Applebee’s

If your not a regular forget it. Sheila paid no attention to me I had to flag her down to order McDonald’s has better service bring me a steak cold in the middle the manager says it’s right. I don’t think so no one eats cold need unless it’s steak tar Tare brought steak out Sheila afraid to give it to me
Another bad meal. NO ONE SHOULD COME HERE. ITS BAD!!!

Definitely prefer this one over clark anyday! So much more sanitary and the staff actually pays attention to customers here! Our server was super sweet and she was one of the mixologists but still managed to get around to us plenty of times
I got something like a wrap with chicken, bacon, lettuce, and maple mustard in it– it was sososo good

Horrible this time around. I used to eat at Applebee’s all the time. I’ve had the Fiesta chicken chopped salad almost every time. It’s not the same. When I asked the bartender to ask the manager she came back and told me he said it hasn’t changed. My guess is maybe he hasn’t been here that long. First lemon drop martini was ok… weak. 2^nd one tasted totally different and totally sucked. I didn’t say anything because I felt like a winer after complaining about the food. Manager never even came out to talk to me. I won’t be back.

The waiter had too many people to handle and so we didn’t get the attention as much as we deserved. Plus there was a guy behind us singing songs but I didn’t take up a point for that because he was just some mental chap

The food is what I expect at Applebee’s. I think this location has pretty good customer service. We usually sit in the bar section and can get in and out quickly. I appreciate the low calorie options on the menu.

Been here three times, as its close to my house. I usually Love Applebee’s everywhere I have gone. It’s a chain restaurant – how hard can it be? Food comes out with terrible presentation every time! Spinach dip was burned around the edges… I have never seen that! Kids meal pizza looked nothing like the picture. Getting a drink refill — forget it! This Applebee’s needs to get it together!

Absolutely horrible! its like the 3^rd time I have been there. I keep thinking maybe this time it wont be so bad. Well it was. So I decided three strikes your out! The food always seems to be not fresh. The sauce for the mozzarella sticks was so thick you can hold it upside down in the little cup and it will never come out. It looked like it had been sitting for days. I asked for a new one and it was the same. Gross! I asked for my burger to be med. rare it was so rare it was RAW like eating ground beef from your local butcher right out of the grinder. It looked good until you cut it open. The kids mac and cheese was straight out of the box now grant it they do say its Kraft mac and cheese but it was dried out and cold the only thing that was hot was the plate it was served in. The boneless wings were dried out and you were lucky if out of five, 3 had meat instead of all breading. The food wasn’t very hot. The last time I was there I got steak. Gross! I wouldn’t feed it to my dog. So I knew better not to try that again. The only thing that was good but not worth $ 8 was the pretzel sticks with the beer cheese dip. Maybe not every Appebees is bad but this one isn’t worth pulling into the parking lot unless your going to Long horn steak house next door. Which I will be and I hope I have a good review. Well good luck!

This is a super loud busy applebees. The waitress was really nice but she forgot to put our appetizer order in so it came after our meal. The meal took 45 minutes to get served to us and the food was not great. My son usually orders boneless chicken wings and what he got was chicken but honestly I wouldn’t have eaten it. I tried to encourage him to send it back but he was starving. I m posting a picture of some of the «stuff’ that was left on his plate that was not chicken. From what we could tell some of it was just batter and French fries that was not suppose to be in there. I gave them two Stars only because my husband liked his meal and the waitress was nice and apologetic.

I can’t recall one restaurant I’ve ever visited that has a more down-​home, friendly attitude than the Fruitville Rd Applebee’s.
You wouldn’t expect such praise about an Applebee’s. It’s a chain, right? The experience should be ubiquitous across locations. Simply not true.
This Applebee’s goes out of their way to be friendly. The servers (the majority of them) actually go out of their way to remember details about your life that you don’t even remember! They actually sent dinner to the hospital for us when our daughter was born! When you’re a grown man sleeping on a couch meant for a 9-​year old (#smoothmove @SMH), the nicest thing in the world is to wake up to your favorite order, hot in a bag!
You’ll love this place! As for the other Appl locations, no comment.

Haven’t been to an Applebee’s in a number of years based on decidedly unmemorable previous visits. Since an appointment was nearby, we decided to stop at this Applebee’s for lunch. Surprise! It was quite good. Always wary of an extensive menu, we opted for salads. The Thai Shrimp Salad and the Strawberry Avocado Salad were generous, fresh and extremely tasty. Our server, Bonnie, was prompt, knowledgeable and blessed with a delightfully friendly personality. Overall, a very good experience… we’ll go back to this Applebee’s.

