Grumpy's — Restaurant in Dennis

I live year round on Cape Cod and breakfast is my favorite meal - I'd eat it any time of day. And I especially love Eggs Benedict. Because I'm always looking for a different breakfast places, I was doing a search for breakfast places and Grumpy's came up as the best place for breakfast on Cape Cod so decided to go.

There was a line outside, which was not surprising since it is summer and it was a Sunday morning. Line moved quickly - about 30 mins and someone "worked the line" for different parties. The experience after that went downhill.

We sat at the counter, which was fine. I ordered eggs benedict w/ sausage patties and hash browns (you are given the choice of hash browns, baked beans or home fries). When the food arrived it was SWIMMING in runny hollandaise and the hash browns were something I would have gotten at McDonald's. As a result of the runny hollandaise sauce, everything on my plate was soggy.

So in my opinion, not the best place for breakfast on Cape Cod. I have had much better breakfasts at Keltic Kitchen or The Daily Paper. And to be quite honest, I've had better breakfast at IHOP! Sorry Grumpy's...I was pretty grumpy...

When we go out to eat, it's because we want to taste good tasting food made with relatively good ingredients. It's like when we get a hotel room we expect a comfortable bed so we can get a good night's sleep. While the service was wonderful, the completely open floorplan makes for a very noisy environment. The business model is obviously to pack in as many people as they can and turn tables fast while using bottom of the barrel ingredients. Meanwhile the overwhelming stench of sewage emanating throughout the parking lot is already off-putting while waiting in line for a table. We can't understand the high reviews. Do people's taste buds work anymore? The coffee literally tastes like cardboard. How hard would it be to get the organic Sumatra coffee in bulk from BJ's so people can enjoy what they are sipping? Croissant not buttered for sandwich, home fries essentially flavorless except for the burnt Canola oil flavor, not even salted, bag to fryer hash browns, no care put into it. For the 4 of us it was $96 with tip for 4 basic breakfasts that left us...

EDITED TO ADD: Becca is great! She's always smiling and friendly. I am always happy to see her face when I come in. ☺️

I get my breakfast here, on my way to work, on mornings when I don't have enough time to cook.

Whoever made my breakfast today (8:55am Thursday 8/7/25) did a phenomenal job. I know, all I got was a bacon, egg and cheddar on a grilled English muffin, but it's this person who made me love this place the very first time I got food from here. The English muffin was grilled to perfection, the egg wasn't overcooked, the bacon was crispy and delicious but not too hard or anything. My hash brown was golden brown and crispy. It was legit, perfect. Thanks guys, for reminding me of why I love this food.

I wish I got the name of the girl who took my order because she deserves credit, too! She made sure my order was made exactly how I asked. Thanks a bunch! You guys are the best! I know it gets super busy there and you guys are probably stressed out, often. Thanks for providing delicious food...