Segments - Narrative (Details)	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020 Restaurant segment Territory Country
Franchisor Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of operating segments (segment) \| segment	5
Number of reportable segments (segment) \| segment	4
Applebee's
Franchisor Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of territories in which entity operates (territory) \| Territory	2
Number of countries in which entity operates (country) \| Country	11
IHOP
Franchisor Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of territories in which entity operates (territory) \| Territory	2
Number of countries in which entity operates (country) \| Country	13
Franchised Units \| Applebee's
Franchisor Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of restaurants (restaurant)	1,659
Franchised Units \| IHOP
Franchisor Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of restaurants (restaurant)	1,807
Entity Operated Units \| Applebee's
Franchisor Disclosure [Line Items]
Number of restaurants (restaurant)	69

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 280
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 18
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120311839&loc=d3e8672-108599

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