Applebee’s

This use to be my go to place. I was here at least three times a week for half apps with my friends. Not sure what happened to this place. For starters when you walk in the hosts are talking to one other and can’t be bothered with incoming guests. They sit you down and then a waiter or waitress comes over. I guess we got the waitress who didn’t really want to be there that night. My friend and I always do the 2 for $ 20. Expect that when we looked at the 2 for $ 20 menu it was completely different. They took things off substituted them for Other things. Don’t get me wrong i suppose every chain needs a change but the options they presented with were all chicken! Chicken tenders, chicken with pasta, fiesta chicken (whatever that may be), and cedar Apple grilled chicken. So whatever we went with the steak and the chicken with pasta. I asked for medium rare and I got a cooked all the way through dry as leather steak. And it was falling apart? It looked like they took hamburger chop meat and tried to get it to look like a steak? It was crazy. I got fries and Mac n cheese on the side. And it’s funny because the chicken and pasta my friend got was suppose to be the Alfredo sauce. And we tasted each others dishes and her pasta with the Alfredo sauce tasted just like my mac n cheese. In fact it was the same pasta, same sauce but different items. Almost forgot !! The appetizer of boneless buffalo wings were cold! Should of asked to throw them back into the microwave for another minute LOL. Applebee’s you suck

I don’t know how anybody eats at Applebee’s the food is overpriced, less than mediocre and the food never comes out hot. Take out forget it they tell you to be there at a certain time you get there and the food is ice cold I mean really!!! I do t mind paying 12 bucks for a burger, it has to be some what decent. For the same price you could go to Zinburger across the highway and get Kobe beef. That is a place I would recommend

The only reason I will come back to this applebee’s is for the best waiter ever STEPHON !!! He is the most attentive, kind, and probably the best waiter I have ever had in my life. He made our cinco de mayo so relaxed and fun and tended to our every need before we even knew we needed anything ! This guy needs to be promoted to management so that future employees can benefit from learning how to give the Ultimate Client Experience to each and every client !!! GO TO THIS APPLEBEES AND ASK FOR STEPHON !!!

Stephon S!!! This server is beyond amazing. He was incredibly attentive to us all night. I have eaten in many of restaurants some five star and some no star and by faaaaaar Stephon was the best server I have ever had. This young man didn’t skip a beat while waiting on other tables assisting in the kitchen bringing drinks. OMG he is nothing short of excellence. He made my Cinco de Mayo great. He is so deserving of a raise and a promotion. I pray his boss reads this and gives him a shot at the supervisor position. Thank you Stephon you are the reason I will come back to this Apple Bees over and over again

Well had an Oreo shake, it was very awesome. My friend ordered 4 cheese mac and with honey chicken tenders. It was very good he said, will come back

This place refused to let my boyfriend order a glass of wine because he is not officially a U.S. Citizen yet and does not have a United States I.D. He always carries around proper identification, however, and he is almost 30 years old, so I really don’t understand why they kept giving us a hard time here. After calling over a manager and explaining the situation, she refused to serve us the wine. Having dealt with this type of discrimination before, I did not even get upset. We just told them not to bother bringing out my drink either because we would be leaving. We left and ended up going out to a place where they do not discriminate.

I had a bad expirience this first time in applebees. My fountain drink, a sierra mist, tasted ¹⁄₃ sierra mist ²⁄₃ tap water which tasted horrible. I ordered mild boneless buffalowings but I got the spiciest kind. I ordered ribs and it was all bone and no meat, literally bones coated in bbq sauce. Any meat on it was tasted burned and disgusting. My knife started leaking the fluid inside the handle and landed on my food so I couldnt even eat the «ribs». The waiter knew about my companions birthday and walked away without a word. We didnt order dessert because the experience was horrible and we did not want to prolong our misery.

Where to begin? Haven’t been to Applebee’s in a long time and boy it has changed for the worst. Took out our daughter here to celebrate her birthday on a Friday night. We were quite surprised it was really busy although we got a table right away around 6pm. Hostess showed us to our table and we sat down. So this is where the fun begins.
We waited for almost 10 minutes without anyone coming to offer us drinks. Suddenly, we see our waiter just as we were going to complain. He asked us if someone was taking care of us. I wanted to tell him do you see anyone here helping us? He took our order and gone he went for another 10 minutes to get our drinks. Did he go to New York to get our drinks? It was just soda and was not even any bar drinks.
After we got our drinks, five minutes later our apps came out. Oh yeah, they charge for kids lemonade as they said it’s not a fountain drink. Therefore they charge us extra for kids lemonade. They claim that they made the lemonade by hand which I doubt, I bet it was Hi-​C power mixed with water. Getting back to apps, only one came out as we order two items and we had to tell the server it was missing. The crispy chicken wontons was good but it was only three prices while the bbq boneless wings had only five peices. They also don’t serve fajitas any longer as the menu shrunk dramatically as well as the portions. I order the fiesta lime chicken and the rice tasted like bird seeds. It was just hard pellets like it just came out of a uncooked rice bag. Chicken was cooked okay but that was about it.
Since my wife mention it was our daughters birthday, they had gave her a small ice cream cup and sang to her which was cool. So we actually ordered the apple chimi cheesecake with ice cream which took another ten minutes to come out. I must say the service is slow, food is mediocre, and the portions were not generous at all. Not saying I would stay away from Applebee’s but just this location. Unless they change they will be on the bottom of my «do not dine here» list. Better off going to eat at chipotles or similar place.

