Denny's

26137 US-70, Ruidoso Downs
(575) 378-1389

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Warwick Drones

Wonderful food and wonderful service. I will definitely come back.

Marco M

Unfortunately, my experience at Denis's Diner was very poor. The place was extremely dirty — the floors, tables, and even windows looked like they hadn’t been cleaned in a long time. The kitchen area also looked unsanitary, and the utensils didn’t seem properly washed. I even noticed a few dead flies around, which was very off-putting.

On the bright side, the waitress was fast and attentive — she did her best. But overall, the lack of cleanliness ruined the experience. I wouldn’t recommend this place until they seriously improve their hygiene standards.

Dina Heras-Ramirez

DO NOT GO TO THIS DENNY’S! Short staffed, awful service, & VERY LONG wait to be seated & served!! My family & I waited an hour to be seated. We waited over an hour & a half just to get our food served!!! The cook was literally arguing with a waiter in front of the customers cursing & threatening to walk out. Worst restaurant experience.

Victoria Vierra

Enny was absolutely amazing, she was attentive and made sure my table didn’t go without anything, she went above and beyond with small talk and smiles! I couldn’t have asked for a better waiter, she made my trip to dennys 100000x better

lindsey Brennan

My waitress was Enny and she was AMAZING 😍 I loved her personality and she is a GREAT server made my experience there so good I will definitely go back

Miguel Grado

Waitress service was terrible! Food got cold because we waited a long time for utensils

Starr T

Jacob was a great server. We came for a late night night and everything was delicious. The manager checked on us as well. It was a friendly staff! I fully recommend.

Jennifer Leonard

This is a perfect place for a late night meal after the casino! Our waitress Lori was awesome and very attentive! And the other employees were also friendly and made sure we enjoyed our meal. :)

Terry McGuirt

The Ruidoso manager was excellent! And very helpful!!

Jorge Rodríguez

We went on January 3, 2025 to the Ruidoso, NM branch, we had terrible service, they threw away the things you asked for, they spoke badly to you. I would not return to that branch.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 2

Service: 1

Rv travel Texas

Nice food

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Tres Leches Pancakes with Horchata Ice Cream, Seasoned Fries

Bruno y Edgar Explorando

It's expensive, but rich

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Isabella Woodward

First, it was only one blond waiter (he was nice) but first thing he said to us was “I will attend you all after this table because they arrived first”💀. Then, we waited almost an hour for our food. I ordered French Toast and they were Black like this “⚫️” and the eggs that i had looked like bird p00p, the pork sausages were burn on a side, but mweh i was hungry so i ate them because i was not gonna wait another hour to get my order right. My grandma ordered spoons and the waiter came to us with spoons and said “They are still wet because they just came out of the dishwasher”😭i mean, they were clean (i hope) lol. But yeah, not great service or food😗

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Susie Franco

It took the waitress about 10 minutes to bring our drinks after waiting a long while for her to get our drink order. Then it took us an hour and a half to get our food. The place looked dirty, and the silverware and cups were so stained that they looked dirty. Service was horrible, the only thing good was the food when it finally came out.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 4

Service: 1

Karen Weber

I was just browsing looking for the hours. It says twenty four hours but I can't get through on the phone to confirm.
I tried calling late last night and no answer. But I just want to say somebody mentioned that the service was slow and the planning was bad at the restaurant and they waited fifteen minutes for a table but that is pretty standard in this area - especially at one of the busiest times of the year. Considering wait times at other restaurants may be over an hour I think Julian's recent comment was petty.
Also fyi in all restaurants here are not paid the minimum wage.
You are going to get what you pay for.
Anybody should be grateful for any service whatsoever from any waitress, they work very hard and barely make any money. It's not a matter of planning.
Also a lot of people lost their homes in this community and many of the workers had to move away or have been displaced so before people put comments like this, they should think about all of the hardships a lot of the staff/workers have gone through in this community in recent months.
A 15 minute wait at the busiest time of the year is really pretty trivial. I don't know how many restaurants Julian has been to, but apparently they haven't ever had to wait for a table and usually the restaurants where you do not wait the food is not so good - so it's a paradox.
It is a shame that we cannot get through on the telephone. But again, I do not blame the management it is just they probably may not even be aware of it because it seems like they have a new kind of phone system.
And after all of the problems with the flooding right at their doorstep I am glad they're even in business at this moment.

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