Applebee’s

Sssssssllllllloooooooooooowwwww… Do not come here unless you have a lot of time to kill. Staff is in slow motion.

Definitely a ghetto Applebee’s but service wasn’t as bad as I thought. They told us it would be a 45 minute wait but we were sat down and had our drinks within 15 minutes. Understaffed, our food still came fairly quickly and our waitress was kind, even almost at midnight.

It was half empty with a 30min wait. When we inquired about the reason we were told there was no silverware. Which I have never heard before, since they have take out I would have expected they would just switch to plastic or at least seat people and serve drinks. After being sat with the now 6 other tables at the same time, we waited for 10 min while all the other tables put in their orders. We were out server’s only new table, but she decided to to her side work like vacuuming and clearing other tables instead of even taking our drink orders. When we eventually got service, she was pleasant and food was the standard for Applebee’s.

Server Tyrone was really friendly and took good care of us. Food was not good. I had a raw mushroom that had melted cheese and had not been washed. I had four very small potatoes. #applebees

The only reason I gave this place 2 stars is because the waitress was great…
Originally I was going to order the southwest shrimp fettuccine… and the waitress of all people told me it was horrible and was always getting returned to the kitchen… that should of been the first sign of things to come.
So I ordered the bourbon chicken and shrimp and it was ok… no that good way too salty…
The seat that I was sitting in had the springs starting to come thru the chair and was really uncomfortable… finally idk if its like this every night but the people at the bar where obnoxiously loud!
If I’m ever in Columbia, SC again this will be the last place I ever go to.

Well… nothing has changed about this place, judging by the negative reviews posted 2 years ago by another Unilocaler.
Hubby & I came here for lunch last Saturday. The hostess greeted us (not sure if sweat pants are part of the uniform, but oh well). We were approached by our waitress fairly quickly. Stephanie? I believe that was her name. Anyway, you can’t miss her. Short, chubby, long dark hair & brightly colored trashy makeup.
She took our order & lingered around our table too much. I guess she thought that flirting with the men would give her a bigger tip. At first we thought it was amusing… bless her heart. LOL
Yes, hubby is handsome, that’s why I married him 17yrs ago ;)
But each time hubby & I were in conversation, «Little Miss» would rush on over & sadly attempt to strike up an un-​intellegent conversation with hubby.
He was clearly getting annoyed & stopped making eye contact with her, & engaging in conversation, hoping she would get the hint.
I guess she thought that giving him refills & refusing to refill mine, would also contribute to a bigger tip.
It was a very bizarre atmosphere… and very ghetto employees working.
We witnessed a cook, with his baggy jeans pulled down to his thighs to expose his boxers, merrily chatting to the hostess & another waitress, as they were sitting in the bar folding napkins.
A manager (short, older guy) came over to them, shared a joke & walked off.
While waiting for our food…(took a long time), we also watched our waitress «Stephanie» argue with another waitress in the bar, about a customer wanting an extra shot in her margarita.
It truly was pathetic. She was loud, obnoxious & obviously uneducated. The customer wanting the extra shot, was clearly embarrassed & asked for her food to be boxed up.
We finally got our meal. Hubby had fish n chips. Good size portion, but they need to change their cooking oil. It had a really old & burnt flavor on the batter. The batter was undercooked & soggy on the bottom.
I had the «NEW» Southwest Shrimp Fettuccine. Looks good in the picture… right?
Wrong!
Pasta was overcooked, soggy & bland. Shrimp was cooked nice, but there was no flavor & not much «Southwest» toppings. A little bit of corn, tomatoes & a few beans.
We asked for the check. Our waitress said to hubby «have a good night». (It was the middle of the day).
Then she said «oh…how can you have a good night, when I am still here?» (poor attempt at humor).
My husband told her…“Oh we can definitely manage without you”. LOL
He gave her the bare minimum tip & as we were gettin up to leave… she said to hubby «make sure you come back to see me»…like really?
Not…“thanks for dining with us, come back to Applebees again”…
Hubby smiled & said «No Thank You!» LOL… he’s so gracious.
Anyway…as a manager in retail, I don’t understand how Applebees managers are not reviewing public opinions & allowing their business to receive bad reviews, instead of fixing or firing.
In any event… we won’t be dining at this restaurant chain again, especially at this location.

well let me say this, i have definitely had better. i wish i had read my Unilocal first but we just finished visiting the zoo and figured it was a national chain so how bad right ??
i am not from Columbia but have been there several times and have family from there. i am not stranger to the area, withthat being said i don’t think my race should have been a factor but i believe it was. and i am not racist by no means. the hostess abrey was rude and did not even want us there from the beginning. she was short and snappy about every thing. we didn’t even have time to sit down before she wanted our food order. so we did order cheaply even tho we would have ordered something else had we been given the time to do so. after the meal was brought to us so was our ticket and our «here’s your check» never mind the fact we wanted dessert. never were we checked on once to see if our drinks needed filled or we needed anything. our food was thrown at us. how did i draw the race conclusion. the people behind us, were a different race and she had no problem spending more time with them and they ordered the same deal. she even sat down with them. there was not politeness in her actions or words just the fact she wanted us gone, well so was her tip, gone.
given the fact i was upset i took a day to write this before i wrote this review, i tried to call the applebee’s to see if she had an off day, it happens. He refused to come to the phone. so that is fine with me. When I see i am not the only one who has had issues with this restaurant then there is a problem. The food was ok, the service however needs a lot of work. You can’t enjoy the food with bad service
not for me again if i dont have to,

This is the most ghetto Applebees ever. The food is good, but the service is crappy at best. I have been here 4 times, usually because there wasn’t anything else open. Everytime my waitress has been inattentive or just plain rude (one even snapped at my boyfriend and another made us wait 15+ mins for drinks). Last time we went it was horrible, people were screaming and jumping around like fools, someone was laying on a table, uncensored rap music was blasting so loud I couldn’t hear myself talking, and the waitress forgot our food for nearly an hour.
This place is a craphole and I won’t be visiting again.

Okay, so I really stopped here because Broad River Road was really congested on a Friday night. I ordered the fish and chips. When the plate arrived, I thought the portion was small but as I ate it, it seemed never-​ending. The waiter was very attentive and overall I was *very* pleased. I’ll be back here again.
They also had Long Island Iced Tea for $ 3.00(!!!) but I didn’t try one so I can’t say how good it was.