When I first moved from Australia, Danny's was one of my first introductions to American diners. And I can count the number of Danny's in the Capital Region on one hand. So, along with ihop, Danny's has a special place for me. Just as importantly, the different locations are pretty consistent in food, although service varies more from visit to visit even at the same location. This particular location has been our go-to for brekkie staples and their bourbon bacon burger, which to us is one of the all-time greatest burgers. Yes, there was that one memorable visit where the burger and fries were unrecognisable, then we soon found out why - the cook had left home sick, so instead of finding an alternative cook or closing the store until they did, they had a dishwashing staff man the kitchen. Thankfully, this hasn't recurred since as far as I'm aware. On our latest visit, the burger was still satisfying but it wasn't as juicy as we've come to expect, and it may be because they skimped on bourbon sauce. Usually there's a generous amount of it that drips when you pick up the burger, but there was none of that on this visit. Fries could have been cooked a bit longer but they were passable. The lady who took us to our table and later brought the food out was on the phone, actively talking, that entire time - yes, she was talking on the phone as she greeted us, walked us to the table, and as she came and set the food down. Naturally, she didn't ask if we needed anything else or throw the customary "enjoy, let me know if you need anything else." Still, I have a soft spot for Danny's and enjoy and look forward to visiting wherever we are. And you can count on hearing their classic playlist and seeing the signature red and yellow as you dine. I hope they continue to improve and stay open for many more years. read more

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I LOVE Denny's...but this location is an abomination. Diana was our served...and she couldn't manage her way out of a paper bag. The line cook is oil happy delivering grease SOAKED hash browns which were inedible. They had to bring me FIVE cups of coffee because each mug was cracked or had chips in the top. Who hires these people? The place was FILTHY. In other words, RUN AWAY FROM HERE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!!! read more

This is the worst place to get Denny's from the food was warm and mad cold everything just taste wrong read more

Denny's - The omelette cold the toast, not even toasted in the potatoes are burnt - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Schenectady, New York

The Denny's in Schenectady is probably the most engaging we have ever experienced. We had breakfast there and everything was very good. The big difference was the wonderful service. The waitress came by several times to check on us and really made us feel welcome. You could tell she enjoyed her job and wanted to be sure the folks she served got the best treatment. We enjoyed our brief conversation, and it made us feel at home during our visit. read more

This Dennys had no heat and gas. Me and 10 people almost froze. It took ConEd 1:30 hours to fix the problem. Manager just left - went home! The staff never asked if anyone, especially old people wanted a coffee to stay warm on an ice cold winter morning.. Unacceptable! Review: 3 read more

Place had 1 other table plus mine took over an hour for food don't recommend prolly the worst dennys in the area

Bad service they took to long to bring me my food........................ and the food was cold when it got to me

I'm surprised at the negative reviews. I went in here expecting a Denny's experience - not a 4 or 5 star restaurant and it 100% met expectations. Simple good food cooked. Staff exceeded my expectations - they were laughing and interacting with guests. Felt like a small town diner where the wait staff know the regulars type of thing. Ambience is fine - it's a Denny's. You should know what you are getting when you walk in. Recommend for breakfast. I had the make your own with eggs , bacon and has browns. Everything was just fine. read more

Haven't seen a Denny's in a long while and I was pleasantly surprised at how much I loved it. Food was amazing. Visited family in the area and went for breakfast. Hannah the waitress is hilarious. A great personality and great service. She knows what she's doing and has a passion for people. We ordered everything from their pancakes, French toast. Fruit cups and eggs and everything was made perfectly. You have to try this place! read more

Food and service was Awesome God bless you!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll :)

Today, Thursday 6/5 went to Denny's at 10am with my granddaughter Eden. Mind you, I've been there with three other grands (oldest is 15) a few times My best was there was no "big screen stimulation. Yes to Crayons and games placemat fun. Today... An hour later, no food, waitress un responsable. Etc read more

I LOVE THESE SERVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!! she was. so sweet and kind, and apologized for the long wait well. HIGHLY recommend. especially in the middle of the night. read more

We were on our way to Rochester from visiting a friend and met another friend for lunch on our way through. Bri's service was great. She is friendly and efficient. We were seated right away. The menu was typical Denny's. I had their Classic Benny - got it hot, made just right, and the right portion size. My wife had the Cobb Salad, dressing on the side. Just the right size. Our friend had a burger. Looked good. I recommend this Denny's. It's certainly better that the cumulative stars suggest. read more

Denny's - Menu - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Schenectady, New York

