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Utah

• "State of Utah Denny's are not honoring the advertisements for $1.99 Grand Slams or any of the other $1.99 meals shown on television. Don't waste the trip." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Carl Dahlia

• "Dear Mr. P7A77: My name is Jill from Bountiful Utah. I admire your quest to visit all the Denny's in the world but may I suggest you do not go out of your way to come to any of Utah's Denny's. Why? You may be aware that Utah has more Mormons than my dog has flees. They are everywhere. Us non-Mo's are shunned from society. They can find us easily: we wear shorts, cut our lawns on Sundays, and the sin of all sins, drink caffeene, especially coffee. The Denny's in Utah have really stale coffee. It has wierd things living in it. And from 10:30 am till 7:00 pm Denny's is full of these dumb Mormons with their five wives and twenty children. Denny's in Utah have to put in huge tables because they can't fit all them. Then everyone has water. Not orange juice or coffee. Water. With omlets. HURL. Outside of the above hours NO ONE goes to Denny's. I bet that Utah will soon get the only Denny's that ISN'T 24 hour. The food isn't that good either. Everyone in Utah is really Mormony-smiley, so the waitresses spend more time socializing. By the time you get your food it is cold and crusty. Take my word for it: Denny's just isn't Denny's in Utah. P.S. In Utah no one would ever consider looking anything like someone named Al. No, none of the managers I've come across look like WAY. :(" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Jill from Bountiful Utah

Cedar City, Utah

• " I'm writing this in response to the gross exaggerations made from the lovely Jill of Bountiful. I don't know about "her Denny's", but the Denny's of Cedar City, UT is great! (I think she just wanted to vent against Mormons actually). There are people there (no polygamists-Mormons aren't polygamists any more you retard!) all hours of the night. Being the only 24 hour restaurant in a college town, it's a great place to socialize (and not everyone is Mormon in Utah--you retard!) The waiters and waitresses provide good service and do their jobs extremely well. We even have a gay one if anyone's interested. By the way, the coffee is great. You guys should stop by sometime and say hello." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Brett Millett

• February 1, 2000 - "My my! Just for kicks I decided to throw my name in a very good search engine, and, lo and behold, up comes this site that I had so long ago forgotten about. I think I want to amend my previous comments about the Denny's of Cedar City. I think my review was a little biased based on the fact that Jill really pissed me off. I had some fun times there. However, I would have had those times anywhere else if something else could satisfy my restless insomnia. The fact of the matter is, Denny's sucks. Pretty much everywhere. The food is over-priced and the quality is slightly better than cooking at home. But what college student wants to cook at 3 in the morning? And what other choice do you have in Cedar City, Utah at that time of morning? I did eat at one Denny's once that I considered good. It was somewhere in in San Jose, CA. As for the Cedar City Denny's, you're not missing much."
  - Brett Millett

• March 20, 2000 - "If you are looking for a Denny's with GREAT waitresses, this one has them, but the manager is out to lunch. At one time or another, in the last 2 months, this manager has had, no catsup, no ranch dressing, no fahita skillets, no chicken pot pies, no chicken fried steak skillets, no hash browns, no bell peppers, no chicken strips, no pot roast, no waffels, and no strawberries. On Saturday last, customers got watered down pancakes. They turned away a bus load of people, because it took a VERY long time to get your food, any where from 30 minutes, to an hour, that is IF they have the food that is on the menu. And this isn't the first bus load of people Denny's has turned away. They don't have a hostess, they didn't have a bus boy, and the waitresses have to man the cash register. They do have grocery stores in Cedar City, but I guess the manager doesn't know that. Just thought folks might like to know."
  - Janet Leible

• September 6, 2002 - "I love the Denny's in Cedar City. I've been going there for years (well, since it's opened) Its a kewl place to go. I recently came out gay to all my friends there and am frequently seen there around the houres of 1 and 2 am with him there. lol."
  - Angelus

Layton, Utah

• February 17, 2000 - "The people in Utah are NOT all Mormoney-smiley, in fact, if you want to see some of the wierdest frieks of nature, show up to the Layton Denny's on a late Saturday night/Early Sunday Morning. More people with wierd hair, ear-rings, and girls with practically nothing on abound in numbers. The staff looks pretty sleezy there too at the late hours. The food for the most part is fair, I've had better Denny's food. Mine was pretty cold & stale and the food wasn't the best tasting in the world. Denny's is known in Layton as the "Place to go if ya wanna get coffee and sit & talk at 3AM" place. Not sure why the Boun-tee-ful chic thought her Denny's was so Mormonish, the one I went to in Layton seems just like all the others. It was one of the first all-night restaraunts in Layton, Hell, it's STILL the ONLY all-nighter in Layton & still draws a crowd. The place is about 15 years old and sits right off the freeway. Decent place in the day and full of frieks at night. It has Total "WAY"...Wierd Al's twins and cousins and cousins friends dog all hang out at this place late at night. But be warned, I'd rather have a gun on me when going in there alone at the wee hours of the morning."
  - Graydon Blair

