My son LOVES Applebee's!! Literally every state we have lived in (military) he attaches himself to the the chain. All week he has been begging to go. My husband and I took him after work. My First impulse was to run when I noted patrons smoking @ the bar. I am accustomed to no smoking establishments. Through my sons insistence I remained. One by one the female bartender made me the WORST drinks!!! None resembled the picture on the menu. I finally settled on a margarita which was white ... Yes white (watered down ) ... No way!!!! I never refuse to pay a bill, but this drink was so horrible... The food was okay ( it's Applebee's , not PF Chang). I don't plan on returning. read more

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We tried to go Applebee's to night for dinner. We walked out after 10 minutes because no one came to our table. There were 2 customers in the restaurant and about 7 waitstaff. I was able to spare another family from our experience by telling them about our experience. My book club was supposed to go to Applebee's for our monthly meeting. Maybe we need to rethink this. read more

Horrible service and food. The staff did not care about the complaints. my friend was not served her food for long time and then when it came it was not soup. the soup looked like it was not cooked enough after an attempt of defrosting. Eventually the manager came over and he tried to explain how to food was fine but it's okay if my friend wanted a replacement. The food was extremely overpriced and was at par with school cafeteria food. DO NOT COME HERE!! Not only did the employees not care, but there was crayon marks all over the walls. The place was disgusting. read more

This is by far the worst Applebee's I've ever been to in my life. I went there the other evening with my family shortly around 8pm. The food we ordered was just "ok" but worst of all was our waitress, her name was Krystalyn B. I typically wouldn't list the name of a horrible waitress publicly but she was probably the worst waitress I've ever had in my life. She was stale and rude towards us, she had no idea of the details on the menu items and she never came to check on us for refills or anything. Having this type of experience is discouraging and for that reason I will not be recommending this Applebee's to anyone or returning here. Waste of money and depressing atmosphere. I should of read the other reviews before I stepped foot in this place! read more

Well, talk about the worst Applebee's that I've ever been to in my life. Maybe I should start checking the reviews on places before I stop by. The staff here didn't look at all happy to be working there. We didn't get greeted on the way in. Once we sat down we didn't get any service until about after 10 minutes on a day that wasn't busy at all. When we received our food it was pretty decent. I was happy that at least something there was. I couldn't believe how bad the service here was. read more

Good service and good food. One pet peeve. A dead cockroach by the men's room. Bar needs to keep up with the drinks. Can't beat the.50¢ Long Island iced teas! read more

Nasty place dirty and the staff is horrible waited for 15 min and nobody took my drink order the hostess or whatever it was came by to tell us that our waiter was in the restroom and didn't bother to ask what we would like to drink and this is with maybe 5 tables with customers. Never ever again worst place to eat....!!! read more

The worst Applebee's I ever been to service was horrible, horrible. The food was good but cold I knew I should have went to chili's

I visited dad at rehab and my wife was home with the flu. My tastebuds have been screaming "Bourbon Street Steak" since we drove by Applebee's the other night - so tonight I stopped in on my way home to satisfy those persistent and oh-so-demanding taste buds. Upon entering I was surprised at the smell of cigarette smoke. Yes, this Applebee's still allows smoking in the bar, and the aroma was lingering. However, tonight they weren't very busy and the four guys sitting at a high top in the bar weren't smoking, so I decided to stay. After my wine was delivered and I had ordered my meal, a young man came in and sat down at the bar several seats down from me. Of course, he lit up that cancer stick and the smell hit me immediately. Yuck. I have always liked Applebee's food, and tonight was no exception. The Bourbon Street Steak is a richly seasoned 8-ounce sirloin served with red potatoes on a sizzling hot cast iron skillet. With melting seasoned butter on top, it is a tastebud extravaganza. I rarely use steak sauce, but a dash of A-1 added to that sizzling hot skillet makes the extravaganza a bona-fide tastebud bruhaha. Seriously. I love it. But I cannot stand dining in cigarette smoke. Applebee's has a business to run, and they've made a decision to allow smoking, which is fine. However, as long as they do, I will not return. My 3-star rating is tied to two aspects of my experience tonight: (1) My steak was a perfect medium rare (kitchen kudos) and very flavorful, and (2) the gentleman tending bar offered great service. If Yelp allowed half scores, I'd give 2.5 stars - just can't handle the cigarette smoke. read more

