Not the cleanest, but they were friendly and we were starving. Perfect stop off on a roadtrip for some breakfast food.

We stopped in for dinner as we were traveling. I've eaten at alot of Denny's. This was one of the best. Our waiter Joe was great. Very nice and accommodating. Great service. Clean restaurant. Decorated very cute for Christmas. Food was excellent. I had breakfast and everything was cooked perfectly. My daughter had the steak and it was great. Sides were perfect too. Great experience. read more

Great service, open 24 hours, and super clean. Something about late night breakfast that just hits the spot. Not only was it all I said above but the prices were incredible as well. Cinnamon roll pancakes yes please over and over again read more

Denny's - American Near Me - Mt. Vernon, Illinois

The WORST Denny's to which I've ever been... just bad. Torn up seating... food either overcooked or undercooked... and service staff either have excuses or no solution to either. Just avoid this place and go down the street to a local diner!! read more

Great staff. It's Dennys food but the friendliness of everyone inside makes it a wonderful experience. Steak, eggs the whole experience.

Only gave a star because they waitress was great. Got scammed on quantity of food, I get this about 3 times a week. This was about 1/2 the serving. I was told I would have to pay dbl to get more. I just wanted what I was supposed to get read more

Denny's - Half of a plate of what I ordered. I order this a few times a week , damn near a scam here. - American Near Me - Mt. Vernon, Illinois

The food was very cold and not good. They served us very dirty forks and knifes that we couldn't even use. And there was people yelling.

We have had only breakfast at this location, and was comparable to other Denny's locations of our experience. Recent service was attentive and quick - no complaints there. Two stars because of the restrooms. Every visit (maybe a dozen?) found the restrooms in deplorable, disgusting condition, including one when the men's room door was off its hinges. read more

once again a horrible experience food never cooked or prepared correct waitress don't have nice attititude nothing good to say its getting worse across the country I see why they are going broke read more

Denny's - I think I'm suppose to eat this then pay for it.. horrible not the first time eather - American Near Me - Mt. Vernon, Illinois

6 friends and I stopped by this morning for breakfast and had the sweetest waitress. Her name was Ashley. She was so attentive and friendly . It was such a great experience. Our food was wonderful. Shout out to the cooks. We all talked about us having such a good and sweet waitress. Hope to visit again on our next road trip. read more

There were some unanswered questions in the 6.9 star review. Apparently you are able to live in a gas station it is just not recommended, it's also illegal, but rules never stopped me. Speaking of rules, they broke all the rules while making this menu, can you believe that you can have a ham and cheese omelette 3 days in a row at 1:00 AM and they remember you!? Not to mention the restrooms, squeaky clean except stall 1 and stall 3, those have been blown up by yours truly. Overall I think this location is phenomenal and deserves more love. Beautiful restaurant Dennys in Mt. Vernon. Keep up the great work. read more

Denny's - Extravagant sweet tea. - American Near Me - Mt. Vernon, Illinois

My waitress was wonderful. Tashia mcclain she made sure we were well taken care of. Very polite and just a really pleasant experience. Would definitely recommend. read more

Driving through Illinois we stopped for breakfast, this Denny's was connected to a truck stop. The dining area was fairly clean. However, there was 5 different people waiting at front counter to either (a) be seated, (b) pay their bill, and (c) pick-up a carryout We all waited a good 8 to 10 minutes before being acknowledged. My pancakes were good, my eggs & sausage were standard fare, but I ordered a Biscuits & Gravy, waitress brought 2 and charged me for 2 (this automatically created a Zero tip) The biscuits were horrible, hard as a rock, I thought for sure it was going to bend the fork. Not only did I pay full price for a 3 day old biscuit, but was charged for the additional one that I didn't even want. My GS also came with hash browns. I can truly say those were the absolute worst I've ever had in my life, and I've eaten jail food. Seriously, I would've preferred them frozen straight out of the bag, that's how bad they were. Apparently they were cooked yesterday, in last week's oil, and reheated for my plate. Potatoes had zero flavor, just the repulsive taste of stale grease I do not recommend this location at all. Slow service, overcharged, nearly inedible biscuits (I thought it was going to crack a tooth), but those hash browns were truly the grossest thing I've eaten in years read more