Our daughter wanted to come here for her 7^th birthday so we decided to have dinner. We’ve been to this Applebee’s location before and was never disappointed but tonight, everything went wrong.
First, we sat with our menus for what appears to be 10 long minutes before we were greeted and asked if we wanted anything to drink. We asked for ice tea, sprite, 2 kids lemonade. Then, an additional 5 minutes later, the drinks came out. We ordered chicken tacos and boneless buffalo wings as appetizers when the order came out, they forgot the wings. I had the grilled salmon with vegetables. It was okay but the portions were small. My husband had fiesta lime chicken with very dry rice that looks under cooked. My kids ordered the kids meal of hamburgers and Mac-​n-​cheese with very bland garlic mashed potatoes (yes, I took a sample).
No one came to see if everything is okay. I mentioned to the waiter early on about my daughters’ bday so to my surprise, he came and surprised her with a small sundae. We decided to order the apple chimi cheesecake. I literally kicked myself afterwards because the wait for it took another 10 minutes.
Overall, it was very slow service. Manager was no where in sight. No one came to see if we needed anything but when checking out, our server was very quick with the bill and grabbed our cash payment. The most disgusting thing was charging us the kids drink when the kids menu said it’s free. When I asked for the bill to be corrected, the waiter mentioned their lemonade is freshly made and isn’t considered a fountain drink (only kids fountain drinks are free with kids meal). It’s the worst bull crap we’ve ever heard. It’s not about the money at this point. It’s the principle! The kids meal says drinks included and no where does it says lemonade is not included. I’d give this place negative stars if Unilocal allows.

The menu has greatly improved and the food is great. Service was polite and attentive. If you want to grab a quick bite and have some good food, stop by this Applebee’s.

I came here last night on a date and it was an OK experience. I ordered the strawberry lemonade, which was a bit too sweet. I was disappointed because the server we had did not offer to refill our drinks at all during the course of our meal. For my meal, I ordered the Oriental Chicken Salad, which I have ordered from Applebee’s many times before. The salad at this location had a lot of things in it, but not as much lettuce as I would have liked. The chicken on top of the salad was crispy and tasty, just as I had expected it to be. My date had the spicy boneless buffalo wings, which he liked, but said were really too spicy for his taste. We both ended up taking a lot of our food home. Overall, an OK experience, nothing spectacular since everything was just OK.

Throughout my high school and college days I would always frequent here. Mostly for one reason: Half Apps. After 10PM, you get half priced appetizers here, and man these appetizers will definitely fill you to the brim! Though the portions are smaller now, two of them (comes about to ~$ 12 with tip) will definitely fill you up.
Just know, if you come on a Friday/​Saturday night, expect to wait. Just as I was in high school, a lot of cheap high schoolers and college kids come here for the deal. Just heed that warning.

Came here for a late night dinner with my boyfriend and ordered from the 2 for 20 deal. I ordered the 7oz sirloin steak with mashed potato and vegetables for an extra two dollars, my boyfriend ordered the bbq ribs with French fries and made it a platter for two more dollars. As the appetizer we had the Mozzerella sticks, which were super greasy. Food didn’t take too long to come out, always a plus and our waiter was attentive. My food was decent and well portioned, meanwhile my boyfriend didn’t have the best of times with his food. He was super dissatisfied. The fries didn’t look too appetizing. Out bill came out to $ 31 for my boyfriends multiple refills of lemonade. Being a chain restaurant I know I’ll be back for its late night service, but the food is okay.

