except this guy! Why on earth would I succumb to this? Well for starters, if you’re looking for a spot to hang out in the area after 2am, this is it. Secondly, with Denny’s at 2am you get both dinner AND a show! A very colourful, very very drunk show as put on by the other patrons. If you’re in need of either of these 2 things, you fine. If not, you’ll probably have better luck going anywhere else.
We were straight up with out server that we were here to watch the drunk people; he showed us to our booth and said «I think you will enjoy your view from here and as you can see this booth comes equipped with a safety glass railing to keep you at a close distance while still keeping you safe. Now, if you look to your left that’s the table you want to keep you eye on. Please remember to keep your hands inside the booth at all times and to not feed the animals. Leave that to us — we’re trained professionals.» He was so attentive and so funny the whole night I can honestly overlook how terrible my stomach felt the next morning for attempting to eat Denny’s food without any alcohol in my system to soak it up. What was I thinking?
Also, the Mozza sticks give me an immediate nostalgia flashback to when Denny’s was my high school hang out.
2-​stars for food and 4-​stars for semi-​disgruntled yet hilarious Denny’s servers. Can’t wait to come back another night after several rounds of tequila and get emotional over the crane game.

I used to go to this Denny’s years ago and it was a decent place (for Denny’s. Which translates to convenient for night people). Went here when I was back in town for the day and oh man, what happened? Worst Denny’s I’ve ever been to. The waitress was so derpy, she just was clueless and did such a horrible job that she almost deserves an award for being terrible. I couldn’t tell if she was just dumb or if she was deliberately being difficult. The food was bad even for Denny’s low standards. It took forever, and the weird part is it wasn’t even particularly busy when we were in there. Ugh, what happened Denny’s? Really dropped the ball on that one, ugh.

Ok, like Angelo T., I keep wonering why I walk in there from time to time. The breakfasts are passable, at late night the place is a zoo with some of the most unuusal animals of the Calgary streets, and I keep getting truly horrible service there (though admittedly one week day a few weeks back, I did get some kick ass service from this one asian server… but of course the breakfast was comped because I screamed murder about a REALLY bad night when a ½ empty restaurant with a full staff, and it took them over 45 minutes and me LEAVING the place to get noticed). I just can’t find it in myself to want to give them another chance. Even though this Denny is literally 5 min walking distance, I’d much rather drive the 7 – 10 min to the Deerfoot Meadows Denny’s.
Look. I got way better service at the Denny’s at Deerfoot Meadows, and the food admittedly is the same. If you really want your breakfast at a Denny’s, go THERE. Still 24 hours, but not a zoo at night, much more relaxed and pleasant, and the late night staff there seems to be on the ball.

This Denny’s cant go any higher than two I am sorry it just can’t. All the poor experiences keep adding up and yet I keep going back and back again. Why you might wonder? Because its open 24 hours that’s the only reason
Now let’s talk about the positive angles of Denny’s. It’s cheap, it’s open all the time, the service is surprisingly quick, some of their breakfast platters are decent enough and satisfy the hungry heart. That’s about all the good I can muster up.
The bad? Oh golly miss Molly! Well let’s start with the atmosphere at about 2 30 am on a Friday night. Basically a drunk tank with all the rowdy and tasteless characters one could ask for! Doing what they do best! Being loud, obnoxious and rude, just not knowing when to stop! Now don’t get me wrong I actually enjoy the circus but when the clowns only know a few tricks I get bored fast. I have seen some fights break out! the staff is well… they do their best I can’t blame them because they seem to deal with a lot of crap. I am sure they have developed a thick callous and are better at patience than most
The food, well with some exceptions it’s not very good. I mean definitely the burgers and fries will hit the spot when needed. The sandwhiches do the trick when your hungry. But watch out for the chicken burger! My good pal Angelo got one once and the he took a bite and it was raw in the middle! bad bad bad! I think they gave him a milkshake to compensate. Thank goodness he didn’t get sick! So if your desperate for food at 2:30 am then by all means come on down! But I have learned my lesson to many times ! I hope I never come back! Seriously go to McDonald’s instead!
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Why do I keep coming back here? Could it be because it’s conveniently located within the central hub of McLoed Trail? Could it be because its close to where our local pubs are? No, the way I feel when I visit this place must be similar to how people always go back with their bitter ex girlfriends/​boyfriends and then leave them after an argument over minor matters, and come back with them because natural selection has pre-​ordained them as unfortunate compatible mates for life:
*throws aside raw/​cold hasbrown, salmonella chicken burger, watery nachos, rubbery eggs and leather pancakes*
«I’m done… I’m done with this drama! I’m never going back to you Dennys!»
One month later…
«Guy’s lets just go for Dennys for a sober up meal!»
«Ange! You’re a glutton for punishment!»
*weeping* «I just love her so much man… I just love her soooo much»
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There is really no justification for coming to eat at Denny’s, other than being open 24 hours. Come late enough and you can put up with obnoxiously drunk boors shouting at each other; early enough and you can put up with screaming fat children running amok; rest of the time you can put up with creepers at the «bar» sipping on coffee and giving you the shifty eye; and through all that, you can get a combination of the bad and the worse, all for wildly inflated prices with mediocre service, and a case of the runs to boot.
I have learned from Angelo’s experience — when they serve you a raw chicken burger, and they recompense you with a free sundae, you are at the lowest of the low. AVOID.

