Applebee’s

We are visiting Kansas and stopped in here, it’s your typical AppleBee’s food. It was good! Service was great, my complaints was my steamed broccoli wasn’t steamed at all. And they had a football game on (not a big game) this was around noon on a Saturday and they had it turned up WAY too loud. I do recommend regardless though

Awful. Greeter couldn’t seat us, because she had a broken foot. Girl at the bar she asked to help us refused to do it for her because she «(wasn’t) on the clock,» waitress took ten minutes to arrive in an otherwise fairly empty restaurant. Order was wrong. Waitress had an attitude. Took forever to get our check. Never, ever coming back here.

This is probably our favorite Applebee’s location. We dine at the Emporia, Topeka and Olathe locations as well from time to time. We always feel like we get good food and good service at the Ottawa location… I can’t say that about the other locations. I am sure that Applebees strives to have consistency with their restaurants but this one definitely outshines the others.

The food wasn’t very good and it’s just an applebees, but the service was brilliant! Seriously maybe the best server I have ever had. I could never give a big chain 5 stars, but she made me think about it.

The food was ok but the service was slow! My dad asked for 2^nd cup of coffee never got it, they were out of ketchup but we were
Brought 2 empty bottles. Disappointed as I like Applebee’s

Food is so so for an Applebee’s. Not sure why. Have tried several times and just never what I expect.

After a day of storm chasing and heading back to the city, we decided it was time to stop and fuel ourselves. Pulling off the exit our choices were fast food, a steak buffet, and Applebees. We all agreed it was really a no brainer at this choice and headed to Applebees. I do not often eat at the nationwide barfood chains because everything just tastes the same and there is no originality.
I ordered a sandwich with roast beef, bacon, mushroom minus the onion. The sandwich was overly salty. Normally I would complain about a lack of seasoning, but you need the super size beer to wash this one down! (Not to mention I went through about a quart of water when I got home along with about a 16 ounce bottle on the way home!) The concept sounded delicious, the bacon was barely noticeable, the mushrooms were over cooked, and the cheese was barely existent. There was a decent amount of roast beef, but this seemed to be the culprit where the extreme salt was coming from. The mushrooms are supposed to be sauteed in red wine, but if so, there is no distinguishable flavor. The worse part of the sandwich, yes it gets worse, the was no condiment on it. A little horseradish, maybe a garlic aoili, au jus for dipping would have been perfect, or just plain mayo would have elevated the sandwich. I am not sure who thought it would be a good idea to serve a sandwich on toasted bread without a condiment, but corporate needs a new chef.
The accompanying fries were ok. I prefer a crisper outside, but they satisfied. I was really wishing I would have asked for a side of cottage cheese to cut through the salty sandwich, but that was my fault.
The server was fantastic. Extremely friendly. Great with making a few suggestions. She definitely made the experience tolerable, along with the huge PBR.
Overall, considering our choices, I am convinced this was our best choice still. The selection wasn’t the greatest, my dining buddies liked their burgers, but they are also fans of Applebees overall.

I have had 3 great experiences here in the last 2 weeks

I think I have only had 1 bad experience in the 7 years that I have been going to this resturant! And that was because it was the day of a KU football game and they were packed. It seems whenever the kitchen gets busy their food suffers. They have forgotten the chicken on a chicken salad multiple times but are alwasy quick to get back with it. They don’t ever seem to clear off used glasses unless you hand it to them. Which is fine unless you have a table of 4 or more; then it gets a little much. The bar is a great place to sit if they are busy but be careful because there isn’t much of a waiting area so the overflow of people waiting tends to go into the bar.
All of the servers here are great but I have a few issues with the host people. They are not trained at all and are very rude. I have had a host tell me the wait would be 10 minutes, I said alright and sat down. She never took my name and completly ignored me when I asked if she wanted it. 20 minutes later, she finally walks up to us, says ‘I’m ready for you’ and starts to walk away. Who honestly does that?! They need to train their staff better in the host department.