Our visit to this Applebees was better than the others we have been to in our travels. The server Christina was welcoming. She made sure our drinks stayed filled and helped us with questions about the menu. The previous reviews made us worry a little but after our visit we would recommend to friends and family visiting the area. We did not use the restroom so I cannot comment on the cleanliness. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Burlington, Iowa

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Horrible service! My steak was brunt and not good. It also took forever. Then they were rude after all of it.

Worst service I've ever received from a resteraunt. Took two hours for two people to eat. Also overcooked our food.

Great food. Great service. Delicious food Environment is clean Could it be more happy with an Applebee's read more

Applebees is obviously a chain but it really feels like a hometown family restaurant. I love how they have sports photos on the walls from when I was in high school. You can always count on a nice meal here. The chicken and burgers are both really good but they won't blow you away. They could use some more vegetarian/vegan options. It's a great place to come with friends or a casual date read more

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Applebees needs to revisit their ribs. Ribs should not be cooked with some Asian fusion sweet-hot sauce; just use plain ol BBQ sauce. Ribs should fall off the bone without a lot of gnashing and gnawing. Other than that, our meal was okay but do yourself a favor and skip the ribs. read more

We did not order this guy but he still chose to sat down and eat with us and nobody at the restaurant stopped him and said he was a regular and we had to put up with it while we ate. We called ICE to get him deported to wherver he came from. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Kaika mad about his burger being horrible - American Near Me - Burlington, Iowa

Late night stop on our road trip. It looked like a good idea behind all others fast foods on plaza. I am not a fan but it was my only choice. We were seated right away and our server was really nice. She was more than helpful with menu options. We ordered tortilla soup and loaded potato. It came out fast but I returned tortill chicken soup bc it was everything but the soup. More like a mashed stew but they exchanged it. My order was without tortilla sticks and it was ok. We continue with grilled chicken ceaser salad and I liked it. I mean, I enjoyed the moment. My husband had some chicken fiesta lime something like that and for me it was very salty and with a lot of seasoning. Overall experience was good. And three stars is because of cute and polite server girl with Hungarian heritage. read more

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Great staff, food, cleanliness. I really enjoyed my meal. It was my 21st birthday treat. They gave me a complimentary sundae, which was amazing! I ordered a strawberry margarita, got a little tipsy; but it was so good! They still require masks inside which sucks, but I mean what are you gonna do. If you go here be sure and order a quesadilla burger! Best thing since sliced bread lol read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Strawberry Margarita - American Near Me - Burlington, Iowa

Slow with bringing out our food Service is horrible manager is an asshole there platters here are the same as the plate except they charge $2 more for 2oz of coleslaw 3 small riblets small McDonald's portion of frys vs Des Moines area ottumwa Cedar rapids cedar falls and Waterloo where a platter of chicken strips is 7 not 5 riblets platter is 8 not 3, brought out the wrong salad ordered an 8oz steak the brought out an 6oz the manager is still being a dick haven't even left yet this place needs to be shut down read more

I went to Applebee's for my 60th birthday and let the waitress know it was my 60th. Applebee's has nothing! No free drink. No free dessert. Not even a bad song. Applebee's has no celebratory ambiance. I will go elsewhere for my next 30 birthdays. read more

The bartenders are new and the veterans all but left. So they have basic drinks cause they're dumb. Food is average nothing to brag about.

I've been there 3 times and everytime I got my food it was cold. There was one time I came in and ordered the craft Mac n Cheese and it was frozen completely on the bottom on the bowl, the second time they messed my order completely up and just today 06/16/22 I came and ordered the four cheese Mac and cheese and the plate was hot the the noodles were super cold. The waiter told us that the chef would make a whole new batch of the Mac and cheese and she came back in less then 5 minutes with 2 new plates of the Mac and cheese... i don't know if I'm wrong but it should take longer then 5 minutes to re cook everything. When we got the new plates it still wasn't hot like food should be it was only warm and did not taste good at all. They need to stop letting chef mike cook aka the microwave. read more

Last night was our 3rd time time ordering from here. And the third time our order was completely wrong and missing multiple items!

