Applebee’s

Consistently slow service. We waited a long time for our food and our desserts took a ridiculously long time to arrive.

Quality of food: I could be wrong but it tastes and looks as if it’s just microwaved frozen food. I’ve tasted and prepared enough food to distinguish a huge difference between the two. This is why I usually pass up the meals and meats and just stick with appetizers. Soft pretzels are choice.
Service: No complaints. Always greeted warmly and seated promptly. There is one young lady that stands out, she only greets and seats people I believe. I didn’t catch her name. She is full of energy and always looks as if it’s just the best day of her life. That is a very rare kind. My respect.
Couple more things Id like to add. The seating is great. Plenty of booths (my favorite), and subtle lighting, gives it a comfortable warm atmosphere.

We frequent here quite a bit because we can always get in around 9 to 10 PM and the appetizers are half price. You would not want to pay full price for any of the appetizers because the portions lately are horrible. They keep changing The appetizer menu and not for the better. I wish they would go back to their old menu a year ago. They had large portions especially their quesadillas. They also used to have really good nachos. They tried to go fancy with their hors d’oeuvres and failed miserably. Ever since they took all the fun stuff off the walls they have gone downhill. I have been coming here less and less over the last year and before long I guess I won’t be back. They need a serious management adjustment to get back to their winning ways. I gave them three stars because they usually have very good employees.

We have been here twice, and the food is good. But they are awfully formal there. As a nonbinary person, I hate being called «sir» or «gentleman» all the time, so have to think whether I want to go there again. Just say «hi», and that’s enough…

I’ve been to this Applebee’s countless times before, and I must say one thing: the food quality here is quite variable. Sometimes you get really delicious & well-​prepared dishes, but other times the dishes come out tasting pretty bad.
On our most recent visit, we stopped in for a late dinner (around 9ish pm). We had the «2 for $ 20» special — an appetizer to share, and 2 entrées.
The appetizer we chose was the mozzarella sticks. Sadly it was not really well-​prepared this time, with the cheese being kinda hard instead of soft & gooey (we have had this here before). I would probably go with the boneless wings next time around, as I’ve found that they don’t seem to mess up on that dish as much.
The entrées we chose this time were the chicken tenders & the cedar grilled lemon chicken. The chicken tenders were pretty hard and overcooked. Lots of breaded crust & not much actual chicken meat. The fries were alright. The cedar grilled lemon chicken, on the other hand, was pretty good. It was served with tasty basmati rice, and topped with cubed green apple bits.
They offer a different selection of dishes in the «2 for $ 25» special, of which I’ve tried and liked the double crunch shrimp, and the mac & cheese with honey pepper chicken tenders.
Service is generally OK here. They also have a tablet (at each table) from which you can order, call for your server, or play games. All games are locked behind a pay wall. I believe it was $ 1.99 per play? Not too sure of the pricing as the selection of games didn’t really interest me.
All in, decent value for the food & service you get, with a nice small town family restaurant ambience. Will probably be back again when I’m next in the neighbourhood.

Applebee’s has really stepped it up! Food was fresh and delicious! Gone are frozen burgers and many other improvements to the food have been made as well. Service with the electronic table top device enabled us to pay and order refills quickly and the human service was relaxed and on time.

I don’t usually eat at Applebee’s, but this one was pretty decent.
Our food came at a good pace and it was well cooked. I ordered a drink and I got my money’s worth for the alcohol content. I also like how many TV’s this particular one had set up everywhere.

