Applebee’s

This place stinks… Barely acknowledged by our server and drinks never delivered after 20 minutes so we just got up and left. This is like the second or third time I’ve had bad service. Another one with problems closed in lutherville not too long ago. I doubt I’ll ever be back.

Compared to previous times, this visit was actually pretty awesome! There wasn’t a crowd like it usual. I wanted to try something slightly different, but not too off the radar (some of the entrée dishes come from the bag), so I tried a sandwich. It was a club with turkey, ham, bacon, lettuce, tomato and mayo. The side Caesar was fresh and delicious. Our waiter J was awesome. He was attentive, polite and accommodating. If all of the nights were like this one, I’ll definitely come back. =)

Stopped in here on a Friday night, needed somewhere where we could be seated quickly and spend less than an hour before heading out in Towson with some friends. We were taken to a table immediately, and I noticed that they must have redecorated since the last time we visited– the walls and décor are much cleaner/​simpler than I remembered. Nice surprise.
I ordered my old Applebee’s standy– the Chicken Fajita Rollup. Honestly, I like it and know it’s decent, and I didn’t want to chance a new menu choice that night. Hubby got a burger, which he was pleased with. We ordered, the waitress was pleasant and quick, and the food came out not too long after…
I took a look at my wrap, and something was different. I’m open to changes and improving menus, sure– but my wrap, which is supposed to really just be chicken, cheese, and lettuce, is stuffed with mounds and mounds of cabbage. Interesting choice. I took a bite, figuring «hey, I’ll give this a chance» …super weird tasting. The waitress came over and asked how the food was, and I asked her if the wrap was supposed to have lettuce (which, yes indeed, it was). She apologized profusely about what was seemingly a mistake by someone in their kitchen, and I told her it was fine– I didn’t want to wait for a new wrap, and this was edible, just different. The manager appeared, likely sensing the waitress’s apologetic tone, and abruptly informed me that «That’s how it is supposed to be. We use a lettuce/​cabbage mixture now.» (odd, since the menu does not list cabbage AT ALL, and WHO DOES THAT?) So I chalked it up to a misunderstanding, and we finished up our meals.
Just a super weird experience overall this visit, I’d determined that I’ll just never order that menu item again if that’s the case. We asked for our check, and when my husband put his credit card in the little check booklet, our waitress returned saying «oh, you want ME to run this?» Apparently, you can pay via the little computerized game machine on your table, and I guess that’s what most people do… Only we’ve never done that, so we didn’t know. When she returned to give us the final receipt, I apologized for missing this new little step, and she kindly waved it off like «oh it’s not a big deal» even though it seemed it was.

Never again. Bad service to begin with. Our server was inattentive and was more concerned with what, we had no idea. Took way to long to take our order. After 15 minutes a group of 50+ high school kids came in and began getting loud, disruptive and unruly. Yelling and screaming began and they started throwing gang signs taking group selfies. DANGER, you’ll be taking your own life in your hands in my opinion. The staff had no control over these kids.
We asked our server where our food was, she shrugged her shoulders and we walked out.
I don’t eat anywhere I cannot feel safe. Neighborhood bar? Not tonight, lack of a manager with a backbone it turned into the hood.

It’s only worth going here for the half-​priced appetizers after 9pm. It’s a good deal on the wings ($ 5 for boneless). They are served hot, and the sauces are all really good. The spinach and artichoke dip is decent as well. The nachos are pretty terrible, though. The apple chimi cheesecake is the best dessert. Service is hit-​or-​miss.

We like to come here for the late night specials, which is half off appetizers and discounts on drinks ($ 2.50 drafts & $ 4 Long Island Iced Teas). The food and service are pretty good at night, and it’s a good relaxing hangout spot because it’s fairly quiet.

We were seated, and our orders came quickly. The ribs as an appetizer is a bust. More bone than meat so i sent them back. It was karaōke night, so the music was interesting to say the least.

So my friend and I got off of work pretty early on Tuesday night and decided to go to Applebee’s for a snack and some cocktails.
Upon arriving it was very loud! Apparently it was karaōke night at Applebee’s. I thought this was so strange, I could not for the life of me figure out why a restaurant would be hosting a karaōke night, in my opinion that’s typically a bar thing but what ever I went with it.
After the first drink it became entertaining. Although it was ungodly loud they could have turned it down a little bit and it would have been much more enjoyable.
As for the food, it was nothing special I split some mozzarella sticks and boneless wings with my friend. The wings were very dry and overly vinegary. We choose not to finish them the only way you could eat them is if they were drenched in blue cheese! Sadly I am not about all of those calories! The mozzarella sticks were different and not tasty to me. They had some strange herb I couldn’t pin point throughout the batter.
My drinks, now that’s a whole story in itself. I bartender bAck in the day and I know how to make a drink. that’s my disclosure lol.
I ordered the agave margarita, first of all the bartenders use jiggers to measure their pour which I find incredibly tacky! No one wants to watch a bartender measure their liquor that is put in their drink. It looks very cheap and tasteless.
The drink my friend ordered was a Long Island, the bartender suggested to add strawberry flavoring so she did! Now mind you a Long Island has vodka, gin, tequila, rum, triple sec, Sour mix and coke. Under any circumstance you should undoubtedly be able to taste alcohol in a Long Island. My friend offered me a sip of her drink so I graciously tasted it. I swear it tasted like fruit juice it was obnoxiously sweet and If I didn’t know it was an alcoholic beverage I would have thought it was juice…
Needless to say we did not have anymore hand poured drinks. I switched to beer and wrapped up the evening.
I would come back here as a last resort late night spot. Defiantly not on my list of fine dining establishments.

