Lynn L. Is a great, thoughtful server. We come through the area only once in a while, yet she remembers our special dietary restrictions. Well done! read more

I was well taken care of, I felt safe and like I was part of the family. I will definitely return, the manager, bartender and staff are professional and courteous!! In Naval terms: Bravo Zulu!! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Lincoln, Nebraska

We sat at the bar. Bartender left and we didn't have service for over 20 minutes!!! People were coming to get carry out and nobody was around. We asked where she was and nobody seemed to know. She came back and did give her our grievances. No apologies but plenty of attitude. We got the manager and only got a stare with no apologies. Stay clear of this place!!! Service sucks !!!!! read more

I didn't realize their was other Applebee's restaurants in Lincoln. So my good Lincoln friend and I ended up here! We were quite pleased!!! First of all, props to Josh who gave us great table service! For the restaurant being busy and shorter staffed, he was doing a tremendous job!!! The restaurant was pretty clean inside and out as we were the first customers of the day waiting for them to open the front door. The food was excellent here as many Applebee's that I go to. I definitely got my money's worth as we both ordered the $14.99 All-you-can-eat riblets, shrimp, Boneless Wings, and French fries. We both also ordered Dr. Peppers to drink. I was happy to have a soda since I drank nothing but waters in a medical clinic for a week. Here was my food list as I was so hungry... 1. Sweet Asian Riblets 2. French fries 3. Coleslaw 4. Crispy Shrimp 5. More crispy Shrimp 6. Honey Pepper Boneless Wings 7. More Crispy Shrimp 8. Finally, garlic parmesian Boneless wings Everything tasted so good! The restroom was clean. Our server Josh once again was very attentive. We were not rushed and very comfortable here. It was really cool having great conversation with my buddy while watching the rain fall outside the front glass windows. Highly recommend this place. We will be back!!! read more

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Horrible service 90 minutes and don't have food haven't gotten appetizers haven't gotten salads. Hardly got the drinks right heard them talking about them not knowing how to make it. Overall horrible service food was fine do not recommend read more

We have always liked going to this Applebee's location since 2009. Since COVID, this location has turned over management several times. It always did have some churn regarding the staff. The food has been the stabilizing factor for us. The bar is decently stocked. It's interesting watching people look up how to make a drink. Sometimes the wait for service can be long due to short staffing. I hope current management gets it worked out. I like all the tv sets playing. I also like that they have a TouchTunes jukebox. I really do hope that this restaurant remains. read more

I brought my son to Applebee's to have dinner. We ordered the two for $25 and I ordered that half rack of baby back ribs with french fries fries. We waited forever when we finally did get our food. My ribs were black. They were so burnt, and I won't even get into how small it was. I tried to eat them, but they were just too hard. I literally ate five fries off my plate that's it. I did call the waitress over. I showed it to her and she goes. Oh my yeah that's burnt. She took my plate and showed it to the manager. All they give me was a 10% discount. I paid all that money for food that was not good enough to eat. Me and my family will never be back to this restaurant ever!!!!!!!! read more

It took 20 minutes for someone to even come to our table. When my girlfriend and I placed our orders, the waiter didn't write anything down, then came back with the wrong food. When I pointed it out, a woman gave me a look like I was lying--completely disrespectful. She then said, "I can't let you have both because that would be, you know..."--which was unnecessary. Just fix the order and be polite. This Applebee's is genuinely awful and fully deserves its 2-star rating. I had to wait an additional 30 minutes for them to remake my food, with no apology for wasting an hour and a half of my day over a burger and some chicken. This was on a Friday, and I counted only six other customers eating with four waiters working. No excuse for service this bad. This wasn't all entirely the servers fault this place just has an all around weird and hostile feel to it. Also lots and lots of swearing from the workers here not a family friendly place to eat. read more

We have been going to Applebees for many years and this is the worst service by far. Arrived a little after 5 PM was over 15 minutes before anyone stopped at our table. Several wait staff walked by and said nothing. The drinks were slow to arrive, Took another 20 minutes to get one order , than another 10 minutes for the second order to arrive , the store was not busy. The drinks covered by the happy hour prices was confusing. The food was good. read more

Called multiple times over 30 minutes to ask about a car side pickup that was not coming out. No one would answer the phone. Went in to find out where the food was and no one was at the front. Finally found someone to talk to and got cold food at 8:45pm when it was supposed to be ready and brought out at 8:10pm. read more

Not a fan, pre packed frozen food, nothing fresh lots of fillers, good size menu, nice bar selection, they do come out with good marketing specials from time to time! read more

so so bad. was here for 2 hours, and cold mashpotatoes, and no bacon on burger and sandwhich was just soggy nothing else.

waited five minutes to be seated after getting seated waited another 25 minutes before we were acknowledged had to say something to to get acknowledgment from staff after another 20 minutes, we decided to leave will never go back was in their building a total of one hour and all we ever got was seated read more

