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.
I was surprised and happy to find the gluten-free items were marked on the Denny’s menu. Sometimes the only place to stop on a road trip and definitely a family friendly place for kids, I know I have somewhere else I can go that has gluten-free options. All the omelettes the nachos, which are very good and the steaksand other miscellaneous items, including hashbrowns we’re all gluten-free. I’ve eaten there a few times now I’m not had a problem and I am celiac.