Most disgusting experience I've ever had at any restaurant in my life, that includes seeing a cockroach crawl up a wall at a Diner in NC. I walked into this place and immediately noticed it was understaffed, then i noticed the mild smell of fecal matter, it took over 15 minutes to be seated, it wasn't that busy either. Took another 15 minutes for server to get order, took another 15 minutes to get the absolute worst coffee i have ever had in my life. Then went to use the restroom, it was abhorrent!! 3rd world country restroom, now i know where the fecal matter smell is coming, unimaginable.... Don't know why i didn't grab my girl at this point and leave, sat down, food (if that's what you call it) came, got Grand Slam breakfast as i am a Veteran and this was their special, over medium eggs runny as hell, i was adamant about no loose white, sent it back, while it was being re-cooked i tried bite of pancakes.... Gross!!! One bite, dine! Not eating that!! Eggs came back still slightly undercooked but tolerable, took bite of hash browns i ordered extra, gross!!! Took bite of rye toast.... Gross!!! Bit into sausage, had to spit into a napkin it was nauseating. Everything about this restaurant is disgusting!!! We got up and i paid $20 that i owed as my crap meal was free. I will never... EVER go to any Denny's anywhere in the country again!!! Put it this way, i would rather starve to death than to eat at another Denny's restaurant!!!! read more

We ordered the Bourbon Bacon Burgers with fries; The burgers were really tasty and fresh to order; Vanessa did an awesome job serving.

Jaime was an amazing server!! Friendliest staff I could ask for. Would 10/10 go again!! Food was amazing, and of course the ambiance was kind and welcoming. read more

Their country fried steak is banging they always give out fresh and quality food

I came to my local Denny's and the first interaction I had was them arguing on who was going to me and my little family to sit us. We finally get seated and we order our food we waited about 20 minutes for our appetizer which was mozzarella sticks and the reason we got them so late is because THEY FORGOT OUR APPETIZER! Then after 10 minutes our food comes out and I order a crepe and omelette with bacon and veggies. My food come completely wrong my omelette had no eggs. Then I wanted a remake there was a whole lot of attitude so I decline for the remake because the chefs in the back were upset for the remake. So to conclude this it was very bad service!! read more

Denny's - Look at my crepe it was drowning in canned strawberry juice! - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Schenectady, New York

Good spot when you get the right team other than that it's mediocre. Food was not fresh unfortunately

Went sun night no other customers when we arrived at 745 pm. Waitress was polite. We ordered. The cooks need to go back to boces and learn how to cook. Grand slam sausage cold bacon old over cooked small hash browns over cooked greasy, over easy eggs were over hard no yoke yoke were cooked all the way. Pancakes were perfect. Daughter ordered the burger special, the egg was fried hard no yoke, wrong cheese she ordered Swiss they put American, she took 2 bites if that. Her frys were 1/2 cooked and cold. We ordered drinks when we ordered meal drinks never came. Thank god we asked for water when we sat down. The waitress spent more time on her phone never checked in on us, had to go to cashier to get bill and pay. She did take drinks off drinks we never got and took daughters burger off. Not a good experience even worse cause they were empty of custoners when we sat, but acted like they couldnt give 2 shits about us. Gave other customers that arrived way after us 5x more attention.​ read more

Food is very good. Service was excellent. Lisa is great with the customers, especially the kids. We like the booths and the large back dining room for small parties and business meetings. Denny's is the only "Diner" in downtown Schenectady. Denny's gets 5 stars from us! read more

It was ok small portions tho.. I remember a couple of months ago there plates were full now is like there stretching the food you should just change the plates read more

Linda was our waitress. she was very friendly and paid attention to every detail of our order. our food came out exactly as we ordered. The manager Sue came over and checked on us. the environment was friendly and welcoming. Thank you Linda, we will for sure be back again. read more

Looks great don't it. Well that's pretty much how it looked when I paid and left. Notice no tip waitress was the top of the worst list. Could win a award for, Please I don't deserve a tip. Undercooked potato's and the whole meal not what they promoted. If your anywhere near Nott St in Schenectady NY. And you get hungry turn zombie and eat your partner ( he or she will taste better) This place is pure trash. Save your money. read more

Denny's - Heaven help you - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Schenectady, New York

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The experience I had here was mixed but not enough to say I would never be back just enough to say as an owner reading thing you may want to take notice. First, I will start with the food that was a mixed review with me. I ordered a grandslam breakfast the one that comes with OJ and Coffee, eggs, toast, sausage, bacon and short stack of pancakes. The breakfast was pretty good except for the pancakes which were pretty dry and they did not give enough butter for both of the pancakes. Everything else was very good eggs were perfect ordered overeasy and that was exactly how they were received. Very delicious food overall and very filling for the price. Second, I will talk to you about the wait staff which for the most part was pretty good as well. The waitress here was excellent and kept the coffee coming which is always good and was asking if anything else is needed just enough not to be annoying . The one part I was not happy with was when we were cashed out the person who cashed us out I guess was not supposed to be cashing people out because she had to have someone else start the register for her and tell her to ring it out. She grabbed my receipt and flipped my card out almost to the floor leaving me scrambling to catch it (not fun) but I paid and then left. Overall my experience has been very good here and I do recommend this place to others but touch up costumer service and you will be golden. Thank you for listening. read more

