Denny's Menu Prices 2026: Grand Slam, All-Day Breakfast & Value Menu

The Grand Slam Breakfast is priced around $11.99 at most U.S. Denny's locations as of May 2026 — two eggs cooked your way, two bacon strips, two sausage links and two Buttermilk Pancakes. It's been Denny's signature combo since 1977 and remains the chain's most-ordered item. California, the Northeast and Hawaii typically run $1–3 higher; Midwest and South often hold near $10.99–$11.99. Confirm with the Denny's app for your specific store.

The Build Your Own Grand Slam is priced around $10.99 and lets you pick any 4 items from a list of 14+ breakfast options. Standard picks include: 2 Eggs, 2 Bacon Strips, 2 Sausage Links, 2 slices of Ham, 2 Buttermilk Pancakes, French Toast, Hashbrowns, Yogurt, Fresh Fruit, Cinnamon Sugar Toast, English Muffin, Sausage Gravy & Biscuit, and Cheddar Sausage Hash. Premium add-ons (Country-Fried Steak +$2.99, Chicken Sausage +$1.99) bump the base price. It's the cheapest full slam on the board.

Most Denny's locations are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week — the 24/7 diner model is Denny's brand identity and the tagline "America's Diner" is built around it. Some smaller-market suburban locations have reduced overnight hours (typically 6am–midnight), and a small share of stores cut full 24-hour service during the 2020–2022 staffing crunch. The chain's late-night daypart is a meaningful share of revenue and a key reason Denny's pricing is a touch higher than IHOP. Use the official Denny's store locator for exact hours at your nearest site.

The two chains are direct competitors, often located across the street from each other, with nearly identical price tiers. The structural differences: Denny's is a full-menu 24-hour diner — burgers, steaks, sandwiches and all-day breakfast served around the clock. IHOP is a pancake-led family restaurant — pancakes are the headline category and the chain leans more breakfast-forward, with fewer (and shorter-hour) 24-hour locations. Signature items differ: Denny's owns the Grand Slam and Moons Over My Hammy; IHOP owns the Original Buttermilk Pancakes and Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity. Denny's has the $2/$4/$6/$8 Value Menu; IHOP has no equivalent value-tier lineup. Pricing is within $1–2 across most equivalent items.

The Lumberjack Slam is priced around $14.99 — the biggest plate in the Slams lineup. It includes 3 eggs cooked your way, bacon strips, sausage links, a grilled ham slice, 2 Buttermilk Pancakes, hashbrowns and toast. The Ultimate Slam (also $14.99) is a similar build with eggs, bacon, sausage, ham, hashbrowns and 2 pancakes. Both sit at the top of the breakfast board — only the T-Bone Steak & Eggs ($18.99) runs higher.

The $2 tier of the Value Menu includes Hot Cocoa, a slice of Coffee Cake, a side of Hashbrowns and a side of Toast — each at $2 flat. The full $2 / $4 / $6 / $8 Value Menu ladder runs from breakfast snacks ($2 tier), to small entrées and shareables ($4 tier — Cheesy Bites, Big Dipper Pancake Sliders, Loaded Fries), to combo entrées ($6 tier — Cobb Salad, Slow-Cooked Pot Roast Sandwich, Build Your Own Slam Lite), to premium plates ($8 tier — Mile-High Denver Omelette, Premium Build Your Own Slam, Premium Burger). It's been Denny's signature value play since 2010 and the lineup rotates throughout the year.

On a like-for-like comparison, Denny's and IHOP are nearly identical on pricing. Denny's Grand Slam ($11.99) sits within a dollar of IHOP's 2 x 2 x 2 ($10.99). A pancake stack runs $8.49 at Denny's vs. $8.99 at IHOP. Where Denny's wins is the $2/$4/$6/$8 Value Menu — IHOP has no equivalent value lineup, so if you're willing to order the cheapest tier, Denny's has the lower floor (Hot Cocoa at $2, sides at $2). Where IHOP wins is loyalty value — IHOP Rewards (PanCoins) tends to be more aggressive than Denny's Rewards on day-to-day deals. Both chains run heavy direct-mail coupons.

Yes. In 2009, Denny's became the first restaurant chain to serve American food on the International Space Station when a freeze-dried, repackaged Grand Slam Breakfast was sent up to the ISS. It was a publicity stunt tied to a free-Grand-Slam promotion that drew an estimated 2 million people into Denny's locations one Tuesday, but the food shipment itself was real — NASA's standard freeze-dry process applied to the Grand Slam's components. The chain has played up its space history in marketing since, and the moment cemented the Grand Slam as Denny's most-recognized item.

Yes — every Denny's serves the full breakfast menu all day, every day, around the clock. Pancakes, Slams, omelettes, skillets, Moons Over My Hammy, French toast, waffles — all of it, every hour. Combined with most locations running 24 hours, Denny's is effectively the only major U.S. chain where you can get a full Grand Slam Breakfast at 3 AM on a Wednesday in most markets. Lunch and dinner items (burgers, steaks, sandwiches) are also available all day at every location.

Denny's Rewards is the chain's mobile loyalty program — sign up via the Denny's app and earn points on every visit, redeemable for free items. New-member signup typically includes a free Build Your Own Grand Slam after your first qualifying visit, plus a free dessert on your birthday. Points roughly redeem at 20 pts per dollar spent, with reward tiers from a free side ($2 value) up to a free entrée ($12 value). The app also surfaces members-only coupons and the rotating $2/$4/$6/$8 Value Menu — generally the strongest day-to-day deal channel at Denny's.