2nd time at this location, hostess left us hanging 30 plus minutes to even be seated. Tried giving this place a 2nd chance but don't think we'll be giving it a 3rd. Was hoping to try the all you can eat wings but it was a fail! read more

My husband and I went to Applebee's for lunch for Valentines Day yesterday.We were seated at a table where there was construction workers outside using a power drill making a bunch of noise the walls were actually shaking . We were taken to a booth which was fine. I prefer that, it is more private and you don't have to look at other patrons.There was a lot of noise off and on. It was pretty irritating. That should have been a warning of what was to come. I ordered an appetizer for me and my husband which was the Won ton tacos. We also ordered drinks. I ordered an ice tea and my husband ordered coffee. The drinks arrived fairly quickly. The appetizers arrived about 10 minutes after we ordered them.Those were very good. The waitress was okay and somewhat attentive to us. She came back a few minutes later and we decided we were ready to order. We both ordered the shrimp and paremesan sirloin steak meal. I ordered my steak medium and my husband ordered his well done. Our lunch arrived within 10 minutes. I should have questioned the small amount of time it took to cook a steak. To be honest when our food arrived it did not look very appetizing. The shrimp, steak and the mashed potatoes looked nothing like the pictures on menu. The shrimp was small, the mashed potatoes looked over whipped and off putting. My steak was no where near medium, it was over cooked. When I received the steak, I tried to cut it and I had a heck of a time. When I was done cutting it. I took a bite and the steak was so chewy and unseasoned. It was inedible. I actually spit most of it out in a napkin. It tasted awful, it was beyond repulsive. It had a lot of grizzle and barely any meat.The mashed potatoes I received were ice cold. I would have complained but I did not want someone working there retaliating by spitting in our food or something worse. In my opinion the food was awful! What really pissed me off was the fact another waitress seated a family directly behind us that had kids. The kids were obnoxious. They kept kicking the back part of the booth I was sitting in. It almost felt like it was deliberate. I thought that was very inconsiderate of her and I did not appreciated it at all. The only redeeming factor of the meal was the Won ton Tacos. Before we left my husband finished off his coffee and looked inside the mug and it was filthy. It looked like they never cleaned the mug. It was disgusting!. Today he has been feeling really sick. His stomach has been hurting since last night. I am really pissed that these inconsiderate people have the nerve to serve coffee in a filthy dirty mug. Do they have a conscience at all! I will never ever return to this establishment again! Take my advice don't eat here! They don't take pride in their cooking or anything else for that matter.Whoever the cook is sucks! They should be a cook at Jack In The Box.That's about what their worth. If I could give a no star rating I would.Take my word for it don't eat here! Honestly, I have no idea how they even received 2 stars. That's completely ludicrous. Unfortunately I did not take pictures. I regret that I didn't. read more

There's no cheese, and it's gross.... I know it's Applebee's,but between the poor execution of my favorite meals and their obvious oversight... there's no cheese in my Mac and cheese, and all there is.... is oil Let me say, that I had the ABSOLUTE BEST customer service! Door dash screwed up and Patty went above and beyond to ensure I got my accurate order. She got ahold of door dash, and ensured I got my food. Girl, you are my hero! I hope your manager knows what an asset you are, and the effort you put forth for one customer, speaks mountains to your character and work ethic! Thank y read more

Horrible experience overall. Walked in and was told there would be a 20 minute wait. After 30 minutes I inquired how much longer it would be and was told another 15 minutes by a very snotty waitress. Asked for the manager and was seated within a few minutes. The food was horrible. Overcooked steak, cold fries, ribs had no flavor and the pasta dish was the absolute worst with over cooked pasta and greasy flavorless sauce. My dish also had onion peels in it and bagged mashed potatoes, no sauce as shown in the pictures for the bourbon street chicken. Not a single good thing to say about this experience. This place is a no-go for me read more

Their food is horrible very plain food. I ordered four cheese mac and cheese and all I could taste was plain pasta. The quality of food has definitely gone down. I don't recommend eating here. read more

I went for dinner with my parents in celebration of Veterans Day for my dad we ordered our food and drinks and our appetizer since me and my mom got the 2 for $32 meal deal the buffalo wings were good we waited 45 minutes for our main meal to come by the time it came it was cold the steak was cooked like I ordered it ( medium rare ) I ordered the 8oz with fries and broccoli and was given mashed potatoes and they did eventually bring out my fries my mom's steak looked as if it was a 6oz steak instead of 8oz my dad ordered a shrimp meal with shrimp fries and coleslaw his coleslaw never came and they gave us extra drinks when we didn't get asked for any my dad ordered a raspberry ice tea and the second one was a regular one I didn't want a second Pepsi so i'm disappointed it went to waste an older couple before us about 5 minutes before had gotten seated and serviced by the time our food came that couple were already leaving. My dad's meal didn't come out the same time as mine and my mom's and that is a disappointment to him as he is a Veteran. Hopefully it improves. 11-11-24 Lodi Applebee's read more

