Applebee’s

Hit and miss here. Steaks are always a miss. If you want medium always ask medium well. They always serve a rare steak. I’m ok with it I’m not picky. BUT this steak was almost impossible to eat it was so fatty. Service on carry out is always rude.

The wait staff was excellent and the manager was helpful but they do not make their own salad dressings anymore and what they have borders on inedible due to how much salt there is. You know, you can add salt at the table if need be, right? The green goddess wedge salad doesn’t even have green goddess dressing on it! The rest of my meal was excellent and they still have the best spinach artichoke dip around. Work on those dressings please!

Stopped by this one during my recent business trip and ordered cedar salmon for dinner. Was somewhat disappointed by the look of the salmon — the portion was small and the garnishing veggie looked not very enticing either. I think I have better ones from Applebee’s than this particular one.

The best Applebee’s in southern Illinois period. The food was good from start to finish. Will come back.

Slow service, despite being only ¼ full. Boneless wings were microwaved. Food was warm, at best. This one fell WAY short of the hype.

We were seated and sat waiting for 10 minuted. Then a party of 5 people were seated next to us. 5 minutes later a waitress with her back to us began to take their drink orders. No one talked to us or took our order. I walked out and doubt they even know we left. What POOR service. I will not go back.

I had a wonderful time at Applebees, place was crowded but the services quick and very friendly waiters. I had to riblet platter and my wife had a steak medium rare. Both of our food was done perfectly and promptly. One of the best things about Applebees is the friendly atmosphere. Even though they have a bar and it’s prominently displayed it’s a family place you can take your family there and feel very comfortable. We will definitely eat there again

Food was great. Service is great. Hostess is not… Several times we have stopped here. Kids are always in bar/​adult area. Couples are always in family area. Do not understand…

Calling the restaurant seemingly has accomplished nothing, so I’ll add a Unilocal review.
Three weeks ago or so, my wife and I ordered two sirloins cooked medium via telephone. My wife picked them up and drove with them all the way across town to where we live near the airport. I understand that during this drive the steaks will cool a bit, as well as continue to cook a little longer. Because steaks continue to cook after being taken off the grill. One, they messed up our order sides wise. Two, which is what irritated me the most, the steaks were RARE. Rare to the point that I would not eat them. It was unacceptable.
So I called the store, just to let them know what had happened, and if you’re going to offer the car side to go, they need to MAKE SURE the orders are cooked and prepared correctly. Because people do not have the option of cutting into their steaks and seeing if they are cooked properly, while sitting in their Chevy Malibu. She apologized and said she would send me a comp for my meal in the mail, because I told her I wasn’t driving all the way across town again, at 7:00pm. And three weeks later, no voucher in the mail. Which means no more Applebee’s for us.
AND!!! I don’t know if this was a corporate decision, or just a decision made by this sole restaurant. But on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, they turn the place into a karaōke dance club. I got off work one night at 11, this was before the car side incident, and went there thinking me and my wife could have a few drinks and a meal, and some peace and quiet. Well that was soon taken away by the blaring rap music and extremely vulgar lyrics. I don’t really think it’s appropriate to have people singing about ‘smacking bitches’ and ‘fucking hoes’ while someone is trying to eat some soft pretzel sticks. It’s very disappointing what this location has become recently. Corporate really needs to take a look at this place and see what’s really going on. It’s unacceptable.

We «accidentally» stopped here on a recent road trip, usually we don’t take the time to go to a sit-​down restaurant for lunch on the road. I was pleasantly surprised at how we could manage as vegetarians here, they don’t have anything specific on their menu that is vegetarian but we ordered various side dishes that together made for a decent lunch.
Several of us had the tomato basil soup which was pretty good. That with a large salad (which was pretty average) and onion rings (what can I say) made for an ok lunch on the road and everyone had something

I came here to meet up with some friends to catch up while I was in town. Every time I come here the service is always hit or miss and unfortunately today was definitely a miss in terms of food and service!
I arrived a bit later than the other people in my party and after arriving and sitting for about 10 minutes, the server hadn’t asked for my drink order. Finally, I had to tell her what I wanted to drink. Then, came ordering which was pretty smooth. After waiting a bit longer the appetizers came. Our server then brought plates out and slammed them on the table so loudly that I feel the whole restaurant could hear it! Okay, maybe I’m over exaggerating a bit but nonetheless it was still pretty loud, ugh. Finally the food came. My entrée was surprisingly cooked well. I had the 2 for $ 20 deal and had the boneless wings and bourbon chicken with shrimp and fried potatoes. My friend had a chicken sandwich and as I glanced at it, I thought the color of the bun was off but it turned out to be MOLD!!! After telling the what seemed to be the manager, she didn’t seem too phased… I guess this was normal for them… GROSS. My other friend had the pasta which was cold, overcooked and dry. How do you mess something like this up? She then preceded to ask ther server for more sauce which the server agreed to get so she waited and waited and waited… finally everyone was finished with the meal and the sauce was still missing. We finally asked the server for the sauce again and boxes since we were catching a movie soon. The server wasn’t even apologetic! At this point, I didn’t even care. I just wanted to pay and go.
Lesson of the day: save your money and go elsewhere because the food and service is unpredictable and subpar. Don’t take the risk.

Applebees is almost always packed in MV despite several newer establishments around the area. The service is always great though. The people are friendly and the locals are usually cool. The drink prices are a little costly, at least the last time I went. It was $ 4 for a pint of domestic beer, which is not cool. The parking lot is a little difficult to navigate through as well.