I have only been to Applebee’s one other time, and based on their menu options, I wasn’t expecting much. We ordered mozzarella sticks for our appetizer, and honestly, I’ve had better from the grocery store frozen foods section. Also, who serves marinara in a plastic ramekin? Our first drink order, Whiskey fire ball lemonade was so bad, we had to send it back. There were no efforts at plate presentation with our entrees. A twelve year old could have done better; literally slop on a plate. I’m not sure how this place is in business. Their prices are pretty much on par with Friday’s, but there is no comparison in the value you receive for the money. Our server was pretty good, no complaints there. Lastly, we were also sat right next to a loud and obnoxious party, and that may have been the icing on the cake.

I’ve never been very impressed with Applebee’s food, but we had a gift card to use up & decided to get curbside-​to-​go.
My husband’s steak was decent though the portion was very small. The mashed potatoes served with the steak were horrible though. They definitely tasted like instant potatoes and were just gross (even our 3 yr old wouldn’t eat them!).
However my chicken fiesta chopped salad really surprised me — in a good way! The veggies were crisp & fresh, the chimchurri marinated chicken was grilled nicely & very tasty though definitely had a kick! The jalapeño dressing was a nice mix of spicy & sweet and was perfect for this salad.
Though we probably won’t go to Applebee’s unless we have another gift card, when we do I would definitely get that salad again!

I haven’t been to Applebee’s in years, however my friend wanted to go so we went. We got there at 7pm, and the place was packed with people everywhere. I didn’t even know people went to Applebee’s like that. I mean, when I think of places to go eat, let’s just say that Applebee’s is not on the top of my list. We only waited about 5 minutes before we were seated which was nice not having to wait long. We looked over the menu several times and still couldn’t decide what we wanted to eat. Our Server, Ebony, was nice and gave us extra time. Ebony had recommended having a drink, she mentioned that the Long Island Ice Tea was half off. Shoot, you can’t beat half off, so I told her to put me down for one. The bartender was definitely not skipping on the alcohol, my drink was strong but that’s how I like them. The Long Island Ice Tea was good, although I wish they didn’t fill the cup up to the rim with Ice, my drink didn’t last long.
I ordered the New Pepper-​Crusted Sirloin & Whole Grain. Oh My Goodness, this meal was so tasty! The Sirloin was juicy, tender, seasoned well, and had just the right amount of pink in the middle. The Sirloin is served on a bed of Whole Grain rice with Grape Tomatoes and Spinach in a light Mushroom sauce. Whats even better is that this meal is only 350 calories!!! I know your probably thinking, how in the world is a meal 350 calories at a restaurant?” To be honest, I don’t know, Lol. But I do know, that the meal portion is small and they serve it on a large plate which makes it look even smaller. But to be honest, I was full after eating the small portion. I would just advise you to not go in super hungry and expecting this meal to fill you up.

Can I say… YIKES! Holy crap, get your act together over there people! The place was EMPTY… ghostville…maybe 3 tables had people sitting at it. Well…4 tables, including us, but we didn’t stay long. Let me explain:
We stopped in this evening instead of going to the Greene Turtle in White Marsh… which was our first mistake. Our second mistake was actually walking in the door. My husband has protested in the past about Applebee’s, but I asked him to go tonight and he did. I won’t ask again.
**The word wait and/​or forms of the word ‘wait’ will be used numerous times within this review. You’ll grow tired of reading the word wait. Much like we grew tired experiencing the definition of the word… wait. So my apologies to all who read this tidbit of info.
We walked in and the hostess… was awesome. Lovely lady and without hesitation, she sat us. Very cheerful, very sweet. The first thing we noticed it that the place was empty and that the bartender… and I’m assuming the manager (only because he was in a dress shirt and a tie and was behind the bar), chatting away… the bartender obnoxiously so. We looked around, waiting to be greeted by one of the wait staff and… crickets. So, I looked at the interactive menu… which is now completely clear as to why there is one at the table. It was confusing at first.
We waited again. Nothing. And then I noticed, a small group of waitstaff, off to the right of the bar, carrying their own interesting conversations. I say interesting, because something was keeping their attention for the first 15 minutes we waited. We sat for a few more minutes. Waiting. Still playing around with the interactive menu. While the waitstaff, bartender and «manager» enjoyed each other’s company.
Just to give you an idea of the wait time, I actually made a mental note of writing the manager about how gross the carpet was and simply sweeping it won’t change the appearance of the scent. I also memorized the appetizer list while looking at the gameboy menu on the table… I’ve mentioned that a couple of time… the menu, but why do you need to place your own order when you have waitstaff? OHHHH, that’s right, we’re at Applebee’s and waitstaff have other things to do… like talk about Jim Bob’s girlfriend’s Uncle’s buck he shot on Monday.
Eventually, I looked at my husband and said «do we seriously want to wait any longer? If the service is this slow before we even ordered, who knows what we’ll receive after we’ve ordered?!» We got up, walked to the door and not one person noticed we were leaving. Well, other than the hostess. She was upset about our not being waited upon.
We ended up going somewhere else and it was very good.
PS there may be spelling issues or other grammatical errors in this review… I don’t care. It’s for a crappy Applebee’s and won’t go down in history as the best review ever written. I’m pretty sure of that.
PPS the one star is for the hostess. She actually deserves 5 stars. A nice lady. A hard worker.