One of the dirtiest places I have been in a while. I walked into the place this past Sunday night and the floor was sticky. I stood at the hostess stand and was not acknowledged, so I went to the bar. Much to my surprise-on each side of me there was someone smoking. I thought it was a law not to smoke in a place like this=apparently I was wrong as there were ashtrays. I should have just left, but I was tired and hungry...I just moved to a table away from the smokers. It took awhile for the bartender to get to me (understandable, as there was only 1 and she was making drinks for the bar, as well as the rest of the restaurant and she was serving the whole bar area). I ordered a chicken wrap and a cocktail. I then decided to wash my hands as I wanted clean hands for my food. When I walked by the back doors to the kitchen I saw how dirty things were...again I should have left...but again I was tired and hungry and threw up my hands. Coming back from the bathroom I again got a nice glimpse into the kitchen..and conversations being had by staff...probably should have left. It took 15 mins for my cocktail to get to me and it was so sweet that I almost didn't want to drink it. Instead I watered it down and let some ice melt before consuming. The food took another 20 minutes to come after glaring at the bartender and hearing her complain to one of the regulars as to how long it was taking for food to come out. She went into the kitchen where I heard her yelling at the crew. She came back out and then a few minutes later she went back for my food. My food was lukewarm...I do not know what the deal was, but even the fries were cool=disappointment! I almost feel as if she went back there and her orders were sitting there and she was frustrated she did not hear the call for order up that she walked out and then came back to grab the food just to make the customers feel as if it was the kitchens fault. Needless to say, I paid full price for food that was subpar/lukewarm and for a long wait in a smoke filled room=dumb! Recommend not going there and I will not be back. read more

Applebee's seems to be struggling with business. I just went and had a very positive experience. I had the ribs and a steak stir fry. It was delicious. The food was priced fairly well for what you'd expect. Nikki was very attentive as our server and Jeff did a great job at ensuring we were happy. read more

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Excellent service from our Server Brady N. Food was good but took a little longer than I thought Applebee's Katy freeway

silverware was dirty with food residue. We ordered Ceasar salads and my wife found a frozen boneless wing in hers. I ordered mash potatoes and found a sticker in them. my point is that they should be more careful when preparing meals. read more

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Place is falling apart literally water on the floor as you walk in with no signs anywhere in sight to warn you of it. Curb side pick up? What is that? No on the other hand the gentleman was very insistent that they don't do that and I had to go inside to pick up the food. read more

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Our experienced at this Applebee's was great. Thanks to the server Octavius he was very polite, courteous and went above and beyond. read more

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Today I visited the above restaurant which was empty, the tables were nasty, they didn't have salt and paper nor forks I was given plastics forks (strange) but witnessed the waiter giving another table wrapped utensils The waitress said they were recently cleaned ‍ What the what is this maddens Amazing this place is till open read more

If you want overpriced frozen and bland food, this is the best place to be. The waitress I had from Detroit was very nice and attentive, however, she was the only waitress they had and it took over an hour to receive my food. read more

I arrived to Applebees with my family around 11:03 am as they were just opening. We were one of the first customers there. My husband and I waited for 5 minutes or more to be noticed. Waiter was pleasant and very helpful. The workers in the kitchen could be heard in dining room being very loud. Even though we were one of the first people who ordered it still took 45 minutes plus to receive food. I was only checked on once by staff even with not a crowded restaurant. We had to notify staff on several occasions that they had customers at front door. One customer sat theirselves after waiting at door for so long. Upon going home I noticed stomach feeling very queasy from food. Didn't have a good experience won't be returning read more

Worst Applebee's ever !!!! They mess up my Togo order every time I come here I even asked the manager to double check my order because they always mess something up and he reassured me the day staff is better than night staff..... I called and ordered then when I arrived 20 mins. After they had no order for me so I chose to reorder and they told me they were bagging my order 30 mins. Later I waited 20 mins. Then my boyfriend asked them what's taking so long they told him they gave my order to someone else and asked if I needed my money back .... I never got any food and was late to work because everyone working at this location is ignorant. read more

From experience of working within the food industries for 5+ years here in Texas, I was never trained to give attitude to a paying costumer for anything. Must least when being asking for a table to be cleaned off for them to sit down. I understand it can be crazy on Friday nights but the bar(where we decided to eat) was not busy at all. I have been to this location before and have sat in that area of the restaurant before, my service was good. Worth going back to. Out of all the employees to even give that type of disrespect I would not expect it from the manager. We did not stay to find out how the rest of meal could have been. Thanks Apple's Bee, we should have gone to Friday's this Friday. read more

Only eat here if you want to feel like you are eating in an "Ash Tray!" We were enticed by their salad commercial, went and were immediately hit in the face with the smell of cigarette smoke from the bar as you enter. Upon being directed to our table, we quickly found that the whole restaurant smelled this way, in-spite of the bar being the only smoking area. Most likely the only place we have been in, in the last 10 years, that allows smoking. We walked out! So if you want a smoky dinner........................... read more

Enjoyed cheap awesome drinks! And lovely ambient atmosphere! Enjoying my late night environment! Very acceptable attractive environment. Loved spending some quality time here. My server mdog is awesome tastic ! ‍ read more

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Service was great! Came and checked and was always super friendly and I was well taken care of. Manager was really nice as well. I felt somewhat meh about the food having low amount of veggies and value for cost but that's just Applebee's, not this location. read more

This is just a down right dirty restaurant! The dishes, glasses, lampshades, and floor all dirty! The staff uniforms weren't clean, windows in the restaurant were nasty.i would not recommend eating there at all. We went around 1pm on a Saturday and you would think that at least half of the tables were seated..that was not the case. The parking lot was empty. That should've been my first clue to keep it moving. Decided to give it a try anyway and that was the biggest mistake. Avoid at ALL COST. read more

We have been to Applebee's before and had wonderful times. My granddaughter wanted to celebrate her birthday here so off we went. But when we walked in the door and we were hit by a cloud of cigarette smoke. The bar area is straight off the entrance and is open to the rest of the restaurant. There were heavy smokers in the bar. We were shocked because we didn't know restaurants still allowed smoking. We expressed our concerns to the management but was informed they allow it. We left, after checking there wasn't any part of the restaurant that was actually smoke free. I was just recovering from bronchitis, two members in our group have allergies and 3 members were children. Sadly it seems that at least this Applebee's is catering to the smokers and bar crowd, instead of families. We were sad... read more

I'm so disappointed with this place. I have been before and the food wasnt too bad. I came with friends tonight and we were highly disappointed! Two of the dishes had raw chicken. One had raw shrimp, and when we told them about it, The chef had the nerve to come out and argue with us!!! Ummm sir, you're wrong....you're food is crap, just accept it! Not to mention the horrible smell of smoke in the air! No wonder this place didn't have alot of people in there...needless to say, we wont be back read more

Save yourself a headache and skip Applebees. We are a family of 3 (2 adults & 1 child) we came into the restaurant about 9:50pm waited to be seated with 3 other groups of 3-4 people each. Watched people walk out for waiting so long. The tables were 20% full of that, about 4 people in the bar area. We saw the "manager" sitting in the bar having a drink and friendly chat with someone with an Applebees shirt on. Neither working. Finally got sat and ordered drinks at 10:25pm got brought the wrong drinks, and waited over 30 minutes to get a special drink from the bar as requested. Apps were cold, pretzels soggy and everything was terrible. Service was bad, he didn't write our order down that would have been ok but he messed up our order 3 times. Had he wrote it down it would have been ok. I had to ask for my side to my burger and ask for the correct kids drink and double check on items. It was terrible. They then gave us extra onion rings we did not want as they were terrible. And when I asked for the check they took another 15 min to bring that out. We didn't leave until almost midnight and we won't be back. Note for the business: train staff better, and shut the kitchen staff up we could hear them yelling back and forth about what they are out of all the way at the tables. Arguing staff is not great. read more

Great lunch deals until 4pm - everyday except Sunday. I had the tortilla soup and club sandwich - both were good. My mom had a caesar salad and grilled chicken - both were good.Service was a little slow, but nothing major. Value for the buck was good. read more

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Zero stars!!!! I Read the bad reviews but thought we give it a try, big mistake. We sat 10-15 minutes no-one came to our table. We even uses the pager, still no-one bother to ask if we needed help or ready to order, while we saw the wait staff conversing in the kitchen with nothing todo. It was not busy yesterday around 1:30. My 4 year old kept asking when are we going to eat, we ended up walking out, went down the street to longhorn steakhouse spend $99 left a 25% tip, in case the wait staff thought were broke! Never will we go back To this Applebee!! its Ashame, we moved from new york and always enjoyed applebees read more

Glad they brought back Riblets to Applebee's, I will start to come back to Applebee's. The staff was great at this location. The Bartener Grace was awesome. She was very helpful and they have a great happy hour specials. read more

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Tonight we stopped in for desert. Sat at the bar. There are about 50-60 fruit flies flying around the register, garbage. The counter is filthy. We quickly ate our desert while protecting it from the flies and left. I recommend a good cleaning of your bar/store. read more