• January 23, 2004 - "My first apartment was about a block away from this location so I have many stories. I'll give this one though: A girl I dated for quite some time got herself a job here after we broke up. We had been semi-friends afterwards until one night at this Denny's. See, her new boyfriend felt it was not ok for me to still eat at the place so one day while a few friends and I are eating, he comes up to our table with his buddies and does a little trash talking. So I tell him we'll settle it in the parking lot, blah blah... You know how that goes, right? Well this wasn't a quick enough solution for him -- I had got up to go to the bathroom and him and a friend followed me into it. So I end up getting in a fight with this character in the Denny's bathroom. Well I managed to give him the ol' head to the sink maneuver which enticed his buddy to drank him away from me. Well he then (he also worked there!) went to the manager and attempted to have me banned from the location. Long story short, I explained the situation to the manager, who also had a basic understanding of the whole situation since my ex and her new boyfriend were both employees of his, and he fired Mr. tuff guy and I got a free meal! Long live Denny's!"
  - Bryan Ashby

Logan, Utah

• November 9, 2003 - "This is by far the worst Denny's ever (that I've been to). As Jill said in her rant about Utah Denny's, this is the one and only Denny's that I've ever been to that is not 24-hours. It closes promptly at 10:00 p.m. every night. Service is terrible. Once my food was delivered I was forgotten. You'd think that a Denny's in a college town (Logan is home to Utah State Univ.) would have a kinder attitude to students, but they didn't allow studying or loitering of any kind. If you find yourself in Logan, keep on driving."
  - Cody Sharp

Moab, Utah

• "I got some disappointment from Denny's in Moab, Utah. Last week, I visited in Moab, Utah, to take a look at Arches National Park. In the morning time, I went to Denny's there but I could not find some meals with the price of $1.99 or $2.99. They just offered same meals with higher price like $5.69. Of course, they said that they do not provide that kinds of meals like $1.99 or $2.99. I do not understand why they did not provide that. I know that Denny's in Moab is the only the restaurant in the city. But, Denny's is Denny's. You have to keep your promise and your advertisement. At that time, I was really disappointed." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Eungjune Ahn

Nephi, Utah

• "I recently visited the Nephi Denny's and after reading the comments of the woman from Bountiful I found the only Denny's that isn't open 24hrs. The food was great, but the waitress was really young and was more concerned about having fun than serving food. The manager there did kind of look like Al, but Al probably could do a much better job. We complained to the manager and all she did was go into the kitchen and scream at the top of her lungs at our waitress to come and sweep her floor. Never before have I had a worse Saturday night." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Anonymous

• "I just love Denny's. It's really an obsession. I spend all of my free time at Denny's eating their Mozzeralla sticks. For an interesting taste treat try putting ice in your coffee. If possible ask them for strawberry flavored ice. It's an inside joke at the Nephi Denny's. If you are ever there ask a waitress about it. I don't want to spoil the joke for you now. And by the way there are two people who look like Weird Al at the Nephi, Utah Denny's.
  P.S. Remember the Strawberry Ice!!!!!!!!" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Kerry Gee