I know what a burger taste like. Today I ordered a burger and I am 100% sure they gave me an Impossible Burger. Yuck! I hate sending food back so I ate some of it and focused on the fries. Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. I won't be going back to Applebees. read more

My daughter and I were coming in to Iowa to visit her father/ my husband as my husband was just transferred for work and my children and I are still out of state as we are waiting to get a house we love! The host was awesome, greeted us right away and sat us. We waited for almost 15 minutes before the server finally came up to us and told us they just got super slammed and it would be a while before she could serve us. Um the whole establishment was maybe 1/3 full and there were a bunch of staff just standing around and talking to each other. I noticed one couple in the bar area waiting to pay and standing up with their card and tab in hand. The server told them to hold on and they will take their payment...we were sat in an area where it was a row of booths. We were the third one in as the first two were occupied. Both of those other booths were complaining about their service and how it was taking way too long to get their orders in. I NEVER usually complain or make a review like this, but I was in the service industry for a number of years. Started as a hostess and I made my way up to a trainer/main bartender. We were NOT to treat our guests this way! If we got overloaded, we would ask a coworker for help! We left and went to BWW and we got sat right away, like here, but our server was right there asking for our drink order! Side note, the couple in the bar area were still waiting to pay their tab when we left! read more

Food was just okay. When I was looking around there were 2 employees on their phones drinking and being obnoxious using profanity and at a louder volume then necessary... one would think the discussion of "I hope they fire me so I can collect unemployment" isn't something you would hear in an establishment... but unfortunately I did... read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Burlington, Iowa

I just had the worst meal I've had in years at Applebees in Burlington, IA. I ordered an appetizer; French Onion Soup. It wasn't baked it was micro waved. It also didn't have onions. The garlic potato's were tasteless because they didn't have garlic. The steak meal was $18.00 for a mediocre piece of rib eye that had little seasoning and was pan fried. What I did get was excuses from the manager that she had no choice in what she received from the company. DO NOT EAT THERE. If they can't do the basics, they don't deserve the customers. How hard is it to get fresh vegetables and meat in the bread basket state of Iowa? Give me a break! Applebees used to be quality food. Now they whine about people not wanting to work for their $5.00 per hour. Put yourselves out of your misery Applebees. read more

The food was good. The drinks were good. The service was slow. The atmosphere was terrible. The floor under and beside our table had food and stuff all over. It was gross. Our table was sticky which the waitress said was because of the cleaner they use. The bathrooms were gross. It was as though they didn't have enough help and didn't care if their restaurant was clean or not. I was not impressed at all!! read more

It first I gave Applebee's a poor rating. But,then the manager reached out to me and gave me a coupon and asked me to check it out again after the problems had been solved. I did and it is now very tidy and clean and I had a great time and experience. read more

When you order the Wonton Tacos be sure to ask for the cilantro even tho it states on the menu that it comes with it. Be careful with the "free food" that they bring when you ask for a different entree because the cook doesn't know what he or she is doing! Ever seen the movie Waiting? This is possibly the place that started it! Good but this place needs an attitude adjustment and "QUALITY" put into it. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Not the best presentation of food and the taste was very bland and at the same time extra seasoning was put in to make it taste. - American Near Me - Burlington, Iowa

A simple dish, Chicken Alfredo, lacked taste, cold, no fresh ground pepper, garlic or olive oil. I had to take it home to make it taste like anything. We had to wait forever for our food to be delivered. Other customers seated after we were received their meals before we did. Just overall out of practice since COVID shutdown. We may have been forced to stay at home, but paying for a meal out deserves a higher quality. read more

The bourbon street steak was Very small.. My wife had The loaded chicken fajita meal. The soft shells smelled bad and tasted even worse. You were out of salsa, and the shredded cheese was also bad. Most of the food was un-edible. We Definitely will not be back. read more

Cassandra the waitress was so rude and and disrespectful she approached me as I was leaving the bathroom to tell me that she makes $4.35 per hour and she's required to pay the host money out of her tips!! First of all she didn't do anything to present my need to tip her! While it may be a kind gesture to tip she was rude as hell she was kind of an ass especially at the end she didn't deserve a tip and it's not a requirement to tip and whether or not I have enough money to tip is not the matter in question the matter in question is how I was approached as I left the restroom after taking a shit to be nagged about a tip I did not give I'm not required to tip and I didn't tip because I didn't get the quality of service I feel deserves a tip I'm writing this and was gonna leave no I'm so angry I'm going back in to verbalize my complaint period!! The waitress was rude the staff was rude and the amount of disgusting looks I got as I was leaving left a poor taste in my mouth I'm so disgusted by the service I received I'm telling you NEVER go to this Applebee's expecting good service!!! You won't get it read more

Fuck your food. It was older then my balls. It took 20 minutes to get our drinks. It's hot as fuck in here.

