Applebee’s

The only reason I am not giving this Applebees 5 stars is because of the hostess Nicole. I came in and she made eye contact with me and then proceeded to walk around the restaurant aimlessly while I waited to be sat. She had a nasty look on her face the entire time and was so unfriendly. After someone else eventually sat me she stood by the host stand doing nothing while everyone else was working hard. I’ve seen two other hosts here Steve and Earl who are phenomenal!!! The food was pretty good and the two hosts were great, as well as my server but Nicole really makes me want to never come back here again. I think that being a hostess is not her forte and the management should know that.

Wow I thought I was going into a coma after eating this food. Honestly idk what happened but I couldn’t get out of bed the next morning. The service was ok but food was enjoyable while eating but holy cow did I die after. Would not recommend to anyone.

Pepper crusted sirloin with sautéed spinach and grilled tomato is tasty as hell but portion could be a bit bigger for those of us not counting calories. Had to throw a wedge salad on the order looked great when presented.
Wait staff very friendly and attentive.

I’m not a fan of Applebee’s but was there for my niece’s birthday lunch. I tried the spinach dip which was very salty. The French Onion soup was okay. The salmon, which was overcooked, was topped with a white wine & lemon artichoke spread which was also just too salty. I gave up after eating a couple bites. The perfect Patron margarita and overall good company, however, made my visit well worth it.

Staying at the Marriott across the parking lot. Great late night specials and friendly staff. Warm weather hosts a nice sized patio area. I’ll definitely be back.

We stumbled in around midnight needing a late night meal. We punished the ½ off appetizer special. On the docket: boneless chicken wings, pretzel with cheese, brisket nacho, brisket sliders and meatballs. Everything made it except the meatballs (was on the ticket but never made). Service was friendly.

Not here by choice, closest to the hotel, figured it was a safe bet. Pouring rain, and after 9 hrs of travel didn’t feel like exploring. The greeter was nice, promptly seated me and was friendly. Sat at the table of 5 mins and no server, so I got up and sat at the bar figured service would be quicker, wrong! Waited another 5 mins while conversation was had with the locals. Then had to hear the constant complaints by the wait staff of why they were so slow and complained when too many curb side orders came in… unbelievable. The craft beer selection was great, better than most, the only saving grace of the place. The ribs were awful, over cooked and tasteless. Next time I will go exploring for other options and never visit an Applebee’s again… so much for eating good in this neighborhood.

I haven’t been to an Applebee’s in years. I stopped off here because they have a nice large outdoor bar and patio area where you can smoke! The drink prices aren’t bad and the food is pretty good. Yes, the men that work at this place are mostly nerds, but the female bartenders and servers are very trashy (in a good way!!!).
I’d definitely come here again. The staff was especially nice.

Great patio bar, super service that is friendly and welcoming. Great selection of craft beers and awesome wings n sliders…
Opposite Double Tree & thank god!

I would like to preface this by saying that first of all, I have worked in customer service for many, many, many years, and secondly I’m an extremely reasonable person who generally avoids conflicts or complaining.
This was by far the most horrific dining experience I have ever endured.
I had spent the day in six flags with my friends for my 26^th birthday. We were all starving, and exhausted. We decided on Applebees because its always reliable, the service is good, the food is decent, etc.
WE WERE SO WRONG. It took us 10 minutes to be seated, even though the place was virtually empty, but whatever. It took about 20 – 30 minutes after that for our waitress, Jessica, to even acknowledge us. When she finally did, we put in our food and drink orders, I ordered a creamsicle martini because I always wanted to try it. I figured I could drink it before my meal and then switch to beer. Another 15 – 20 minutes goes by and the waitress brought maybe 3 out of 6 of our beverages. Then the manager appeared and informed my sister that the soup she ordered «had been sitting out» and she wouldn’t «recommend eating it». After another 15 minutes she reappears to inform us that my creamsicle martini can’t happen because they ran out of the vodka used. I ordered a caramel «appletini» in it’s place. By now the food has come out, the salad I ordered had NO dressing on it whatsoever and the shrimp was cold, but whatever. My appletini came, which I didn’t even want anymore because I had wanted to drink it prior to dinner but like I said, I’m easy going so I decided to just shut up and drink it. I am 99% sure the drink was made of actual robitussin. It smelled like cough syrup, it tasted like cough syrup, it had the consistency of cough syrup. It was disgusting.
We FINALLY got the managers attention,(she was very nice) she comped my salad and the cough syrup drink. She brought me a whole new salad complete with dressing, but by this time my friends had all finished eating. I just wanted to leave at this point but I felt guilty and nibbled on the salad. Then the whole wait staff came out with the obligatory birthday dessert, sang their little song, and departed. So I’m attempting to eat my ice cream and be happy when I notice there’s a SHORT BLACK WIREY HAIR in it.
So in conclusion: dressingless salad, robitussin cocktail, pubic hair dessert, and EXTREMELY slow service. It was a traumatic experience. Don’t go here!!! I never complain but I just had to. It was a terrible end to my birthday!