The kitchen staff and managers in kitchen area need revamped. We don't go all the time but often enough you think they would know how to cook steaks. Long story turned short on Veterans Day took my husband here to get his free meal and our daughter we were seated 5 minutes after another couple and the couple left the restaurant as we just got served our food. Waited over 40 minutes for our food and my husband's dinner was missing some food and mine and my daughter's was cold. How disrespectful to a veteran to have this happen and the server said was it me well sorta but at same time no. I told her I'll never be back to this location again very rude. There were also tables around us that sat down after us and got there food before ours and were gone before us how does that even work I'm like seriously so disrespectful to my husband and myself. Will try again if they revamp things but other wise forget it I'm good. They might need to get Gordon Ramsey in there to speed them up or something cause that is crazy. Now I see why certain times they are not as busy as other restaurants in area again this is Applebee's in Lodi , Ca went on 11/11/24 read more

On a Friday night at around 6PM one would expect to find little parking and no seating at Applebee's, however parking was OK and A's was half-full. We were a large party and were seated quickly with the manger's help. My reviews always lean in favor of the business especially since the loss of income for servers etc. over the last year. The latest advertising brought me "back" but unfortunately my dinner was pathetic! I had the beef-dip sandwich with fries. The beef was tough and tasted old. The others had good dinners and no complaints. Our server Michael Rincon was a real delight; he was fast, helpful and accurate, and made our visit worthwhile. We hope that A's will continue to improve and be a place where "Vinnie" would want to patronize. read more

I'm visiting from San Francisco doing some work up here in Lodi and I was pleased to see an Applebee's that offered indoor seating. Our server Samantha was very sweet and took great care of us. She remembered me from a few days ago and knew that I liked my BBQ sauce sweet, not spicy. The food was late, but Samantha ensured us she had our backs and would diligently check on it. Our food was delicious and Samantha was a star. It's not easy during COVID to see a smile through the masks, but we all had one including Samantha. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Tuscan Salas, full rack of ribs with sweet BBQ sauce and Steak and Shrimp. - American Near Me - Lodi, California

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I was a regular at this place on Saturday nights. I have no idea what happened but I had the WORST dining experience of my life tonight. Okay, we get there. We order drinks and appetizers. We wait. Forty minutes passes... no appetizers no cocktails. Finally we get cocktails. The waitress then tells us that they are out of both of the appetizers we ordered. I was ready to go but my wife chose two others. Another twenty five minutes pass and then we got pretzels and cheese sauce. Sauce was freezing. Literally. They didn't even microwave it. All I wanted was the check but our waitress was no where to be found. It was like we were trapped in restaurant hell. I could hear other customers complaining. Finally, we got our tab and their tablets that you can usually at pay at were down. We had to wait another fifteen minutes to pay our bill. Another thing we noticed is one of their tv was broken a couple of weeks ago. It makes everyone look BLUE. This week another tv went down and it makes people GREEN. Two tv's broken? There is a friggin Walmart across the street. It like they want to out of business. I really feel like they are trying to loose business. read more

Stood in front for 15 minutes without anyone coming to acknowledge us, while 5 to 6 workers standing around doing nothing. Restaurant was not busy at all at 4:45pm on a Sunday. Not the neighborhood bar and grill for sure!! Recommend to go to Chili's right across the street for better service and food. read more

This place needs HELP!! Service took super long! We came for the spooky drinks and they said they ran out of cups!! Then they gave us the drinks 25 mins later, and they looked nothing like the picture and hardly any alcohol! The drinks were pure ice!!! We asked the waitress to make us another drink since it was all ice. She came back and gave us the same bad drink but in a different cup!! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Lodi, California

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Bartender socializing before making drinks ??? Management" said Sundays OUT OF EVERYTHING DAY " just how many times can this happen? We ordered BUD LIGHT waited and waited the After going to the counter the Bartender APOLOGIZED THEN notified us that the KEG IS OUT. I saw an AD that made me want to visit APPLEBEES, well not here, NEVER AGAIN. It's been 13 years since visiting this Applebees and it has declined SUBSTANTIALLY/ COMEON MAN! Can't we do better? And I was hungry. This doesn't reflect on HEATHER , SHE WAS GREAT! read more

The greeter had to ask the manager if I could be seated at one of the many open tables. Then I sat for ten minutes with no service. I walked out, Last time for me. read more

Everything here is salty AF. The waitress was halfway decent though. Do not order the salsa verde nachos. Greasy hamburger meat. Hello, diabetes. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Lodi, California

This place SUCKED . NO Customer service at all . VERY DISORGANIZED. Don't waist your time .

