Applebee’s

I stopped in to eat after completing a road trip and before meeting a friend. I sat at a table near the bar and settled in to wait. The place was virtually empty and the bartender who had my section continuously checked on me to make sure things were ok. The staff was pretty entertaining with in-​game commentary regarding the basketball game on TV.
My guest arrived quite a bit later than I expected and it was approaching closing time by the time she ordered. We finished up and got out 20 minutes past closing. Instead of being irritated by this the staff was very gracious in letting us finish up and not feeling rushed. Kudos to them for that.
Three star doesn’t say anything was wrong with this particular location but there’s usually not much different between chain locations.
I’ll go back.

I could not have had a worse time! The food was slapped onto my plate not fresh and not enough, not even my cup of water was re filled once. Although there seemed to be plenty of staff, the waiters were horrible. Attitudes and wrong orders delivered. I wish i had gone over to the mall instead.

Worst restaurant experience. EVER. I have been to many restaurants but this one is by far the worst. Our server Alayna was perfect and spectacular, one of the best servers we have had since moving here from Minnesota. But our food was either under cooked or over cooked. The manager, Joe, I believe was his name was a complete dick to me and my family, and one of the other managers didn’t seem to care either. Took each of them about 15 minutes each to Come to my table and neither of them did anything about my completely burnt ribs they basically said sorry and just walked away. Joe was very rude and said he was not going to give us any discount for neither me nor my wife. One of the worst management and food I’ve ever had down here in North Carolina. Only two positives of dinner was a very welcoming host and outgoing server (Alayna).

Went there for my youngest son’s birthday and was highly disappointed. Mind you this was a Monday around 5:30pm, the place was practically empty and extremely dark. Took awhile for our waiter to come and take our orders. The second thing I didn’t like was the meu was very limited for a Vegan as opposed to Chili’s. I would recommend this place for a group for a social setting like going to watch the games or after work drinks but not for a family outing. Requested a Happy Birthday song and was informed that they don’t do that but they did give the Birthday Boy a free Sundae.

This place was horrific. The server tried to seat us at a dirty table for starters, tried to use a dry paper towel to wipe it down. Then when I asked for them to get a sanitized towel to clean up the table and chairs the girl got an attitude by this time I was so frustrated and so hungry that we decided to stay and after sitting down taking a glance around where we were sitting at was disgusting then we noticed a server drops food on the floor and watch everybody walk through it and drag it up and down the aisles including the manager we will never eat at Applebees ever again not any Applebees anywhere every time we go there is some disgusting situation

Upon entering this past Sunday we were immediately greeted by the host and were told there would be a ten minute wait to be seated because they were understaffed and the kitchen was behind, per his manager. They weren’t very busy, so We decided to leave because we had a hungry toddler and didn’t want to wait an hour to get our food if they were that backed up and won’t even seat you.
We walked out and tried to see what our other options were in the shopping center. The host came outside and apologized because he didn’t want to see us go, so back into the Restaurant we go. His friendliness and hospitality made us want to go back in.
He sat us and within a few minutes we had our lunch order in and were eating our app shorty there after. It was Pretty much smooth sailing from there. We opted for the 1 appetizer 2 entrée for $ 20 deal. I can never pass up deals like that. We ordered the cheese sticks, standard burger & fries, and chicken basket with fries. I haven’t had chicken tenders or fried mozzarella in I can’t even remember how long but it was pretty good. The Chicken was overcooked and dry but the honey mustard made up for that.
They have handheld electronics that you can order from at every table now. We didn’t use that method but we did use it for the kids games. Genius. It kept her busy almost the whole entire time we were there, so Kudos to you Applebee’s for that one.

Best service ever– far surpasses all other area Applebee’s, as well that of much nicer restaurants. Good food that arrives promptly. One of the only local restaurants open past 9, which is appreciated.

Mike the bartender is awesome. Immediately greeted me and kept the drinks coming. Awesome margaritas!

I went to Applebee’s for the first time last week. I must say I was very pleased with the food and service. The double crunch hot wings are delicious!

Good atmosphere. Fast service. Great Food! A staple in our lunch choices. Got the lunch combo for $ 9 bucks. The tomato soup is sooo creamy and the shrimp linguini was to die for. The sauce in the linguini, a light mixture of red and white sauce was the perfect balance for the shrimp and zucchini. The meal was filling, yet not too heavy for a lunch run. Try the lunch menu, they have so many options.

We won’t be back. Ordered Carside to Go and all the spots were taken. No one was waiting in them for food, nor was anyone waiting inside. Not that it would matter anyhow because I still had to wait for my order well past the point it was supposed to be done. As I was standing waiting for my food one of the waitresses was pretty rude. Sorry I was intruding in your space, but if my food was ready and I could have had it delivered to my car like I wanted, I wouldn’t be waiting there. The servings were small for the price. Won’t be back. Applebee’s had gone downhill over the years.

