Both my daughter and I are gluten intolerant and we ate here twice on a recent trip to San Diego. We had Heard that Denny's had a new menu with gluten free items on it. The first time was the middle of the afternoon and our waiter was great. He was super careful, talked to the cooks and they made our eggs in a separate pan. We had bacon, eggs, hash browns and evena gluten free english muffin. If I was rating based solely on this I would give it 5 stars. We went back late at night several days later. Totally different experience. Our first waitress thought we had an allergy to glue and after letting us sit for 45 minutes told us she was not sure they could cook our food in a separate place. After I insisted they could because they did it a few days ago she went and got another waitress. This new waitress was great and became our advocate. She even caught a cross contamination issue with the english muffin before it got to me. We did not get sick thanks to her. So clearly, while there are items that could be safe on the menu it depends on the time of day and who you get. They are not knowledgeable as a whole staff.
Do not visit this Dennys location with Celiac under any circumstance!! They have gluten free English muffins, but it doesn’t seem like the cooks understand what the difference is between a gluten and gluten free muffin. They gave me a gluten muffin on my takeaway order and I didn’t find out until I got home. The grill and fryer are also not dedicated gluten-free despite the fries being labeled as gluten-free.
— Not at all
— Not Much/None
— Poor
Once I arrived I asked if they have a Gluten Free menu like I was told, they said they didn’t. They managed to compromise with a burger with no bun. Wouldn’t recommend for a meal
— Somewhat
— No gluten-free information on the menu
— Some
— Good
Denny’s has gluten free options, but the servers do not seem to understand anything about out how stuff is prepped at this one, but the server brought the chef out to talk to me about how things are prepared. He sad each thing like eggs, bacon and sausage, and hash browns all have their own station. The gluten free English muffins are done in the same toaster though and he offered to clean it out but I told him not to worry about it.
He cleaned all the surfaces just in case something happened and he was happy to do it. Even came out to check on me and see how things were and make sure I knew he cleaned everything before even though those surfaces shouldn’t have had anything with gluten made on them.
I waited for 18 hours before doing this review to make sure I didn’t get sick and I have not. I usually get very sick very fast even from cross contamination.
Food was delicious. I got 2 linked sausages, 2 eggs over easy and hash browns
— Somewhat
— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu
— Some
— Excellent
Let’s face it. We don’t go to Denny’s for the cuisine. Yet they are always my travel back up plan. I’ve never ever gotten sick from their naturally GF eggs, breakfast meat, hash browns or fruit. Always tell my server my allergy and apologize about needing extra care taken that my food is on a freshly cleaned section of the grill. Reliable food when on a road trip.
— No gluten-free information on the menu
If you’re gluten free keep driving.
The GF english muffin that I’ve had at other Dennys and is advertised all over the menu isn’t carried here. There are still other basic options but a lot involve substituting a GF english muffin.
The place feels dirty as well
— Not very
— Gluten-free items are marked on the main menu
— Not Much/None
— Below Average