Denny's (DENN) 10-K 2015 FY Annual report

Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

Denny’s Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 333-53031, 333-58169, 333-58167, 333-95981 (such registration statement also constitutes a post effective amendment to registration statement No. 333-53031), 333-103220, 333-120093, 333-151850, 333-168434 and 333-181468) on Form S-8, and the registration statement (No. 333-117902) on Form S-3 of Denny’s Corporation of our reports dated February 29, 2016 with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Denny’s Corporation as of December 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, and the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, shareholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the fiscal years in the three-year period ended December 30, 2015, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 30, 2015, which reports appear in the December 30, 2015 annual report on Form 10-K of Denny’s Corporation.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Greenville, South Carolina

February 29, 2016