If you’ve been to an Applebee’s, this one is just like all of the others. They do well with burgers and sandwiches but stay away from the steak and seafood, unless you want their pre-​packaged, pre-​prepared food.
I tried the steak special and after sending it back 3 times, we canceled the order. They had no idea how to cook a steak medium-​rare, or anything close to it.

Wish I could leave zero stars. Just got done eating lunch at this joke of a restaurant and my wife is currently fighting down bouts of nausea. My in-​laws seem to be faring slightly better, but perhaps that’s because one of them immediately took a nap and the other rejected her salad that sat under the warming window for God-​knows-​how-​long in favor of a re-​make sans the bleu cheese crumbles she specifically told the server she couldn’t eat when she ordered it in the first place, and when that salad arrived, it had slimy, wilted spinach that she picked around.
I’m just getting warmed up. As I write this, I feel my own guts beginning to rumble.
How the Hell do you manage to completely forget about a five-​top seated in the bar area, specifically, one you have to squeeze past to get to your corner booth of two customers, Sharifa D. How is a 40 minute ticket time acceptable? Cold, oily bread, hot lettuce and tomato, and American cheese that’s unmelted on a BLT adds up to a sandwich thrown together in a hurry and left to die in the warming window. By the way, have I mentioned I used to expo at an Applebee’s in Tampa, across from USF? I know how this works, I know what goes on in your kitchen. When my sister-​in-​law finally interrupted you while you were leaving the corner booth behind us to inquire about getting our empty ice waters refilled, you made a bee-​line for the kitchen. The shift manager who was hanging out behind the bar flirting with the other four or five servers on the clock standing around doing nothing, the guy I made eye contact with not once, but three times trying to get his attention only to get ignored, finally moved from that spot when he heard someone (you) call him into the kitchen right behind you.
Based on my own experiences, I imagine your conversation went something like this:
Sharifa: «Boss, I totally forgot about this table and their food has been sitting here in the warming window for a half hour, and it’s surely all temping back down in the danger zone. What do I do?»
Boss: «Sharifa, I’ll comp them, don’t worry about it. Ring everything back in as a re-​fire, and I’ll go talk to the table.»
Whoops, wishful thinking. Let’s try again.
Sharifa: «Boss, this stuff has been dying in the window for a half hour. Run it?»
Boss: «Ummm, yeah? Why are you bothering me with this?»
You brought our food out fifteen seconds after the manager followed you in. My chicken Caesar had burned chicken that might have been okay of it hadn’t continued to cook in the window. Warm Caesar dressing and romaine isn’t my idea of a good time. Oh, and the blue cheese on the salad was your fuck-​up, vis-​a-​vis the «REG BR SPIN SALAD» on the receipt. REG, aka, Reggae, aka «straight up, no mods» aka you messed that one up when you rang it in. I noticed you didn’t apologize when it was brought to your attention. I also noticed you said nothing, and merely walked away with it, with a vibe that didn’t require you to roll your eyes, because that bit was implied. Awesome service.
In the future, when you fuck up that bad, or even half that bad, smiles and apologies may help you salvage a tip. If you can’t even handle that, then you need to send your manager over. I’ve spent eleven years in the restaurant business, and I can’t believe that service and management like this is at all acceptable to the General Manager. In fact, I mean to make sure he knows how I feel about this and will be updating this review with how he handles it.
My wife an I are literally sickened over our experience with this shit-​hole. My father-​in-​law summed it up best as we were driving back to the hotel and passed another restaurant, remarking «Gee, and to think, we could have ate at Joe’s.»

The service and the atmosphere is fine. But the burger my friend and I ordered were very greasy. (At least to our taste it was to greasy)

Not been to an Applebee in years; was stuck going to this one because it was the only restaurant around the hotel and I had no car :(
Anyway the food for what it was (none my usual cuisine) actually was ok. The beer selection, however, was poor and the hostess had no clue in sitting people. The place is huge… I chose a section where I was the only one sitting to have peace and quiet. Within 5 minutes the hostess and manager filled up half the section, even though the place was fairly empty… yes I know why… wouldn’t want the server to walk too far… so much for my peace and quiet!
In addition this place has no busboy so dirty dishes stayed around and getting a drink refill took a while; I guess when you used to busboys taking care of things a place without them is a huge step backwards :(and a godd reason not to return anytime soon.

