Asked for sunny side up eggs and my eggs were pretty much raw on top. Waited also like 30 minutes for our food. Our waitress was nice enough to replace my eggs, but the only time she talked to us when we sat down and ordered and when she brought us our food. Most likely will not be returning. read more

On Saturday, September 20, 2025 my family and I dined at the Altoona, PA location. I had asked our waiter Brian, if Denny's accepted AARP. Brian told us that they do and it will be taken at the register. At 11:13 a.m. I went to pay the check and presented my AARP membership card. The lady working the register refused to take it because my card did not have a barcode on the back of the card to be scanned. Instead of getting the manager to override the 15% off transaction, she just stood there and looked at me and said she can't do anything about it. This poor and unsatisfactory customer service is simply unacceptable. This lady put no effort toward rectifying the situation. I will add that the restaurant was not overly busy to where this would've caused a burden on her moving customers in and out. I'd like to request that a manager or higher respond to my concern, as this pending conversation will drive my decision on whether or not to dine with you in the future. read more

Started well with quick seating and ordering. The ambiance is Denny's at 5:30, mostly early bird specials with their AARP discounts, but I can't blame someone for saving money in this economy! Ordered a Slamburger with no upgrades (5 dollars for a milkshake, people?).. Hamburger was slightly overdone, eggs slightly under, all in all an average Denny's meal. Server was quick and reasonably attentive, so 4 stars. read more

I order onion rings that's 5 dollars and only gave me 5 pieces of onion rings?!? What a rip off. A dollar or a ring?! That's actually insane read more

Denny's - onion rings in a plastic container - American Near Me - Altoona, Pennsylvania

Food was good. Nothing out of this world but it was good. Also had a friendly waiter, so good customer service there.

Best breakfast. Consistent excellent pancakes. Lunches and dinners are good also. Nice varied menu

I have never had food that tasted so bad in my life. How can you screw up eggs. The bacon was cold and the sausages were undercooked and chewy. French toast was cold and flavorless. Avoid this place like the plague. Disgusting. read more

Good service at the curbside. After a 50 min drive home, it was fresh and hot. YUM!!

The restaurant was clean. Service was a little slow, but server was nice. I was disappointed in the avocado part of my burger, as it looked nothing like the picture. Pictured are nice slices of avocado & in reality it's an avocado blob. My burger was still flavorful & coffee is delicious. read more

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Only giving a 3 star review because the waitress wss pleasant and took care of us. Food came out to us cold. $29 for 2 breakfast meals. Might have been good if it wasnt cold. Bacon and eggs arent good cold. Doubt well be going back. read more

We ordered Denny's for pick-up for some quick dinner. We ordered the "Salted Caramel Banana Cream Pancake breakfast" and a "Build-Your-Own Grand Slam". We picked up the order and took it home, only to find out our order was completely messed up. Inside we got two orders of plain pancakes instead of the Salted Caramel Banana Cream Pancakes, and the Grand Slam was completely missing the toast. We called the restaurant and the only offered a partial refund. read more

My husband picked up breakfast dinner for us. We ordered the ultimate omelette and the grandslamwich. Everything was delicious. Service was fast and efficient. Well worth the money. We will be back read more

The banana pancakes are AMAZING!!! The wait staff is great and helpful. The restaurant is clean. I have been coming to Dennys for a long time and it has changed its menu often. It is nice they have healthy options and not so healthy options. They stay current with the times.... I will be back read more

Denny's - American Near Me - Altoona, Pennsylvania

I came to Denny's with my brother because he had a coupon for a free breakfast, it had been years since I last went. The booth the hostess sat us at had smeared rag marks and the word "nasty" written in pen on a promoted smoothie ad. The menu was filled pretty much the same meal, just one or two things swapped out. I usually don't have a problem with these sorts of things if the food is good, but I was disappointed with that as well. When the waitress brought out our food, I was very underwhelmed. The hash browns were undercooked and the pancakes tasted like they had been sitting for a while. I ordered a $3 iced coffee and it did not taste like a $3 iced coffee. The quality of the food was comparable to buffet food. You get what you pay for I guess. I probably won't be back for a while unless I'm desperate for greasy food at 2 AM. read more

There were open booths everywhere but a massive line to wait and eat. We asked politely why and the manager complained that we were the second people to ask. He was extremely rude and told us to eat some else and told us to "Get The Fuck Out". This is disgusting and disrespectful. I'll never at at another Dennys in another location anywhere. FUCK DENNYS. read more