We dined in -- this place is COVID- ready!! For all those who are looking for a place to safely dine in -- this is good spot. My husband and I wanted to eat out inside a restaurant - that was safe. We were impressed. When we arrived, we were quickly seated and it was clear, as we walked to our table, that this Applebee's had social distancing in place. And all employees were wearing masks. The extra mile I saw, though, was on my way out of the ladies room. They had a clear sign, beside a stack of individual paper towels, to let you know: 'after washing your hands, use a towel to [safely] open the door'. And then they had a waste basket outside of the restrooms, for easy disposal. THAT's thinking of folks' health and safety in mind. The food was good and all the workers in the restaurant were great. We'll be back!! read more

This was a terrible experience! The food was horrible! I could've drank my pasta through a straw and for some reason it was sweet! The drinks were week but I can't complain because they were so cheap. I sat at the booth by the bar and only saw the staff bickering with each other and playing around as iff no customers were in the building! The servers accidentally brought out an extra boneless wing sappetizer to our tablet and when our waitress who was also working the bar saw it, she had him to come get them and said, "leave them in the back, I'm sure somebody will order them." We will never attend this Applebee's again and would advise you NOT TO STEP FOOT IN THE HELL HOLE EITHER! Do not be drawn in by the prices, you will leave disappointed. I will be sharing this platformon any and every that I can! read more

This place sucks. I can't even creatively say it... It just sucks. I had the chicken fingers cause it was part of the 2 for 20 deal. I wish I hadn't. I might as well eaten chicken fingers from the Tyson bag from home. Trash. Yuck! My wife got the fiesta chicken with promised to be good but was average at best. The kids got mini hamburgers that were ok. The ice tea was ok, just small glasses I felt like I was sucking them down like it was going out of style! They gave us cap size ketchup and white gravy for my tenders and fries. Hardly enough for one let alone six pieces. I was very disappointed with this meal granted it wasn't the classiest plate on the menu... but at least try harder than making something as good as I can buy at the store. I mean what's the point in stopping in if I can make it at home. Pass it and save your money. read more

This is a very lowly rated place, for the experience and service that was received I give this place a 3.5 to 4. Had a gift card here chose the 2for $25 great bang for the buck wife and I ordered Burton chicken & shrimp with a crispy red potatoes. Chicken was nicely seasoned a bit on the salty side but flavor was good and this is all based off of quick dine in foods. Shrimp we good but only had 5 shrimps and also mushrooms were cheaper out too. Don't really understand that, mushrooms are dirt cheap and only few slices of mushroom. Mind blown! Service by Nikki was very good and attentive. Seems like the other tables served by other wait staff do not clean there own tables or lacking bus boys. Came in tables around us were dirty and when we finish eating still dirty dishes on the table. Bad management and see why this place is ranked so low. But again my service and food was good. Or good enough can't speak for the place otherwise read more

Service was terribly slow considering we went there at 2:30 PM and there weren't many people in the restaurant. Ordered a drink and they couldn't find the bartender. Took almost 20 minutes to get a marg that didn't arrive the way it was ordered. The food was so-so but not worth the cost. Taste was absent. Won't be going back. read more

Is this a smoking hot place? No, smokes hits you in the face and goes downhill from there. At 3:00 p.m. there is very little traffic in the eatery but the noise that was blaring out of the speakers was better for a midnight crowd. Asked the staff if they could please turn the two different songs down, he was kind and did so, 20 seconds later the manager is glaring at me and screaming from the back we need the music to kill the noise in the kitchen. Cacophony example this is. A sandwich at 3:00 p.m. needs no condiments of this kind! Never heard pots and pans clanging but got out of here pronto, won't be back, probably won't eat at this chain anywhere else in the US. read more

If I could give less than one star, I definitely would. Came in & waited about 5 minutes with two other families while servers/host just walked by several times without saying anything. Finally get seated & wait 15 MORE minutes.. still no greeting or "I'll be right with you" nothing! Everyone is just causally walking by. Finally catch the host cleaning off a table behind us & I ask him "can we get a server over please". The guy literally laughed in my face (wasn't sure when a joke was said) & says "that's the question of the day"..., I ask him "what's funny? I'm serious"!.. and he still just laughing and walks off Saying "that's really getting old it's the joke of the day"... and Of course we got up & left. He was just rude and didn't have to be! read more

The only requirement for hire at this location must be "do the absolute minimum". The place is filthy! The staff is relaxed to the point of comatose but it's almost appropriate since the food is dead already anyway. There's only so much that a $1 margarita can do and it basically puts a ribbon on this pig! read more

Food is nothing like the commercial let alone the menu pictures. Plates old and stained. Bathroom was flood n the stench.. read more

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