Cool place to hangout, cheap food nd dessert . Ample of seating place. Open post midnight on weekends.
Love their desserts
Staff - some are very friendly while others could work on their customer service
Environment - decent
Their food is nice
I’m not usually a fan of Denny’s but my experience was better than I expected. The new interior is pretty cool. We had a group of 20 people and we were seated within 15 minutes. Everyone enjoyed their food. The buffalo wings, pork ribs, curly fries, and hot fudge cake were the most popular things ordered. For something different I ordered the spinach and mushroom Benny which I really liked. My Dad only got the sirloin steak and the meal was not enough for him. If you’re a big eater, it’s probably best to get an appetiser and a main course. The salad that comes with some meals can be better. They did forget some of our orders (probably because there were so many of us) but they were quick to fix it. So they were really on point last night.
Food was really good and prices were very affordable. I had the veggie burger and it was really yummy. Staff were prompt and polite. I Would love to come back here again.
LoveFoodWithApassion🥗🍸 (Ngata)
+4
Denny’s is 24/7 best place to go when you have mid night munchies. Breakfast, lunch or dinner I’m never let down with portions. They have a wide verity of meals that will satisfy your taste buds. Only one thing that I’m let down with the service of Denny’s is that they take a long time to come get your order. I always hope that it’s just a slow ordering day but it seems to happen every time I’m in there. Other then that I’m happy when my meal arrives and will always visit with an empty stomach to satisfy.
Aira Sue Mari Celis-Vaimalu
+4
Mine and my husband’s go-to place when we can’t decide where to get a feed (aside from maccas). I love the food here! I can never get enough of their buffalo wings paired with some curly fries. Also, they started giving activity/drawing sheets to kids while we wait for our food. What a lifesaver from restless toddlers!
4 stars because the look, layout and ambiance of the place can still be better what is is now.
Yes it's Denny's, but yes it has great vegetarian food! They recently added a heap more veggie options to their menu, and the portion sizes are large for the money. I got the veggie skillet which was huge, and really delicious too. Whether you need breakfast, lunch or a midnight snack, these guys have got you covered! They offer veggie sandwiches, omelettes, burgers, pancakes, waffles, and desserts, as well as alcoholic drinks, smoothies & milkshakes. The decor is a little outdated, but please don't let it put you off! The staff are really attentive, and service is quick even when they are full. Also open all night, which is pretty good. Try it!
Tame Tee Ngametuangaro
+5
I know denny is slightly over priced but it worth eating at with the islander manager he's so nice me and my partner go to dennys a lot because we only get time to eat at places that are opened late. I think he deserves a pay increase.....
Dennys is my go-to restaurant.
The food is delicious (not so good for the waistline lol) and the staff are lovely. Because my family go there often the staff even know our orders. Today I took my parents there for breakfast after work and we ordered an Ultimate Omelette, a budget breakfast (my dad said he was on a diet haha) and a Pulled Pork Melt.
The food was fried goodness and the chef was not shy with the chips, giving us heaps (which is always a positive in my books). In terms of pricing, Denny's is not that expensive and our meal came up to $41 so it is definitely a restaurant that will suit larger families or groups who are looking to dine on a budget.
My family and I have always loved dining at Denny's, it is a Sunday regular in our household and a restaurant we can rely on to deliver good food and service.
So if you are looking to eat a lot of food at a chill, relaxed restaurant with inexpensive dining prices and lovely staff then give Denny's a go.
I have been going to Denny's for many years with my family and friends. Yesterday I took my daughter and family to the Manukau branch. My daughter and I ordered Nachos and were very disappointed with the meal served up to us. plenty of nachos hardly any meat and very bland not worth the money paid for it. Other wise the desserts were good but no long spoon for the sundaes made it hard to eat with little spoons. So we came await feeling very disappointed and not sure with we will return to Denny's in the future.
Nothing really exciting about it
Got wedges and burger
Burger meat was tender but just a bit better than macas. Chips were nothing exciting but at least not salty.
Wedges were yum but definitely needed more bacon in it. Was crispy and not dried out. Sweet chilli should come with it though and not have to pay extra.
Place was tidy and service was attentive.
Been here twice now. Always busy, we came around 11pm and it was still packed. I think it should be renovated inside but then it's always open so unsure how they would do that. Service was great and fast. The food isn't too bad, didn't really like the fries much. I did love the Vege burger though, by far the best Vege burger I've had. My partner had the lamb steak the first time we visited and wasn't impressed, claimed it was too chewy. The veggies that accompanied his steak were huge! I would've loved it without the cheese sauce. Nonetheless, the drinks, banana berry smoothie and feijoa smoothie, tasted great.