The place is so dirty , some of the wait staff is rude and the short dark headed manger is way unprofessional she should not have a job dealing with the public. Really use to enjoy taking the kids there but we were there and the manager came out and started screaming at a lady for absolutely no reason . The waitress went back and told all this stuff to her that did not happen I even had it on my phone. Not a good restaurant. read more

My guy friend likes to go to Denny's, he loves their burgers, which are actually very good. I like the burgers, also the skillet entrees and I love the cinnamon crunch breakfast. The waitresses have always been friendly, and I don't think we've ever really waited very long. My biggest disappointment there is I almost always get silverware that is really less than clean. Maybe their dishwasher is worn out or needs worked on...? read more

A company is only as good as its people... I'm sincerely blown away at the at the attitude of the people that Denny's has working there now. Denny's used to be a place where you could gather late at night to have something good to eat and laugh with your friends. After not being at Denny's for a while we decided to go there last night, and after being seated in a relatively empty restaurant, we sat, unacknowledged by anyone for over 20 minutes. Finally, a younger woman who had been chatting at the register with two other Waitresses noticed that we had not been seen by our server, mentioned it to the older woman assigned to our table who proceeded to look our way and state "well they can wait a little f#%*in more! I'm to old for this s*#t and am not running my a$$ off for anyone, if you want the table you can take it" to which the 3 at the register turned and after some comments to each other continued their conversation... needless to say we ended up leaving. I'm not sure what this place is like during the day but if the quality of the people working after 9pm are representative of the whole it won't be long before their doors are closed for good. You're better off going to Sheetz. read more

Love this place! We drive 30 minutes to come here at least twice a month. This is our "fancy" date night, birthday, anniversary, prom, Valentine's Day and double date with friends restaurant. The fact that this place stays open so late is a huge plus for us. They were open until 11 pre COVID and understandably close earlier now, but we're super excited for them to hopefully be open later again. The longest wait we've ever had was like 7 minutes in the early pandemic. Most times we get in immediately. There's a waiter there on Friday nights who is always super nice and recognizes us. There's also many waitresses who are always super nice. We've never had a bad experience with the staff. On occasion something we wanted on the menu ran out or sometimes if we get mozzarella sticks they are soggy. Milkshakes could be better. But for the most part this place is awesome! read more

We have eaten at Denny's many times, although mainly at the johnstown restaurant. This has to be the worst breakfast that we ever had. the coffee was stale and my breakfast was cold. We will not be returning to the altoona denny's again, my husband needs to have treatment early in the morning at the VA hospital usually on an empty stomach and that's wy we stopped for breakfast but we will be looking for a different place. read more

My friends and I always used to go to Denny's after high school dances. We still go whenever we can, because they have good food and amazing milkshakes. They give you sooo much milkshake, and their other food is good too. I'm assuming the food is about the same as any other Denny's food. I would definitely recommend their loaded cheese fries, pick 3 appetizers plate, and their peanut butter pancakes. I've never had any bad experiences with the service. They're always friendly, and are pretty attentive. The only "complaint" I would have is that it can sometimes take a little longer than normal to get your food (though I usually come in bigger parties). I've never had to wait very long for seating, either. Overall, I enjoy going there, and I love that they're open 24 hours! read more

My food and service were very good. My server, Trish, made me feel so very welcome. When I cashed out, a short female manager ( didn't get her name) spoke to me very kindly as well! Overall great experience. read more

We came in around 9:30pm. Sam was the waitress and she seemed pretty busy but she was still super fast and super nice. We got nachos, a cheesesteak and Mediterranean chicken and everything was really good! The kitchen was fast too. Great experience. read more

My friends and I came in (total of 8 people), we knew we were going to have a wait because of how large our party was. The hosts originally said it would be about 10 minutes (that was shockingly short). After about 30 minutes one of the hosts came up and said it would still be a little. Note: that the manager had said to them "don't give them a time". Overall we waited about 50 minutes. We would've been fine with if from the beginning they said it would be a longer wait then 10 minutes. Just a side note, myself and a friend work in the food service industry and understand what it is like to work in a restaurant when it is busy. read more

I just had to write a review after seeing such a poor one. I usually have a great experience here. Food is served hot, and service has always been good to very good. The people that write poor reviews have just one poor experience, but over the years, this Dennys has proven to be reliable and enjoyable. I recommend this Denny's. read more

Denny's - American Near Me - Altoona, Pennsylvania

When there for my anniversary brunch had a great omelette. Food came in descent time waitress was friendly. read more

