Applebee’s

Got swindled into going here for a friend’s birthday celebration. Unsure of what on the menu would be at least tolerable, I ordered the Maple Bacon Chicken Piadini. I did not know what a Piadini was before this, so thank you Applebee’s for enlightening me (it’s somewhere between a gyro and a panini). It was actually quite good, but I really regretted ordering chili and cheese on my fries. The cheese looked ok at first, then solidified into a squishy blanket of grossness that trapped all the moisture in my fries and made them all soggy underneath. Chips probably would’ve been a safer bet, but hey, I guess I was feeling adventurous.
I really liked the small side of pickles. They were crisp, fresh tasting, and… oh my god… so spicy! I love spicy, but it took me by surprise how spicy these little guys were. I feel like they should come with a warning label! Thankfully, they have Boston Lager on draught. This helped put out the pickle fire and rounded out my meal quite nicely.
Really, aside from the unimpressive fries, this was a decent dinner. I wasn’t a fan of the tablets on every table, but I have to admit that it made splitting up the tab easier– for the waitress. It makes the customers do all the work instead.
P. S. I didn’t dare order it, but they have Cracker Jack Banana Cheesecake on their menu. With, like, Cracker Jacks on it… Uhhhhmmmm just no.

One of the better Applebee’s we have been to. Looks brand new inside and out. Seated fast. Friendly host. Very clean inside with local photos on the walls. Lots of tvs, but not too loud. Bar in the center of the restaurant with bar seating. We got th he app assortment pick 3. Great apps, just like photo. Spin dip was excellent with chips, pretzels with beer cheese dip were my favorite. Mozzarella sticks were just ok, nothing special, just like you get everywhere else. Tacos and pot stickers were perfect too. Cold Sam Adams on draft was just right. Server was fast and friendly. Overall a great experience. The only complaint was the mediocre food quality, but it is a chain restaurant called Applebee’s and it was better than in the past. I swore off Applebee’s a few years ago and have just returned recently.

My husband & I have had bad luck with Applebee’s in the past, we decided to give this location a try & have had mostly good luck. We’ve gone numerous times over the past year & have had maybe 2 bad experiences, usually with service. They have good drink specials & delicious appetizers. And the car side to go is super convenient on a busy evening.

As far as Applebee’s go, this is a good one! It’s never super busy so you can get a table fairly easily. Food quality and service are good & Waiter’s/Waitresses are usually friendly. I would definitely hit this location again.

I am torn between a 3 and a 4 star rating. the waitress and the manager saved it for me I guess. Three of us got burgers and very specifically asked they be well done — no pink. My aunt stressed this — my other aunt even teased and said «burn it». She also asked for the bacon to be very very crisp.
My mom’s burger came out cooked correctly. Both mine and my aunt’s were «medium» at best. My aunt’s bacon was limp. I like my steak medium rare and my burgers well done… I was too hungry to wait for my burger to be redone — so I ate what I could of it (about half — then the raw chopped chuck got to me). My aunt had hers redone. She said hers was good when she got it back out.
Our waitress was very professional — not overly friendly — but she did her job — checked on us several times — made sure we had everything we needed and apologized for the problem with the food. She also let the manager know there was a problem and he came over right away and was very apologetic. (My aunt said she could here him yelling at the cooks in the kitchen about the burgers.)
Everyone else’s food seemed to be very good.
If we lived here, I’d be willing to give it another chance.
by the way, when the waitress brought over our checks, she didn’t bring one for my aunt. When asked she said the manager took care of it. He also took my burger off the bill and I was only billed for the soda and dessert.
For dessert I got the chocolate mousse shooter. The mousse was very tasty but there was very little of it. The small glass would have been fine — but ¹⁄₃ of it was small pieces of oreo cookies. Then a tad bit of mousse, and the balance of the glass (probably more than ¹⁄₃ of it) was whipped topping and more oreo cookies. I would not get that again. just not enough mousse.

My co-​workers and I stopping in at about quarter past 10 for drinks and appetizers and I was pleasantly surprised to see that the place was busy, but not too busy to accommodate our large party. Our waitress was friendly, upbeat, and very attentive. Even when closing time came around and we lingered a little long (sorry!) the staff was still friendly and not pushy at all. My beer was really, really cold, which was awesome, and sliders tasty.

Chuck hit a home-​run with excellent service in every way possible. he was with no doubt the best server we’ve dealt with here in all of our visits.

Visiting from DC — brought my mom, 2 sisters, and 3 nieces in for dinner. We were seated right away, out waiter was super friendly and attentive. Spinach artichoke dip was yummy (as usual) and its hard to beat the 2 for $ 20 deals. Cheese chicken penne, southwest pasta, and chicken with shrimp were all delicious. Brownie bites are the perfect-​sized post dinner treat and I still can’t believe they were only $ 1 !!

We love Applebees in Augusta, Maine! The bartenders are great! They remember us when we return. The food is great! Especially the ½ price appetizers at 9pm! Applebees is as close as Augusta gets to a «where everybody knows your name» kinda place!

I went to Applebee’s last night with a few people. It happened to be trivia night so we played. It was a blast! It was nicely run and a blast to play! Our waitress was exceptional and very personable and it appeared the waitstaff was very attentive to all. I would recommend anyone try trivia night on Mondays for a fun night out.