I had stopped in here reluctantly due to my family wanting to have a quick breakfast and me wanting to keep hitting the road up to Michigan all the was from Memphis Tennessee. I don't like the idea of having a gas station-restaurant breakfast but they were hungry and we stopped to fill gas and eat. First of all, ain't no hospitality there from the get go. Everyone was clearly staring at us for being ARAB and NOT in a friendly way. We weren't treated with respect by the hostess nor our server. Our server was rude, severed tables that had sat down after us and they were done before we even got our food. She was extremely dry, didn't smile, but for the clearly LOCAL folks, she was all smiles and pleasant. Clearly racist and didn't care to hide it. I asked her about substituting certain items because I was Keto and she DARED TO ROLL her eyes and say they don't do that but she'll ask and then gave a fake smerk while taking our menus like she was trying to squeeze every ounce of poison out of her face to attempt a fake smile. The Hostess was just as bad, she checked up on almost all the other tables( LOCALS) and didn't bother checking up, asking and completely ignored us being there. Apart from the appalling treatment me and my family got from the trash running this joint, the food was alright. Never ever stepping foot in that place again. I should've never went in and exposed my poor family to that. SHAME ON YOU DENNYS for allowing people like this to work and treat people this way. Shame. read more

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We stopped here on a cross country road trip in the middle of the night. we needed a nice break after driving 14 hours. our server Denise and the kitchen were our saving grace! Denise met us with a smile and efficient service. She was funny, personal, and knowledgeable. We had some hot food and great conversation. Thank you guys for making our pit stop rememberable, quick, and easy!!! read more

Two and a half stars?? Puleeze. Every customer looks like they just landed in hell. One plus, and that was our waitress. Not exemplary, but definitely the one thing that went right tonight. We should've figured it would be this bad when we came through the gas station. The coldest potatoes in the world. One waitress was trying to describe over easy eggs by asking, "Do you want your eggs slimy?" Mmm. How inviting. Don't come here. Just don't come here. It is that bad. read more

Denny's - Pot roast And steak. My husband and I tried to pawn our orders off on each other. All I can say is "Yuch". - American Near Me - Mt. Vernon, Illinois

Great service. Server was attentive and friendly (Danny) Food was all cooked to perfection!

Shelley was our server. She was kind and tended to our needs for breakfast. She kept my husbands coffee full. We had a good experience at this Denny's. We came for an early breakfast. We were greeted and seated immediately. We ordered our food and it came back with no problems. I think what made this experience different were the locals that ate here regularly struck up conversations with us and we had good time even with our two children with us. Coffee is tasty and they have free wifi!l You can also fill up with gas at the attached Pilots gas station. read more

The seating took a while, but after that this went well. I ordered the ultimate omelette and my server did a good job keeping my coffee full. I wanted to eat it the country pride across the street at the TA truck stop but that place is closed. read more

called 9 times and was hung up on twice without a word. drove to the restaurant and stood at the front desk for over 5 minutes with no response from anyone. I never even saw anyone working. read more

Dirty. Could not cook the eggs properly. Service was okay. Find another source if available.

Danny M, gave us some of the best service we have had at our local Denny great service we have had in a long time.

Today we have to brag on our waitress, Lacye. She was friendly, very attentive and made our experience the very best.

I don't care what anyone says... great Denny's location, I'm a truck driver and to find good food locations is hard. I believe her name was jenny ( small lady with short hair and red nails ) lol. this lady did a outstanding job. Had my order ready and perfectly packed when I arrived. As far as food taste the cook made my meal to perfection. I'm picky when it comes to service and food since i used to be on food industry, I gotta say keep it up team you guys are doing great. Don't get complacent keep getting better and better. read more

October 30,2020. I have had breakfast and lunch at this location and it's very good. The staff is very friendly and the food prepared better than I expected. This is one of the best Denny's I've been to in a while. read more

Terrible place don't waste your time going there. Waited 10 minutes for a glass of water, with maybe 10 people & 3 servers. Ordered a "Super Bird" sandwich. Comes with fries for $9.87. 20 mins. later, the waitress brings my food. 12 fries, super bird is supposed to have bacon(no bacon to be found) & tomatoes(one sliced so thin you could read the paper thru it) also it was about 2" in diameter(tiny) I asked if the cook could spare the fries? Waitress went back & asked that turd about so few fries(at what .12 cents a pound???) he stated "THAT WAS THE PORTION" I then stated screw you people. you expect $10 for this P.O.S. sammich??? K.M.A. I got up & walked out. the place was filthy too!! read more

Had to stare at our dirty dishes. She brought our ticket and left everything in front of us. And didn't check on us even once. Wants our money though. Lol. read more

I should prolly let you guys know I absolutely destroyed the shitter about 10 min ago.

