Applebee’s

Yeah I live in Gastonia. It’s quiet and it’s cheap and I’m from Texas, so I don’t mind commuting to Charlotte. But my job now requires me to work nights and there are few places to eat in Gastonia after midnight.
Which is how I found myself at Applebee’s.
So, any restaurant in Gastonia gets extra weird on the weekend, when the yokels ‘come to town’ for a night out. Believe me, you will see some characters.
Let me preface, this isn’t a review for Applebee’s. This is a review for Friday night at Applebee’s.
The food is just as shitty. But the entertainment is top notch. Sleeveless hillbillies, Dungeon and Dragon players and all manor of douche bags complain about slow service, sing along to Katy Perry on PA system and gorge themselves on all you can eat fries.
I really must remember to get something to eat before crossing Charlotte city limits.

not going to leave a lengthy one this time, plain and simple three strikes you’re out! awful service and the order is always wrong!

Had a late dinner here. My wife had the steak, I had the mushroom Swiss burger with endless fries.
The food, which admittedly did take quite a while to appear, was INCREDIBLE. Perfection on my burger and my wife’s steak (which I sampled).
Tim was our server, and did a magnificent job. So friendly. So helpful. Even offered to go drinks.

Wow! Reading the reviews I guess I must have eaten at a different Applebee’s. I have to say that all our food came in a reasonable time frame and was very good. My wife and I didn’t like everything but we were trying new things too. The absolute GEM was our server Jennifer. She was very knowledgeable, answering every question we had. She made sure our drinks stayed filled and we were satisfied without being intrusive. When we were leaving she went the extra mile and refilled both of our drinks in to-​go cups. This is the kind of service you expect from an establishment like is. Everything wasn’t perfect, but it was a great experience and we will GLADLY recommend this Applebee’s. Keep up the good work Jennifer.

Absolutely terrible place. We love Applebee’s usually but when we went there last fall I received either a dirty skillet or they didn’t clean the grill properly before slopping my food on there too. My chicken was close to texture and the flavor of fish, most of the vegetables were inedible. We didn’t receive drink refills and our waitress spent most of her time talking up another table and ignoring us. When I made comments about my food that I didn’t finish or barely even ate she seemed clueless and just started a conversation with my son instead of offering any help with fixing what was wrong with my dish. We left, unhappy, and I took the survey on my receipt that night. I received a call from management a day or two later to hear what all happened, apologized, and offered me gift cards to make up for our terrible evening. She said those would come in about a month. that was over 6 months ago and still waiting. I guess I shouldn’t have expected anything else from a place that was run so badly in the first place. Lesson learned…

Zero Stars!!! This place used to be really good. I don’t know what happen because now is absolutely horrible!!! And the service is deplorable !!! My husband and I waited over 45 minutes for a drink our food actually arrived before our drinks. I had a sweet tea that was undrinkable it tasted like syrup, I had to ask for an unsweet just to mix it to make it drinkable. My husband had a margarita and when we finally got it to the table he realized it didn’t have any salt on the rim! Really people who serves a margarita without salt on the rim! And the mozzarella cheese sticks tasted like unflavored rubber. I think it is safe to say that we will never return to the Gastonia Applebee’s!

Zero stars worst Applebee’s ever I love Applebee’s came here for my birthday but the food was bad got me sick the waitress was nice but the lady in front sucked this place is horrible. Avoid it trust me and I’m being honest

Where do I start? This review in no way is a reflection on our server Darrell. Beers on tap here are pretty nonexistent, our apps came 5 minutes before our entrees. These seem petty and they are, but are not the true problems with this restaurant. Chicken pasta arrives cold, my wife’s had a hair in it that another waitress tried to say was hers when it was clearly embedded in the pasta. Darrell got it taken off the bill and we had requested to speak with the manager who managed to look at our table several times but never had the wherewithal to make it over to us. Poor management skills must be a given here. I suggest any other restaurant in town over this place.

For a national chain, this location is on par for what you can expect every where else. I really enjoyed the waitstaff, very attentive and proactive about refills etc. I had to review today because
ZOMG THE COWBOY BURGER.
It really is incredible. I have never been more satisfied from a burger in my life, I was full all night and all morning the next day. This burger was just *soo good*. It was definitely not what I was expecting.
Tip: go after 10 for ½ price apps, we had mozz sticks and quest Blanco dip, it was amazing. The blue ribbon brownie was sinfully good.