Appetizers are great and a bargain after nine. The veterans meals on Veterans Day are great and don't forget the desserts . read more

This has been the single worst Applebee's I've ever eaten at in my entire life. I travel all over the country and this is absolutely horrible. I enter the restaurant and ask a question about their wifi and immediately I'm getting two completely different answers from two separate people. I decide to go ahead and eat there. The waitress arrives with a pretty nasty attitude, which I have discovered pretty much everyone in this state has. I ordered a root beer and open my computer to start working on my paperwork. She came back with a very flat and heavily watered down root beer. I ordered an appetizer (chicken won ton tacos). She continued to stand there and then asked with a nasty tone if I was ready to order, I hadn't even had time to open my menu at this point. I told her that I need a few minutes. She turned and walked away. She eventually comes back with my appetizer that has entirely too much of what ever white sauce they put on them and almost no chicken what so ever. At this point I was debating heavily on just leaving. She takes my order (The sirloin with shrimp, sweet potato fries and macaroni and cheese). She arrives back with this plate that is almost swimming in what ever sauce is on the steak. The steak is complete garbage, I've had better steaks from Walmart. This steak was packed full of gristle and fat. The macaroni was disgusting. Had almost no cheese on it and the sweet potato fries didn't come with any kind of dipping sauce. Once I asked for dipping sauce the waitress bring back this gross white butter stuff. I couldn't even eat anything. I left and had to go home and cook an entire meal. I will NOT be back and I highly recommend that you go somewhere else to eat. read more

I went on my first dinner date here, with 2 beautiful neighbors. The three of us had a good time. The food was good (although I didn't eat much because I was nervous around the girls), and the service was genuine. Received a reasonable bill of $48.60 for three people's dinner. I also gave the waitress a tip of around $7.20. Good meal, good service, and great time. Final grade: 5/5 (100%) read more

Tonight, the service was ehh. It is a place that I used to visit a lot when I lived here and now when I come home on break I love coming back to this location. But tonight the service was not so good, probs just an off night or new server but she messed up my order. I ordered a Grilled Chicken Cesar Salad and a bowl of French Onion Soup. One the soup didn't come out till after I got my salad as a meal along with everyone else at my table but my salad didn't have any grilled chicken so I'm retrospect I just got a Cesar Salad. I corrected them and they replied I will go warm up some chicken .... warm up, why does that mean ... Tonight was not a good night for them for me. read more

It is not that bad but not worth it travelling from Western Illinous Univ in Macomb, IL. due to the request of our daughter

We had a great experience at the Applebees in West Burlington, Iowa. Great food, prices, and service.

I come here for a good basket of chicken tenders and fries. They are always so good and the ranch here is definitely homemade or something because its so good. I dip the chicken and the fries in it. Also I love the mixed soda drinks that have the lime and soda - can't remember what its called. Overall its just a really good meal. read more

Food and service were fine. We had the 2 for $20 dinner with mozzarella sticks as the appetizer and the 7 oz. House sirloin, garlic mashed potatoes and steamed broccoli. Great meal for the money. Pleasant atmosphere. Standard Applebee's. read more

Gross food. Poor service. Food made my stomach hurt. Took forever to get our food. The guy that seated us was nice though.

Sent my husband to pick up curbside and yet again my food wasn't right. I ordered the honey chicken and pasta. I got pasta with plain chicken strips on it. This is my favorite meal from there and every time I've picked up it's been wrong. read more

This place is busy and I can't figure out why. Its not that anything is terrible, its just not good. Food is spendy for the size and quality. The flavors don't wow me and the drink price is outrageous for what you get. Save your money and go elsewhere. read more

The worst Applebee's around. Service isn't that great, the manager was a total jerk as well. I've been here more than a few times and finally felt it was time to write a review. They half ass EVERY SINGLE ORDER. The whole meal has been wrong more than once, and we've had to send it back more than once! FYI managers- your crappy service/food isn't pardoned by you taking it off my bill. . ! read more

WORST experience ever!! Not clean, horrible and I mean HORRIBLE service!!! Not even halfway through my dinner, the waiter appears for the first time since the food was served asked if we wanted dessert and dropped the bill!! Don't waste your time or hard earned money in this place!!! read more

We had lunch. They had all-you-can-eat soup and salad which were very reasonably priced. I had spinach saland and creamy potaoto salad. They were very good and I had the seconds. It is good idea to ask for dressing on side,,,,,mine had too much dressing. My waiter was rather slow for refills, seconds, and bill. Do I go back? Yes. read more

The food isn't prepared very well, but I don't expect it to be anymore. They have an EXCELLENT wait staff, and delicious margaritas. Those are the only two reasons I go back. read more