"1"^^ . . "2016-04-12T00:00:00"^^ . "2"^^ . "We walked in at approximately 6:15pm to an almost empty restaurant. There was probably only 2 to 3 tables being occupied upon our arrival. My family of three stood at the podium and patiently waited to be addressed by an employee, which was somewhat difficult since there were none to be seen. The first to appear was a gentleman, whom i assumed was a busser by the way he was attired and the dingy appearance of his uniform. It took him several moments to acknowledge us from his tasks behind the restaurants bar seating area. He shouted that someone would be with us shortly. Upon Que, an oriental waitress appeared form the kitchen area and addressed us.She was pleasant in her greeting and asked if we preferred to be seated in a booth or a table.We chose a booth from the wide range of options. \n\nShe took our drink order immediately upon seating and let us know to take our time deciding with our menu selections and to flag her down once we had finalized our selections. A few moments had passed once we had decided and i began to observe what was going on around us in the restaurant. Our waitress was now acting as the cashier, with the assistance of the \"busser\". There must have been an issue with a transition because a manager appeared from her post somewhere in the back. During my entire meal, these were the only three employees for which i visually saw, i can assume that there was probably a cook as well in the back. We waited for several more minutes before our waitress was able to return to take our order. She was apologetic for the wait, for which i understood, since it appeared they were short staffed. She placed our orders, at which time i took advantage of what i assumed would probably be another extensive wait and used the restroom. I took my daughter with me to avoid having to get up again in the next 10 minutes, when she would surely say she would have to go as well. The restrooms were clean enough and smelled of deodorant, really saw nothing to complain about there. \n\nUpon returning to our table, i noticed more parties of people were starting to trickle in. Most were large families with young children. What appeared to be the \"busser\", must have been a waiter, since he was now seating people and taking orders for drinks and meals. Both waiters were now pretty occupied with the 12 or so filled tables, with a majority of them being parties of 5 or more people. I was surprised that the wait for our meals was not too terribly long considering the sparse number of employees. My daughter had ordered the chicken tenders from the children's menu. They appeared to be something that was previously frozen and heated in a microwave, along with fries, which were served in a bowl together. She appeared happy with her selection and was amused by the dinosaur shapes. After sampling the tenders, i personally thought the meat was chewy and bland, definitely in need of a dipping sauce. Mine and my husband meals appeared to be adequately portioned and tasted fine, what you would come to expect from a Denny's. My husband did order the potatoes bites as an appetizer, which we received about 2 minutes before the actual meal. They were drastically overcooked in the fryer and the outer coating was hard beyond being edible. The unappetizing appearance immediately made me pass. My husband was not at all impressed with this menu item, mostly because they were burnt. They were served with a bowl of sour cream and ranch, which my husband had to practically drowned them in to eat as many as he did. \n\nAfter we completed our meals, we again experienced a wait as we had not received our check. I again started to observed the going-ons around me. The manager had only made brief appearances to seat people here and there and took a few drink orders, otherwise was of no assistance to the two staff members. I rarely saw much of our waitress after our food was delivered and our drinks were not offered to be refilled and were empty for the latter part of our meals. Most of the people who had trickled in after us were still waiting on their meals that they had ordered over 20 plus minutes ago. Upon her final appearance of my dining experience, the manager made rounds to various tables and told them the cook was working on each of their meals and it shouldn't be too much longer. When she approached our table of now, for the most part, empty plates, she asked how everything was for us. I did not make waves and simply asked if we could get our check, or if it would be easier for us to head straight to the register. She stated she would be happy to complete our order. Upon paying our bill, she did mention that my daughter's meal was part of the \"kids eat free\" promotion and there was no charge for her menu item, which would explain the large amount of families with younger children. It has been many years since i have dined here, and i can say will probably be many more before i return, if ever."^^ . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . . .