Diabetics must resist their temptations when dining at Applebee's. Most of the items on Applebee's menu is either stuffed with sodium or sugar. You must be extra careful and pick low-sugar and low-sodium diet at Applebee's if you are diabetic.
Foods to Avoid at Applebee's for Diabetics:
If you are starting your meal with appetizers then make sure you skip the Classic Buffalo sauce, Honey BBQ sauce, and sweet Asian Chile sauce on your wings order. It is highly recommended to skip the appetizers if you are dining alone and instead build your appetizer keeping nutrition in check. Among the steaks, you must stay away from the Applebee's Riblets platter as well as Bourbon Street Steak at all costs. Shrimp 'N Parmesan Sirloin is also not recommended. Skip the sandwiches, wraps, and tacos as well. Desserts may be tempting but it is recommended to avoid them at Applebee's for their high sugar content. All the beverages except Iced Teas must be avoided as well to control your sugar intake.
Most of the foods served at Applebee's restaurants are high in sodium. Unless you are visiting the restaurant or dining here in the group, there are hardly any options from the main meals if you wish to keep your blood pressure in check. You can rely on a few salad options though. If lucky, you may find low-sodium ribs as well at the restaurant.
Foods to Avoid at Applebee's for High Blood Pressure
Avoid Green Goddess Wedge at Applebee's. Broccoli Cheese Soup and French Onion Soup contain over 1000mg sodium and hence must be skipped as well. Skip all the chicken dishes and seafood at Applebee's except Grilled Chicken Breast and Baked Haddock without sides respectively. You must also skip Brunch Burger, Quesadilla Burger, Triple Bacon Burger, and Whiskey Bacon Burger at Applebee's. High sodium intake can be lethal for a high blood pressure candidate. Avoid ordering foods that contain over 1000mg sodium at Applebee's, especially if you're dining alone.
Food Suggestions for High Blood Pressure at Applebee's
Well, steaks and ribs go hand in hand with cholesterol. Being their signature dish, it will be a challenge to find low-calorie, healthy food for those concerned with their cholesterol levels. However, you can always opt for their salads and other light foods to keep the cholesterol in check.
Foods to Avoid at Applebee's for High Cholesterol
If you have high cholesterol, then you must avoid eating sandwiches, wraps, and tacos at Applebee's. While the salads and soups sound healthy, you must skip the Fiesta Chopped Salad and Loaded Potato Soup at Applebee's. It is also advised to dodge the Three Cheese Chicken Penne and Chicken Fajita Rollup. Any main meal with over 100mg cholesterol is not idle for someone with high cholesterol. So, skip those items at Applebee's.
Food Suggestions to Maintain Cholesterol Level at Applebee's
To pink or not too pink, that is the question. Will I ever learn? In a desperate attempt for fuel consumption last night, we ended up at Applebees. Since it was near 9pm, we wanted something light and something simple. The waitress came fairly quickly, almost every 2 minutes throughout the selection process. It's been almost 8 months since we partook of their offerings and the Websters dictionary they were using as a menu took a rather long time to get through. Doubly so, since we were wrangling a tired sproglet at the same time. Throughout the night, her personality lagged from snappiness to downright rude by the end of the evening. -1.5 My partner ordered the Ultimate Trio (Boneless Buffalo Wings, Cheeseburger sliders and the Steak Quesadilla Towers) and the Fire Pit Bacon Burger. I'm happy to report that they have given up any pretense of correct levels of doneness and gone instead to a 'pink' or 'no pink' policy. I'm assuming that their line chefs were incapable of determining the springiness of the meat through their latex gloves. -.5 I ordered the Three-Cheese Chicken Penne with a side Cesar salad. Although the dressing was obviously bottled (it's Applebees so expected. The Penne was nice flavor wise, but runny. The chicken was in truth, fairly well done. The Ultimate Trio was eaten with no complaints, except that their 'Special Sauce' on the sliders, seems to be their Hot Wing sauce. Or at least, that's what came on ours. The burger arrived overdone on one side, and barely done on the other. The onion slice was the end outer ring and still had a piece of skin on it. The fries had been made prior, and were limp and soggy. The bacon and sauce were flavorless. He said the sliders were better made and better seasoned. -1 All in all 3.5 but I'm rounding down to a 3 for the waitress acting like it was a big imposition for my partner to get Cherry Pepsi (they don't carry anything cherry from the fountain, so they usually make him a Roy Rogers at the bar).
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Quintin H.
Great service and friendly staff! I usually only sit at the bar so I can really comment on the bartenders, all rather attractive and friendly! Great happy hour specials, not only from 3 to 7 but 9 to 1am?!!
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Steve G.
Not bad food. But not great either.
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Little R.
I am so happy that me and my boy friend found an apple bees that we love. The food was hot, fresh and came out super fast for it being super slam. Our drinks were never empty and everyone around us seemed very satisfied. The wings were so good that I ate like a pig and didn't mind looking messy. I had to give this apple bees 5 stars because everything was just perfect I will defiantly be back at this location again.
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Marshall L.
It was happy hour and I order my favorite boneless honey bbq wings. It was alright that night for some reason...wasn't as satisfying tonight. Also I am a fish and chips fan so thought I would order some of that! My goodness! To much batter! barley tasted any fish! and the fries...soggy...enough said. But my ice tea was yummy!
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Judy L.
Had the ribblet dinner... it was ok. I should have had the ribs. The 2 for $20 deal is a great deal. My mom got the bacon cheese burger. The bread was hard. I know normally their burgers are pretty good
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Jacki C.
Happy hour prices pretty good. Spinach artichoke dip and tortilla chips kind of salty. Our server was Olivia who made a pretty good Long Island iced tea but wasn't as attentive as Racquel was the last time we were in. Still overall we love the food here, usually good.
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Gary B.
Stopped in on the way from home to the airport. We gave ourselves about an hour to eat and it took all of that. Walking in, the carpet wad stained and dirty. Rolled up silverware was strewn all over the hostess station making entry seem like it was thru a backroom and the entire place smelled foul. Three staff were standing at the entrance. Two females didn't even look up but the male greeted us, but didn't offer to seat us. I mentioned "We'd like a table for four and not a booth if there is someone that works here that's no too busy." My 86 year old mother was with us walking with her cane. The hostess I being totally oblivious leads us the stairs. She asked "Are you ok?" Mom replied "I can walk the distance just not up stairs." Again, oblivious. Other tables had food and trash on the floor. We were given menus promptly and greeted by our waitress. I stressed our tight timing and she said "Oh you'll be fine." She took beverage orders and returned when we summoned to take orders. Food came out after quite a wait. The place was only half full so we wondered what the delay was, since we ordered simply, being on a tight timeline. The food was marginal at best. The wife's burger came out black with wilted lettuce and luke warm fries. Had it not been that we were in a hurry, it would have been sent back. No condiments, just catsup on the table. Halfway thru the burger the server returns asking if we wanted anything else. "Mustard would have been nice" was my wife's reply "But you disappeared." My quesadilla tasted fine but in less than 30 minutes I got sick barely making it to the airport restroom. A change of clothes was a necessity. The house salad was fine. This is the closest eatery to our home and now I remember why we rarely eat here. Maybe when its dark and drink are cheap would be a better time to come.
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Jonathon G.
Horrible experience. From the hostess to the server to the food. Probably will not return to this Applebee's again, if any Applebee's. Started off by waiting to be greater by the hostess for over 5 minutes. She was busy stacking crayons on a shelf to acknowledge that we came into the restaurant. Horrible hostess. When being seated the server of the area we were seated in told the hostess that she had to many tables and did not want our table, but the hostess sat is there anyway. Bad start to a even worse meal. When the server finally came to the table we were asked what drink we wanted and if we were ready. There wasn't a smile on her face or a "hey I hate that your here but I gotta be happy because its my job" in her voice at all, she was just down right to the point of rude. We ordered out appetizers and then were told that they were out of what we had ordered. Choosing to not get an appetizer we then waited almost 15 minutes to have our dinner order taken. During this time she walked by our table at least 8 times and then she stopped and asked for our order. I ordered the Chopped Chicken Salad and when the food finally came out another 20 minutes later it was horrible. My lettuce was soggy and the portion was the size of a side salad not an entree salad. And the worst part is there were pasta noodles in my salad. Not even sure how that happens??? After waiting another 10 minutes for our server to come back to our table we asked for the manager. She didn't even offer to correct anything. Overall this was the worst experience we have ever had at a restaurant. No coupon or advertised special could bring us back.
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Erick B.
We haven't been to an Applebees in like ten years. We received a $30 gift card for Christmas so a course we went. Customer service is really great here with all the employees being cheerful, having smiles on their faces and being friendly. My wife ordered a medium well steak with mash potatoes but it came rare. It took nearly 30 minutes to get her new steak and when it arrived they gave her steamed vegetables instead of mash potatoes but they quickly brought them out when mentioned. Applebees gets four stars because of their great customer service and specials plus the manager and server apologized countless times about the steak. They comped my wife's dinner and offered us dessert for free. It was a great gesture and definitely left us with a great impression. We will be back at some point as the food is decent and the prices reasonable especially during happy hour and other promotional days. Its definitely a great place to unwind, enjoy some comfort food and drinks.
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Julie B.
Went here last night with my sister after an 8 year hiatus. Back to the hiatus. There is a reason we have called this place "Crapplebees". I was reminded of that tonight. The shining star was the sweet potato fries, but c'mon, how hard is it to toss a handfull of fries in the fryer? Everything else was obviously made from frozen. Boil in bag type stuff. Had spinach artichoke dip and macaroni and cheese. Blech and meh. That is my official description. Service. Not great but nothing to be upset about. Again, meh. I just dont know how this chain has lasted this long.
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Em J.
Ohhhh this Applebees. Well here goes... My mom, sister, and myself came here for happy hour on a Monday. We sat at a high top in the bar which close to the door. We were sitting down for close to 10 minutes before the waitress even made an appearance. She asked what we wanted to drink.. My mom got a Long Island, I got a margarita, and my sister got sangria. Fast forward 10 minutes, we see our drinks sitting at the bar just calling our name! Another few minutes go by and we see the waitress walking around not even checking for our drinks! Finally my mom gets up and has to ask the hostess to have our waitress please bring our drinks that have been sitting up there for 15+ minutes. She finally brings the drinks over.. And she brings my mom a margarita instead of her Long Island. Not a big deal, these things happen. But no, the waitress decided to argue with us that my mom said she wanted a margarita... Well then. She brings the correct drink back.. We don't see her for another 10/15 mins and we are starving! Not once did she smile or make small talk. This Applebees is just sad. We won't be back, which is Unfortunate because my sister lives a mile away!
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Jess C.
Went for lunch today. Robbie was our server. Worst service I have had in a long time. Took 8 min to greet. 5 more min to come back to take drink order. Saw where this was going so put our food order in right away. Food took more than 30 min. We ordered soup salad and a sandwich. Server claimed that the cook was making fresh chicken for salad. Chicken was cold.. so that was a lie. Server told another table that was sitting without being greeted that he had been on a break. Total time in restaurant: 1 hour and 45 min. I hadn't been to this applebees in a long time and now I probably won't be back. As we were leaving...the table next to us was complaining about the same server. Hmm.
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Kelly L.
Some co-workers and I went to this Applebee's for lunch before an afternoon of meetings. We arrived there a little after 11. There were maybe 3 other tables occupied. We ordered salads, soups, a sandwich and a chicken breast meal. The waiter was good. However, we had to wait an extremely long time to get our food. We were worried we would be late for our meeting. We actually paid for our food before we got it! We asked the man who sat us if he could check on our food because we were going to be late for our meeting. His response was that he has no control over what time the food will come out. I thought that was a little rude. When I finally got my Caesar salad the lettuce was warm there were maybe two pieces of chicken on it and hardly any dressing. My friend also didn't have enough dressing for her salad. So we had to ask for more dressing and had to wait another 10 minutes before we got it. The potato soup I got was very good. By the time we left it was 12:15 and we all had to rush to our meeting. I don't think I'll be going back to Applebees. I was not very happy with the food and the wait and the response I got from the host.
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Gabby P.
I've never been a big fan of Applebee's, but a couple of friends wanted to meet here for happy hour. when we first walked in, the hosts seemed a little bothered, but we continued to our table. there wasn't much of a happy hour selection, and the food was pretty pricey. I had the quesadilla burger. it was okay, but it wasn't much of a quesadilla. it was more of a thin cheese crisp with little cheese on it. our waitress was great though, which kind of made up for everything else! most likely wouldn't be back though.
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Brian H.
Service was so slow. Took for ever to get waited on and soft drinks took a long time as well. Then after placing our order (2) orders of fish and chips and (1) 1/2 rack of ribs took over 45 mins to be brought out. The waiter had to flagged down to get refills ever dissapointed in the service.
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Justin B.
Game day baby! Good local chain that has cheapish drinks and a pretty decent menu that has a diverse menu for any pallet. The waitress we had was on point and the resteraunt was clean. Pretty standard chain. Would reccommend if your just in a "lets go out" mood . I had 2 different managers and shift supervisors come up to me and ask if food was ok and if they could get me anything.! Customer service was outstanding today.
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Lucy G.
Horrible horrible experience! This is my second time coming and the first time the food was cold and my drinks took forever. The first time I came I had a half raw chicken wing. Never coming again. I thought I would give it another try since I live down the street, but I've learned my lesson.
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Carla S.
I don't come to Applebee's on Peoria and 59th very often. Their slow and by the time you get the food it's cold. I've gone to the one on camelback and central and my food is hot. I got a Bodie to share with my daughter on Camelback and it came out sizzling I get it here on Peoria and the only thing even slightly warm is the plate. My chicken wings were cold. The service is terrible. I saw 8 tables empty but we stood 10 mins to wait for a table. Come on Applebee's get it together. Your service is awful. Our waitress should have been the housekeeper because that is what she did the whole time instead of taking care of us. Finally had to call another waitress over.
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Rita L.
This is the dirtiest restaurant I've been to. I just walked out because my son spilled water on the seat. After I wiped the seat off with my napkin, I looked at my napkin and it was filthy, covered in dirt. Ugh. Before that, our waiter brought us our drinks and hovered over the spot he put the drinks in. Anything like residue or hair from him could've fallen in. Gross!! And there was a lot of debris like paper and food on the floor. When is the last time they cleaned this place? Another waitress was holding food about to serve it to a different table and someone's pizza slice was touching her shirt. Last straw. I'm on the way home. I'd rather starve.
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Matthew M.
The chicken tortilla soup should be called tortilla soup. It literally had NO chicken in it whatsoever. Not a single piece. Wow!!!
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Stephanie B.
I was skeptical because of the bad reviews at first, but the service was great. The steak was a little too uncooked but I did ask for rare. The server was very friendly as well and the wait wasn't too long.
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Gary S.
Wow how Applebee's has went down hill. Only good part of my meal was the celery sticks
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Blaine H.
Poor service, over priced drinks, and food was still frozen!!!!!!!
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Mel D.
I am in Love with the Fiesta Chicken Chopped Salad, get it in the bottomless salad combo and save a few bucks rather than buying the salad by itself and there is unlimited refills service is average but as long as they have the salad I'll keep going!
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Yael M.
My faith in Applebees has been restored thanks to my experience tonight. Mike is a fantastic server, both attentive and kind. The recent additions to the menu are inspired and unexpectedly delicious. Before we dive into details, let me say that I am giving 4 stars understanding that I came here on a Thursday at 1 AM. My fiance and I were one of 2 couples eating. Most of the negative reviews I see here come from busy lunch/dinner shifts. I will need a second incredible experience before I will be willing to give this restaurant five stars. However, I definitely had a five star night out. So the last time I went to Applebees was late last year, at the one on Bell and the 17, and that whole meal was just awful. I had a disgustingly greasy quesadilla burger and my fiance had the blandest mac n cheese ever. It was a Sunday during a football game, and our server seemed more interested in watching the game than paying any attention to her customers. That day we made a promise: NEVER AGAIN. I now have a night-shift tech job, and my fiance is in college, so we've become nocturnal. This really limits our options when we get hungry for dinner after midnight. Tonight, we were on our way to maybe find something to eat/drink around Metrocenter, but we saw the Applebees on the way and thought, why not? Let's give it a shot. Within minutes of arriving, Mike had us enjoying small talk and drinks. My fiance had a martini made exactly to their specifications (which MANY restaurants fail to do) and I had a Sam Adams. We started with the spinach artichoke dip. Most places put too much cheese in this appetizer, but this time the vegetables really got a chance to speak. I had the Brew Pub Philly, a new sandwich on the menu, and sweet potato fries. I was skeptical about spending twelve dollars on a sandwich, but I gladly would again. The steak was tender. The cheese was gooey and tasty, and the whole sandwich had just the right amount of spicy. My fiance had the mushroom swiss burger, which is something they normally get at other restaurants. The burger was perfect. It was so juicy. They asked for it pink, and it wasn't too pink. The vegetables were great, but the sauce really took it over the edge, making it one of the best burgers they had ever had. Also, my fiance wasn't sure if they wanted fries or onion rings. They expressed this to Mike, but decided on onion rings. Mike later came out saying that the cook burned the onion rings, so he brought them some fries while another batch of onion rings was cooked. So we still ended up with both! It was either a happy accident or some outstanding customer service from Mike. We ended up boxing up half of our meals so that we could have some dessert: churro smores. I know what you're saying: What?! We said the same thing. But it was so good. I even ended up with some chocolate sauce on my shirt. The whole time we were eating, Mike was always there to offer an extra napkin or refill our waters. He even gave us to-go waters when we left. As my people say, he was a real mensch. He mentioned that he just recently started working at Applebees. He's the main reason why we're coming back.
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Ty Y.
Seriously asked for my steak done to medium and always get a well done steak. I asked this time to give me medium and again get a well done steak. I let my server know and he said ok I'll take care of it. Then 15 minutes later asked for my plate with my un-eaten steak. Then 10 minutes later In I get my steak after party have completed their meals. Then I'm told by the manager on duty that the meat is cut thicker than others. Does mean I'm supposed to know how the meat is cut and tell them how to cook it on any given day?...wtf!!
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Nik C.
Typical Applebee's which is no way a bad thing. We love coming here for the cheap margaritas during happy hour. The wings are not bad either.
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Trevor C.
Came here the other night with my wife for dinner since we were both too tired to cook and wanted some drinks. We ordered the side salads and half rack of ribs from the 2 for 25 menu. We then each ordered mojitos. I had a regular one and she got the wildberry mojito. First, the salads. They were delicious. Everything looked and tasted fresh. They were also quite large so we could have probably just had the salads and been fine. My regular mojito was ok, but required addition of multiple limes to overcome the soda water flavor. Her wildberry mojito was absolutely delicious. The strawberry mojito was also very very good. We both enjoyed our ribs. Not much to say one way or the other about these except that they were good. The fries that came with them were also good. We each took only one bite of the coleslaw and passed on it. The coleslaw definitely needs help.
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Sanford R.
After just visiting Applebee's I remembered why I hadn't been there in five years or so. It's just not very good. We enjoyed the appetizer well enough, but the waitress told us that appetizers were supposed to be half off. We thought that was great and ordered it for that reason, but when we got the bill they charged us for the full price of it. What a ripoff! The caesar salad was abysmal. I have seldom had worse. How do you mess up salad? The pasta entree we got was also not very good and oddly enough when I heated it up leftover it was much better. At least Applebee's is open later than most places. Not that it matters since the food isn't worth the price. Get your act together Applebee's! It may be awhile before I am willing to give you another chance.
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Jason V.
Not my first or even 17th choice for eating, but for drinking at their reverse happy hour? Eff yes. Just about everything is discounted after 9pm, except on Saturdays there is no half price special on appetizers. Typical neighborhood crowd at this location, which means very blue collar and mostly 20-somethings. Very affable bartenders who somehow keep their cool amidst the chaos of making drinks for the bar patrons as well as the entire restaurant.
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Theresa G.
Came in on a Friday afternoon and was seated with my party of 4 in 2 minutes. We were greeted by our server Jorge a few minutes after that. So far so good, quick and friendly. We ordered and waited about 20-25 minutes for the food. I ordered the shrimp combo and it didn't look anything like the menu picture (does anything ever look as good?). My only real complaint about the food is that the rice pilaf was a little hard, but it was hardly noticeable under the flavors of the scrimp scampi (buttery and delicious). The fried shrimp was good, and the cocktail sauce on the side made it great. This was no bland or boring cocktail sauce but had a nice kick to it. Overall the meal was better than I expected (from reading some of the previous reviews) and Jorge was the perfect kind of waiter (there when you need him but not hovering). I would definitely eat here again.
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Binasa M.
Today a group of friends and I went to this apple bees location for some drinks and appetizers and had less than satisfactory service. We were seated quickly, but it all went downhill from there. We waited 15 mins before our waiter Elizabeth even noticed that we were there. She took our drink and appetizer order and then we waited a good 15 mins for our 4 drinks to come out and another 15 mins after that to get half our food. Unfortunately she didn't have the greatest memory and tried to hand us all the wrong food. After all this though we still forgave her and we were perfectly fine until 30 mins later when we still didn't have the rest of the and she had not checked up on us once and never offered to refill our drinks. That lost the company about $15 on drinks that they could have made from us. When we asked her about the rest offood the food she ditzilly replied that she had forgotten and asked us to remind her of our order. Twenty mins later she brought the rest of the food and still never asked us if we needed refills. We just had to ask for silverware since we didn't have that our entire meal. So cups empty and highly unsatisfied with our waitress she come back to ask if we are just chillen or if we are ready for the checks. We are all in our mid twenties and do not appreciate being talked to like teenagers and ignored by all of the waiters because they are too busy talking amongst themselves to notice any customers. The manager Andrew was called and he apologized and was nice about it and took s few things off. Free stuff doesn't really change the experience, but we appreciated the fact that he tried to make it right. Andrew just needs to have a little more control over his people in the future in order to run a successful business and not lose more sales.
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Taric W.
Proof to all my Yelp friends that I can write good reviews on chain restaurants. It's just a freaking Applebee's. The food is going to be overpriced for what you get...unless it's something from happy hour. If you can handle countless carbs from flavored syrups, the drink menu will treat you well. Order the "grateful dead". It's not on the menu and always gets the job done after the first three. There are a couple good brews, but beer is no longer discounted, so have fun paying $5 a pint. I really only come here because they treat me nice, and I tip them well. Isn't that how the whole "neighborhood" feel is supposed to work? PS-If you come here for the entrees, I will laugh at you.
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Jana Y.
So disappointing .. Service was not good altho the waiter was very nice.. He took another table order when we were there first but assured us ours would go in first.. WE had not been here in a year because the food was so bad the last time.. Steak was raw and cold, broccoli not even cooked, mashed potatoes cold in center and inedible.. it was bad.. But we decided to give it another chance.. My salad was good except it had hardly any dressing on it.. and the waiter never returned to ask if everything was ok.. He was too interested in other tables.. It ws the oriental chicken salad.. Then we had our aarp card which gives a 15% senior discount but when we showed it to the waiter he goes what is that , I don't know what that is.. He was really rude.. Then he goes I need to get my manager.. So the manager comes over and says I can only give you 10% i showed him the website from aarp stating 15% he goes i don't have a 15% button.. duh i was in retail for 25 years customer service and this was not customer service.. He goes I can give you 10% .. He was rude as well .. Then i look up and on the wall is a sign We Love our Seniors lol are you kidding me??? Needless to say there are so many wonderful restaurants around we do not need to go there to be treated this way and spend money there..
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Barbara H.
One reason I'm writing this review is in hopes that the manager takes it as a quality assurance opportunity. And to save others who happen to be in the area and thinking of coming here for lunch. My dad and I went here (he's elderly) for a quick lunch. We were seated at a dirty table-not grossly dirty, but it still had spilled stuff on it (could have been overlooked on a busy day)(don't think so). The little flyers that encourage you to get the drinks and appetizers were dirty to the point they stuck together. We sat a good 10 minutes without being recognized, no water--nothing. The manager finally came over to let us know our waitress would be there soon. I pointed out the stuck together flyers and he took them away with an apology--but to me, customers should not have to do that. We both ordered a chicken salad, he got a draft beer and I got a diet soda. The salad was the best part of our experience (fiesta chicken)..We had to ask for utensils because they weren't on the table. Maybe they would have been put there when they cleaned the table. Oh-right-it wasn't properly cleaned. I was not offered another soda until the waitress brought the check which meant that we were going to leave soon anyway--the drink should have been checked way before then. When she brought back my atm card with the check, she called me "Ms. Barbara" as if we had been chatting it up all afternoon. It was the first real personal connection and really seemed to be a way to get a better tip. It didn't work. And the kicker was, for a diet pepsi, draft beer, 2 salads at lunch--it came to $30. For awful service, dirty tables and inattentive staff. To my mind, to run a business, to run a good business, you need to have great customer service. The food can be meh but with great customer service (cleanliness, attention to needs, pleasantness), people will come back.The place was not all that crowded. We won't be back here.
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Noah L.
Waitress was friendly but did not multi-task well, took 15 minutes to get check when we were clearly done with our food. 2/4 of our orders were incorrect. Steak was well done not medium. My half rack of ribs were dry and burned with very low sauce amount. Was on afc/nfc championship game night while not being very busy at all. Chef, runner and waitress all failed, the beer was good though.
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Melissa Q.
Girlfriend and i came for a date to this location since it was the closest. For being busy we were sat right away. The waitress hardly paid attention to us. Took about 20 to 30 mins for wings and mozzarella sticks. Food was still cold when it got to our table we let the waitress know she took it and took another 20 mins for our food to come only to be reheated in the microwave. Food wasnt made properly. We both came home with upset stomachs and nauseous. I wouldnt come back again.
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Q & A on Applebee's
What time does Applebee's half price appetizers start?
Applebee's restaurant has launched the late-night happy hour where some of the listed appetizers are sold at half price. The offer is available at most of the Applebee's locations where one can enjoy the offer after 9 pm on weekdays and after 10 pm on weekends.
What time is the happy hour at Applebee's?
Applebee's Happy Hour Monday starts from 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM. Apples Late Night Happy Hour Monday starts from 9:00 PM until midnight.