Lisa was a wonderful server. She was friendly and attentive. Food was good as expected. My son and I enjoy going here when we want to spoil ourselves with comfort food and friendly waitstaff. read more

The food was amazing and our server Lisa was so friendly and attentive. She had a great attitude and made our time at Denny's memorable.

My friends and I go here on a regular basis... like at least twice a week. I love the staff: Adele, Robyn, Steph, Shanika im sure theres more that I cant think of right now. The food and service are good and they give me things how I like them even if I modify things from how they are on the menu. I love this place. read more

Just had Denny's and our server Lisa was so sweet everytime she came to our table and made sure we had everything we needed! The food was always great and even during the busy rush they made sure to be calm and attentive! read more

Food tasty and reasonable. Service was efficient and professional ! 24 hours on weekends was convenient.

This has to be the worst service I have ever experienced in my adult life. I ordered my friend a strawberry shake and myself sprite. He got my sprite to me about 20 Minutes from the time I posted this. All I ordered was three pancakes and they still haven't gotten that to me yet either. Their menus are so sticky I think someone gave the menus a taste of the special sauce if you can catch my drift. I will not come here again. But somebody will definitely make the menus sticky again. read more

Denny's - A nice cracked cup. Also the milkshake is thicker than your average white homegirl. - Breakfast & Brunch Near Me - Schenectady, New York

Stopped in with a small group of spec Ed. teens going on a field trip nearby . The kids were learning how to be out in the world , and how order , and pay when at a restaurant. The staff was amazing , very helpful for our class . They seated them together while we sat across the way. The waitress was friendly and put the kids at ease. Everyone ordered perfectly. Our food we all had was great , and arrived fresh and hot . The place was very clean too. The kids had a great time and appreciated the friendliness of all the staff there. read more

We eat at a lot of Denny's. A lot. This was the best food and service we have gotten in a Denny's in a long time. The waitress even had the cook redo one of our plates because she noticed it was prepared wrong before it got to our table. I know that doesn't sound like much, but it's a Denny's. read more

This place is stuck in time. It needs a make over in a bad way. They can use a major steam cleaning. The food was acceptable

Stephanie was incredible from her initial greeting walking in the door, her friendly fast service and pleasant attitude til the moment we walked out the door. The restaurant was very clean. Our food arrived quickly and was delicious!! read more

Stephanie was awesome. Very friendly, attentive and professional. She brightened up a rainy day

Friendly prompt service. We got the eggs Benedict which was very tasty and a the party sampler.

Some say, Oh, that is just a Denny's and at first glance I can support that synopsis. We visit there weekly for breakfast and usually get the same items on each visit. You can always depend on this place to provide excellent food on every visit and it always tastes the same; coffee is Top Shelf. Speaking of Top Shelf. Brea and Lisa are two fantastic servers, just the best ever with personalities that are awesome. Other servers are great too but these two are our favorites. If this information is shared with the Restaurant and the employees, I'm betting they know who submitted it. Keep up the great work ladies. read more

Good for breakfast or late night. Food is just what you expect for a diner open until the wee hours.

I ate here a few months back out of town, before I had yelp, and tracked down this Denny's to write this review. In order to write this, I needed to select a star. I might give this resturant 1/10th of a single star, but that's a stretch. If not the worst dining experience, one of the worst top 2 or 3 definitely. Upon entering with my cousins (on a family trip) we were seated at a dirty table. Asked our oblivious waitress to clean it off and she did so. We order our drinks and she leaves out of sight for 10 minutes. Then we ask the nearest waitress can we get our water, it's just water. She replies "not your server." Our absent server finally comes back 15 mins later from what I can presume a smoke break, restroom, or teliing a coworker and lively story in the kitchen. Takes our food orders and leaves for another 30-45 minutes (no joke). I highly want to leave immediately at this point. But we stick it out for whatever reason. She comes back and we ask about our food and it still is cooking. About 30 minutes later she gives us incorrect orders and goes back into the kitchen, without apology. We finally get our food, which is halfway decent. Nothing to even raise an eyebrow. I recommend the manager that hired these employees resign and this Denny's get put out of buisness. My reviews are relatively high, for the most part, and I tracked down this buisness to write this review. Very surprised reading some reviews on here, more surprised this Denny's is still in buisness. read more