Don’t know what is there to say about Denny’s…“the only thing open past 2 am” pretty much sums it up. Everything is as expected… a plate of blah with a hint of blah… but I’ve been here quite often so i don;t know what that says about me lol!
But lately Denny’s has been the stickiest of the icky! I think Angelo T. getting a a fat slice of raw chicken burger is what sealed the deal for me. If your in dire need of late night sustenance I suggest heading down to China town or Sun’s on centre street… but if your not feeling late night Asian cuisine at the moment why not whip up your own American Slam breakfast at home cause i guarantee it will outdo Denny’s on the best of days!
Peace brother!

This Denny’s isn’t any different from any other so you know what to expect when you come. This location is always busy on the weekends so expect a 10 minute wait at least. The good thing though is they seem to pump people through fairly fast so you shouldn’t have to wait too long.

This is one of the weakest Denny’s in the city. I am not sure if It’s just this location in particular, but this one certainly has started to gip out on the portion sizes.
2 – 3 years ago, the amount of fries that one received was generous, as was hash browns, or chunky potatoes.
Not anymore. Maybe it’s the recession, maybe they don’t want to put prices up, but at the MacLeod Tr S Denny’s the fries and hash brown portions are bordering on miserly. A handful or a little over.
I hear that all the Dennys is owned by the same family (Mamood or Muhammed or some name like that) that also own all the Sandman hotels in town. I’m not sure about the veracity of that, so maybe dig a bit yourselves.
If it is true, then the one owner chain in Calgary is inconsistent accross the city. The Denny’s in the NW, at crowfoot is easily the best one. The one on trans canada bolted onto a Sandman is also rather weak. Sometimes they are even closed overnight!
If you want basic, well done brekkie type food, then if all the Denny’s start being miserly with the portions, then dare I say it, Humpty’s (I know, not exactly sophisticated but it doesn’t pretend to be anything else *cough* Joey Tomatoes *cough*) is still a good fallback, and if you can find one, Perkins.

This Denny’s used to be one of my places of choice for late-​night libations. Back in the day we’d stumble on over after a late night, laugh and talk (or shout, what with the busted eardrums from the loud music) to each other over the tables and order the cheap kind of food that was patently bad for you: nachos and wings and ice-​cream and most importantly grand slam breakfasts. It was open all night, so we could stay and chat as long as we liked. It wasn’t classy, it was Denny’s and it was perfect. I’m just trying to put my review in perspective because I had expectations.
For old times sake, after a much quieter night, we headed down. It was decently late, so we caught the post-​club crowd. In the light of sober, I see how obnoxious we used to be. Minus points for atmosphere. But I could have lived with that. It could’ve been alright. But they had made over the late-​night menu so that it was both terrible and expensive.
The food was never particularly good, but the combination of cheap and greasy never fails. But they had cut down on the breakfast menu, and eliminated most of the apps. I asked to cut the fries from my burger and they took off a whopping .50 cents! The waitress did warn me, but it was a pretty bad burger and IT COST ME TEN DOLLARS. Ok, if I’m in a pub or a place with gourmet burgers, or like, not Denny’s, I could be alright with it. But it WAS Denny’s.
All of the food ordered placed firmly in the bad-​mediocre range. The service was decent but a little slow, and the joint was obnoxious. We got our bills, shared a glance and agreed that we were never coming back. Goodbye my old friend, you’ve changed.