Applebee’s

Amazing food great service best Applebees around I talked the kitchen Manager, Micaiah while I was there and he made some great suggestion on there new menu!

Great late night service for large groups. Delicious food for a chain restaurant. Look forward to going back soon for food and fun!

I had lunch there a few weeks ago and had a bacon cheeseburger and fries and it was very good, and the service was excellent. Very good food overall.

The server disappeared. The silverware and napkin roll had a string of cheese in it when I unraveled the roll. Then the server asked if we had cash because the machine was down. My recommendation– close that joint down!

Applebees has my favorite steak (The Bourbon St.) But I have to drive to the one in Bristol, VA to actually enjoy my meal because the one in Kingsport has went down hill over the past several years since other restaurants have came into the area, very dirty and very poor service. Ive Given it numerous chances but will just drive the extra 20 minutes to other locations or just go elsewhere from now on.

I went to Applebee’s with my family my server Ben Warner was great, food was amazing there was a manager named Neil who was very un professional and ruined the dinning experience.

Friendly staff, decent food, floor & tables were clean, beer prices are a little on the high side. My major complaint was they failed to get all the excess water out of vegetables so my steak needed a personal flotation device.

Just your average Applebee’s, nothing special. The server was friendly and the food came fast. Nothing remarkably good or bad. The artichoke dip was a bit cool. And that’s what I usually get at an Applebee’s, a bit cool, bland experience. With the Cheddar’s nearby, not sure why anyone would come here, but we had not tried the Cheddar’s yet. I doubt I would go back here knowing how good the Cheddar’s is.

I’ve been to many Applebees, in different states in the Eastern US. This was the worst I’ve been to. We went on Easter at 7pm, golf was loud, it was slow. Host needed to smile. Waitress was professionally nice and efficient with taking order and service, but pretty much brushed off the idea we might actually want dessert (so she lost the sale). French onion soup was worst I’ve had, small portion, barely lukewarm and a total waste of money. (3 of us ordered it, 3 of us agree on that.) Steak was cooked as ordered and okay, but broccoli was barely lukewarm and wimpy. I didn’t mind over salty fries, but don’t order the fries if you don’t like a lot of salt. The floor under the booth and by the window sill was a mess. Oh, and I’m 47 but didn’t have id so my son had to order my beer for me, so make sure you bring i.d. We could have had a much nicer dinner somewhere else for the money we paid. I am really not a picky person at all, but I was very disappointed with this meal. Did not meet corporate standards at all. I will never go here again, and will recommend that visitors do not go here.

I am writing this because it was my first Applebee’s experience, and what the heck. We had a family gathering in Kingsport, and everyone stayed nearby at the Red Roof (formerly Comfort Inn), and our midwest family members suggested Applebee’s. Some of our family refused to eat there, but I thought it was a great chance to see what this chain is about.
Here’s what I found out:
— It’s about TVs and sports. There were TVs everywhere, half the wait staff was wearing Tennessee Vols gear for game day, and even the bathroom has loud game coverage blasting. A positive for some, a total negative for people like me. This can’t be good for your digestion.
— It’s about meat. My sister is vegetarian. Total number of vegetarian entrees on the huge menu? Zero. Side dishes that are vegetarian? Close to zero, unless you want the kids’ mac and cheese that is obviously made from a box of Kraft’s. She had to have a salad, and to tell them not to put bacon on it. Seriously, Applebee’s, put a meat-​free pasta and a frickin’ veggie burger on the menu. It won’t kill you and it might help some of your customers. Insisting that everyone eat meat is so 1982.
— It’s about big portions. Everyone had plenty on their plate, and the spinach artichoke dip would easily feed four people as an appetizers. I had the spinach salad with prawns, and it was meal-​sized. And the sauce the prawns were sauteed in was delicious, maybe just some bottled bbq sauce, but it really worked.
So now I’ve done it, and gone to middle American Applebee’s land. Now I never need to go back, but if I find myself on the road in middle America, at least I know I can go there and get a great salad. But I’ll bring my earplugs and tune out the football.