Denny's (Burnaby, Kingsway)

I honestly don't think I've ever been to a Denny's, which seems odd because it's Canadian Owned and Operated since 1992. Maybe I just had the image it was a boring place for seniors (and they do have Thursday discounts for age 55+ seniors).

First things first: ASK ABOUT THE SPECIALS.

I honestly don't recall our servers mentioning the current burger offer (apparently ends late May) of buy-one-get-one-at-half-price, even when my friend ordered a burger. I only chanced to find out when the promotion screen at our table (which includes a smartphone charger) flipped to the offer. And it took a too-long time to show that offer. By then we had already put in our orders and it was too late to change.

Really temped to outright fail them for this.

Dessert menu looked really overpriced and lame. Many of the menu items look great in photos but are pretty boring. That said, the items we got were mostly nicely prepared.

Bourbon Bacon Burger ($19.59)

My friend's order. It was okay. Bourbon sauce turned out to not be her thing. She got extra sauce on the side and so we both got to try it straight. It's sweet, plus if you don't like bourbon, probably best to give this a miss and stick to a basic sweet BBQ sauce instead.
Fries were weird -- really powdery on the inside like supermarket frozen processed fries. Also tasted very bland, almost tasteless.
My friend added a slice of French toast. Came with a huge blog of butter on top, cost over $2 I believe but nevertheless cheaper because it got tacked on to her order. French toast is French toast, nothing special here.
Burger looks big but you're getting a decent sized bun. Actual patty is smaller than the bun but on part with other burger joints.
Overall she thought this was mediocre.

Crazy Spicy Sizzling' Skillet ($20.59)

A lot Less chicken than in the online picture.
Not a lot of heat here. You get a little from the jalapeno bits.
Decent and not padded with cheap carbs.
Chicken breast was the winner here -- actually tender and juicy. Really nicely done.
Overall I think this was okay value for the price.

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