Applebee’s

Great service, great half price appetizers. The drinks are sooo much more expensive than any place ive ever been, even two for one. The beer was more expensive than a food item, the mixed drink my friend got almost the price of two appetizers. If it wasn’t for the wonderful service I would never go back

Great service and my waitress was super nice and recommended the 2 for 1 margaritas which was great thanks guys

If I could give this place a zero out of five I would. I ordered a Philly one night and it was undercooked. The following morning I called the store and informed the manger about the incident. He took my information and told me I would receive a gift card in the mail. It has been three weeks since and I have yet to receive anything. Never again am I going there.

It was DJ night when we got there, and we originally sat at a table RIGHT next to the speakers… when the table next to us opened up, we moved there to save a little bit more of our ear drums.
The drinks took suuuuuuuuuuupppppppeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrr long to get out to us, and then came out in stages. There were 4 of us – one ordered wine, two ordered LI Iced Teas, and I ordered my SoCo/​diet. The wine was the first thing to arrive (after about 30 minutes!), and we hadn’t even ordered our food yet. Once we ordered the food (just apps), they started coming out (15 minutes?) before the rest of the drinks. We kept it simple — two orders of boneless wings, and one of mozzarella sticks.
Then the other drinks started arriving — the LI’s were very weak and got sent back, and the SoCo was practically a shot rather than a drink, so I got soda on the side. The manager came by to check on things and to bring out the re-​made drinks.
There were drink specials on the hour (DJ would spin the wheel), so we ordered two of the $ 2 lemon drop shots… which also took over ½ hour and a reminder to the server that we hadn’t yet received them. She apologized and took responsibility for that mistake — said she hadn’t placed the order. We then had them within about two minutes — and they were the lousiest lemon drop shots I’ve ever experienced. Pretty much just lemony syrup mixed with barely-​present alcohol (not even worth the $ 2 «special» price). Not at all what an actual Lemon Drop should be.
The restaurant itself was at a decent capacity, and it looked like the bartenders had a long row of order tickets to fulfill. It seemed they were not prepared for the amount of drinks they were going to need; I’m not sure why management would not have had a 3^rd bartender on to alleviate some of the stress and wait times, or why he didn’t just get back there himself to lend a hand for a little while.

Tonight is just ridiculous and Applebees. It is ladies night but it is not that full. I’m sitting at the bar just ordered my second glass of wine and it took approximately 20 minutes which is unacceptable to me. Yes, tonight is ladies night but that should make no difference with anything.
I had the Chicken Wonton Tacos which are excellent. They’re crunchy, savory, juicy, and have coleslaw on top which is excellent. I also had the spinach and artichoke dip with chips which was pretty dismal. The chips were flat and not crispy. The dip was also flat and had no flavor even though I did have cheese on top of it. Somehow the flavor just did not come through on any way shape or form.
To get my second drink I just had to wait a good 15 minutes and I ordered water when I came in about 2 hours ago and I’ve yet to see it and I don’t think I ever will. I guess it depends what staff you get on the night you come here and how will you get treated. It seems like they have their special customers and they get the special treatment.
What’s a girl to do? Well, it’s close to home and Wednesday nights are ladies night and a good investment.

I have been to this Applebee’s twice… and they never disappoint me… My server today, Melanie, was friendly, fast and efficient… Kudos to her… and to the rest of the staff… my entrée was delicious… And it was cooked at the right temperature… And it was delivered to my table quickly… I am coming back here soon…

Food was ok. Normal Applebee’s fare. However service was positively horrible. We ordered a scoop of ice cream at the end of our meal. By the time we got it it was half melted. That was just part of the experience. Needless to say this will not be an Applebee’s we would return to.

We have tried the food twice. And I have had upset stomach both times. The food was so greasy and cheap we could not finish it. Save some money and just buy some frozen dinners and heat them up, same quality, less money.

Had an awkward visit a few months back listening to a server argue with a manager regarding a table that was being ignored (apparently wasn’t the servers section?) that sat there for a solid 20 minutes without service, (I’m assuming it wasn’t the manager’s job either).
The server eventually huffed and puffed her way to them and took their order.
I returned a few days ago for a birthday celebration to a distracted waitress who messed up our drink order, didn’t bring out our food (other people did), and the birthday girl sat without her food until we stopped the waitress and inquired about it (everyone else had their meals already).
Food was inconsistent (both steaks were ordered medium rare and came back completely different, one over cooked, one rare).
Will not return or recommend this location, ever.
Revamping the look is nothing if the service and food quality don’t match up.

We had the BEST server! Thank you, Tabitha, for making our evening so great! The food was great, too, but having an awesome server makes the meal even better.

Feeling the new and improved Bees! lol
The totally gutted the bar area and redid it. I like the changes they made not only in appearance but in the food. They stepped up there game and added some cooler apps. Itried out the lunch combo special. You pick two items for lunch and I got chicken caesar salad and shrimp linguine. I base how I like a place but how much they give and how full i feel afterwards. They put the plate in front of me and I thought… ok decent amount of food for $ 9! The chicken caesar was so fresh and the chicken was cooked perfectly. They didn’t put too an excess amount of sauce either. The shrimp linguine surprisingly had a lot of pieces of shrimp, that’s a first in any restaurant. There were two sauces mixed together one was ok and then the other red sauce was a bit salty … But … I currently have enough left over to eat for my mid-​day snack! #winning!
There are also a ton of specials every day. ½ off apps from 10pm-​2am! or at the bar from 11am-​4pm Another special is Girls night out on Wednesday– 5pm to close $ 3 apps and $ 3 select drinks!