What can a vegan and Vegetarian eat at Applebee's?
There are almost no vegan option and sparse vegetarian option at Applebee's. If you are a vegan ask for steamed vegetables, baked potato, salads, or fried vegetables without butter. There are certain vegan dressings you can try to make your salad tastier.
What are the opening and closing timing at Applebee's?
Applebee's Restaurant operational hours on weekdays (Monday through Thursday) and Sundays start from 11 am until midnight. While on Fridays and Saturdays, the restaurant remains open until 1 am. The timing may vary as per the location.
Does Applebee's remain close on holidays?
Applebee's remain closed on many holidays, but it may vary as per the location of the restaurant. For holidays like Christmas and Thanksgiving, the restaurant remains closed throughout the USA.
How to find the nearest Applebee's Restaurant?
Today Applebee's is located on 135+ locations in the USA and growing. The restaurant is famous for its lip-smacking ribs and steaks, seafood and fried chicken wings. There are healthier salads and sides for people who are health conscious. If you want to find nearest Applebee's restaurant in your area, just go through the Restaurant Listing Directory to find one.
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About Applebee's
Applebee is an American full-service restaurant brand popularly known for its signature Riblets. Applebee was conceptualized in 1980 by Bill and TJ Palmer in Atlanta, Georgia. At first, the restaurant was named T.J. Applebee's RX for Edibles and Elixirs. After the concept was acquired by W.R. Grace and Company, the restaurant was renamed as Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar. Later the company and the Applebee's concept changed hands with Abe Gustin and John Hamra who started the first Applebee's franchise restaurant in Kansas City.
Later in 2007, IHOP Corp. now known as DineEquity, Inc. acquired Applebee's and began their journey together to make Applebee's the world's largest full-service restaurant chain. Today, Applebee's serves at more than 1,830 locations worldwide. The Applebee's menu ranges from Appetizers and Salads to heavy meals consisting of ribs and steak. Although the trademark dish Riblets is a hot favorite among regular Applebee's dwellers, the restaurant also serves some amazing burgers, sandwiches, pasta, and salads.
Healthy Food Options at Applebee's
When a restaurant serves ribs as their main dish, then you can assume the diet-friendliness of their menu. Well, Applebee's is no different. However, you can dig deeper into their menu and pick some good healthy food options for sure. You can try the salads, light sandwiches, appetizers to ensure you don't order heavy items, etc. If you are really diet conscious, then you got to be careful with their steaks & ribs as well as desserts section.
Takes Reservations : Yes Delivery : No Take-out : Yes Accepts Credit Cards : Yes Good For : Lunch Parking : Private Lot Bike Parking : Yes Wheelchair Accessible : Yes Good for Kids : Yes Good for Groups : Yes Attire : Casual Ambience : Casual Noise Level : Average Good For Dancing : No Alcohol : Full Bar Happy Hour : Yes Coat Check : No Outdoor Seating : No Wi-Fi : Free Has TV : Yes Waiter Service : Yes Caters : No
Erin S.
To pink or not too pink, that is the question. Will I ever learn? In a desperate attempt for fuel consumption last night, we ended up at Applebees. Since it was near 9pm, we wanted something light and something simple. The waitress came fairly quickly, almost every 2 minutes throughout the selection process. It's been almost 8 months since we partook of their offerings and the Websters dictionary they were using as a menu took a rather long time to get through. Doubly so, since we were wrangling a tired sproglet at the same time. Throughout the night, her personality lagged from snappiness to downright rude by the end of the evening. -1.5 My partner ordered the Ultimate Trio (Boneless Buffalo Wings, Cheeseburger sliders and the Steak Quesadilla Towers) and the Fire Pit Bacon Burger. I'm happy to report that they have given up any pretense of correct levels of doneness and gone instead to a 'pink' or 'no pink' policy. I'm assuming that their line chefs were incapable of determining the springiness of the meat through their latex gloves. -.5 I ordered the Three-Cheese Chicken Penne with a side Cesar salad. Although the dressing was obviously bottled (it's Applebees so expected. The Penne was nice flavor wise, but runny. The chicken was in truth, fairly well done. The Ultimate Trio was eaten with no complaints, except that their 'Special Sauce' on the sliders, seems to be their Hot Wing sauce. Or at least, that's what came on ours. The burger arrived overdone on one side, and barely done on the other. The onion slice was the end outer ring and still had a piece of skin on it. The fries had been made prior, and were limp and soggy. The bacon and sauce were flavorless. He said the sliders were better made and better seasoned. -1 All in all 3.5 but I'm rounding down to a 3 for the waitress acting like it was a big imposition for my partner to get Cherry Pepsi (they don't carry anything cherry from the fountain, so they usually make him a Roy Rogers at the bar).
(3)Quintin H.
Great service and friendly staff! I usually only sit at the bar so I can really comment on the bartenders, all rather attractive and friendly! Great happy hour specials, not only from 3 to 7 but 9 to 1am?!!
(4)Steve G.
Not bad food. But not great either.
(2)Little R.
I am so happy that me and my boy friend found an apple bees that we love. The food was hot, fresh and came out super fast for it being super slam. Our drinks were never empty and everyone around us seemed very satisfied. The wings were so good that I ate like a pig and didn't mind looking messy. I had to give this apple bees 5 stars because everything was just perfect I will defiantly be back at this location again.
(5)Marshall L.
It was happy hour and I order my favorite boneless honey bbq wings. It was alright that night for some reason...wasn't as satisfying tonight. Also I am a fish and chips fan so thought I would order some of that! My goodness! To much batter! barley tasted any fish! and the fries...soggy...enough said. But my ice tea was yummy!
(2)Judy L.
Had the ribblet dinner... it was ok. I should have had the ribs. The 2 for $20 deal is a great deal. My mom got the bacon cheese burger. The bread was hard. I know normally their burgers are pretty good
(2)Jacki C.
Happy hour prices pretty good. Spinach artichoke dip and tortilla chips kind of salty. Our server was Olivia who made a pretty good Long Island iced tea but wasn't as attentive as Racquel was the last time we were in. Still overall we love the food here, usually good.
(3)Gary B.