The service was good and fast. My waitress was friendly. I ordered the bourbon burger. Good but very messy... fairly busy when I stopped here.. lots of locals read more

Menu did not state food that they had quit serving over a year ago! Ordered a meal, they quit serving that vegetable choice a year ago. Dinner roll turned out to be garlic bread, without advance notice. Food was not as good as the other Dennys that we had eaten at during our vacation. Disappointed overall! read more

Burnt Coffee no refills, Poor Service. Incomplete order. Typical Truckstop Denny's during with the Syrup sticky Table top an Dirty floors.

If you are in a rig you might consider parking elsewhere. The lot behind the Pilot here was poorly designed. It was a crowded holiday lead-in weekend but they kept the wait down. The trainee I had (Jordan) was great. Hope they treat her well so she sticks around. She will be a good waitperson. read more

Stopped in here last Tuesday returning home from a road trip vacation. All I can say is avoid at all possible cost. Wait times and service were absolutely horrendous. Took 20 minutes to be seated (place was half full), another 15 for our order to be taken, another 15 for drinks and water to arrive, another 30 for food to come. To top it off when we asked for our check, waitress never returned. Frustrated we went up to the cashier, only to find out our waitress "Ty", never entered our order into their computer. Waited another 10 minutes while they tried to figure it out, and was finally told to go ahead and just leave without paying. I get the whole shortage of staff due to COVID and people not working, but this is just sad. read more

Went in this morning to order food, no help or anyone around... called out 3 times for someone but nobody came. All they did was just stare at me. Fucking lazy and ignorant people. If you're a truck driver like myself don't waste your fucking time. read more

I've been on the road all night and stopped in this morning to have my first meal in the past 48 hours and I walk up to the Podium and stand next to the "Please wait to be seated" sign. As I'm standing there the server sees me but doesn't acknowledge me. Instead two other parties walk in and she runs to them and ask if they're dining in and booth or table. Whilst I'm standing there 10 minutes at that point, one more group comes in and she runs to them and seats them leaving me still waiting. At the 22 minute mark of me standing in the same spot center-front of their serving podium, I finally just walk out. I'd rather go across the street to Country Pride than be disregarded like that. read more

Well..... came in at 11:50 it is not 1:30 and we still have no food. Waitress failed to give us refills without us asking. Currently out of 3 waters totally outraged. waitress blamed service on door dash. read more

Kid's eat free on tuesday and saturday. Sometimes service is slow you have to wait forever while the employees are outside smoking.

Went there after a long night driving and was very hungry. We were greeted and seated immediately. That was the only good thing that happened. After we were seated, it took a good 15 minutes for our drink orders to be taken. Mind you, there were maybe five tables at the most in there. After were finally served our drinks it took another ten to give our food orders. We weren't checked on again the entire time. It took about 20 minutes to get our check after we had to ask for it. Probably the worst Denny's I have been to. read more

We were a group of 13 people. That walked in at 12:30. The waitress took our drink orders and came back to take orders. The orders were chix, steak skewers, burgers and qausdillas. The waitress entered orders to the cook and we received 2 orders in 30 mins. The other 10 orders took over an hour. The cooks we could see standing around talking instead of cooking the food. Half of our party canceled their orders. The waitress threw the food in the cooks windows and loudly complained about our party canceling the orders. Eggs were way over cooked. When we went to leave and I showed a picture of the eggs and asked for a discount the waitress and store manager were very rude to me and the rest of our party. 25 years in the food industry I have never seen nor recieved customer service so poor like we did this night. My party contained 7 cooks with over 69 years experience in the food industry and have never seen or experienced such poor food service customer service. This is definitely a very poorly ran restaurant in Mt. Vernon. IL read more

This place is disgusting. This restaurant is so unclean. There are flies everywhere. Service is very slow. Just changed owners and just as slow as past owners. I would give this a "zero star" rating if I could. Very disappointed in this place. read more