Applebee’s

I absolutely love this place! They are always on time and the food is always hot. I was a little skeptical at first because I don’t eat out much but I am very satisfied and they will continue to get my business.

This Applebee’s irks the living daylights out of me. I hate it when I check the cutlery and it’s DIRTY. Almost every time I go I get dirty silverware and have to ask for a replacement… which will also be dirty. This is that restaurant that makes you think about seriously bringing your own forks and spoons cuz at least you know you won’t waste 15 minutes trying to get a clean set. Anyway ON TO THE FOOD: D!
The food is hit or miss… usually miss. I told the friend that I was dining with that the chef is cooking like he is sad, maybe his girlfriend left him. I ordered the mac n cheese with chicken tenders when it just came out and it came out lukewarm and flavorless. My friend and I waited 30 minutes just for our waitress to come back (i mean someone had to see that neither one of us were touching our meals). This time the manager comped our meals and bought us new things to eat… which were just as lackluster. I can’t even tell you what we ordered as a replacement.
However last time I went was probably one of the few times I’ve actually enjoyed a meal there. Once again I gambled on the mac n cheese and this time it came out great! Service was swift and attentive. i just wish that this experience happened all the time, not just once in a blue moon.
Chocolate lava cake: pretty dang good but not as good as TGI. (served with ice cream)
Butter Pecan Blondie: My go to dessert! Always good especially since I’m not a huge fan of chocolate in desserts (weird I know lol, also served with ice cream and on a sizzling plate).
Salted Caramel Bites: My bro loved it but I wasn’t a fan of the «bite» part. the caramel? Yes, all of my yes!
Overall I wouldn’t recommend this place because of it’s spotty service and food.

My one star is for the waitress bringing me strawberry tea instead of the kiwi tea I asked for, the fact that my husband could get the meal he wanted because the grill is broken (yeah, that bullshit), and my steak did not have the shrimp on it like it was supposed to so the waitress brought it out in a cup for me to pour on myself. And the bill came out to like $ 53. It’s pretty clear we won’t be back anytime soon.

Typical Applebee’s…food presentation was none existant. spinach dip was bland not enough cheese to make it just right, steak Alfredo Fettuchini was dry not enough sauce to make your mouth water… they need help

Crapplebee’s.

I had the french onion soup. It was ok. I had the black and bleu burger, I have to say I was a little disappointed. I was expecting a more prominent bleu cheese flavor and that is not what I got. It had more of a southwestern flavor with bacon, red bellpeppers, and just a few bleu cheese sprinkles. The service I got was good. The food I don’t know.

I WISH this place were better — I wish it were even just average, especially since I live in Algiers. But it’s not. The steak is awful. The mashed potatoes are bland. The chicken is rubbery. The rice is dry. The broccoli and mozzarella cheese sticks are really about the only things that taste ok, and they’re just that — okay. I have no idea why I keep hoping it will be better. I have good memories — from 10 years ago — when this place was on my go-​to list (I was 13!).
Two stars for my most recent venture here — for the drunk guy dancing on his own in the middle of the restaurant and the waitress who gave up trying to keep a straight face while watching him and taking our order.

Due to coming across this location from the back, The Girly thought this was a Chili’s. After a VERY failed attempt to get Chinese (See Mandarin House review) we came here to eat and wait out the traffic that seems to be bad at 4:30 in the evening.
We each ordered a beer and in all honesty, I thought they had salted the glasses. When I took the first drink, I almost gulped it… And there seemed to be a crust of salt on my lip afterward… So I ordered a water too.
The girly got the Cowboy Burger. It looked HUGE on the menu and she was craving beef. What she got was straight out of the old commercial with Clara Peller, «Where’s the BEEF??» The meat? on this burger was smaller than something off the dollar menu at MCDonalds. She ordered it Medium and it came out Hockey-​puck. I didn’t even know hockey-​puck was an option. She ordered crispy fries but what she got made a limp noodle seem like it was on Viagra. And no spices on it at all… not even salt. A cowboy would starve on that mess.
I ordered the doubly crunch shrimp which is supposed to be served with fries, coleslaw and cocktail sauce. I asked for crispy fries.
What I got were about 10 Sysco/​School lunch room style flattened shrimp in some kind of hard coating. Crunchy should not = hard.
There was no coleslaw and there was no cocktail sauce. And after tasting one shrimp, I had to go search for our missing waitress to ask for SOMETHING to dip it in… not that it helped at all. I got a small fist-​full of soggy fries (Like…a half portion)
SO to sum up.
Check– Salty beer
Check– Soggy fries
Check– Nasty, tasteless shrimp
Check– Baby hockey-​puck burger
Check– Missing coleslaw
Check– Half portions (Thanks for reminding me I’m too fat)
I would recommend this place to someone with a spice allergy who needed to lose. 30lbs and 30 days. And people that I don’t like.

We had a bit of a long wait on a Sunday night only for the hostess to FINALLY ask us after 15 minutes of waiting if we wanted to sit in the bar area… Perhaps me gnawing on my fiancé’s arm gave her a hint?? I have never been in a dingier Applebees. The plates looked greasy and spotted with grimy fingerprints, the eating utensils appeared dirty, our waitress was just okay… No thanks. I won’t be back.

I’ve been avoiding going to Applebee’s for years after a few bad experiences, but we were shopping at the Rouse’s in the same lot and were famished. I know what you’re thinking. It’s Applebee’s! How great can it be?! Well, the food at this one is about what you’d expect. The grilled dijon chicken I ordered was not bad, but my dining partner wasn’t crazy about his steak. I do have to cheer on our waitress, however. She was lively and very attentive, which is rare from service at any chain restaurant in my experience. Also, the Perfect Margarita was decent and actually yielded about three margarita’s in one go, so no complaints there!