Dena's Place Diner & Grill

What a great local diner! I just stopped in for breakfast and couldn't have been more pleased. I was greeted immediately and warmly, both by my waitress and Dena, herself. They gave me great recommendations (biscuits and gravy along with home fries with onions) and billed it the most affordable way for me. I'll definitely be back!

I belong to a group of LEO retirees who have breakfast there every week. We left a different place and found this gem.This place large and accommodating for large groups. The staff is super friendly. And now as regulars they know each of us by name. You get large portions for your meals and is pretty darn good! The coffee is ever flowing which is another plus. The decor is definitely Amercana. They love their military and first responders.

How have I missed Dena's all this time?! At the recommendation of a friend, I finally had breakfast here and it was DELICIOUS. The restaurant was as packed by 9am Saturday morning. (A good sign that a tasty meal is upon you.)My dad got the meat lovers omelette with home fries. I got the French toast breakfast, which consisted of two pieces of French toast, scrambled eggs, home fries, bacon, a sausage patty, and a slice of ham. We also split two biscuits with sausage gravy. AH-MAZING folks. Now I've got to return to try dinner

We went back to Dena's today and everything was fabulous. They did run out of macaroni and cheese, so get there early. I had the Thursday special of Turkey with Dressing. The Turkey was so tender and the dressing was very flavorful! The mashed potatoes with brown gravy were delicious! The French fries were crispy and fresh along with a wonderful cornbread muffin to round off this five star meal! The service was fantastic and so were the refills of iced tea!

This place is going completely downhill. Their food is absolute crap mashed potatoes were like potato soup. Definitely instant salad was poor quality lettuce, two tomato slices two cucumbers and one onion ring waitress left my salad plate during our entire meal. I ordered the chop steak, which wasn't bad But I did not care for the gravy. My friend had a salad that was OK. I'm not going back here. There's too many of these low quality Lakeland diners value for two lunches at $33 is not worth it. I don't think they do anything from scratch anymore. Seniors are not idiots. Eventually they will catch on and you will run this place into the ground. I've seen it over the last 20 years of living here.

Walked in and was immediately greeted. The decor is county meets transportation. I liked its cuteness. Or waitress came right over to take our order. I hardly the grilled cod with fries and fried ocra. My friend had the hamburger steak with black-eyed peas and mashed potatoes with gravy. We both liked our meal very much. I especially loved the cornbread. The okra was very good too. I enjoyed the cob however, if you don't like a lot of seasoning, I suggest getting the fried rather than the grill because the grill was very well seasoned. Overall, this is a go back to the restaurant. We really enjoyed it. And it was very well priced.

What an AMAZING lunch! It's adorable inside. There was a little wait but went very fast. Our waitress was so sweet despite it being crowded she made sure we were taken care of. The food was incredible. The prices are perfect and everything we ate was delicious. I got the chicken tenders Buffalo sauced. So tender and juicy. The mashed potatoes and gravy along with Mac & cheese were perfect. The corn bread was tasty but I was too full to finish.

Homemade mashed potatoes and the gravy was amazing. Tasty fries. Delicious Ruben sandwich. Meet the owner. Great lady. Excellent customer service. Great atmosphere. Very clean and good vibe. Thank you for a tasty lunch and we will be back.

My husband and I go there fairly regularly. The people who work there are very friendly. The food is good classic comfort food. It's clean. All good!

Food & service was very good! But if you want a less loud area, don't be seated in the bigger space/room b/c larger parties are seated there. There were two long tables filled (at least 10/table) when we were there & we could barely hear one another. So ask to be seated in the area where you first enter. Ambience means a lot too!