Applebee’s

Typically dissatisfied by eating at a chain food restaurant… Tip to cook on seasoning back off the salt a bit you ruined my meal.

Have eaten there a few times because the wife wanted chicken fajitas and didn’t want to drive into Peoria to get them from Chillis. On both occasions the veggies were over cooked and really greasy, and the meat was cold. One time we ate there and service was horrible. Second time we picked it up, but had to wait 20 minutes because it wasn’t finished when they said it would be. Have decided the extra time to drive to eat at Chillis is worth it now. Wont be back.

I’m giving three stars because the food overall was good. I had to send some fries back because they were hard but we were brought a whole basket of fresh ones fast with no questions asked. I felt our waitress had too many people to handle comfortably. I’m sure servers think thats great for tips but honestly it backfires. If you can’t take care of your tables because you are too overwhelmed then you will get less tips than if you can give each table the attention they deserve. I was patient and still gave a 20% tip because I felt she was really nice and fully trying to keep up. Chili was excellent. Yogurt was surprisingly really good.

It’s really not that bad, there is a limited amount of places to eat in Pekin. Unless you want Chinese or Mexican food. The food is always consistent and the service is pretty food.

We didn’t even have the chance to eat at this location. Worn out from a long day of swimming and fun in the sun, we opted for a big chain because it would afford for some lingering time around conversation. What happened? We were seated at a quiet table with few other patrons (4:45pm on a Friday evening), decided what we were going to eat, and waited 15 minutes for someone to come take our order. We decided, at that point, that this location had failed and we weren’t spending our hard-​earned money on poor service.

This restaurant appears to be poorly managed and we’ve given the restaurant three tries in about as many years and it seems to be getting progressively worse each visit. Applebee’s is nothing special and nothing to brag about but this location defines bad. Almost non-​existent service, cold food and the restaurant appears to be a bit on the dirty side. The place wasn’t busy and appeared to have adequate wait staff, but the girls were too busy socializing and laughing amongst themselves than to wait on their customers. Needless to say, three strikes and they’re out! I will no longer visit any «Crapplebee’s» location anywhere due to this place.

Thankfully I was only in there once and left town the next day. What a horrible experience. Now I know you don’t go to Applebee’s for steak but I had a great one a few months ago at a different location so I thought I would try again. Horrible. No flavor.
The service was unfriendly and the place was empty. The girl behind the bar was a real joy — not, barely a smile except for the guy she was flirting with. Thankfully I have no reason to ever go back.

Pekin is very limited so I really hate to give this such a bad review as so many others have really ditched this in their reviews. SO, being a local… here goes. Chip had steak which was done to his specs and was very good. I always get the perfect margarita which for some strange reason is served with an olive (why I ask) but whatever. It is always perfect. I ordered off their lite menu and ordered the chicken with rice, lime and cilantro. Apparently, the cooking staff got confused between cilantro and parsley. Small town… it’s all good but wld have been much better with cilantro. I can brush that off. Wait staff, is and has always been good. Attentive and alter. So to say in bold… do not eat here is a bit harsh Jean. But maybe Jean shld learn to either cook or be catered to. I wld go back but prefer the mexican joint over Applebee’s. Cheers! Gwen

DO NOT EAT HERE!!! One of the most disgusting restaurant experiences I’ve had in a very long time. I’m dining alone because I’m a business traveler. I sit down, order my beverage and meal. My salad comes along with a swarm of fruit flies! Not just a couple, two, three, I’m talking a swarm of them. I’m shooing them away with my napkin and then the mediocore entrée comes out and again, a swarm of these aggressive fruit flies! At this point, my stomach turns and I’m ready to throw up in my mouth. Waitress brings the manager over. Manager explains the life cycle of these bugs using terms like «larve» and tells me they are going to be in the restaurant for a couple of weeks due to their life cycle. She tells me their pest control company «wasn’t doing their job». WTF??? This had to be a terrible infestation. I was so sick to my stomach. She told me the meal was free. Well, I didn’t eat it anyway so she can just give it to the flies so they have a happy life cycle in the kitchen. Almost wanted to call the board of health on them but there were a lot of older country folks blissfully eating their mediocore food and nonchalantly swatting these little dirty pests away from their plates as if they were dining outside at a picnic. The best part about this is this was on December 2. So I’m thinking those flies have been in this restaurant for a couple of minutes. DO NOT EAT HERE!!!

The food here was horrible!!! The only good thing was the dessert. I have eaten here twice and ordered different things each time-​the food still sucked!

Slow service, kitchen has problems resturant empty still waited 25 min for a salad and bowl of soup

This is the neighborhood restaraunt. The service is good and the atmosphere is nice. The food is standard Applebees and comes out hot.