Applebee’s

I have been there a lot of times, the last 2 times I orderd the 8 ounce steak, which I never order again, way too pink I orderd it mediam well, and both times too much fat and grizzle, portans are way too small for what you get, I payed 14.99 for my meal which I will never do again, and slow service, there for a hour and a half till they took the oreder, I had keep telling the waitress we are ready to order now, back then on the news places announced they are having small portins because people are getting fat, I think that is not true, you do not get your moneys worth

The server who took our orders was very attentive, jolly, and friendly even though we came in late at night. Everyone in there were friendly.
The place was nice, clean, and not too loud like other Applebee’s; it was however, chilly. They have late night happy hour so their appetizers were half off which was awesome.
I ordered the Hot Shot Whiskey Chicken which I really liked because it was savory and really tasty. About my drink, I think it was delicious, but too sweet.
Overall, me and my family had a good experience in this Applebee’s, and will surely come back again if we are in Gresham.

Did the car side to go (yes I’m a bit lazy, this is so convenient). Ordering and paying with the app was easy too. Now when I got there I did wait 20 min. They felt so bad and apologized. I felt like the wait was ok and I felt bad for the cute server had to go out into the rain. They ‘compensated’ me more than I thought necessary. It’s nice to know there is a restaurant that still makes the customer feel special. It was a plus that our meal was prepared with care and was delicious!

The food we ordered tonight took a very long time to come out. The chips and artichoke dip was just disgusting. Chips were stale. The wings were cold. The cold slaw in wonton tacos tasted like it was a month old and she shell was stale … I’m never going to Applebee’s again. The food is obviously not fresh at all. Surprised they had 3 customers inside. Probably left disappointed just like us.

My food there, and the service, has always been good. However, my friend had a long hair in her burger, and it very clearly was not hers. With today’s standards for food prep, eh, no, not really any excuse.

My daughter & I came here for lunch today and it was great as always! We’ve been coming to this location about 4 years now and have never had bad service or bad food. Thank you!

Took my daughter here for a pre-​birthday lunch. Amazing! Riblet basket with fries for her, cedar grilled chicken with apple relish for me, boneless wings for an appetizer. Wonderful waitstaff, hostess, manager, and food. Only thing I would say is the apple relish was a tad heavy on the lime, but it was fantastic. VERY moist chicken on a bed of moist wild rice/​quinoa. Food to the table quickly. Kept our iced tea filled.

My waiter was great… But I ordered my steak med rare and it was way over cooked… It did take forever to get the meal and if I complained about the meat I would have to wait 15+ for a replacement… I was thankful the meat was cooled and the right temp.

My husband and I are avid Apple bee’s goers but I will say we will never go to the Gresham location again. Although it is the closest to our home we are usually during the day closer to the 82^nd location which is our favorite! We went the Gresham one for the first time around 9:30 on a Wednesday waiting forever to EVEN be greeted then seated. We were seated and were not thrilled with our food or the service we received. I also don’t love the layout of the inside of this location. The other locations I have been to a employee greets you IMMEDIATELY at the door and even opens the doors for you its over the top this location No one even really smiled or seemed friendly and we DEFINITELY were not greeted for some time! AVOID this location go the other one on 82^nd near Salvation Army!

Great service and friendly staff. They have machines at your table to be able to order and pay for your meal. You can page your waiter/​waitress if you need something and can’t find them to ask. The food was really good and it was a nice price. We got the two for twenty ribs and made it a platter for like 1.50 more. Was too much food to eat at the restaurant and got to take some home with me. After we slid our card to pay for the meal the waitress brought the actual paper receipt for us.

Our server Tony was great, real great sense of humor he played a long with my jokes, food was alright my fries were way salty didn’t touch them, my raspberry tea tasted like yogurt. Everything else was alright. I’d go back they have decent prices

Without hesitation I would describe Applebee’s as mediocre. The highlight of my dinner experience was that the to-​go boxes weren’t even boxes but more like Tupperware (reusable and free!), and the low point was that the food tasted somewhat microwaved. (Not in a bad way, just in a microwaved way.) I give this place a solid thumbs sideways, my experience was adequate. They’re open late and if you’re already in the area might as well stop by for some moderately priced appetizers.
Extra: There was also a very sad looking man making mediocre balloon animals and every once in a while we made awkward eye contact. I felt kind of bad for him.

No Greeting at the door? Sign said wait to be seated?
I went and sat down after waiting 5 minutes, I sat another 5 minutes waiting. I waved a waiter over. He was attentive polite and timely. Food was OK,– OK. I asked for the check. Suddenly, I had a waitress who came I asked for check, it came I signed it and added tip. Nobody came back? I took the check up to hostess area. Hostess was snippy and said someone should come get check. I said its done signed. She said «Sir, please take the check back to your table? I took it back. Stood there, nobdy came. I left like I should of after signing the check but picked up $ 2 of the good at first, good feeling $ 5 cash tip

Friday night at 5:30 we struggled to find a parking spot but were happy our party of 5 was seated quickly. Both my husband and I had the fish & chips which was greasy. We rated our food a 2 out of 5. Dessert were both 5’s. Our guest ate with out comment. The service was very excellent. The food was all delivered at once by three people. We usually eat at the 82^nd ave restaurant and enjoy the menu.

It’s not Great, but then not Horrible either. Average food, average prices, average service. Although the Hostesses seemed to rather chat with each other than greet guests.
Any how, if you are out of ideas or everywhere else is just too crowded then give this place a shot. Other than that I wouldn’t go too far out of my way.