We're regulars here and come sometimes once a week to twice a month. The reason for my review is because on one occasion I ordered the lamb shanks and it was appalling! The meat was undercooked and rough! From my experience, lamb shank meat should fall off the bone! Not be so tough that you have to pick it up from the bone and eat it like a animal! With that aside we thoroughly enjoy the other dishes that we have tasted which is basically all the mains lol. If I could give any feedback in regards to our experience with the lamb shank, it would be; that the cook actually tastes a shank before serving it. And I don't mean the actual shank that you're gna send out to your customer either. It's a perfect place to eat late night when you really can't be bothered cooking.
The food is great at Dennys Manukau, very popular restaurant & usually always busy, reservations not required but would book for a large group. We visited for dinner 25/11, ordered the spare ribs, satay chicken skewers, burgers & fries, ham & cheese omelete and the must have warm choc fudge cake. Staff were very friendly & efficient, restaurant was clean & tidy. Will definitely be coming back again.
Apart from long waiting times the experience here has been good. The food is normally delicious and the deserts are amazing. The atmosphere is great and most of the time we have had good service
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First things first. If you expect to have a relaxing dinner in a place where you are treated like royalty, then this place is not for you. :-) First of all, this place doesn't accept reservations, so expect to wait (and wait and wait, if you are willing) during busy times. Then, you will be herded to your table like cattle. Need I say more? :-)
However, I'm giving Denny's a 4.0 for the following reasons:
1) They serve food in very decent portions (read as according to the price tag). Some items are probably meant to be shared.
2) Their food taste great. The desserts are lovely. My husband's favorite? Shank on Mash. My favorite? Chicken & Corn Soup, Nachos, Curly Fries, Salmon Benny, Bread & Butter Pudding, and Chocolate Steam Pudding.
3) They are open 24/7. Yes there is another place we all know that serves food 24/7, but not like this food. Denny's is our go-to place on our way home from long drives south of Auckland. One such occasion was last weekend. And... I really liked their hot chocolate--it wasn't too sweet like all the other hot chocolate drinks served elsewhere.
Always come for dessert when I'm craving a chocolate cake fix. Never disappointed with the Hot fudge cake, my favourite. Love the hot choc sauce, melting the vanilla ice cream centre and the whipped cream with the cherry on top. The runner up is the peanut butter lava cake. My husband tried the banana split and it was ok. Customer Service is decent. Can't complain. They are attentive when not really busy. Highly recommend to anyone who has the urge for chocolate hot sauce, cake and cream.
Service is great, food comes out fresh and at a decent pace. Environment is pretty good too, when it is busy I still can hear myself talk and think. Pricing is kind of over the moon, food is pretty good as well as the quantity you get with it.
I'm a massive fan of Dennys! Has a great affordable menu, and awesome service. My regulay is the Millenium Burger with curly fries - though sometimes when I'm with friends and not that hungry I'll hit the soup! :) 10/10
Been there after movie night from manukau events. It was quite busy. Had to wait 10 minutes to get a table. Food was good. Fast service. Loved their curly fries first time.
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Stomping ground of those found drinking late into friday night and in need of food before driving back north. While those days are a distance memory Dennys formula has to be a winning one as they still do a fabulous trade.people queuing waiting for seats when the meals are not super cheap and reasonably polished.
I rate Dennys compared to others in its peer class and not against a fine dining establishment or against say a cafe. Dennys is similar to roast bars; Valentines and steak and chip joints. General audience meals not R16 so to speak. No booze open 24 hours and appeals to kids, students families then morphs into a late night diner after movie lookup and yes for those on the juice!!
Buffalo wings starter $20 is not cheap but you get almost a main dish of wings in a good marinade. 4/5
Mains shank and mash - good sized portion roast bar like veges ie overcooked. Mash potato and gravy leaves Kfc variety for dead. Smallish lamb shank. 4.5/5
Chicken curry w rice- very average curry probably used powder lacks authenticity and looked le a leftover reheated from home. 2.5/5
Super yummy desserts. Recommend the bread n butter pudding for something not too sweet. Comes with lovely sauce and scoop od vanilla and spoon of cream. 5/5
Hot choc pudding was really sweet. Pudding was not soft but ok. Lots of ice cream and generous serving 3/5. Anniversary of 25 years well done Dennys!!
Come here all the time just for dessert love the chocolate fudge cake comes with ice-cream, whipped cream, hot choc sauce & a cherry on top , the portion is pretty good for only $7.50 haven't really tried anything else on the menu!