Stopped in on the way from home to the airport. We gave ourselves about an hour to eat and it took all of that. Walking in, the carpet wad stained and dirty. Rolled up silverware was strewn all over the hostess station making entry seem like it was thru a backroom and the entire place smelled foul. Three staff were standing at the entrance. Two females didn't even look up but the male greeted us, but didn't offer to seat us. I mentioned "We'd like a table for four and not a booth if there is someone that works here that's no too busy." My 86 year old mother was with us walking with her cane. The hostess I being totally oblivious leads us the stairs. She asked "Are you ok?" Mom replied "I can walk the distance just not up stairs." Again, oblivious. Other tables had food and trash on the floor. We were given menus promptly and greeted by our waitress. I stressed our tight timing and she said "Oh you'll be fine." She took beverage orders and returned when we summoned to take orders. Food came out after quite a wait. The place was only half full so we wondered what the delay was, since we ordered simply, being on a tight timeline. The food was marginal at best. The wife's burger came out black with wilted lettuce and luke warm fries. Had it not been that we were in a hurry, it would have been sent back. No condiments, just catsup on the table. Halfway thru the burger the server returns asking if we wanted anything else. "Mustard would have been nice" was my wife's reply "But you disappeared." My quesadilla tasted fine but in less than 30 minutes I got sick barely making it to the airport restroom. A change of clothes was a necessity. The house salad was fine. This is the closest eatery to our home and now I remember why we rarely eat here. Maybe when its dark and drink are cheap would be a better time to come.
(1)Jonathon G.
Horrible experience. From the hostess to the server to the food. Probably will not return to this Applebee's again, if any Applebee's. Started off by waiting to be greater by the hostess for over 5 minutes. She was busy stacking crayons on a shelf to acknowledge that we came into the restaurant. Horrible hostess. When being seated the server of the area we were seated in told the hostess that she had to many tables and did not want our table, but the hostess sat is there anyway. Bad start to a even worse meal. When the server finally came to the table we were asked what drink we wanted and if we were ready. There wasn't a smile on her face or a "hey I hate that your here but I gotta be happy because its my job" in her voice at all, she was just down right to the point of rude. We ordered out appetizers and then were told that they were out of what we had ordered. Choosing to not get an appetizer we then waited almost 15 minutes to have our dinner order taken. During this time she walked by our table at least 8 times and then she stopped and asked for our order. I ordered the Chopped Chicken Salad and when the food finally came out another 20 minutes later it was horrible. My lettuce was soggy and the portion was the size of a side salad not an entree salad. And the worst part is there were pasta noodles in my salad. Not even sure how that happens??? After waiting another 10 minutes for our server to come back to our table we asked for the manager. She didn't even offer to correct anything. Overall this was the worst experience we have ever had at a restaurant. No coupon or advertised special could bring us back.
(1)Erick B.
We haven't been to an Applebees in like ten years. We received a $30 gift card for Christmas so a course we went. Customer service is really great here with all the employees being cheerful, having smiles on their faces and being friendly. My wife ordered a medium well steak with mash potatoes but it came rare. It took nearly 30 minutes to get her new steak and when it arrived they gave her steamed vegetables instead of mash potatoes but they quickly brought them out when mentioned. Applebees gets four stars because of their great customer service and specials plus the manager and server apologized countless times about the steak. They comped my wife's dinner and offered us dessert for free. It was a great gesture and definitely left us with a great impression. We will be back at some point as the food is decent and the prices reasonable especially during happy hour and other promotional days. Its definitely a great place to unwind, enjoy some comfort food and drinks.
(4)Julie B.
Went here last night with my sister after an 8 year hiatus. Back to the hiatus. There is a reason we have called this place "Crapplebees". I was reminded of that tonight. The shining star was the sweet potato fries, but c'mon, how hard is it to toss a handfull of fries in the fryer? Everything else was obviously made from frozen. Boil in bag type stuff. Had spinach artichoke dip and macaroni and cheese. Blech and meh. That is my official description. Service. Not great but nothing to be upset about. Again, meh. I just dont know how this chain has lasted this long.
(2)Em J.
Ohhhh this Applebees. Well here goes... My mom, sister, and myself came here for happy hour on a Monday. We sat at a high top in the bar which close to the door. We were sitting down for close to 10 minutes before the waitress even made an appearance. She asked what we wanted to drink.. My mom got a Long Island, I got a margarita, and my sister got sangria. Fast forward 10 minutes, we see our drinks sitting at the bar just calling our name! Another few minutes go by and we see the waitress walking around not even checking for our drinks! Finally my mom gets up and has to ask the hostess to have our waitress please bring our drinks that have been sitting up there for 15+ minutes. She finally brings the drinks over.. And she brings my mom a margarita instead of her Long Island. Not a big deal, these things happen. But no, the waitress decided to argue with us that my mom said she wanted a margarita... Well then. She brings the correct drink back.. We don't see her for another 10/15 mins and we are starving! Not once did she smile or make small talk. This Applebees is just sad. We won't be back, which is Unfortunate because my sister lives a mile away!
(2)Jess C.
Went for lunch today. Robbie was our server. Worst service I have had in a long time. Took 8 min to greet. 5 more min to come back to take drink order. Saw where this was going so put our food order in right away. Food took more than 30 min. We ordered soup salad and a sandwich. Server claimed that the cook was making fresh chicken for salad. Chicken was cold.. so that was a lie. Server told another table that was sitting without being greeted that he had been on a break. Total time in restaurant: 1 hour and 45 min. I hadn't been to this applebees in a long time and now I probably won't be back. As we were leaving...the table next to us was complaining about the same server. Hmm.
(1)Kelly L.
Some co-workers and I went to this Applebee's for lunch before an afternoon of meetings. We arrived there a little after 11. There were maybe 3 other tables occupied. We ordered salads, soups, a sandwich and a chicken breast meal. The waiter was good. However, we had to wait an extremely long time to get our food. We were worried we would be late for our meeting. We actually paid for our food before we got it! We asked the man who sat us if he could check on our food because we were going to be late for our meeting. His response was that he has no control over what time the food will come out. I thought that was a little rude. When I finally got my Caesar salad the lettuce was warm there were maybe two pieces of chicken on it and hardly any dressing. My friend also didn't have enough dressing for her salad. So we had to ask for more dressing and had to wait another 10 minutes before we got it. The potato soup I got was very good. By the time we left it was 12:15 and we all had to rush to our meeting. I don't think I'll be going back to Applebees. I was not very happy with the food and the wait and the response I got from the host.
(2)Gabby P.
I've never been a big fan of Applebee's, but a couple of friends wanted to meet here for happy hour. when we first walked in, the hosts seemed a little bothered, but we continued to our table. there wasn't much of a happy hour selection, and the food was pretty pricey. I had the quesadilla burger. it was okay, but it wasn't much of a quesadilla. it was more of a thin cheese crisp with little cheese on it. our waitress was great though, which kind of made up for everything else! most likely wouldn't be back though.
(3)Brian H.
Service was so slow. Took for ever to get waited on and soft drinks took a long time as well. Then after placing our order (2) orders of fish and chips and (1) 1/2 rack of ribs took over 45 mins to be brought out. The waiter had to flagged down to get refills ever dissapointed in the service.
(2)Justin B.
