Applebee’s

I love the food, the wait staff can be a bit off. Love the Thai Shrimp Salad.

The food was good our waitress was good food was a little slow to the table. Overall not to bad

We have eaten here many times before, but this week they excelled, Both Sunday and Wednesday I ordered steak and salad, steak I ordered blue (under rare for those who do not eat steak right) as they could legally do it and charred to boot, both nights, steak was perfect. My wife’s and daughter’s meals were the triple combos between them and they raved about them as well. When in Traverse City we will definitely be revisiting here.

I’m not sure which is stranger – me writing this review or you reading it. It’s Applebee’s. APPLE. BEE’S. If you’re still making up your mind about this place, either you’re being dragged here against your will, or you’re considering eating organic matter that barely passes as food. In either case, you have bigger problems than what Applebee’s is about to do to your colon.
The service wasn’t bad, so 2 stars for that. The food though, my god the food. Everything tastes it like was thawed, reheated, and slopped together. Applebee’s is the furthest thing from fresh.
We got spinach artichoke dip, which tasted like spray can cheese melted over spinach flakes. My entrée was steak and shrimp with broccoli. The steak was tough – really tough – like this wasn’t the first time it was cooked. The shrimp was like sauteed rubber bands, and the broccoli was gooey and steamed. It had chunks of unidentified white stuff on it. I’m pretty sure it was food though.
So, there you have it. If someone’s dragging you there (like me), buy a dozen Bud Light Lime’s to wash down the Applegrime. At least you’ll get a buzz out of the experience. But if Applebee’s is your idea of a good time, then you’ve already given up on life and there’s nothing anyone can do for you.

Nothing special, just Applebees. Service was good and food is OK.

Was told curbside was closed, while I waited in the parking lot for our carry out, I saw a car get curbside. Liars!

I’ve been to various Applebee’s Restaurants in the past (the one in Bozeman, Montana is excellent) but never had quite so miserable an experience as I did this evening at the Applebee’s in Traverse City.
We were a party of three: my 93 year old father, my husband (70) and myself (only a couple of years younger). I ordered a sweet frozen drink called a «Tropical Red» — a fruit and rum margarita. It arrived on the rocks and — it was yellow! Furthermore, the rim had been dipped in salt, not sugar as is customary with sweet fruit flavored margaritas. They took it back and just tossed it, rocks and all, in a blender and brought it back (rather than starting over with mix and ice — we could hear them do so immediately after the waitress took it away.). It was nasty and salty-​tasting, besides just being wrongly made. The waitress decided to argue with me about whether salt on strawberry margaritas was correct rather than merely removing or replacing the drink.
We ordered. It took so long we were joking about whether they were catching the fish, raising the chicken or growing the lettuce for my salad. The men were satisfied with their meals: my lettuce was old and very limp, the chicken topping cold and tough.
Still not terrible — until the bill came. We asked about the senior discount. Oh, no! It seems there’s a ‘golden card’. Could we have one, we asked? The waitress disappeared. She returned with the manager. They were out of golden cards and, furthermore, had already run our credit card and so could not possibly give us the 10% senior discount they would otherwise have been happy to have offered. When it was pointed out that they had then also run the card without allowing us to add a tip, we were informed that they were allowed to ADD a tip, just not SUBTRACT a discount from our bill! My father ultimately solved the problem: he went back and subtracted the 10% discount from the 20% tip he had added!
To add insult to injury, on the way out, the hostess said, «Have a good evening», a remark I never heard inasmuch as I was concerned with helping my very elderly father down some steps. So she said, rudely, «Or NOT!» When I was told about her nasty comment, I went back in and reported it to the supremely disinterested manager.
Service and attitude start at the top and permeate an entire organization: avoid this one like the plague! The food was mediocre: the personnel absolutely poisonous!

Server was nice and attentive. Forgot to bring out salsa with my meal, but no big deal. Toppings on the salad were pretty skimpy, mostly spinach. However the atmosphere was fun.

Terrible, twice.
My wife and I visited this place two times in the past 3 weeks because they have a good selection of lower calorie meals and I am on a diet. The first time, my Parmesan chicken was very good but my wife’s Cajun chicken had two long black hairs in it. This was promptly taken care of by the manager and all was ok. This time all of our food was very bad. My Parmesan chicken smelled funny and didn’t taste very good. My wife and daughter both ordered stakes, medium well. Both stakes arrived an were burned on the outside and were very bloody on the inside. The manager replaced the steaks and the replacements were cooked correctly but tasted very salty. This left us wondering what they had done to our food because we complained. During both visits the waitstaff were very friendy and attempted to take care of us, but that doesn’t mean much when the food it consistantly BAD. We will not be back.

OK, I wasn’t going to bother to write this, but I am, so I guess I changed my mind. I went here for their low cal entrees that they were advertising all over the TV. I’m on a diet (down 39lbs since christmas). I orderded the steak with a spinach covered portebella. The picture in the menu (is the food ever good at a place that puts pictures of the food in the menu?) showed a huge mushroom and a big steak. When it got to me the mushroom was the sie of a silver dollar, no joke. The steak was tough (I’m not expecting the best steak ever at applebees but this was like they just didn’t try) I should of taken a pic of this plate, it looked like they threw it at the plate and said good enough. Oh well, I feel better now. Life“s too short to eat like this, go some place better, anywhere would be a good bet.

Hokay, so. Here’s the deal. I used to go to Applebee’s (in Grand Rapids) all of the time. I like the food, and I loved the service. So when I moved back to TC, I was pretty glad they had one. Too bad they fail.
To start. Our server had gave off this, «Oh, they’re young, they won’t tip well, so I might as well not bother» attitude. DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED. I’ve served for five years, and yes, I know that most young kids don’t tip well, but news flash: THAT DOESN’T GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO GIVE POOR SERVICE.
Not only did she talk down to us, but she never asked how our food was, even though we had an app, two entrees and dessert, we also spilled a glass before our app came, and she saw, saying, «I’ll be right back with some more napkins.»
Our app came.
She didn’t.
We finished our app.
She never showed.
Our entrees came (served by someone else).
I asked this new girl for ranch and napkins.
She came back with both, very quickly.
During this time I had seen our server circling the dining room, talking to her other two tables, and laughing with the bartender. Riiiiiiiight. That’s cool.
As if that wasn’t enough. In the middle of the afternoon, with half the dining room filled, one of the managers was doing performance reviews at the table behind us. WTF? Talk about unprofessional? More than that, the girl he was reviewing was throwing one of her coworkers under the bus, and saying a lot of things that customers don’t need to know. I guess there was no where else (i.e. employee break room, or manager’s office (which is bullshit, all restaurants have at least a manager’s office)) to do this.
I guess I like their food. It’s American style, corporate restaurant type, which is good for me every now and again. They have good specials and prices. But their service and professionalism are non existent. *shrug* I doubt I’ll go out of my way to get back in there any time in the near future.

Well I just had Applebee’s for dinner on Sat.
I ordered Steak combos which came with grilled shrimps.
I was good and tasty!
The service was good… people here in TVC are VERY NICE anyway :)
I would recommend to come here for quick & not too expensive meal.