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This was my first time eating at Denny's Manukau. I knew that Denny's always had big portions so I knew that my food won't be insufficient. We waited for about 20 minutes which was a really long time. The food totally made up for it! You know that feeling you get when you're in a restaurant and you see your food coming and you just feel so happy? That was exactly my feeling. I wanted to order something I've never ordered before (sort of) so I knew that I wanted to order something really upgraded and something new. (Which also included chicken - my favorite!) I chose to order the sizzling chicken w/sizzling sauce(?) fries, capsicum and onions (it was so hot that the oil kept spatting on my face!) For $21 I expected it to be amazing. It was the bomb! I loved hearing it sizzle so loud when I finally saw it being held by the waitress! I also loved seeing the aromatic smoke coming out of the sizzling plate that headed towards me. (To the point that everyone turned their heads around to see who it was for.) I give it a 4.5/5 or 5/5 because every part of it was amazing, although the only down side was that it was so hot that it almost burnt my tongue. The lesson is that when ordering sizzling food always wait at least 5 minutes before eating because it's still insanely hot once served! It kinda strained me for a while so I waited a few minutes for it to cool down. I thought that the overall meal was a reasonable size, just make sure you don't put it close to your face! It smelt really nice and had this sizzling sauce to go with it - this I really loved! The onions and capsicum were perfectly caramelized ( still also sizzling hot!) plus the fries were tasty and not blant at all (it had some unknown savoury flavour to it), it all went quite nice with the chicken. The chicken was perfectly cooked that I could easily slice through it. I was so excited to try it! I'm glad it exceeded my expectations. The presentation, quality, and taste would be 5/5 the only small criticism I have is when it's way too hot so the waitresses/waiters should let the customers know beforehand so they can wait for it to simmer down. The setup was nice, the place was clean, not a noisy place and had fairly good staff. I advise the staff to smile a lot more, they serve really well but some don't look fairly happy working there! Anyway I also ordered a banana and berry smoothie which was so delicious! Most people I know are aware that I hate banana, but this smoothie really didn't make the banana taste like it was overpowering or disgusting/mushy. The banana tasted amazing with the berries, sugar and milk! I'd love to try this smoothie again - 5/5 ($6). It wasn't too sweet either. I also tried the tropical smoothie - 3.5/5 ($6) because I didn't really taste the tropical in there.
We also ordered a premium burger which had 3 patties and an egg in the burger - although a bit greasy with curly fries. (3/5 - $16.50) A club sandwhich which was really loved! (3.5/5 for me - but 4/5 for sandwhich lovers -$15) Pork roast with roast veggies and sauce. - served with cold hot chocolate. (3/5 - pork roast was not that great - didn't have much flavours. Apparently the hot chocolate was cold? -$21 + $6?) And beef lasagne which I give a 4/5 ($19 - price is too high) mainly because it had lots of flavours in there and the textures were great. The prices I listed were rough estimates/from memory but as far as I remember we paid $100 + for the bill. The food for me overall was great, I strongly recommend to lower the prices because they are too expensive. Add more flavours to some dishes, add more healthier dishes to your menu, use better and healthier alternatives to some of your dishes and always serve it like you're proud of your work. I also recommend asking the customers for feedback/survey of their experience to see what can be improved. Some customers might prefer no tv playing but instead they might prefer to listen to relaxing music playing in the background so they don't feel disturbed during their eating experience. Other than that definitely would come back for the food! Well done.
food is amazing there!! I always order the chicken salad and its always seasoned well. service is great and everyone is so friendly, its great for a family lunch or even for couples who enjoy desserts.
Decor of place is dated but food has always been great, sometimes wait is too long but food definitely makes up for it favourite and must try buffalo wings
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Went to Denny's tonight (16th August 2014) for the 2nd time ever and again, were impressed. 2 adults, 2 kids. Took about 5 mins to get seated which was fine as others waiting in front of us. Waiter arrived after 5mins to take our order, we weren't ready so she came back again in 5 mins. Ordered the kids food then said we weren't ready for ours. Wasn't a problem and they came back 5 mins after that. A fork got dropped, they gave us a new one without even asking. The kids food (ham and toastie sandwich on wholegrain bread w/ curly fries for 5yr old, Junior Grand Slam for 4yr old) came out in less than 10mins and was at perfect eating temperature for them....both thoroughly enjoyed it. Our food took about another 10mins after that and again was delicious. Hubby had SurfnTurf w/ chips and veges plus a side serve of wedges. I had the Club Sandwich meal. Drinks came within 5 mins of ordering them. As did the kids sundae's. Love that tom. sauce is automatically brought to the table and you get a large jug of water instead of those skinny bottles which barely do 2 large glasses. All staff were polite and smiling. Bill came to $78. My only complaints are that giving kids activity sheets at the start would be good and with the $4 add a sundae and drink to the kids meals, non-soft drink options should be allowed [small juice or milk]
Had dinner here last night with a deal voucher. We were seated immediately upon arrival. Our order of 4 appetisers arrived within 10-15 min, and our mains came shortly after. The food was pretty good! Our table was completely covered in dishes which earned quite a few looks as we were right next to the entrance, ha! We were SO stuffed afterwards. No complaints here, we'd definitely come back again.