I came in and took a seat at the bar. Surprisingly it wasn’t crowded. I looked over the menus and decided on the crosscut ribs. I chose chipotle BBQ because I was headed to chipotle first but decided on this place for a drink. The food came out promptly as my order was put in accurately by Angela the charismatic bartender. I ate and listened to the regulars make themselves known lol. It’s cool tho all fun. I have to say I enjoyed the atmosphere but the ribs were just their regular ribblets with choices of sauces. I’m hip to marketing so I’m not mad. I was offered dessert as I handed over my check but I decided on another drink. So I will say I had a pleasurable experience. I grew up around here so this is my millionth trip. However it’s always good to be treated like a neighbor! #winning Great job Angela!!! You never know who’s Unilocaling!!! The fireball whiskey lemonade was on time

Labor day kids eat for free. On Mondays there is 6 $ margaritas offer. The grilled chicken was very tender

I give the «crosscut ribs» a minus several stars. Should be called crosscut bones. Seriously, they are heavily covered with sauce, you could choke or bite and splinter one. BBQ sauce was sinkeningly sweet, the Asian OK. More bone than meat.
The best thing they do is oriental chicken salad.

Poor customer service. The plate was dirty. I asked waitress for another plate. She goes and wipes of one we had. I requested a manager. He said it wasn’t dirty it was water stains for not bring dried. Then the glass wAs cracked. I asked for another glass so I wouldn’t swallow glass fragments. The waitress went to the bar and poured my soda from chipped glass to another. When she came back I asked her does that make sense. She was clueless I said ma’am How do u no there was no small glass fragments poured into new glass. She got mad rolled her eyes then went and got a fresh soda. They are the worse.
They the good was cold. I reported this entire incident to there corporate office and never heard a thing !!!

I come here all the time for late night happy hour. The food is consistent and there’s a dj and karaōke on Wednesday. The service is always great and the staff is super friendly. With all the fantastic, unique restaurants here in Baltimore I wouldn’t come here for dinner, but you really can’t beat the happy hour. One of the best Applebee’s I’ve been to!

This place has great management and service! My favorite Applebee’s to go to. Trust me, the negative reviews are inaccurate. The hostess, server, manager, all takes care of me every time I randomly come here. I would highly recommend coming here for good food at a good price!

I can’t believe I’m writing a four star review for Applebee’s. I have long called this chain «The most depressing place on earth,» but tonight I was proven wrong. There were three of us, so the other two folks got the 2 for $ 20 with a huge Oriental chicken salad, grilled and Bourbon Street chicken and shrimp. Our waiter-​suggested appetizer was the buffalo boneless chicken wings, which were surprisingly delicious. I ordered the quesadilla burger which our waiter aptly described as «a laZy taco.» It was delicious and after ¹⁄₃^rd of the buffalo wings and ½ burger I was stuffed.
In total it was under $ 45 for three people, my friend could watch sports while my other friend and I gabbed.
Thanks for the corrective experience!

I’m not a huge fan of chain restaurants and you kind of already know what you’re going to get. We ended up here because someone in my party had a gift card he was trying to use. Our server, Cedrick, was so very nice and helpful. But the overall dining experience was lackluster. Applesbees has rolled out a new menu that has a pick two and pick three option… it’s a bit confusing in the menu because there are several salads they are offering as entrees… but the menu makes it look like you get a salad + 2 – 3 other things (which is not the case). Once Cedrick very nicely explained it all (even he admitted all the servers found it confusing)…I was able to get my order placed. My dinner came a full 10 minutes after my other two dining companions and the food was just mediocre (I had a shrimp dish over fettucini + wedge salad from the pick two menu)…
They do have a new way you can check out on computer type machines at the table… interesting but perhaps just as easy to have a waiter run your card:-)
Overall just an average experience…