This restaurant has gone down in customer service, and food. went here last night and it took them 20 mins to get me my soda. The waitress didn't know how to change out the syrup was the reason why I was sitting without something to drink. Then ordered appetizers to start off with and it came then two seconds later dinner came. The appetizers were cold and so was my hamburger. I unloaded on the waitress after she asked me if my food and everything was okay. Omg I will never go back to this restaurant again. I didn't want to give them any stars but this post will not post if I don't give them at least one star. This was my go to restaurant but now, I don't suggest this restaurant. Keep looking Go to Sacramento you be much happier, more to choose from read more

The last few times I have come here everything has been great. They were slammed and still only took 15-20 min to be seated. The kitchen staff killed it, I ordered the bourbon st chicken and shrimp and it did not disappoint. Cooked to perfection with great flavor. Waitress was attentive and keep our drinks full and even talked us into desert which was super good as well. Applebee's may not be a high end restaurant but they have great food and good service. I'll be back again and again. read more

It doesn't matter the location any Applebee's give bad service and sometimes not properly prepare food this happens most of the times to me. Plus the servers never listen to your order correctly or offer plates for appetizers. I ask for a well done steak and I got a rare one and waited over an hr for a replacement an another one just to tell them about the rare one which is ridiculous. I spend almost 3 hrs at Applebee's I also ask for refund but wasn't given one so I said I'll post about my experience on here so here I am. read more

Not once but 3 times my pickup order was missing a food item, a vegetable or chicken from broccoli chicken alfredo meal. And two salads on another occasion. Open your bag before you leave for take out orders, and check to see if everything is there! read more

I like that we can always rely on good service here, the water problem is fixed and I'm very happy about that, it finally tastes crisp and clean, happy hour is great if you like Wonton Tacos , this place gets busy but we always get excellent customer service, the food is outdated and the 2 for 22+ menu is showing it's age , but again excellent customer service. read more

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Worse place. We reserved a table for 11. We waited for 30 minutes and on top of that they said another 30 minutes. This place is fuckin races. We were the only Mexican family and everyone that was coming in were all getting seated. Their were tables that could have been combined for us. But these races people did not want to do anything for us. Working at a restaurant every employee should treat customers with respect. If you have no respect then don't even work. Stay home. Worse customer service. read more

Great service as usual Food was at its best Makes our long trip worthwhile to see our doctors and have a nice lunch and have extra to take home. read more

Worst service I've had at any restaurant, they took an hour to get my first order of boneless wings out my wife didn't receive her extra side of garlic Mayo for her Burger and they left all the plates and cups on the table for almost the entire service. My wife ordered a soup that didn't show up until after we got our entrees and the server kept for getting that I didn't want ice in my drink and then decided to make sure that everybody else had no ice in their drinks. read more

I think they may have changed management here. We arrived last Friday close to 10pm. The restaurant was quiet, no music on. Strange. The waitress we had was alright but didn't ask if we wanted dessert. Just placed the final bill down. We did enjoy the top sirloin steak dinners we ordered. Good price too. I hope they get their music issue fixed. read more

So usually Applebee's is Applebee's but today it was very disappointing my steak looked like a 2 oz steak lol my daughters chicken was burnt and dryer than a Popeyes biscuit, waiters were nice but getting the food was slow and appetizers were cold, usually I'd give this Applebee's 3 to 5 stars but this visit is the type that make you not want to come back read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Burnt chicken is in this photo slow service is in this photo disappointed is in this photo chicken dryer than the Sahara desert - American Near Me - Lodi, California

Service was terrible. After being seated, we waited 20 minutes for a server to tend to us. We were really contemplating on walking out, which we should have! Our drinks and food came real late. Food was not fresh and the waitress forgot our drinks and told us that they weren't tagged that's why no one brought it out. Other waitresses were just standing around talking and glancing over at us while we waited and were ready to order. Horrible. read more