A couple of good friends live one minute away from here and we’ve met up several times out of convenience. The two stars are for the food, which is what you’d expect from these types of restaurants. I wouldn’t say it’s terrible, but it’s not good by any stretch. We go to hang out and have drinks. They recently added a nice outdoor patio. There’s a bar with a few flat screens, some tables and cushy patio furniture surrounding a big fire pit. It’s definitely pretty cool, despite the fact the fact that the only view you have is of highway 36 traffic headed to the parkway. They occasionally have live music out there. The bartenders are pretty cool and they have a variety of drinks available.

Applebee’s beef, just flat out sucks. Don’t know what part of Bessie they use?
Not this Applebee’s fault though. Staff is good, hense the 3 stars. Beef sucks, zero stars.

This is the nicest applebees I have ever seen. That sentence in itself seems like an oxymoron and made me snicker. Really though, they just re did the bees and added a huge outdoor patio area with a bar, lounge chairs, multiple tables and bands on certain days. It’s surprisingly good and will make you actually want to go hang out at Applebee’s. I keep snickering to myself as I type this, but it’s true!
Not all things are sunshine and kittens though. The food is still Applebee’s… Stick to the apps — esp after 10 when they’re half off. The service is… as good as the server you get.
I hate to publicly rip on an individual server, but our last waitress (Brittany) was as bad as I’ve ever had at any chain restaurant. She continuously ignored our table and when she did stop by it was no better. Ever have a waitress who hates her job and is just lazy? That was her. Here are some of our exchanges.
Me– excuse me, the lemon in the water you gave me had a sticker on it with a hair stuck to it
Her — oh. Ok
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Usually when you finish an appetizer the waitress picks up the used plates off the table. I usually stack my app plate on the plate that the appetizer came on trying to help the waiter. Well our server felt we should hand everything to her. For some odd reason, she had an aversion to simply sticking her hand out another foot and picking up used played off the table. Apparently, we’re supposed to just hand everything to her.
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I was eating a messy burger and needed a new napkin.
She returns 5 mins later with a small handful of beverage naps. She drops them on the table and walks away as I’m mid bite and don’t have a chance to speak up.
The grease on my fingers very quickly shrivels up the few bev naps into an unusable pile on my table.
10 mins go by and finally she shows up to a neighboring table. After waving her down I finally got a chance to ask her for some real napkins…
Me– can I have some more napkins please. Not the beverage ones please
Her– umm let me see if I can find some in the restaurant somewhere.
What?! It’s a restaurant… A chain restaurant… There’s napkins everywhere. It really took everything I my power to keep my cool. Especially when she came back with napkins and instead of putting them on the table, she sifted through them and picked two off the top of her pile. Wtf. There’s a mountain of used bev naps on the table… I have a half eaten greasy burger left. Clearly, I’m using a lot of napkins. Just put the friggen pile of napkins on the table. And yes, when I was done I had resorted to using my fiancé’s napkin to wipe the burger grease and BBQ sauce off my hands.
My post just doesn’t do justice has to how bad our waitress was. I’m really trying to be as polite as possible here, but wow… She sucked. It’s ashame, because the outdoor patio here is really nice

I do not review chain restaurants as a general rule. They are usually consistent in their mediocrity. Applebee’s in particular I have eaten at twice in my life and remember the food to be rather pathetic. So alright already, why are you writing then? My wife and I were on the East Coast for a wedding and were staying at the neighboring Courtyard and were with a large group that wanted to catch up and have a drink. We did not eat any food, but during their late night happy hour they have certain cocktails for $ 4, domestic pints for $ 2 and imports for $ 3. Even I can not argue with that. The only other reason that they get a review is that Brian O’Halloran who played Dante in Clerks, was at a table next to us with a group of his friends. Being in New Jersey I just found this to be a little amusing. Also I thought that Kevin Smith really needs to give him some more film roles so that he can go to some better places than the local Applebee’s.

Right by the Courtyard Marriott and Residence Inn Marriott, I’ve always driven by this place, but this was my first time stepping into it. What was I expecting? Oh just a typical Applebees… but what’s ironic is that this has the exact same floor plan as the Applebee’s in College Park… I’ve heard of a chain, but this is kind of ridiculous.
I had the chicken tenders for dinner. Mozzy sticks for an appetizer. Got the «date» order item with my co-​worker — 1 app + 2 entrees for $ 20. Good thing she was female or it would’ve been kind of awkward.