We had an hour to kill in the area and a 25 dollar gift card, so we stopped here for a couple drinks and appetizers during their weekday happy hour. Usually we love their happy hour for the cheap drinks and half-​price apps.
When we pulled up we noticed the outdoor patio was open. If it was not 95 degrees out that day we might have went that route. Instead we decided to sit at the bar. Our bartender was friendly and funny. I have to give a big thumbs down to whoever washes the glasses though. The bartender maybe… As I was finishing my draft I noticed the glass was dirty, like it had dried spinach stuck to it. It was pretty nasty. I didn’t make a big deal out of it, but it’s not something I will easily forget.
My wife’s margarita was fine (she had two) and our appetizers weren’t bad. Sweet potato fries were crispy and the beer cheese pretzels were greasy.
I’ve probably been to a dozen different Applebee’s and this was clearly not the worst, but it was close.

The food is awesome. It came out not too hot but good temperature. The service is bad… Our waitress took more that 20 minutes to bring out the drinks … 20 minutes after we were done to ask about desserts… 15 minutes to bring them out. Mind you it is lunch time And not busy at all. She dragged her feet and walked around. Oh well I love this place but they should be a little quicker

Honestly… I love applebees. Its the best when you don’t wanna cook and dress up too fancy to eat out. But on Friday May 8^th of 2015 this place was a complete let down. The manager was not in control of the situation. I had a table for 4 and we waited longer than we had been told. It was insane and I was starving.
The hostess was very nice and outgoing made sure that she didn’t lose us on our way to the table. She let us know where the bathroom and answered the questions I had.
Our waitress was busy– clearly! We know thay, friday night, 9pm. Who wouldn’t? But she didn’t have to rush us through our drinks and food! It was horrible like we stank or were an ugly group of people. And trust me! We are NOT dirty or ugly (well to each their own, right?).
The nightmare was when the food arrived. I know I give exact explanations for how my food should arrive and I always like my fries with my main course specially since I ordered the 9oz. Steak. But that wasn’t the case so I sent them back. The appetizers were good though.
However when my steak came out I realized something was wrong. I am a medium rare king of person and I knew the second I smelled that charred steak that it wasn’t going to be good. I cut into it and the outside was bitter and overcooked! I dont think ill ever be a «well done» type of person. Ever. I told my waitress and she went to go cook another for me. Meanwhile, I had already finished both my sides and most of my fries.
They came back with a second steak and it was DEADLY raw! I mean he clearly has that grill up too much and left that to cook for too little! She took it to cook more and the third time she came out with the steak it was clearly still the same way like nothing had happened to it. Maybe warmed it up in the microwave. Who knows? I told my waitress it was okay because I didn’t wanna be a bother and she looked tired. I kept the steak on my table but I couldn’t eat it. Not even with steak sauce.
The best steak I have ever had was at the Applebee’s in Kearny. So I know that Applebee’s is capable of making a proper steak! I would’ve settled for a medium.
At least they didn’t charge me for the steak even though I really wanted a nice juicy medium rare steak to end my night.
2 stars for my waitress trying.

You can eat and drink outside in their new patio area. Food is good, but drinks were wack!
A week ago the weather was nice and warm! All we wanted were margaritas. We stopped in, hoping to get an awesome hour hour drink … Fail
The bad: The margarita was frozen, nice and slushy but lacked alcohol. My lady and I were disappointed in the drinks. Maybe we are two lushes lol.
The good: The wings were awesome. Had some flavor and nice and crunchy. They are double fried so if you like crispy wing — get em here!
I will give them another try and update my review

I’m not a big restaurant chain-​goer so this place is just OK. It’s loud and the food is okay at best.
This has always been a good Applebees. I’ve always received great service here and the specials (like all Applebees) are quite a deal. My friend and I ordered 1 appetizer and 2 decent-​sized entrees for $ 20. You can’t beat that.

Very typical chain restaurant. Definitely better than fast food, but the portions are rather small. I guess it depends on what you get, but yesterday I had the lunch special, for $ 8.99, and I was underwhelmed. My half a sandwich was decent, but very small. I’ve had much better salad and sandwich combos for the same or similar prices. On the plus side, my mom enjoyed her meal, and while she is like me and will eat whatever, she’s usually pretty honest.
Service was fine. The restaurant was pretty crowded for lunchtime (the Friday after Christmas so a lot of people had off). We had to wait only 5 minutes for a table, but one of the hostesses threw menus at us, and told us to look them ahead of time. Normally, I would see this as a positive, but she made it seem like she was trying to rush us out by having us ready to order right away.
I’ve eaten here before, and I’ve enjoyed the ½ apps and drink specials. Good for groups, easy and quick, and they do have some meals that are worth the price (similarly, for the price, they offer a good variety).

Halloween… thought it would be bad due to how busy it was. Must say everything we had was surprisingly GOOD!!! For a chain restaurant tonight they hit it out the park for their level of food… We all were pleasantly surprised and happy with our meals.