Greeting and service is hit and miss. Sometimes we come in and wait for someone to notice there are customers, while sometimes we’re seated immediately. Sometimes the server takes forever and sometimes they’re just perfect. The crap on the TVs is boring, and the decorations are really cliché. At least most of them are pleasing, because who doesn’t love those old photographs that are in every place.
Food is just sub par, usually alright and cheap enough. I do tend to love the riblets but the amount of meat on them can be disappointing. Taste, though, is good. It’s worth upgrading the two for twenty meals and get more, it’s still cheap. And their artichoke dip is divine. Sometimes the food is great but I’ve not had a meal that was utterly awful. A bit charred yes, but not inedible.
Really young crowd, can get loud and crowded. Oh well. Good enough for those days you don’t want to eat at home and don’t want to spend a fortune.

I recently came into this restaurant because I had gotten a gift card for Christmas. Decided to take my mom, little sister and daughter here for dinner. The hostess was okay. No life in her at all. Waited quite awhile for appetizers. Our actual waitress, I do not remember her name, was very nice and paid attention to us. But the food was so horrid. I ordered just a normal cheeseburger and it tasted like crap. Burnt on the outside, nice on the inside. Turn the heat down a little to cook please. All in all, next time I get a gift card to Applebee’s, I’m selling it.

The bartender Vince is awesome! Great service and food is good. There is a lot food choices too.

Thanks Vincent, for ruining my evening tonight. You are seriously not meant to be a bartender or be in any type of service related industry work.
I had to write a review this evening in regards to my displeasure with the bartender here for dinner. Vincent, has absolutely no common courtesy, no rapport, no followup, and was too big headed for apologizing for an obvious mistake. If I was a secret shopper and I had to survey this restaurant this evening based on his performance this restaurant would have absolutely failed under his actions. In the beginning he was ok. It was a simple greeting nothing personable at all. He took my order and got my drink. After I received my food from him that was the last he would speak to me until he picked up my plate. Never once did he:
*Smile
*Ask me how I was doing
*Follow up with me
*Never offered dessert or additional beverages (no upsale whatsoever)
*Offer me the check
He seemed to be caught up making drinks for his associates and following up with his regulars that held a precedent over the other patrons here. I had to ask the hostess to tell the manager to get the inattentive bartender to get my check after waiting for 20 minutes. She tells the bartender and even then his other customers were still more important so he chose to serve their drinks first then attend to me. He gets my check and doesn’t apologize for his actions or even discuss it to ease the situation. He gives me a dirty look and drops the check off with no thank you. He stuck around a little bit to watch over me as I signed my credit card receipt as if to see whether I was going to tip him or not. I still chose to tip him even though I was disgusted by his service.
I tried to give you guys a chance after my last horrible service at your Vancouver location. It seems to me you guys really don’t care about your customers here. So I think its time we went our separate ways.
I WILL NEVER COME BACK AGAIN…
Update: 04÷01÷13, I came here not long ago cause my friends were already here at the bar. Still choosing to boycott giving any of my money to this establishment I walked in grudgingly into the bar and guess who was working? Yes, its Vince once again. I did not order a thing but I did find humor in seeing that you clearly remembered me cause you could not stop giving me dirty looks the whole time I was there. You obviously haven’t grown up Vince. Hopefully you’ll learn from your errors someday.

Had I did this review a couple of month’s ago, this might have been a solid 3 stars. However, the location in Gresham managed to pull them down to a solid 2. I don’t mind going to Applebee’s for salad and their steak is good for lunch, nothing you’d rush the out of town relatives to eat, but a solid lunch choice.
I went in on Thursday and they know us there because I meet my son for lunch a couple times a month. So, I was surprised when the hostess said, let me sit you in the bar, Megan, (yeah, Megan, I am calling you out by name) said she knows you. This game would later be explained to me by my son, that Megan had zero customers and they wanted us to give her some business, ie tips.
We go in the bar area and I see one other table in that area with a customer. Okay, fine, she will be on it. Well, really now. that jinxed me, I should banish those hopeful thoughts. Megan did not know me, or how to bring out anything. My son arrived and we ordered. We got the chicken won ton tacos for an appetizer. Those always come first.
Not this time, salad and soup hit the table and about ten minutes later the tacos. She didn’t refill drinks or come back. From where I sat I could see out to the rest of Applebee’s where the customers were laughing and eating and unicorns pranced and magic fairies were refilling drinks as fast as customers could drink them.
Then reality smacks me in the head and my plate comes from the kitchen from somebody else, other than Megan. So, I see bacon and cheese in little cups and think, mmmhhmm what is that? Since I didn’t order them, I should have asked, but hey nobody came back. They were on the other side of Applebee’s divider wall reveling in the unicorn magic of good service.
So, when Megan did drop my check off and ran, I see I am charged $ 1.50 for the bacon and cheese. I had to wait for her to get done telling the other table about her trip to Mexico, to get her attention and ask what the charge was. She said you asked for EVERYTHING on the side. I said, no I asked for the sour cream on the side. She got a little snippy about it and insisted I asked for it and finally she says,“THIS ONE TIME.”.
Okay, anytime a server or any other person in the position of power over your final tab utters, THIS ONE TIME. you know they think they are right and you are an idiot and please crawl out of there grateful for their act of kindness.
I can safely say the next time I go back, I will be leaving covered in unicorn glitter.