Service, maybe making the customers feel welcome, just a thought. Checking on them... doing the job they were hired for.

The chicken was very undercooked, so I just picked around it until our server came back to our table, but our server never came back until she came to give us our checks. She mixed up our orders and checks and did not want to correct them, so the lady we were meeting with just covered the incorrect bill. We gave our waitress a 20% tip, but you could see that she became visibly upset, and when we passed our empty plates to her, she said she'd get them later. So we sat there with half-cooked food on our plates and empty glasses, while our waitress went and sat on her phone. Probably not a reflection of the whole staff, but it was a terrible experience for my family. read more

Food - good. Service - good. Paying for meal - horrendous!!!!!!!!! Had a $20 gift card from our son in law. Waitress did NOT take it off of our bill. We argued, put it in the payment folder. Had NOT been used previously! Believe waitress Lacey put it in her pocket and then charged us the full amount for our meal!!!!!!!!!!!!! Finally a YOUNG manager came out and took $20 off of our bill. We gave them a tip for the full amount of our bill. Now I have an extra tip amount on our credit card account!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is horse shit! Will never step foot in that restaurant again! Reported it to a police officer a couple of days later.......think Lacey is on meth or something......... read more

Place was almost empty even though it was lunch time. Our server was efficient. I had the tortilla soup and side salad. Husband tried the ribblets, but didn't care for the Asian sauce. He said he would order regular ribs next time. We are traveling through and this was a one time stop. read more

Shantoria B. was a terrible waitress for us. we waited 10 minutes before she even got our drink order. then we got our food before our drinks came. we also asked for waters since we got alcoholic beverages and we never got our waters. There is a solution to this problem... fire her. She also complained about her job/coworkers the entire time, all while using explicit language. She was annoyed with us for being sat in her section at first. read more

Slow. Slow. Slow. If you like to listen to management and waitresses yell at the kitchen while the kitchen could care less, this is your place. Dinner arrived before salad. Drink refills nonexistent. Go somewhere else. read more

My friends and I went here to eat before our hoco dance, we waited for over 40 minutes, and ended up getting cold melted ice cream and lava melt (which I was told I was going to get a new bowl of) chicken wings, French fries, steak, mash potatoes, and cheeseburgers. I have NEVER been more disappointed in my life. I will NEVER EVER be coming back, I highly urge you NOT to come here unless you want to be disappointed! Also I never got the new bowl of ice cream. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Ice cream and lava melt - Sports Bars Near Me - Waverly, Iowa

Ok overrated slow service took a Hour to get my food and they weren't even busy I was so hungry read more

So angry, tired and disappointed....On a long business trip. Tired after a 13 hr day. Call Waverly IA Applebee's place an order for pickup. Verify the address and road to turn on, etc as we have never been there. Even get a total for our order. Show up 30 minutes later to be told they have no order for us BY THE SAME voice that took the order. Makes me verify the number I called. Yup right number. She asks other staff and nope no order.... offers to take an order. Decided nope! Had she taken ownership of dropping the ball and not getting our food made, I would have given them the business. We all make mistakes. But to lie... nope read more

Horrible burgers I got a impossible burger and it was supposed to be vegan meat but it was real meat

Food not great service not great place not as clean as it should be there's so many other places better

If I could give it a no star I would. Jeff ( the manager) started yelling at the 2 waiters right in front of all the customers and one of the waiters said to him are you really going to do this out here and Jeff said fine go to the back and stick both of his fingers in the air and points to the back. About 10 minutes goes by and I'm still hearing yelling from the back. I looked at the bar where all the food is before it gets taken out and it's completely full. The manager comped my meals but that doesn't excuse himself from yelling at employees in front of the customers. He shouldn't been yelling at them in the first place. I'm kind of glad my supper was free because it was cold by time I got it. read more

You can always count on crying babies. We had artichoke dip and most of the chips were broken into very small pieces. When our food came we didn't have and silverware or napkins. The guy quickly grabbed them and threw them on the table. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Broken chips to try to eat - Sports Bars Near Me - Waverly, Iowa

when we arrived we had to wipe our own seats down, because they were very wet. we also did not get two plates for our appetizer. While we were waiting for our food someone had arrived for an interview and a staff member was in the kitchen swearing and exclaiming that she was not going to the front counter without the name of the person. read more