• December 23, 2000 - "Dear sir- I have read the comments in your website concerning Denny's. Some good comments and some bad. Please allow me to inform you and your website visitors of life at Denny's. I am a former Denny's employee, and I worked at the Denny's in Moab.
  As a whole, Denny's has good food and good service. As I have noticed in remarks made by those unhappy with Denny's service, some complained of the excessive prices. The next time you see a Denny's Commercial telling of the $1.99 Original Grand Slam, please pay close attention to the ad. It should say "Available at PARTICIPATING Denny's". Denny's in Moab is most usually NOT a participating Denny's. Denny's itself is a major corporation, very much like McDonalds and Burger King. Denny's in Moab is a franchise of DenAm, Inc. of Scottsdale, AZ. Just about a year ago DenAm and Phoenix Corporation merged and it is now known as Phoenix Corporation. Now I must confess a degree of ignorance on this as I am not totally familar with what the story is.
  The comments about the mormon influence at Denny's in Moab is just as true as a Denny's in the Bible Belt. The most prominant religion of the region will most likely have members of the respective church working at Denny's. This is not me protecting the mormons, but instead a serious oversight made by the uninformed. And furthermore, I am not a mormon.
  The work conditions at Denny's is essentially a hard life. In Utah the minimum wage for service personel (waiters/waiteresses and hosts/hostesses) is $2.13 plus tips. And we are taxed heavily on the tips by the State of Utah. So working one 6 hour shift nets about $12.78. Plus tips. I have always served my patrons well, but I would be lucky if I got $1 a table. Bend over backwards to make a meal as much of an enjoyable experience for my patrons as I possibly can. If there's something about that meal they don't like, by golly I'll change it! Doesn't matter if I think I'm gonna get a tip or not. Everybody gets treated fairly. The best night I had I walked out with $32 in tips. That comes to approximately $7.46 an hour. The worst night I had I got $1.75 in tips. That comes to $2.42 an hour. Would you do that for a living? I agree that it is very distasteful to have drunks as patrons, I don't like it myself. But, they are patrons. When they become a problem for other patrons or staff they are, or should be, removed immediately. This I know so well as that is precisely why I quit.
  So to all I ask you to please consider what I have said before making any judgements about Denny's. It is a good company, and they do serve good food. The employees are only as human as you. And if you question any of what I have said here, please consider getting a job at Denny's so you can learn for yourself. Maybe you'll like it, and maybe you won't. But it will certainly be a valuable experience. I promise that."
  - Carl Kem

Ogden, Utah

• "We went into the one in Ogden, Utah one time - that's an experience no Denny's aficionado should miss!" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Tommy Lee

• January 23, 2004 - "Ogden has a VERY high murder-per-capita rate. Though I'm not sure of it's current state as far as that matter goes, I do know that it has been the highest in the nation per-captia many many years. Needless to say this means lots of violence. The 12th st. Denny's is definitely no exception. One night while hanging out at around 1:00am, a group of semi drunk folk came in - one of them dressed like Santa. This was in October; not Halloween quite yet, but October. Well a group of people decided that this would just not do so they proceeded to start a fight with Mr. Santa Clause. Employees got involved and quickly had the excitement moved outside. My friends and I followed for the action. What happened was that the opposing group ended up chasing the drunken Santa crew down the street (Washington boulevard) a little ways until they got stuck at a light. One of them got out, punched out the window of Santa's truck and drunk him into the street and proceeded to beat him. About that time the cops were headed that way so my friends and I bailed so I can't really tell you much more. I do know it's the only time I've seen someone beat the hell out of poor ol' Santa though."
  - Bryan Ashby

Park City, Utah

• June 26, 2001 - "While on a bike trip trough the area we stopped at this dennys it was the worst meal I ever have had my eggs were under cooked my friends were over cooked badly the waiter said she had the cook redo them once already and was sorry but the normal cook didn't show up so the manager was cooking hash browns were swimming in a cold gravy the steak was missing it was a very bad experience did not get my money back am trying to get a hold of main office of dennys but the phones are very busy 17.41 for 2 meals I wouldn't feed my dogs"
  - Brian Ley

Provo, Utah

• "Denny's is the only thing in this town of two colleges (both with 25,000+ students) open past midnight-- the only ANYTHING open that late. Naturally, everybody goes and brings the weirdest people they know. For instance, around two or three AM and most often four or five AM when the teenagers come in the weirdest bunches of freaks, weirdoes, and losers arrive. I was there the other morning at 3:00 AM and my friends and I waited 45 minutes for a table because everybody was there to eat after the big dance at a local college. The last two times I've been there the host was a young kid about 16 years old who wasn't very good at his job, so the waitress said. He was nice and smiled a lot, but they paid him cooks wages for that. That one waitress I've had twice, and she's great. She even tripped around one of the booths and didn't drop anything off her full tray. The food is good. I like Moons Over My Hammy. Nobody orders anything besides breakfast at Denny's, so I've heard. I have, but I'm but a babe in the woods of Denny's.
  PS to Jill of Bountiful-- If you don't like the Mormons in Utah, MOVE. It's their state anyway, they found it first. I'd suggest Delaware myself, maybe then you can learn tolerance. But wait-- there are Mormons in Delaware too! I guess you just can't escape. SO SORRY." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Katrina King

Roy, Utah

• January 23, 2004 - "Not a whole lot here - didn't hang out at this one much as it was infested with, well, hicks. A waiter was nice enough to set a full industrial sized coffee maker on our table once though since we had been there for hours upon hours ordering more coffee. I can honestly say that night was the most coffee I've ever drank at a time. I felt like a crackhead after it was all said and done."
  - Bryan Ashby

