Denny's — Restaurant in Pleasant Hill

Ok so it's freakin Dennys, the place where you can expect to sit a while and have random experiences with levels of service and quality of food. Our waiter was very nice but his co worker was kinda a rude lady. My friends and I had a late dinner and again we expected Dennys so no expected way to go for anything. I can say that the soda machine MUST either need a cleaning or is just funky. Diet tasted like regular and regular soft drink was waaay off tasting. Asked for eggs over easy and they came back cooked very hard. The $20 mac and brisket skillet me friend ordered barley had any mac on the plate and the mozzarella sticks seemed to be left over rubber with a requirement of lots of dip and water lol. Had fun talking with my friends. Apparently they no longer take the tab for you so you do have to pay up front and let me just say on a late night with basically just us in the restaurant we had to wait and wait and wait to pay up at the register. They have a lot of random people walking in and out of the restroom that never sat at a table, perhaps homeless or people who only go in to use the restroom not spend money to eat or drink anything. Watched some people in the parking lot look into parked cars but that's not Dennys fault just maybe the property managers issue for not patrolling or something. Really I miss being a teenager all goth and drinking coffee after concerts at Dennys but this is not at all my go to for food. This place was more of "they are open late let's go there." Didn't catch the waiters name but he was seriously the only nice staff working that interacted with us directly (as expected) the woman he was working with though was rude and even talking almost yelling at the kitchen guy and just annoyed us mostly with her attitude and I suppose resting bish face and making us wait Hella...

What in hell?!! I arrive at 6:50 am. There was only one other table of two occupied. I ordered the Moons Over My Hammy Omelet. The server brought me an omelet with onions, mushroom, peppers, bacon and whatever else. I immediately informed her of their mistake. She returned the plate to the kitchen and told the cook “he wants a ham and cheese omelet”. She was voicing it as if it was my mistake and I changed my mind. When I heard her say ham and cheese, I got up right away walked over and said I wanted the Moon’s of My Hammy omelette, which is slightly different in the ham and cheese omelet. It has two types of cheese on it. The server said she has to say ham and cheese to the cook. Otherwise, if she says Moons over my hammy, he will make the sandwich instead. RIDICULOUS!! I told her if she said Moons over My Hammy OMELET, that should suffice. This entire thing was so freaking stupid.

To make matters worse, upon receiving the check, she charged me for coffee I never ordered. I had to have her fix that immediately.

The server was pissed and had attitude after that. None of that was my fault. That was her own doing.

The place was filthy. A lot of food and crumbs on the booth per photos. The pepper shaker was completely empty. I had to switch that with the next table.

I mistakenly came to this location, not realizing the one I intended to go to was a mile away. Definitely making certain this one is blacklisted if I’m ever driving...

Our waitress was perfect! Attentive, kind, on point. The food was good, but could be a bit more in my opinion. The atmosphere isn't necessarily bad per sé, but necessary things needed to dine such as extra napkins and toilet paper in the restrooms were non existent. Granted, one flagged down, napkins were promptly brought over, but as for tp, pretty impossible a request when u realize at time of use/need, that there is none! Its in short supply folks,so be aware! Lol The one thing I found curiously, interesting was the super cool new to-go containers they have! They are actually two layers so the food does not mix. If you have different types and or different needs for reheating. And they will reheat safe, with air vents for things to maintain their crunch or crispiness. And reusable. Who knew... Denny's may be investing their extra funds into something worthwhile! Overall, it was a pretty good experience and I would go again to this location. It was also remarkably clean as a whole which is nice to see. We dined during late late night so I think we were there around 2:00 a.m. And left...