Denny's — Restaurant in Fairfield

After my ravenous group of 6 misfits is turned away from Travis Blvd. Denny's (go there to read an epic tale of hungry travelers), a dimly lit glowing sign in the distance catches our eyes. It's the Denny's on Holiday Lane. Surely they will cook food and accept U.S. currency!

In my review of Travis Blvd. Denny's, I failed to mentioned that while we were bartering our fate with a teenage hostess, I met a young man in the lobby named James Brown. He and his family of five were at Denny's for the same reason my group of 6 was there -- to pay money for food. He too was turned away and little did I know our fates were intertwined....

As we walk into Denny's, we're greeted by yet another very young hostess. The young girl has a slight southern twang to her voice. Our stomachs welcome the aromas of hamburgers, eggs and waffles that fill the air.

"We're hungry and we would like food please," we tell the hostess. "The Denny's across the street turned us away -- they only have one cook and he's very busy."

"Oh no they did not!" she replies. "You'all knows I onlay hav one of dem cooks two!" (In fact we did not. We are just guests with appetites and cash falling out of our pockets.) She walks away in frustration and picks up the phone to dial the Travis Blvd. Denny's. Apparently we started a war.

We can see where this is heading -- and we're still hungry. Using slight of hand skills I learned in grade school, I nick a mint from the hostess counter. The sugary candy should hold me over until we find another eatery.

As I head out the door, I wonder why there are two Denny's in such close proximity. I think to myself, why not just combine the two that way you could eliminate overhead and have two chefs cooking for hungry guests instead of one? I realize my logic is generally wasted on a world without common sense, so I'm determined to get rich(er) just so I can hatch this evil plot of mine.

As we exit the building, who is it that we run into. None other than James Brown and his family. We tell him our tale. Anguish fills his face and his family throws their arms up in the air. A riot ensues.

While I'd like to say this tale ends happily, it doesn't. We drive across the highway to Mimi's Cafe but they can't accommodate a group of 6 on a Tuesday evening at 9:30. Sadly...two of our group members didn't make it and they succumbed to starvation. We riffle through their pockets, take their cash and boots and continue on. Eventually we end up at Chic-Fil-A on Travis Blvd. Much to our surprise, the friendly staff greets us with open arms, takes our money and gives us food.

However, we will never forget the fallen...

(This Denny's gets 1 star for hiring a hostess with a...

This was not the worst dining experience I have ever had, but it was close. I was seated promptly and within a couple of minutes the waitress brought the menu and took my beverage order, "Diet Coke and a glass of water please". Five or six minutes elapse and the waitress brings me a glass that looks like Diet Coke, and no water. I take a drink only to discover it is Coke, not Diet Coke. Several more minutes elapse while I wait for the waitress to return. No joy, she is not returning. I leave my seat to hunt down the first available Denny's person to get my beverage order corrected. The person that helped me apologized and noted that Coke and Diet Coke look the same. Really! Do they also come from the same dispenser? Several more minutes elapse until the waitress returns to take my order. I ordered my meal which included an order of bacon. So far, the interaction I have had with the hostess and the waitress, gave me the impression that they were bothered by the fact that they were expected to wait on patrons. Now after an unusually long wait, the waitress brings my order to my table and she promptly leaves. Right after she leaves, I notice that even though I ordered bacon, I got sausage. I ordered bacon because I don't like sausage. Well, I didn't want to wait another ten or fifteen minutes to have my food order corrected, I just gave the sausage to someone else. Besides that, the waitress never returned again anyway except to present me with the bill. I never got a drink refill, both my water glass and my Diet Coke glass remained empty, no one ever asked me if the meal was okay. I had the feeling I was just a burden to them. I never complained about anything and I remained polite. I will not return to that Denny's for at least one year. By then, I am pretty sure, they will all have been fired. No stars from me (had to give one star to post the review). On a positive note, I felt no need to leave a tip which...

The most important thing is the food was good. No concerns on taste and quality and on todays visit they actually got the orders correct and didnt miss providing parts of the meal like the bacon or the sausage. Having said that it is clear they struggle with organization during peak times and holidays. None of the servers or manager were consistent in their prioritization, had ppl waiting for seats for extended amounts of time when there were open and clean booths (I ordered my food to go) and the communication among the staff was poor if not non-existent. My primary issue is I ordered online and when arrived 20minutes later (eta online) it wasnt ready, ok no problem. Its busy I understand. But after 15 more minutes I asked if it was close and the manager specifically said the ticket didnt print until 10 mins ago, so whats the point of ordering online I asked her and she was dumbfounded. Then she told me my order was last in the current lineup of like 7 orders. Fail. I then was about to just cancel the order and only after I came back up to the counter to cancel she tells me she was wrong and my order is getting bagged right now. Ok cool. But had you communicated with your staff and asked, you woulda known my order wasnt far off. Poor communication. Then I get home and realize I got 3 containers of syrup for four breakfast orders. 🤷🏾‍♂️. Nothing’s perfect so oh well but definitely do not recommend them at a peak time ever. This was my third time ordering from here and each time theres some kind of fail. Guess thats...