Salt Lake City, Utah

• "OK, on a trip to Salt Lake City, Utah from down here in Provo we visited the Denny's behind the E Center. Here's the story. We were on our way to see the monster truck show, and of course we all had to dress up as white trash to mock the diehard fans. Upon arriving at the E Center, they were all sold out. Knowing Denny's reputation for freaks and weirdoes, that was our first choice for an alternate activity. We walked in, and everybody stared. Maybe it was Andy's orange hardhat and tight jeans with his butt-crack showing, or the guy with the huge curly black fro wig dressed up like the 70's and wearing cowboy boots (I told him he looked like my uncle Brent, and he did), or maybe the guy wearing white pants and bright blue fuzzy shoes, or the girls who looked like bums or the girls who looked cheap, or maybe it's because we came in a group of 21 that they couldn't stop staring until we were seated. I have to give Denny's a hand. They let us arranged their tables in an L shape and then occasionally somebody would get up and make speeches, or when we hunted around for the crayons and wrote poetry and drew on napkins and then stood up and recited what we had written. I got the award for my poem "Ode to Denny's." The female manager type woman handled us all by herself, except for one brief appearance from an underling guy with long black hair and earrings who looked and sounded gay. The food was good, took a while, but that was understandable, and some was cold but they heated it up. We used up lots of condiments. When everybody finally got their food, we stood and clapped for her. We left a thirty dollar tip." - written prior to September, 1999
  - Katrina King

• April 20, 2000 - "On the way back to Calgary from Phoenix, myself and two buddies stopped in Salt Lake City for brekky. The Denny's in Salt Lake City off I-15 at about exit 302, I think, seems like any other Denny's....until you go inside. For starters, there is no smoking. We were seated at a booth, where two of us ordered cokes and one ordered Sprite. When the waitress would stop by the table, she would have a free refil for Mr. Sprite, while us to coke guys would have to beg and plead for refills. When food arrived, Mr. Sprite had extra bacon, while we had the wrong colored toast. We figured this was a Mormon conspiracy, rewarding Sprite for his caffeine free day, and punishing us for indulging in Satan's elixir. It was a long time ago, but I think there was really a surly fat man on duty also, as I remeber filling out a comment card, and leaving a very small tip."
  - Bryan Wright (Calgary Denny's Team)

• September 29, 2000 - "Here in Salt Lake City, during the early-to-mid '80s my friends and I used to hang out at a Denny's quite a bit. It was really fun because most of the customers at 2:00 am on a weekend were coming from the bars; about half the customers were gay (as well as a good proportion of the waiters) and in a festive mood. The WAY of this Denny's was one of the gay waiters -- when asked, he could do a 3-minute monologue which was an excellent and hilarious impression of the lesbian announcer of a fashion show.)
  There was trouble brewing, though -- apparently, the manager was disturbed for some reason by the group of drag queens who would habitually hold court at a booth near a front corner of the restaurant, where they could be seen from all angles. At one point the manager actually forbade them, or any other drag queens, ever to return. For years this Denny's had an official "no drag queens" policy. It may be the only one in the world with that particular distinction. One drag queen I met said she sometimes made herself up to look extra real, then go to that Denny's and see if she'd get kicked out. Although I think she looked fine, she got thrown out on more than one occasion.
  I haven't been there for a long time, but one night in 1996 I developed an overpowering urge for one of those Reuben sandwiches with fries, so I stopped by for old times sake. The place was a morgue. There were a few homeless people panhandling outside, and the ubiquitous grizzled old guy having coffee at the counter. A few hopeless, tired travellers were scattered here and there, but there was no sign of the old sequins, leather, 501s, brightly-colored polo shirts, laughter, or loud conversation that had, a decade previously, made that Denny's so unique and fun (and, I imagine, profitable). It was disappointing -- apparently the bar crowd had long since picked up on some new after-hours hangout. The old crowd -- and their tips -- were nowhere to be seen.
  Let this be a warning to any Denny's managers out there who are considering implementing a ban on drag queens!
  Good luck with your project. I can't tell if it's an anthropological study, a po-mo exegesis of American culture, or something else -- but it struck a chord."
  - Brandon Burt

Tremonton, Utah

• "Hey there, I use Denny's a lot both when I'm traveling at work and when the family goes on vacation. We've enjoyed their breakfast specials for years. The French Slam is a special favorite. I've never had a bad experience until Sept. 1997 when we stopped at Tremonton, Utah. Boy the Health Dept. needs to get on that one. Dirty plates, slow service, waitress with an attitude, and worst of all, no soap, towels, or dryer in the men's room. Wonder how the employees wash hands with soap and water before going back to work?? I certainly won't let one bad experience stop me from my favorite breakfast at any other Denny's but I won't stop in Utah's again. Thanx" - written prior to September, 1999
  - Sherril Wilson

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