Avoid this place at all cost, food is terrible, service is terrible, place is disgusting, ac broke... read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Every table top is this dirty, save yourself the bacteria and eat off the floor instead. - American Near Me - Lincoln, Nebraska

if your kitchen is gonna close at 10:30 when you're open till 12, that should be stated somewhere. i would understand if it was 11, but 1 hour and a half till close?? Please. read more

0 stars. Imagine going to Applebee's and having the cops called because a waitress is convinced your 24 y/o friend has a fake ID. This woman was extremely disrespectful, accusatory, and demeaning. Despite seeing numerous other forms of ID containing the same birth date, she still called the cops to confirm. We were OK with this, but then this woman looks her up on Facebook to confirm her birth date... again. (So weird right?!?... and creepy) She then proceeded to show all the other workers in the restaurant her ID (invasion of privacy). The immaturity of this woman, the way she acted, the way she yelled accusations at us completely ruined the night. No apology was received, no meal on the house, nothing. Underage drinking is something to beware of in a college town - but we can agree yelling at another grown adult is never the way to address a possible issue. As far as the service goes, we waited a solid hour before being helped again. Our new waitress could tell we were having a terrible time and did the best she could to make our experience better. But nothing could rectify the behavior we had already experienced. read more

not busy on a Monday at all, took over 30 minutes to get anyone to come to the table, drinks and orders placed. 30 minutes later get told that our waitress had to "step away" and our food order was never put in. A different waiter then came back and asked if we still wanted the order to be put in. We weren't offered a complimentary discount, appetizer or anything. read more

I'm convinced that I found the dirtiest and slowest Applebees ever created. There was a wait just to be seated but the restaurant was basically empty. The floors were covered in discarded food and garbage. The tables were sticky. There were no utensils or napkins for drinks or appetizers. We had to request them. The restrooms were filthy. Food was decent and the drinks were good. Waitress was so kind and did a great job with our children. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Sticky filthy table. - American Near Me - Lincoln, Nebraska

Stopped in Sunday around 1130 with my son. We were seated pretty quickly. We then went to the restroom. We can back to the table and sat there for in my opinion far too long without being waited on. No one even asked what we wanted to drink. They weren't busy to boot. Ended up at Ruby Tuesdays and that waitress got a healthy tip! Your loss. read more

We came in on a Friday night and had a 15 minute wait to be seated, no big deal kitchens get backed up, but while sitting and waiting I noticed the floors had thick black grease residue that could probably be scraped off with a putty knife or just needed someone to deck scrub with degreaser, but I'm not gonna hold that against them at this point either. We finally get seated and our table is so sticky that our menus were stuck to the table and my child asked if there was tape on his because he couldn't remove it. I also can look past this since I worked in food service and know when it gets busy, sometimes a sticky rag gets missed and mistakes happen and it's an easy fix. What really got me was we ordered our artichoke and spinach dip and it beat our drinks out and was ice cold. We proceeded to leave, we offered to pay for the dip and drinks and our server was nice enough to understand, but now I guess I should've known to go the other way when I noticed the floor. read more

Food is always good. Staff will recommend ideas if asked. Staff is very friendly. Restaurant is very clean and it's not too bright or too dark. read more

Won't be going back. No napkins, forgot our drinks, didn't bring out one of our kids food until everyone else was almost done so kiddo got stuck eating moms food. Talked with 2 managers at one time and asked for silverware that they did not bring until I asked again 10 min later. When our kiddos meal finally came out the chicken was cold and we had to stop at another restaurant for her to eat. Also parking lot has not been mowed in so long the grass is almost to your knees. There is garbage outside the front door and all the staff have mouths full of food each time they come out of the kitchen. It was our waitresses 2nd day and they had no one helping her. We will not be back and don't expect that location to be open much longer due to the lack of customers on a busker game day!! read more

Ordered burger no pink with wings and fries. Got the wings and no fires they failed to give the ranch that i ordered and my burger was raw. I'm not wasting my time calling for my money because i won't be back! Service is you are begging for help to get the ranch. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Lincoln, Nebraska

We order in Insta - bowls every time as take out. Never had a bad experience with the food, staff or anything. Their automated system to order by phone is very helpful and unique- it's great. Not sure why there are so many bad reviews Maybe customers could be more helpful and friendly when dining? Just a thought. read more

I decided to stop at this Applebees at around 9:15 with my friends to celebrate his birthday. The place was empty and we had to wait 35 minutes to get seated. The staff was still nice and helpful giving us a heads up. We finally got seated, our waitress was nice and the food was good. Just very long wait time but it was somewhat reasonable for the amount of people we had. Food was average, I got a burger with regular cut fries. read more

My night at Applebee's consisted of LONG waits and get this.. talking to the police. I am 24 years old trying to order a $3 margarita which probably has half a shot of liquor in it and I got denied because they were so convinced I had a fake ID. I was fine not drinking and just getting my ID back so I could save myself a trip to the DMV but the waitress came out guns blazing to prove to me that my real ID was a fake. So she called the police to have them look at it to realize that it is real. She then didn't apologize and I was not comped for anything after getting yelled at for no reason. Reading through reviews, it looks like I'm not the only one to fall victim to this savage. Someone needs to get this under control. read more