Pretty yum food although service is soooo slow. I rang the bell about 5 times before someone came. They also took away the satay roll which was my favourite. Its not really a resturant but more of a diner so you cant expect much but for the most part, its reasonably priced. The curly fries are a winner
Good food, consistent quality, good friendly service... what else could you ask for? We usually go here for breakfast and have never been disappointed. Good job Denny's.
Once I came to the restaurant the food was good buti think i ordered the wrong food.
4.30pm had dinner at this awesome place, was our first time there, thanx to our daughter for putting us on to it.
Awesome place to go for a meal, the service was excellent, the waitress was lovely, meal was quick, pudding was Yummmmeee
I would certainly recommend Denny's to anyone & everyone i know
Thanx Denny's.. way to go
First time here so decided Sunday brunch was on!
Lots of car parks around restaurant. Fairly well signed to find it.
Good service, yet minimal service.
Good menus and lots of options for choice.
Tried the Denny Benny meals and bacon pancakes. Pretty good! Good flavours, plenty of food on the plate, cooked well, although the mushrooms and hash were a bit greasy. Pancakes were a good size, would have loved the bananas caramelized a bit more.
Cup of coffee and tea included in the meals was nice. Large teapot for one with a small cup made for many refills.
Prices were fair (22-24 for the Benny's, 22 for the pancakes).
Would go again.
I usually order the same thing everytime I come here so I can't speak for any other dish other than the hot fudge dessert and oreo shake (which hadn't been delivered yet), but this place is consistently good. I understand other people have had bad experiences but I've never had a bad service. Its not always great as sometimes I feel theyre tired and want to go home but theyre always respectful. With that said, I planning coming back to get the same thing
Service was generally good, atmosphere was reasonable, and there was lots of space when we went. On the brunch menu, plenty of meals come with complimentary tea and toast, which is very handy. The portion sizes are large. The value for money here is fantastic.
Was feeling a bit hungry so had a quick google and it showed this place was open 24/7 so off we went at midnight and the place was packed. Quickly joined then line and was seated in 10 minutes and had our food not long after l. Staff were great food was good pattys could be better but all in all was a satisfying feed
The beautiful thing about this place is that it's 24/7 and caters for any budget and diner. I loved my food and monkey bowl cheese sauce. Drinks are great and staff are friendly and welcoming.
Consistently decent food, their standards have been maintained for many years and still a good goto any time of the night or day when you want a feed and can’t be bothered cooking! 😀
Weighing up affordability and quality, the food here can't be beaten. You pay for a hearty meal and that's what you get. I ordered the apricot chicken with the white sauce and chips, and the chicken was cooked to absolute perfection. They're not stingey with the sauces and we were too full to order desert. For two adults ordering drinks and a meal, we paid about $37 each which is unheard of in this economy. Some people turn their noses up at Denny's but if you're wanting a good and filling meal at any time of the day or night, they're your best bet. It only got a four though because even though it's definitely family friendly, it seemed a bit dirty and run-down and it smelled like cigarettes.
Great customer service, pork ribs stake with salad was yummy yummy. Love there Buffalo chicken wings delicious. The atmosphere was great. Waiting time for our mains only take 10mins. If you're looking for a good meal, I recommend this place for lunch. Thanks to all the staff. Awesome service.
Great customer service, pork ribs stake with salad was yummy yummy. Love there Buffalo chicken wings delicious. The atmosphere was great. Waiting time for our mains only take 10mins. If you're looking for a good meal, I recommend this place for lunch. Thanks to all the staff. Awesome service.
Hadn't been to Dennys for a few years, but enjoyed my meal there on 9.1.2022. I had a satay roll then chocolate cake and ice cream for dessert plus a mango smoothie. They were all fresh and delicious and we didn't have to wait long for our food. My sister had a pancake stack with butter, some spring rolls, a chocolate milk shake and a coke. She didn't complain so it must have been delicious.
I ordered a single shot coffee as I don't drink full strength. No-one explained a normal coffee at Denny's is a single shot, so a full strength coffee. I only found out when it arrived and could smell/see it was full strength. It wasn't busy, so a quick explanation could have been mentioned when ordered. It was replaced with no issue.
Late night meals to early bird breakfast 🥞Best price, alot of Food varieties & plenty of parking, group gatherings to individual/ couples they cater to. Very good 💯😊 24hrs service - 👍✅😁
Very tidy and love the breakfast 😋 😍 👌 😀
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