I ordered the cheapest breakfast combo at Denny's and IHOP. The food was similar, but the prices were not.

I set out to order the same affordable breakfast combo — two sausages, two pancakes, two eggs — at chains Denny's (left) and IHOP (right).

Steven John

• I ordered the same meal (two pancakes, two eggs, and two sausages) from Denny's and IHOP.
• In terms of taste and food quality, there was almost no difference between the two meals.
• However, my Denny's meal was wildly cheaper — largely because of the time of day I visited IHOP.

It turns out that, when it comes to breakfast...