Trash service. Would rather eat at McDonalds. Would boy want to even eat here for free. Multiple servers lied to us, overall experience was terrible. read more

Josie was a great server! Very attentive, friendly, and the blonde brownie was awesome! Drinks and food were both great! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Blonde brownie - American Near Me - Lincoln, Nebraska

This location has really gone downhill. We ate there a few months ago and the service was slow and the food came out cold. Then decided to try carry-out a couple weeks ago and the experience was even worse. Waited more that 20 minutes after the food was supposed to be ready and finally decided to go in to see what the holdup was. After staff ignored me for quite a while, someone finally came over and tracked down our food. By then it was cold. I completed a survey they sent and a manager contacted me and said they would send a gift card, but they have not. read more

My roommates and I like going to applebees for their 1$ drinks, but the service has gotten worse progressively each time we go. For example today we had to wait almost an hour just to finally start getting some food. Our waitress was also absent for a long time. I just don't understand how the service can be so terrible when covid cut them to half capacity. I'm not asking for much, but a little more service can be helpful :) read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Onion rings that almost took an hour to get - American Near Me - Lincoln, Nebraska

If I could give zero stars I would. When I get seated there is an old couple who had been waiting over an hour on their food and they got upset and left the customer service is terrible they treated the elderly couple terrible. My pregnant wife and I got seated and waited 15 minutes and didn't even get beverages. I would understand if it was busy but the place was dead like are you serious read more

Food was awful. Steak was so tough you could not chew it. Spinach artichoke dip was good but chips were stale and tiny pieces should have been tossed. Service was not good, never came back around. The place looks trashy like they don't care not taking care of landscaping.almost looks like they are closed. Was our 2nd attempt at giving them a chance and it was our last. Will not be back. read more

Usually we like Applebee's, actually the food at this location was ok. Service was slow though. Sign on door requires masks which we did. But other customers did not and the employees were careless about theirs. Down around chin not covering mouth or nose. Should have left. This is something that should be noted in reviews in the future. read more

Iddiots play ground stray away from this Applebee's or be prepared to wait for service for 35 min even tho they will be empty then your food will be shity and your server will have an attitude for no reason do the right thing drive right on by. read more

TL;DR: Great food if nothing goes wrong. ...If. THE FOOD Applebee's food is some amalgamation of fine dining and bar food, and it works. Applebee's is one of the rare places where everyone's orders seems to fit a theme that I can only describe as Midwest fine dining. The food itself has been well prepared almost every-time I've visited and is always well plated. THE STAFF They're... not... rude...? I'm just saying that the staff are hit-and-miss if your table gets a passionate or overworked server. A good portion of the waitstaffs' duties are taken care of by an iPad-like device on each table, which even having been implemented for years, continues to confuse diners and staff alike. Just realize you can flag a waiter with a selection on the pad. THE WAIT Oh no. I mentioned above how Applebee's is hybrid bar/fine dining. Applebee's takes the worse aspects from both: the wait times of a fine diner and the consistency of a bar. Be prepared to wait thirty minutes for one person to get their salad, another ten until the rest of the salads and the appetizers at the same time, and two minutes until the entire main course is piled onto the table. read more

Great...if you want to wait 30 minutes to be served a water. I had time to run across the street and grab a sandwich and come back before I got my meal at this establishment read more

Applebees in the Gateway Mall- excellent food and service on Sunday.

Very frustrated with this Applebee's. I've been a regular for three or four years but over the past 12 months the decline has been awful with timeliness of the orders, overall portion sizes, constantly leaving items out of the order for car-side to go, but most importantly undercooked food along with inadequate customer service. One week ago my wife and I ordered food for ourselves and others after a long trip back from CO as a car-side to go. Our order was over $50. Out of the four orders only one was correct. The other three either had chicken that was still raw or was missing a side item. The female manager on duty that night was very receptive and empathetic. The manager that contacted me the next day did not come across as genuine. He tried to make it "right" by sending out some gift cards. I appreciate the "offer" but if you mess up a $50+ order you should reimburse said money at a minimum - after all I had to cook the food after we got it home and cut in to the chicken. Laughable in my opinion. Unfortunately, this is one of 4-5 mishaps for us at this particular Applebee's over the past 7-8 visits. While it use to be a place I looked forward to visiting it has now turned in to a place I avoid. Ruby Tuesday's has been a pleasant replacement!!! read more

epic fail applebees... please note, when you get an order from a hotel that includes a room number. Please include utensils in the bag!

Wait time was 30 minutes, we gave our phone number, and were asked to wait in our car and we would be texted when a table was ready. We were never called in to sit down. Very disappointing to wait that long, decide to leave, and then have to wait that long again somewhere else. read more