Applebee’s

For Applebee’s, I think this is one of their better stores, as long as you are seated in the bar. Let’s face it, no Applebee’s is a five star establishment. With that said, this one has a pretty good staff, who are friendly. The food comes out how you order it, and they are pretty quick.
However, if you don’t sit in the bar, all bets are off. It’s like they only train the staff in the bar area.

This place was terrible. I ordered the «perfect» margarita. They give the martini shaker with it so it looks like you are getting more for your money. This is not the case. I used to bartend so I can tell when a drink is not made properly. She used a JIGGER which I understand corporate places tend to make the bartender use them. But there is an art to using a jigger. While you empty the jigger contents into the drink, you should let a little extra flow from the bottle. In this case, she tried to hold a steady hand a spilled a bunch of the alcohol onto the bar and not in the drink. The menu said lime juice, but they used sour mix. Not only was it really weak and full of sour mix, but this whole concept of giving you the shaker just allows for the weak drink to become weaker as it gets watered down sitting on ice. Not a fan of this place. You will have a better time across the way at the Uno’s…because that is exactly where I went after I paid for the drink I took 2 sips out of and left.

Do not go here. If you have an out of state license they will check their «book» and for some reason my license was declined and they wouldn’t accept it as a valid form of ID and would not let me have any alcoholic beverages. Don’t waste your time here. I came out expecting to have a good time and have a beer with some friends but instead getting embarrassingly declined and have to sit there like the forth wheel. Just save your time and go to UNO they won’t be so rude and embarrass you.

Had diarrhea after the dinner Tuesday night. The service and the taste is ok, but obvious something wrong with the food…

After having gone to the Auburn location a few times and not being disappointed, I thought the food would at least be decent. We were greeted and seated right away. My Husband and I both ordered the tall Margarita. I think they might have forgotten the alcohol… While taking our food order the waitress laughed at my Husband when he ordered my Cedar Salmon as «Cedar plank salmon». We must have missed the joke. Our meals arrived looking pitiful. My Husbands shrimp salad (Asian I believe) was ridiculously small for a meal. My cedar salmon meal, although being seasoned very well, was not only small but over cooked to the point of being dry. The small pile of diced potatoes were watery and the steamed spinach placed on top was almost non existent. There was no seasoning whatsoever on the veggies. I love vegetables and only had one bite. I’m not being overly critical. I get that it’s pub food and its a chain. I didn’t expect a fine dining experience, but the food should at least be palatable. The waitress never returned to ask us even once if we wanted anything else or if everything was ok. She just brought the bill. Then asked «Do you need change?» If that change was going to be your TIP it certainly isn’t now that you so rudely asked. I’m in the service industry. How about «I’ll be right back with your change» at which point the patron can reply «It’s all set. Keep the change» recap… thumbs down on service, drinks, food, portions, value. We won’t be back and we will not recommend it. The next time we head to Sturbridge to see a movie it will be UNOs or Cracker Barrel for us.

Service was good, waitress did a solid job. Combo app was fine. New England fish and chips was horrible. The fish was extremely dry with no taste. Cole slaw poor and fries ok. My sons burger was fine and my wife’s chipotle chicken was not good. Hardly any chicken at all. Not sure what the deal was or is at this normally good bees…

The waitress was a bit slow but, other than that it was good. I found 2 penne noodles in the 3 cheese pasta (shouldn’t have penne noodles in it). No comment.

My wife and I come here every other week now for a long lunch on a friday before a movie. You cannot beat the prices here. The food is much better than it was at the chain a few years ago and the drinks are great. They also have cheap drinks that are pretty good.

Armed with a coupon for an $.99 appetizer good only at this location, we decided to see if lightning would strike twice. This ended up being a huge disappointment after last weeks visit to the Auburn location.
We received a warm greeting upon entering and were seated right away. You would think that with both Mrs B and I on crutches they would not pass up all of those empty tables and make us travel towards the far end of the dining room.
I had the Slow Simmered Beef Sandwich, Mrs B, the Chicken Fajita Roll up. While the food tasted OK, the quality just didn’t seem to be as good as the week before.
As for the service, Erin, our server, was friendly and and helpful in keeping thing things moving at a good pace. One thing I was surprised to see was the manager spending quite a bit of time visiting patrons and checking on them. But one should be careful when asking questions. She received a few complaints and tended to a few unhappy customers by bringing them new orders. Guess we weren’t the only ones.