We went to this Applebee’s for a date night. We got seated really quickly which was definitely a plus. We ordered from the 2 for $ 25 menu. We chose an appetizer to go with our meals. The problem was that we actually got our meals before our appetizer. We had to ask about the appetizer then it was brought out. Overall the food was pretty good. We got boneless wings, the chicken and shrimp and ribs. Lots of seasoning on the chicken and shrimp, but the potatoes it came with lacked any seasoning at all. Wait staff was nice but we almost never saw them. Our last couple of experiences at Abblebee’s has been pretty sub par. Don’t know if we will be going back anytime soon.

I can’t really complain because everyone did a good job. It took longer than usual for the waiters to start taking our orders because they didn’t that many and they had to serve a large group. It also took time for everyone to show up. Nobody had anything negative to say about the food. Some even ordered a 2^nd meal.

I love Applebee’s but I will never be back to this one. Chicken was burned. Food was no good.

This place needs a new manager and as far as the server Kate she was terrible. She didn’t speak she never said thank u or your welcome… She never asked if we needed anything else or how we were doing… She acted bothered. Food was cold service was terrible I’ll never be back. Wait for this… I’m updating cause it’s a couple days later and they took a five dollar tip unauthorized out of my credit card when I put a line through the tip area!!!

My son went to Applebee’s on Hillsboro just west of Dale Mabry Highway. He ordered hot wings from the menu. The server brought back a plate of wings encrusted with cayenne pepper. The powder was so thick that you could actually see powder specks all over the celery sticks that the company the chicken wings and in a few places you could see caked on cayenne powder. This is unacceptable from any franchise restaurant. I recommend that the manager take a good hard look at his kitchen staff and make the appropriate changes. We will be contacting the Better Business Bureau and the health department to make the appropriate complaints.

This place is hilarious. En route to a Bucs game we stopped in for some bar apps to fortify us before a long game. There weren’t any seats left at the sparce bar, so we asked if we could sit at a table and get some half priced bar apps. No. Could we belly up to the bar and eat bar apps? No. Could we pull some unused chairs up to the bar? No. Our party and the others still coming to meet us could pay full price for bar apps at a bar table a few feet away however. Really? GTFOH.

Two thumbs down for this Applebee’s location. In fact, I’ll even throw in a middle finger up as well.
Here’s the deal. Me and La Chica eat at Applebee’s all the time. Pretty much every location, whichever is closest to us when we’re itching to take advantage of the half price apps. 90% of the time, it’s the location on Sheldon and Linebaugh. Not only is it close to home, but they know a thing or two about customer service. The general manager at the Hillsborough location should be re-​trained by the Sheldon staff and or simply demoted to a kitchen prep job.
This past Sunday, we decided to hit up this location before heading to the Bucs game to get or guts full, so as to avoid $ 700 nacho and half a million dollar hot dogs in the stadium. We know that you can only take advantage of the half price apps at the bar, however there were no seats at the bar. Not a big deal because our regular Applebee’s on Sheldon will extend the offer if you’re sitting at a high top in the bar area IF there are no seats available at the bar. Enter our waitress. We ask her if we can take advantage of the deal. She’s unsure, so asks the manager. She came back with the manager, Steve, and he advised us that we could not take advantage of the deal. He went on and on stating company policy, which apparently in non-​negotiable and unwavering. He wnt on to explain how the «computer» will not allow half price apps to be rang up for a table other than a bar seat. So I said, well I can sit at the one seat at the bar, order and then bring the food over to our table, and he said, «No. I’m sorry that’s not allowed either.» At this point, I’m pissed off because I don’t understand how this deal is first come, first serve at this location. «So because they got here before us, they can get the deal and I can’t?» I asked while pointing over at the bar, just 10 feet away from me. He replied with, «Unfortunately.» I explained that if we couldn’t get the deal, we would go somewhere else, and he just didn’t seem to care. So we bounced.
All I can hope for is that this location quietly goes out of business or that they learn how to get staff that knows when to make exceptions.

While the inside of the restaurant itself is really nice, the food isn’t the best quality Applebee’s food I’ve had. I’ve been here 3 times now, and 1 time the steak wasn’t cooked how I asked, another time the honey pepper chicken didn’t have any honey pepper sauce on it (and when I asked for some, the waitress was totally confused), and another time they just got the order totally mixed up. ²⁄₃ times the service has been really slow, especially near the end of the meal.
They do have automated paying things at the restaurant, so you can just pay with card and leave, without having to wait on a waiter to show up to bring you the bill.

They remodeled and it looks really great now. I was here a couple weeks ago and they had paper streamers hanging from the roof which I thought was really tacky, that has been since removed and it looks much better.