I went to Applebee’s on Sunset today with my grandfather (who has severe alzheimer’s) and my grandmother. Our server was an older gentlemen maybe in his late 40s early 50s who was very pleasant and was a wonderful sever. Our meal came to about $ 32 with their senior discount and the food overall was a lot better than I remember in the past. As I mentioned my grandfather has SEVERE alzheimer’s and it is hard enough taking him places anyways. He lives in the past when 50 cents was a LARGE tip. Whenever we go out to dinner it’s a huge fiasco when we pay for the meal and my grandfather will argue until he’s blue in the face about leaving a tip and has even gone to the extend of going back to the table as we are leaving to take more money away from the server. My grandmother and I have made it a habit to let him leave a small tip and as we walk out we tip the server more so it doesn’t cause a scene. At the end while paying for our $ 32 meal my grandfather left a $ 3 tip which in my opinion is insulting (I’ve worked in this industry but i NEVER expected anything from anyone knowing how hard times can come up). I had 7 more dollars in my hand to hand to the sever because he was great. As the serve took the money I watched him walk to the register, shake his head, sort of hit his hand down and legitimately through and fit. He looked absolutely on fire!!! He wouldn’t even look at me when i was trying to get his attention. It was very uncomfortable. I immediately put my money back in my pocket. I get that a small tip can be irritating. I’ve been there. But to choose this job with the odds of an elderly person giving a small tip and then to visually throw a fit like that was discusting to watch. I will never step foot in a Applebee’s again. I hope this server and his manager reads this. this event has truly bothered me.

My boyfriend and I ordered some food to pick up at the restaurant and when we got home with the food we realized that everything in the bag was literally eaten food (either trash or someone’s leftovers) which was disgusting. We called and were told it would be taken care of when we got back to the restaurant to pick it up. After driving all the way back, all of the employees were extremely apologetic and took my boyfriend to the manager who was right where he picked up the food in the first place. The employee directed her to his issue and she literally TURNED HER HEAD, IGNORED HIM, AND WENT BACK TO WHAT SHE WAS DOING. After he walked away with the food, he heard the manager ask the bartender who was helping him what the problem was about. Are you serious? He was standing right there and she could have asked HIM and tried to help but she IGNORED HIM and asked AFTER HE WAS WALKING AWAY. To make matters worse, we were not offered any kind of compensation for being given a literal bag of trash instead of our food. One of the worst service experiences we’ve ever had with a MANAGER of a restaurant. Hopefully someone will see this and chat with this particular manager. Whoever it was, she was on duty today June 6^th at 8:00pm.

Kind of slow once you place your food order. Food is good lots of tv’s to watch and a nifty device called «ted» that you can use to place your own appetizer and/​or dessert order. You can also use it to pay your bill and for a few dollars you can unlock games on it.

The food quality here is consistent, it is fresh and full of flavor. I enjoy there new pick your own appetizer meal– it allows for a good selection of small bites at a decent price. The new table tablet that allows you to order drink refills on demand and pay your bill with an email copy of the receipt is a great addition.
The lack of a stars comes from that service can be hit or miss– it is never bad– but there are very clearly employees here who just don’t care. There is one associate who I had who was great– the other ones (bar area) just do not seem to care in the afternoons about their guests.

I’ve never been an AppleBees fan and actually haven’t eaten in one in a number of years.
The food has always been below par and the service usually sucks.
I was in Bellingham on business and when I’m traveling for business everything goes on the Amex card. Needless to say this can greatly reduce restaurant choices especially when I’m out of the major metropolitan areas.
Knowing they would take Amex I went to the Applebee’s in Bellingham and the food was not horrible. Still what I consider to be under par for the price but better than my last few times at this chain.
I must say that the service at this Applebee’s was probably the best I’ve had at this chain. Very good service, friendly attentive waitress. Food was delivered fast and hot.
I’m sure there are better places here but my experience here was good enough for 3 stars… Mostly for the service.

It had been a while since I last came to an Applebee’s. This last visit was vastly better than the last time. The food is much improved and the service was great! I like the new menu. The little computers at each table was interesting.

Ever since Applebee’s introduced the on-​table smart tablets, the coordination of service has become a confused mess. Order ONE drink? THREE appear! Ask for an appetizer? Wrong ones are delivered. Order dessert? Winds up on another customers table. Should have walked out after the initial 30 minutes it took to get our drinks correct. Stayed for a full 2 hours of punishment. Was given gift certificates for our troubles, but the manager as so clueless and rude, I don’t think we’ll eat there again out of principle.