Denny's - Philly cheese stake omelette - American Near Me - Altoona, Pennsylvania

Another bad one. I honestly have not tried a Dennys outside the area. Always looking to explore new. So I have no idea the expectations elsewhere but this location is terrible. Old broken plastic cups silverware is dirty. Fresh veggies are not very fresh. Go elsewhere if you can! read more

From the start, the place was dirty and unappealing. Our menus needed to be peeled apart because they were so sticky that they stuck together. After ordering, our food was fairly disappointing and not what was expected. Have had better experiences so hoping this was just bad night. read more

Food was cold and everything did not come out at once. They for got to make some of my family's order

To have a good late night . With friends and family to eat and just relax. Great place just to have ice cream late night too.

My husband and I went there on a Sunday evening around 6pm we were told there would be a 5 minute wait...from the door way I seen 9 empty tables...14 minutes later we were seated. They came along took our drink order..by listening to the waitress take orders from other tables we found out they were out of hamburgers (how does that happen?) and Mac and cheese, the waitress took our order my husband got a skillet thing and I got a Cobb salad with chicken added, she did tell us it would be a 20 or more wait they only had 2 cooks. My husbands food was burnt and not good..my chicken was rubbery, the avocado was bad and the lettuce had seen better day. I heard the waitress say 4 times to people in the area we were sitting they been no down time because it was busy because people were getting tax returns and it being the first of the month. There was maybe 13 tables filled in the hole place at the time...if that's busy I am afraid to know what kind of service I would get when it's packed....we only visit when we come to town because where we are from there is not Denny's but this is not 2 times for bad food and service we won't be back..there is an other burger place across the parking lot so worth the price!! read more

I have lived in Altoona for 27 years and have been a regular patron of this Denny's. Today's service was possibly the worst I have ever had. We waited for 25 mins before our drink order was even taken, then it took me complaining about the length of time it took for us to order our food before our order was taken. Then it took another half an hour to get our food. My husbands burger didn't have the queso on it like it was supposed to. Then my bacon bourbon burger didn't have bacon. Also, drink refills were non existing. Also all of our food was cold when brought to the table. Won't be returning again. read more

Everything's over done, terrible food. Dennys used to be good quality, not anymore. Prices are rather high compared to other local breakfast places. read more

My waitress was great and I just wanna say my food was great. U always got to remember it's not the waitresses fault if the food is burnt but my food was perfect. The wings were greats and the tots were amazing. I love coming in here and getting welcomes by my favorite waitresses they always ask how I'm doing and what I've been up to so welcoming. I love those Denny's girls read more

Altoona, PA location... Gross. So dirty. Waitress had about 6 pens stuck in her hair. I've gotten country fried steak and eggs there for about 40 years. All of a sudden the gravy is like grits and so very salty. I had to actually scrape it off. I didn't even eat half of the meal. The hash browns were burnt on the top and Frozen or raw in the middle. Those were definitely not real eggs either. I noticed the menu has calories, but that's more what people cared about in the 90s.... Why not show a carb count and a sugar count? My drink was empty for about half my meal...... read more

Dont come if they're busy. The last 3 times ive been here we had to wait forever (40 min) for mediocre food. So meh cooks and good wait staff. Roll your dice. read more

Went for breakfast this Sunday morning. Restaurant was not crowded or. Very busy. It took 10 minutes to get coffee after we were seated. 25 minutes to get our breakfast after we finally ordered. When it came eggs were like warm everything was cold. Cold potatoes and bacon do not taste good. Our waiter was extremely slow. I'll never go back. Sad cause we always thought you could always get a good breakfast at Dennys. read more

Came in today for dinner. We had to wait awhile to be seated... Like, so long we were about to walk out. We were seated at a dirty table. The waitress had to clean it off awhile we stood there. There was also trash all over the floor under the table. When our drinks came out, the rims on the plastic cups were covered in chips. The food was good, though! Everything was as ordered. Now if only they could clean the place up a little bit. read more

So far been sitting here for nearly 30 min and no drinks on the table. I have three children and if you have kids you know how restless then can become. Finally get our drink and take our order and now it's been almost an hour.... I dont even want to finish this review, UGH so disgusted.... read more

AWFUL customer service. We waited for at least 20 minutes for someone to take our drink order and people who came in after us got there drinks and food before ours. This is the second time we had awful service here with the same person. They got my order wrong after waiting almost an hour and even then they just scraped it off and gave it back to me. Totally unacceptable. Michele is her name. The waitress. read more