Took Mom here for a weeknight dinner about 5pm. First visit to this location.
We were immediately greeted and seated, and our server Brittney was soon there. Very nice person who included pleasant conversation with her service.
Mom ordered the cedar grilled lemon chicken from the «under 600 calories» portion of the menu. The description of the dish from the website says «Cedar grilled chicken garnished with Granny Smith apple relish. Topped with lemon olive oil vinaigrette over a blend of cranberries, rice, honey-​glazed pecans & quinoa.» Mom said she enjoyed the taste, and I felt it was the right amount of food for her.
I went with the triple bacon burger — BBQ bacon ranch & cheddar cheese. It was a wonderfully juicy mess of a burger with crispy bacon.
I did like the décor with lots of local photos and items. There were photos and promotions items from the Carolina Hurricanes, Carolina Mudcats, NCSU, Shaw, Meredeth, and Peace, plus the NC Symphony and Raleigh Little Theater.
Plenty of TVs surrounding the bar area. Wasn’t a fan of the music choice, which included something that sounded rave — inspired. Also not a fan of the new tablet device at the table — why would I pay to play a game while waiting for my order? I can play free games on my smartphone!

Ok so I order by phone I was told it would be ready in 10 min… Not the case more like 25 mins. I get home start eating and my food was extremely salty…

I love this Applebee’s the best. I went in one day alone for lunch and my regular waitress (whom I adore) was not there, so I had a different waiter and he was so attentive. I don’t know if he is always like that because I had not met him before but he made me feel right at home and not lonely at all despite going in for lunch by myself. The food was delicious as usual.

We decided to stop in, because we heard they had a new menu. The menu looked great but we were skeptical, so we started with their 3 for $ 11.99… Unfortunately it was beyond disappointing. You can see, by the pictures we attached.

Yes, I went to an Applebees. Who would have thought. We were in an unfamiliar area and in dire need of greasy burgers.
First impression was a bit dingy and in need of a good scrubdown. Big middle-​America menu, including burgers where they mix in other ingredients into the meat before grilling. Ok, let’s do one of those please.
Service was pleasant but sloooow. Waiter asked if I wanted it «mediumish» or «wellish». I went for wellish. I think there’s a good chance that they just tossed the patty into the fryer. It came out incinerated; crunchy and nearly black. Tasted good, I liked the crunchy overcooked beef. It was so well done I couldn’t really tell if the bits of other stuff were really mixed in or not. A bit of a shame since the extra stirred in bits in mine theoretically included bacon. Fries were oversalted and overseasoned, which I liked a lot. So my meal would have been one starred to death by an uppity reviewer, but I was just fine being greasy crunchy burgered.
I’ll certainly not be in another Applebees anytime soon, but if flying pigs start attacking and I’m in the need of shelter with an Applebee’s nearby, I’ll duck in, and will probably order another burger as well. At least until the flying pigs disappear over the horizon.

My experience at this location was pretty bad. The only reason I’m giving it 2 stars is because the food was only fairly decent (and that’s even a bit of a stretch).
The hostess was not at the stand when I walked into the restaurant and I proceeded to wait for 5 minutes before we were seated by our waiter, but that wasn’t a really big deal. We were served our drinks and put in our orders, and our food arrived in a decent amount of time. However, our waitress was not attentive and I had to get up and ask another server and the hostess for something our server forgot; and even after getting up from the table to ask someone else for things we needed, our waitress did not come over to check on us. The only time she came over was to give us our refills (which were overdue) and the check. Like I said, awful customer service. She was also very rude.
Perhaps we had such an inattentive waitress because she was also tending the bar, but we were the only ones seated in the bar area and there were only 2 other couples at the bar. So to say it was busy and give her the benefit of the doubt would be incorrect. I have been to this location and it was not much different in the regular seating area.
I will not be returning to this location. It was a poor experience.

Homeless or Host???
I’ve been here a total of 3 times. The first two were OK but this last one stood out. The experience started as we drove up and I noticed a uniformed server and a homeless person by the Carside door. I remember thinking that it was cool that they helped the needy…
We were seated and the server (same one) promptly took our drink order. It was then that the «homeless» person burst into the dining room shouting unintelligibly and headed straight for the kitchen only to emerge with a mouth full of food. The man proceeded to have a seat at the bar and converse with various staff — dude was an off-​duty employee!!! It was clear that other not-​clocked-​in staff were also chillin’, one having a beer. Yelling Man and Mr Brewski hung out for a while with the loud guy twice going back to the kitchen to grab more snacks– all this in front of the manager.
The food ended up being decent. That said, all the commotion really detracted from my dining experience. I can’t help but think that there is other nonsense afoot when the boss let this madness go down right in front of him.

I’m giving them 4 stars for the great service from our male waiter and because of the delicious steak that I ordered. It would have been 5 stars if they had not let us wait for nearly 10 minutes before getting seated… and there were several open tables. Anyway, I ordered the 7oz steak with garlic mashed potatoes, and veggies (which arrived as broccoli only). The steak was juicy and delicious. The mashed potatoes were good and the broccoli was just ok. It had brown stuff growing around the edges… possibly a bit old? The waiter was great and he checked in with us to make sure we were fine. Will visit this location again.

Food is great when you are starving! I loved the diverse menu choices they provide you and all the times I’ve been here I’ve never been dissapointed.