My family of 4 ordered Denny's $30 'family pack.' It was an even better value than I expected.
Terri Peters
- I'm a busy mom of two trying family meal deals at chain restaurants to save time and money.
- I tried Denny's Grand Slam Pack. It includes pancakes, eggs, bacon, sausage, and hash browns.
- The $30 "family pack" felt like an incredible value, especially since we had plenty of leftovers.
Breakfast for dinner is a favorite in my house, but we don't do it often because it's a pain to pull out our electric griddle and prepare a bunch of different foods.
When I heard the breakfast chain Denny's was offering a "family pack" meal deal filled with breakfast-for-dinner essentials like pancakes and scrambled eggs, I was eager to try it.
Priced at just $30, Denny's Grand Slam Pack comes with everything a family needs for an elaborate pancake breakfast … or, in my case, dinner.
As a busy mom of two teenagers, I had a feeling it'd make a great weeknight meal for us.
Terri Peters
Denny's Grand Slam Pack is designed to feed between four and five people and comes with eight buttermilk pancakes, eight scrambled eggs, four bacon strips, four sausage links, and hash browns.
I signed onto the Denny's website to place my order and found the process to be pretty simple.
My only complaint is that the order couldn't be scheduled for a time in the future, so I had to check my cart throughout the afternoon to get close enough to the delivery time I wanted.
I placed my order once the estimated delivery time lined up with my ideal dinner time.
Terri Peters
Denny's was offering free delivery for online orders, so I got to avoid driving 20 minutes away in after-work traffic.
This raised my order total slightly, as I had to tip our delivery driver. Still, the extra expense was well worth it.
After I ordered, it was easy to track the status of my order on the Denny's website, and I routinely received text messages with order updates.
Our delivery was handled by online food-delivery service DoorDash.
Terri Peters
When I placed our order, the estimated delivery time was about an hour. Our food arrived right at the predicted time and was dropped off at my front door by a DoorDash driver.
The food got a bit cold in transit, but I figured that was a result of the closest Denny's to me being 20 minutes away.
If I had picked up the food myself, I'd have placed the food in a temperature-controlled bag for the drive home to keep it warm.
Terri Peters
Although a few items in our order had gotten cold, reheating them in the microwave was easy.
We microwaved the pancakes and eggs for a few seconds to give them a second life, and they tasted just fine.
I was immediately impressed with how much food was included in the order.
Unlike some other family meal deals I've tried from chain restaurants, I knew this one would feed my family of four with plenty of leftovers.
Terri Peters
The pancakes that were included in the Grand Slam Pack were gigantic.
The generous portion also came with to-go containers of syrup and butter, so we had everything we needed to enjoy a delicious pancake dinner.
We ended up with three large pancakes left over at the end of the meal, which my kids happily shared for breakfast the following day.
Terri Peters
I chose to have our eggs scrambled with cheese for a $3 upcharge.
It was well worth it, as everyone in my family likes our scrambled eggs on the cheesy side.
Other possible upgrades that were offered to me included cheddar-cheese hash browns ($4), toast ($5), extra breakfast meat ($7), or orange juice and coffee ($8).
Terri Peters
The only disappointing part of the meal was the hash browns, which I thought were a bit crunchy and undercooked.
The following day, however, I salvaged them by cooking them for breakfast with a bit of butter on my stovetop.
They were just as delicious as any hash browns I've had at other restaurants.
Terri Peters
The meal included four sausage links and four slices of bacon.
Although the bacon went quickly, we had a few sausage links left over for breakfast the following day.
Because my family really likes bacon, I'd add additional slices if I ordered this dinner again, mostly to keep my teenagers from fighting over those last few pieces.
Terri Peters
Overall, this family meal deal felt like a great value.
For $30, we received a ton of breakfast food — so much that we all found a way to eat something from the meal for breakfast the following day.
As far as breakfast for dinner goes, I don't think you can beat the value for the small amount of effort it requires.
Ordering this meal felt like a true break in a busy week, and I loved having Denny's take care of everything for me and deliver it right to my door.
Terri Peters
I'd order the Grand Slam Pack again.
In fact, the meal may replace my go-to breakfast for out-of-town guests or my kids' friends who sleep over.
Normally, we run to our closest Dunkin' to get doughnuts for our house guests, but this was a far more filling and protein-dense meal — one I'd happily feed my friends or family members.
Next time, I'd also consider adding orange juice and coffee to my order.
The idea of having everything, even drinks, taken care of feels novel, and after my initial experience with the Grand Slam Pack, I'd be more than willing to pay for an upgrade.