We went to this place last night at 8 pm there was only 4 tables in use. We was meet with a rude hostess and she set are party of 6. We needed a high chair when she brought us the high chair she was rude once again. We set there for 10 minutes and Nobody even acknowledge us about that time 4 worker's came out of the back room. The hostess and a woman walked to the hostess's desk and was talking a few minutes later the hostess had cleaning supplies and walked by are table and we asked if she could get our waitress for us and surprise she was rude again she walked pass us and went to clean a table never getting anyone we set there 5 more minutes finely we left. Don't waist your time do like us and somewhere else they wanted our 300 Buck more. read more

Katie is friendly and courteous and she had the food out and hot in the time she specified . Masked car side assistance - excellent service and the food and mango blended margarita were excellent! read more

This particular Applebee's has some of the best food I've ever had. My wife and kids come and dine here all the time. The service is impeccable some of the best I've ever had. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Bourbon Street Chicken & Shrimp - American Near Me - Lodi, California

First of all the wait was 30 minutes. Secondly Food was not the same.... Awful service, awful food. Drinks took over 30 mins and my appetizers were long waited as well. When the appetizers came they were disgusting, the onions rings were burnt and they were cooked in old grease. Grease on the plate was dark and smelled old. The Buffalo boneless wings had a odd taste. The waitress told me that the cook was stressed out. My son ordered chicken Alfredo , I ordered chicken and shrimp Alfredo. End up taking home because of the long wait. Will not be goin to Apple Bee's anytime soon. Apple Bee's set it up or step off! read more

I have been going there all the time and this time that I ordered online and did curveside pick up for fathers day, I was missing a meal and some other items I called and they said they were gonna replace it so I went and when I got there I said I wanted the meal I was missing well done like I ordered at first everything well done and they told menit elwas eell done so Inleft and they messed up my order again, I don't have time to keep going back and forth all afternoon very dissapointed, me spending gas and spent over $120 dlls on the meals I ordered not happy at all and they didn't even apologize or anything so my husband didn't end up eating his meal for father's day sooooo dissapointed of this place read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Lodi, California

I ordered a crispy chicken sandwich and it was completely raw in the middle! Absolutely disgusting. We have had a lot of cold food and old tasting food from here but never complained.. it's Applebee's so we chop it up as a loss. But for the cook to serve undercooked chicken, raw in the middle.. that is unacceptable. The manager was apologetic and offered up a refund but between them being closed by time I was able to eat my food so I had to step out again and order food elsewhere.. it was pretty inconvenient. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Lodi, California

Horrible place!!! Just walked in and stood there a good 10 minutes while waitresses just looked at us. Then when she finally came to help us no hello or I'm sorry for the wait. I asked her do we just sit ourselves and she just smirked rudely. Finally takes us to a table and walks away doesn't say someone will be with you or anything. Then leaves us there so we wait and still no one comes so we left. If someone hates their job so much find another one but to work where you are supposed to greet people then at least try and be a little friendly!! Now we are done with Applebee's and it's sad because we used to enjoy coming here. read more

I ordered the bourbon chicken meal earlier today nov 19 around 7:30pm. Immediately after eating my meal I felt so sick. It was the worst feeling ever it's is now 10:38pm and I still feel like hell. I will never eat at Applebee's again. I was better off with a bowl of cereal or maybe a egg sandwich. read more

This place sucks so bad , how all your waitress useless & slow. Our waitress didn't come to check on us once or for a refill & it wasn't even busy at all. On top of it taking 30 minutes to get our food it was cold when we did. She was in the back doing idk what cause I know damn well they don't be doing nothing back there . Also, our drinks were at the bar for 10 minutes and they would have been sitting their longer if we didn't ask a random waitress to get it for us. Anyways I never write any bad reviews but we wasted hella time here read more

This is the second time today I have gotten my meat like this when I asked for well done!! I can't eat this omg based on your yelp reviews you really need to fix whatever the issue is. Used to be enjoyable. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Lodi, California

Went out to dinner tonight and everything was a miss. The food was awful and not prepared as described in the menu. The server we had never asked if we needed a drink refill and actually came back to our table to take our order after we had already ordered and then said that she forgot that she had already taken our order. After complaining that we were underwhelmed with the quality of our food she did nothing but say "Oh, I'm sorry". She did not pass the information on to the manager nor attempt any kind of solution to the problem. Then, after paying her, she was gone for 10 minutes and then when we saw her serving the people next to us, I asked if we could get change and she said "Oh, yeah. I forgot." It is sad because we will not go back since the quality of both food and customer service has become worse over the years. read more

Terrible everything .. costumer service terrible burnt meat in my sandwich . Salad came out hot with melted cheese and welted lettuce . I know it's not a 5 star restaurant but jeeez this place is terrible read more

The food was so delicious I almost had a stroke the service was so incredible that I almost had a seizure