Game day baby! Good local chain that has cheapish drinks and a pretty decent menu that has a diverse menu for any pallet. The waitress we had was on point and the resteraunt was clean. Pretty standard chain. Would reccommend if your just in a "lets go out" mood . I had 2 different managers and shift supervisors come up to me and ask if food was ok and if they could get me anything.! Customer service was outstanding today.
(4)Lucy G.
Horrible horrible experience! This is my second time coming and the first time the food was cold and my drinks took forever. The first time I came I had a half raw chicken wing. Never coming again. I thought I would give it another try since I live down the street, but I've learned my lesson.
(1)Carla S.
I don't come to Applebee's on Peoria and 59th very often. Their slow and by the time you get the food it's cold. I've gone to the one on camelback and central and my food is hot. I got a Bodie to share with my daughter on Camelback and it came out sizzling I get it here on Peoria and the only thing even slightly warm is the plate. My chicken wings were cold. The service is terrible. I saw 8 tables empty but we stood 10 mins to wait for a table. Come on Applebee's get it together. Your service is awful. Our waitress should have been the housekeeper because that is what she did the whole time instead of taking care of us. Finally had to call another waitress over.
(1)Rita L.
This is the dirtiest restaurant I've been to. I just walked out because my son spilled water on the seat. After I wiped the seat off with my napkin, I looked at my napkin and it was filthy, covered in dirt. Ugh. Before that, our waiter brought us our drinks and hovered over the spot he put the drinks in. Anything like residue or hair from him could've fallen in. Gross!! And there was a lot of debris like paper and food on the floor. When is the last time they cleaned this place? Another waitress was holding food about to serve it to a different table and someone's pizza slice was touching her shirt. Last straw. I'm on the way home. I'd rather starve.
(1)Matthew M.
The chicken tortilla soup should be called tortilla soup. It literally had NO chicken in it whatsoever. Not a single piece. Wow!!!
(1)Stephanie B.
I was skeptical because of the bad reviews at first, but the service was great. The steak was a little too uncooked but I did ask for rare. The server was very friendly as well and the wait wasn't too long.
(4)Gary S.
Wow how Applebee's has went down hill. Only good part of my meal was the celery sticks
(1)Blaine H.
Poor service, over priced drinks, and food was still frozen!!!!!!!
(1)Mel D.
I am in Love with the Fiesta Chicken Chopped Salad, get it in the bottomless salad combo and save a few bucks rather than buying the salad by itself and there is unlimited refills service is average but as long as they have the salad I'll keep going!
(5)Yael M.
My faith in Applebees has been restored thanks to my experience tonight. Mike is a fantastic server, both attentive and kind. The recent additions to the menu are inspired and unexpectedly delicious. Before we dive into details, let me say that I am giving 4 stars understanding that I came here on a Thursday at 1 AM. My fiance and I were one of 2 couples eating. Most of the negative reviews I see here come from busy lunch/dinner shifts. I will need a second incredible experience before I will be willing to give this restaurant five stars. However, I definitely had a five star night out. So the last time I went to Applebees was late last year, at the one on Bell and the 17, and that whole meal was just awful. I had a disgustingly greasy quesadilla burger and my fiance had the blandest mac n cheese ever. It was a Sunday during a football game, and our server seemed more interested in watching the game than paying any attention to her customers. That day we made a promise: NEVER AGAIN. I now have a night-shift tech job, and my fiance is in college, so we've become nocturnal. This really limits our options when we get hungry for dinner after midnight. Tonight, we were on our way to maybe find something to eat/drink around Metrocenter, but we saw the Applebees on the way and thought, why not? Let's give it a shot. Within minutes of arriving, Mike had us enjoying small talk and drinks. My fiance had a martini made exactly to their specifications (which MANY restaurants fail to do) and I had a Sam Adams. We started with the spinach artichoke dip. Most places put too much cheese in this appetizer, but this time the vegetables really got a chance to speak. I had the Brew Pub Philly, a new sandwich on the menu, and sweet potato fries. I was skeptical about spending twelve dollars on a sandwich, but I gladly would again. The steak was tender. The cheese was gooey and tasty, and the whole sandwich had just the right amount of spicy. My fiance had the mushroom swiss burger, which is something they normally get at other restaurants. The burger was perfect. It was so juicy. They asked for it pink, and it wasn't too pink. The vegetables were great, but the sauce really took it over the edge, making it one of the best burgers they had ever had. Also, my fiance wasn't sure if they wanted fries or onion rings. They expressed this to Mike, but decided on onion rings. Mike later came out saying that the cook burned the onion rings, so he brought them some fries while another batch of onion rings was cooked. So we still ended up with both! It was either a happy accident or some outstanding customer service from Mike. We ended up boxing up half of our meals so that we could have some dessert: churro smores. I know what you're saying: What?! We said the same thing. But it was so good. I even ended up with some chocolate sauce on my shirt. The whole time we were eating, Mike was always there to offer an extra napkin or refill our waters. He even gave us to-go waters when we left. As my people say, he was a real mensch. He mentioned that he just recently started working at Applebees. He's the main reason why we're coming back.
(4)Ty Y.
Seriously asked for my steak done to medium and always get a well done steak. I asked this time to give me medium and again get a well done steak. I let my server know and he said ok I'll take care of it. Then 15 minutes later asked for my plate with my un-eaten steak. Then 10 minutes later In I get my steak after party have completed their meals. Then I'm told by the manager on duty that the meat is cut thicker than others. Does mean I'm supposed to know how the meat is cut and tell them how to cook it on any given day?...wtf!!
(1)Nik C.
Typical Applebee's which is no way a bad thing. We love coming here for the cheap margaritas during happy hour. The wings are not bad either.
(3)Trevor C.
Came here the other night with my wife for dinner since we were both too tired to cook and wanted some drinks. We ordered the side salads and half rack of ribs from the 2 for 25 menu. We then each ordered mojitos. I had a regular one and she got the wildberry mojito. First, the salads. They were delicious. Everything looked and tasted fresh. They were also quite large so we could have probably just had the salads and been fine. My regular mojito was ok, but required addition of multiple limes to overcome the soda water flavor. Her wildberry mojito was absolutely delicious. The strawberry mojito was also very very good. We both enjoyed our ribs. Not much to say one way or the other about these except that they were good. The fries that came with them were also good. We each took only one bite of the coleslaw and passed on it. The coleslaw definitely needs help.
(3)Sanford R.
After just visiting Applebee's I remembered why I hadn't been there in five years or so. It's just not very good. We enjoyed the appetizer well enough, but the waitress told us that appetizers were supposed to be half off. We thought that was great and ordered it for that reason, but when we got the bill they charged us for the full price of it. What a ripoff! The caesar salad was abysmal. I have seldom had worse. How do you mess up salad? The pasta entree we got was also not very good and oddly enough when I heated it up leftover it was much better. At least Applebee's is open later than most places. Not that it matters since the food isn't worth the price. Get your act together Applebee's! It may be awhile before I am willing to give you another chance.
