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    Applebee's Grill + Bar

    3.1 (121 reviews)

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    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Outdoor seating
    Good for groups

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    Raw chicken my 5 & 6 year old ate

    I was going to write a whole review about how terrible the experience was but not worth it. I'll just leave a picture. Manager did comp the food. But it doesn't change my stress for the next 72 hours to see if either one of us gets seriously ill!! This was our 2nd time dinning here and only because we stayed at the hotel.

    Grilled Chicken Caesar Salad
    MeleLatai P.

    This used to be our spot every month when my husband came to drill in the military because this Applebee's is inside the Drury hotel we stayed at. We had never had bad service or bad food here until this time. The grilled chicken caesar salad had more lettuce hearts, and cores stuffed down in the bottom then any good lettuce leaves that were on top. They intentionally used less good lettuce leaves and packed to the bottom with all of those inedible hearts just to make the salad look full. This was probably only done because it was a to go order. I feel pretty cheated. Likely to not eat here anymore.

    Our mistake for ordering a 6oz Sirloin but we sent back our first stake for being completely rare when we asked for medium rare. It came back a bit better but the replacement looked like this. The waitress seemed annoyed to take it back. Not a good experience.

    Date nite daiquiri
    Marian G.

    The food here is classic Applebees. Nothing spectacular, just comfort EXCEPT for the mini cinnamon rolls. Fantastic (and they should come with a warning because they are so so so good). I had a date nite daiquiri (beautiful - check out the pic) and a chicken bowl. Hubby had all you can eat shrimp. Both were good enough that we would order again. Service was quick and the staff were friendly. It's a bar so the ambiance is full of energy ... nothing quiet here folks!

    Wings were inadequate for what we payed and we payed for extra wing dipping sauce but none was given. We ordered garlic Parmesan but we just got a few shavings of Parmesan. I would not recommend this restaurant

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    Melissa H.

    Ok Gorge the manager was the best ever. Very sweet young man. Although he is the manager he helped serving customers and he sure knows how to take a joke. I did give him a hard time a bit about the dirty utensils, the slow service, the bartender not making drinks correctly. But Gorge corrected the errors n happy hour was just that.... happy. U want to go here. I had me a great time n haven't had fun like that in a very very long time. I was out on a business trip n it was awesome

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