Stopped by for a beer and some apps.
We sat in the bar area. Took 14 minutes before we got approached by the waiter/​mgr. Id’d us then took our beer order. Didn’t ask what size he just took it upon himself to bring us the biggest one he had. Guess we were paying for it weather we finished or not. Then made excuses about taking so long. This happened last 2 times we dined there. This new staff sucks. I miss a lot of the waiters/​waitresses/​mgr of old. They always made sure your visit was great. Not the case anymore. Won’t be back

My friend and I decided to stop by on our same-​day states trip as we wanted something reasonably priced and I had never tried it before. I’ve heard of this chain restaurant so I had respective expectations for it. They had a $ 20 deal going on and that was very attractive to us.
We got there around 6:30 pm and was promptly seated, no reservations necessary (this was a Saturday). It was quite busy but not 100% full. Our waitress was very friendly and patient — no attitude. She could have been a little faster when stopping by for drinks, taking our orders, etc but I guess she had a lot of tables to look after. Still we had no complaints about her service — very personable and conversational. This restaurant had free wifi, which was very slow so I barely bothered with it.
The $ 20 deal comes with one appetizer and two entrees for two people. Awesome price compared to regular menu price which is already reasonably priced.
Boneless wings, honey BBQ flavour with ranch dip, $ 9.49 normally: these were breaded chicken breast chunks with a BBQ sauce on them with a dip and celery sticks on the side. I loved these but would have preferred less BBQ sauce. However these were still great — I ate these so fast!
Citrus lime 7 oz sirloin, $ 13.49 normally: I got this medium rare. It came with a plastic stick on the top. The server said this just meant how well it was cooked for the kitchen’s benefit, I guess. It came with potatoes that are like breakfast ones, and a side of vegetables (zucchini and beans). I didn’t like the potatoes but my friend loved them. The vegetables were good as they wer covered in the same sauce as the steak, which was cooked perfectly by the way. Sauce was so good but a little salty. I was very thirsty after this meal.
My friend got the riblet basket with fries, normally $ 9.49 I think. This was a huge portion, many rib things and fries. I was not aware of this kind of rib. They had bones throughout and less meat. The sauce was same as the boneless wings. The fries were good. He couldn’t finish though as it got boring.
For a chain restaurant, I had a great time. The food was good enough, the service was great, and overall an awesome experience. I left in a really great mood. I don’t see why there are so many poor reviews. It’s nothing fancy and you can’t compare it to something like that. The food came hot and our waitress was nice.
In the future, I would definitely go for the $ 20 deal again. I would also like to try their happy hour — half prices appetizers from 3 – 6 and 9pm to close! Also there’s a free appetizer if you join their perks thing. Yay :)

My friends and I went to Applebee’s all the time since we were poor, starving college students. Their happy hour is probably one of the best around Bellingham. Their boneless chicken wings with blue cheese? Ugh, I’m making myself crave them which is super masochistic since I’m currently living in Japan. I know, craving Applebee’s, what has my life come to, right? But hey, they’re cheap and hit the spot with a couple of drinks, so I really can’t complain.

I’ve always loved Applebee’s! For a chain they do a great job. Always clean, fresh food, prompt and friendly service. Sometimes their portion sizes look a little smaller in person then they do on the menu but they are tasty all the same.
I sat in the bar today as I usually do when alone. Dez was the bartender and she was friendly and did a great job. I usually spend about the same amount here as I do at fast food so why not eat better?

I know. Applebees? Really? Yes, Applebees.
We got an Applebees quite a few years ago and I have always like the place. Before their recent remodel, I loved playing «I Spy» with all the nostalgic stuff… But their new clean look is good, too. Simple modern. Yeah, it works.
The menu is, I will admit, a bit too exhaustive. I usually turn to whatever is «hot and exciting» today. The «2 for $ 20» deals usually suit me and whomever I am with.
The service is usually pretty reliable, the food is good («good enough»), and the ambiance is what you would expect from a chain restaurant, fine, but not stellar.
So go, you’ll be fed and taken care of. And it won’t break you.

Applebee’s is a life saver if you ever need to work late nights near Bellingham. They are open til 1 am most nights, and have good food, good music, and generous portions. I tried a variety of items from their extensive menu, ranging from their ribs, pastas, and salads, and they are all decent and very reasonably price. As dead as night time Bellingham can appear, seems there’s always some life here. I found out that their music is on a subscriber channel like XMI or whatever, but it was just the kind of 70’s — 90’s music selection I liked, at 1am anyway.