(2)Jason V.
Not my first or even 17th choice for eating, but for drinking at their reverse happy hour? Eff yes. Just about everything is discounted after 9pm, except on Saturdays there is no half price special on appetizers. Typical neighborhood crowd at this location, which means very blue collar and mostly 20-somethings. Very affable bartenders who somehow keep their cool amidst the chaos of making drinks for the bar patrons as well as the entire restaurant.
(3)Theresa G.
Came in on a Friday afternoon and was seated with my party of 4 in 2 minutes. We were greeted by our server Jorge a few minutes after that. So far so good, quick and friendly. We ordered and waited about 20-25 minutes for the food. I ordered the shrimp combo and it didn't look anything like the menu picture (does anything ever look as good?). My only real complaint about the food is that the rice pilaf was a little hard, but it was hardly noticeable under the flavors of the scrimp scampi (buttery and delicious). The fried shrimp was good, and the cocktail sauce on the side made it great. This was no bland or boring cocktail sauce but had a nice kick to it. Overall the meal was better than I expected (from reading some of the previous reviews) and Jorge was the perfect kind of waiter (there when you need him but not hovering). I would definitely eat here again.
(4)Binasa M.
Today a group of friends and I went to this apple bees location for some drinks and appetizers and had less than satisfactory service. We were seated quickly, but it all went downhill from there. We waited 15 mins before our waiter Elizabeth even noticed that we were there. She took our drink and appetizer order and then we waited a good 15 mins for our 4 drinks to come out and another 15 mins after that to get half our food. Unfortunately she didn't have the greatest memory and tried to hand us all the wrong food. After all this though we still forgave her and we were perfectly fine until 30 mins later when we still didn't have the rest of the and she had not checked up on us once and never offered to refill our drinks. That lost the company about $15 on drinks that they could have made from us. When we asked her about the rest offood the food she ditzilly replied that she had forgotten and asked us to remind her of our order. Twenty mins later she brought the rest of the food and still never asked us if we needed refills. We just had to ask for silverware since we didn't have that our entire meal. So cups empty and highly unsatisfied with our waitress she come back to ask if we are just chillen or if we are ready for the checks. We are all in our mid twenties and do not appreciate being talked to like teenagers and ignored by all of the waiters because they are too busy talking amongst themselves to notice any customers. The manager Andrew was called and he apologized and was nice about it and took s few things off. Free stuff doesn't really change the experience, but we appreciated the fact that he tried to make it right. Andrew just needs to have a little more control over his people in the future in order to run a successful business and not lose more sales.
(1)Taric W.
Proof to all my Yelp friends that I can write good reviews on chain restaurants. It's just a freaking Applebee's. The food is going to be overpriced for what you get...unless it's something from happy hour. If you can handle countless carbs from flavored syrups, the drink menu will treat you well. Order the "grateful dead". It's not on the menu and always gets the job done after the first three. There are a couple good brews, but beer is no longer discounted, so have fun paying $5 a pint. I really only come here because they treat me nice, and I tip them well. Isn't that how the whole "neighborhood" feel is supposed to work? PS-If you come here for the entrees, I will laugh at you.
(3)Jana Y.
So disappointing .. Service was not good altho the waiter was very nice.. He took another table order when we were there first but assured us ours would go in first.. WE had not been here in a year because the food was so bad the last time.. Steak was raw and cold, broccoli not even cooked, mashed potatoes cold in center and inedible.. it was bad.. But we decided to give it another chance.. My salad was good except it had hardly any dressing on it.. and the waiter never returned to ask if everything was ok.. He was too interested in other tables.. It ws the oriental chicken salad.. Then we had our aarp card which gives a 15% senior discount but when we showed it to the waiter he goes what is that , I don't know what that is.. He was really rude.. Then he goes I need to get my manager.. So the manager comes over and says I can only give you 10% i showed him the website from aarp stating 15% he goes i don't have a 15% button.. duh i was in retail for 25 years customer service and this was not customer service.. He goes I can give you 10% .. He was rude as well .. Then i look up and on the wall is a sign We Love our Seniors lol are you kidding me??? Needless to say there are so many wonderful restaurants around we do not need to go there to be treated this way and spend money there..
(1)Barbara H.
One reason I'm writing this review is in hopes that the manager takes it as a quality assurance opportunity. And to save others who happen to be in the area and thinking of coming here for lunch. My dad and I went here (he's elderly) for a quick lunch. We were seated at a dirty table-not grossly dirty, but it still had spilled stuff on it (could have been overlooked on a busy day)(don't think so). The little flyers that encourage you to get the drinks and appetizers were dirty to the point they stuck together. We sat a good 10 minutes without being recognized, no water--nothing. The manager finally came over to let us know our waitress would be there soon. I pointed out the stuck together flyers and he took them away with an apology--but to me, customers should not have to do that. We both ordered a chicken salad, he got a draft beer and I got a diet soda. The salad was the best part of our experience (fiesta chicken)..We had to ask for utensils because they weren't on the table. Maybe they would have been put there when they cleaned the table. Oh-right-it wasn't properly cleaned. I was not offered another soda until the waitress brought the check which meant that we were going to leave soon anyway--the drink should have been checked way before then. When she brought back my atm card with the check, she called me "Ms. Barbara" as if we had been chatting it up all afternoon. It was the first real personal connection and really seemed to be a way to get a better tip. It didn't work. And the kicker was, for a diet pepsi, draft beer, 2 salads at lunch--it came to $30. For awful service, dirty tables and inattentive staff. To my mind, to run a business, to run a good business, you need to have great customer service. The food can be meh but with great customer service (cleanliness, attention to needs, pleasantness), people will come back.The place was not all that crowded. We won't be back here.
(1)Noah L.
Waitress was friendly but did not multi-task well, took 15 minutes to get check when we were clearly done with our food. 2/4 of our orders were incorrect. Steak was well done not medium. My half rack of ribs were dry and burned with very low sauce amount. Was on afc/nfc championship game night while not being very busy at all. Chef, runner and waitress all failed, the beer was good though.
(1)Melissa Q.
Girlfriend and i came for a date to this location since it was the closest. For being busy we were sat right away. The waitress hardly paid attention to us. Took about 20 to 30 mins for wings and mozzarella sticks. Food was still cold when it got to our table we let the waitress know she took it and took another 20 mins for our food to come only to be reheated in the microwave. Food wasnt made properly. We both came home with upset stomachs and nauseous. I wouldnt come back again.
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