Another average Applebee’s. Great place to go when its late or when you just want something to eat and don’t feel like driving. If you’ve been to one Applebee’s you’ve been to this Applebee’s. It is what it is, average food and average service.

Four of us just wanted a relaxed and quiet meal before going to a show. Keep in mind that Sarasota median age is probably some distance North of 50, but Applebees had a «Kid’s trivia night» on Tuesday when kids eat free. There are four kids in the entire restaurant, three of them too young to be able to answer question such as «What is the PH of water» to win a cheap Frisbee. On the other hand, there are six or eight tables occupied by people who look more like AARP members. After three requests to have the music volume lowered, Marrissa, our 21 year old «manager» came to sell us the value of Kid’s Trivia night… As if I cared… What company in its right mind puts a cocky 21 year old without a clue in charge of a busy restaurant that serves mainly seniors and adults?. Even the waitresses wanted the music down…
So, eventually the angry music’s volume went down and the meal arrived. OK, just OK. The Ceasar’s salad was overpowered with liquid dressing I could have scooped with a spoon, the sandwiches were OK but nothing to write home about and the trivia guy continued unimpeded to ask 4 year old kids questions such as «What is the Capital of South Dakota»… After all was said and done, 2 beers, a glass of «something touted as white wine», a sandwich and a Ceasar salad came to over $ 45 bucks. Oh, the Service was good and Heather who did everything she could to mediate a truce between the 21 yr old without a clue and us deserved a full 20% tip… Total over $ 55… For Applebees? Doubled with Aggravation? You’ve got to be kidding!!! Never again!

Ordered sweet and spice boneless wings to be picked up using the carside to go service. I thought it was a little slow getting our food as we sat there for 15 minutes waiting for our food to be brought out. I will say that the place looked busy, but how much time does it take to throw some chicken into the deep fryer and slather some sauce on them?

This place is dark, dirty, crowded and poorly run. The restaurant is dated. They are frequently busy. I went there as a single, and despite the fact that there were a number of open tables, I was not seated. I watched a stream of twosomes and threesomes walk in the door and get immediately seated. The host walked over to me (I was the only person waiting) and be told it would be another 15 or 20 minutes. I told him would eat somewhere else. I will NOT be back.

Stopped in for late night bite. We split a large Chinese chicken salad. Waiter was wonderful, had the salads split in the kitchen and was very gracious even though we didn’t have a large check. Overall a very positive experience.

Cajun pasta was pretty good

What’s with not putting the drink prices on the menu? Just one of the many things wrong with Applebees. Went to use a gift certificate I had but had my meal comped by the. Manager.

If it was not for the fact that this is almost the only place open past 9pm we would not have went here. Unfortunately, we did. Upon arriving around 9:15pm, we wait for someone to seat us, which ends up being a server because the hostess is nowhere to be found. Classy… Next, we sit and are waiting 10 minutes in a seemingly empty restaurant for server to stop trying to hook up with a girl a few booths away and score her number. He comes over, seems totally frustrated that we took him away from his mack session, takes our order. We had ordered an appetizer and we got plates to eat it on. Did I mention the plates were dirty? Like, used and not washed dirty. Which gives me the idea that when you maybe dont use your plates for the appetizer they go onto the clean stack. NASTY! You dont know where other peoples hands have been or what they have done to those plates. And these were ate off of and never washed. So we let our cassanova waiter know they were dirty. He brings out seemingly clean plates but im not risking that after seeing what I saw. Next, our meal comes out. Food was good. My food came in a bowl that was placed upon an appetizer plate. THAT WAS THE SAME DIRTY ONE WE SENT BACK!!! Our waiter never came back to see us and we had to rely on another server to notice we had no drinks and get them for us. What a nice lady. The male waiter? A nasty tool. SHAME ON YOU and the now notorious DIRTY Applebees. This comes close to my experience at Johnny Rockets in Fishermans Wharf in San Francisco where my dad found a nickle in his pop and the bathrooms looked something out of trainspotting. If you must eat applebees, try the one downtown. I doubt it could be any worse.

You would think that all Applebee’s would be the same. I don’t know if all the stars were aligned or I was just that hungry. The caesar salad was really good, dressing was creamy and full of flavor. Then the burger came out, cooked to perfection while the bun had a perfect crisp from the toasting it received. The staff was incredibly nice and friendly. They have a volume button on this receiver on each table so you can listen to whichever TV they have on at the volume you like. Ingenious. They also had this little trivia game going on for everyone to enjoy. Great place, great vibe, great people = Great experience. Thx.