This is the WORST restaurant experience I have ever had! Â I can't rate the food because we were there for 30 minutes and never even received our drinks! Â It was 4:30 in the afternoon and there were only 3 other tables in the restaurant, so it's not like it was busy at all. Â The hostess was completely unprofessional. Â Also, when I called to complain to their management, the management would not return my calls until a month later and then just said they would "look into the issue". Â Don't waste your time at this restaurant. Â We were seated and she took our drink orders. Â We then proceeded to wait 25 minutes and she never returned. Â In the mean time, she had seated another table and had taken their order and food order. Â This is a horribly managed restaurant.
Review Source:You know, I love breakfast food. I really do. However it's hard to enjoy in a place that reeks of smoke and "mystery" smells. I don't want to solve that mystery.
I am also a generous tipper and I have to say that this was the FIRST time that I ever did not tip. The service was so incredibly horrible. The waitress ignored our table. Instead she was 5 feet away talking it up with whoever and despite out desperate pleas for food/drinks/anything she continued to "hide" or ignore us.
I don't know if all Denny's are like this, but I can say that the food was not spectacular enough for me to find out.
My friends and I like to refer to this particular Denny's restaurant as "THE DENNY'S THAT SMELLS LIKE PISS". Â No foolin' - Â it smells almost as bad as the Hammond Metra Station. Â On top of that, the lighting is dim (probably so you won't see the urine stains on the carpet) and the servers like to hide on occasion.
The clientele here often freaks me out - I keep getting hit on by creepy old men who think I'm "Such a lost, pretty girl".  And then they go on to lecture me for half an hour about Jebus while insinuating  that I'm a whore.  Stay away, you pervs, and keep your dogma to yourselves!
At least the food is still down to the same mediocre food preparation standards as all the other Denny's across the nation. You know what you're getting here. Besides, what else are you going to find open in Merrillville at 3 am, besides Steak N' Shake? Â
Actually, that's not a bad idea. Â Go to the Steak N' Shake. Â Frisco Melts are yummy, if artery clogging, and at least the place is clean and well lit.