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    Applebee's Grill + Bar

    2.4 (52 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 1:00 AM (Next day)

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    Kayla G.

    Drinks are good, but not free poured. Bar atmosphere is "okay". Service is very slow! Order your drinks 20 minutes in advance

    Craig M.

    Applebees service and quality of food is not consistent across all its restaurants, but the Auburn, ME location has always been a go-to on nights when I am craving a "much" drink or some good appetizers. On a Friday and Saturday night, prior to COVID, this place was always packed with guest sitting outside waiting for their name to be called. It's smaller in size compared to others, but the food for the most part is worth the wait. Staff has always been friendly and they tend to work hard because they have more tables than a typical waiter/waitress some establishments have. The pictures are from a visit in 2017, but the quality and customer service has not changed since then which is a sign management has high expectations when they hire staff. That visit I had the wonton chicken tacos for an appetizer which were good. chicken was cooked nicely and had good flavor. The slaw adds a nice crunchy texture and the use of a wonton wrapper adds additional crunch and texture to the overall experience. The key to the true success of the tacos is the squeeze of lime over each taco. It is night and day when you taste with and without. Don't forget the lime. My dinner was a chicken fried steak over mashed potatoes with a nice brown gravy, topped with onion rings. Chicken was cooked nicely with the breading slightly overcooked, but still tasty. Mashed potatoes when combined with the gravy were really good and I could have eaten more. Desert was their chocolate lava cake. This dessert was not short of chocolate in any way. You had the chocolate cake with oozing chocolate sauce with a white vanilla frosting drizzle and then they take chocolate sauce and drizzle it across the entire plate allowing you to scoop a little up with each bite. It's a major sweet bomb which will satisfy any sweet tooth. Overall, I am happy with this location, the food and its staff. I have gone back many times since the pictures, I just haven't been as active checking in or taking pictures as there are evenings where I disconnect and enjoy the human social interaction. Try this place out.

    I asked for well done and this is what I got then when I had asked for the manager I was told she was asleep? The steak was so bloody and usually I'm not picky. Someone sitting behind us found a roach and left. This place used to be good I used to sit at the bar, dine in, get take out or order curbside but ever since I found out about the bugs and how the management is I gave up. They didn't have honey pepper chicken this night and they wouldn't let me take my alcohol Togo which they usually do but didn't have covers so we sat inside then my friend was upset their ID expired and it was their birthday and they didn't know. Never again. I'll travel and go to a different Applebees... Never had such a bad experience like the one in auburn. Oh not to mention my silverware was dirty so I did have the waitress get me new silverware. This place has went down hill in the last month or so. I wonder if there's new management or what happened?

    Quesadilla Hamburger (what is actually looks like)
    Hillary L.

    The best thing at Applebee's is the Perfect Margarita. It's where I fell in love with margaritas. Most everything else is what you would expect of a chain restaurant. The menu is huge though the food is just ok. I used to love their salads but even those have changed over time. I ordered a salad and ribs this weekend. After moving the first layer off my salad, I found rotting/slimy lettuce and several pieces of the butt end of the lettuce. The ribs were good. Our kids ordered the quesadilla hamburgers and both were disappointed. They ate them but said they wouldn't order again. Everything appeared clean and the server was friendly. I would still recommend eating there or really having a couple margaritas at the bar.

    Adult beverages and great food after a difficult day af work.
    Stephanie G.

    The adult drinks were great. The food was hot and fresh. The server was personable and quick to wait on our table. I absolutely will go back again. Matter of fact, I have Door dashed food from here and that was good as well!

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    9 years ago

    Most of their food is microwaved & bland. lowkey gross..my boyfriend threw up eating their food once and we never went back lmao

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    5 years ago

    the food was great and the people were nice I'd say the dragon fruit mixed with mango is the best it was a little slow but overall great

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    15 years ago

    Trisha makes THE best drinks!! Long Island Ice Teas are wonderful by her. Renee is another very good bartender there!!! Love them!

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    10 years ago

    Fantastic service. We had a problem with one of our entrees, the manager corrected the error and took the item off our bill.

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