Terrible service. Our waiter walked by us twice and manager passes by only checked her phone. Had to wait 15 minutes and finally had to get up and walked to front and pay for our drink and leave. They don't deserve a 1 star read more

Me and some friends come in and order our food and end up waiting 43 min. till we got just one of our 3 appetizers! 1 out of 5 don't recommend. read more

The wait staff seemed like they didn't know how to work the register or handle a busy lunch time. The service was very slow and not very professional. We were unimpressed. read more

Try McD's for better service. They sent mashed potatoes for a baked potato, forgot the bread stick for the chicken parm, reluctantly brought us ice water in a $45 meal! Won't return to this place. Not worth the effort. read more

A below-average type of Applebees. They recently renovated it, so it definitely has a prettier appearance to some Applebees - and I love that they've taken the time to put up a lot of decor from the local area - such as Wartburg decor or sports team photos from the high schools and whatnot. It had decent-ish food with decent-ish prices. About what you'd expect at an Applebees. At the very least, Applebees usually has about the same type of bland-ish food at each location - but it's reliably the same, so I can usually order the same thing anywhere and expect the same flavor. The same is true here. I enjoy my dish - which is why I come back - and their 2 for $20 menu means that my partner and I can eat with two soft drinks, an appetizer, and two entrees for usually less than $30 with tip. That makes it a decent deal for us. From our table, one person received overdone chicken, another person's steak was well overcooked from medium rare, and another person thought their bread was overcooked. The issue here comes with the service. We were in today, and while we were seated promptly and most people were polite, we just really didn't receive great service. Nobody was outright rude, but at our 5-person table, most of our drinks were left unfilled - in fact, we only received one refill throughout the entire hour we were here - while most of the people drinking water went through their beverage decently quickly and were ready for another. There was a 10+ minute wait to get our check. This might have been somewhat-excusable during a busy day - except we saw our waitress (and other wait staff) sitting and chatting it up at the bar for most of our visit. I certainly don't think employees don't deserve any fun time. They do. But when the restaurant was almost entirely empty at a noon on Sunday, and we were still mostly being ignored, it's not the time for that. Tend to your job - and then relax. Hopefully we'll have a better experience next time we come back. Today's experience was functional, but with the pretty "meh" food quality that Applebees is known for, they really have to shine in service, and today that just wasn't happening. read more

Good food with a variety to choose from. I tend to order the same items but the mozzarella sticks are a great side dish and we really enjoy the chicken wraps The kids menu is good as well and the chicken strips are our family favorites. Casual atmosphere and friendly service. read more

Place sucks, when seated I'm sat at a table with no leg room. After seated we order and the food takes 43 minutes to get one appetizer when we had 2 other plates and another 5 to get the rest. When we finally got our food it was room temperature-cold and it was not very good. The steak I ordered to be medium-rare was delivered well done with broccoli that was cold and very mediocre mashed potatoes. Would not recommend this for anyone including people who looking for disappointment, it's just that bad read more

Thanks Biden. There is never enough staff to get seated or served in a timely manner. This location especially seems to suffer. Numerous times we have given up and gone elsewhere. read more

I have visited this Applebee's location 3 times. Each time there have been serious problems with the wait staff. During my first visit, after being seated, and only having two other tables occupied in the restaurant, it took almost 20 minutes to be seen by a server and that was only after having to flag one down. The food was mediocre at best. I gave them a second chance about a week later. My son was served something completely different than what he ordered. We decided to give them one last chance when we had guests in from out of town. Once again, the service was poor as more than one of us in our party were served the wrong dish. I understand that restaurants can sometimes have an off night here and there, but to have issues three visits in a row, and for food that is isn't anything above other similar chain restaurants, it would take a lot for me to decide to give this location another try. read more

We stopped by Applebee's tonight and we're greater by lovely friendly hostess! Our server, Isaac was over the top wonderful...He was efficient friendly, knowledgeable and he should be promoted as he's a great asset to the restaurant! read more

Waited forever for our food to get to the table. When we did get our food I had to send my steak back twice to get recooked. Waiter never asked or apologized for the wait. You would have better luck going to McDonald's for better service. read more

Waited forever to be seated. When they brought are food out it wasn't anything we ordered... forgot my daughters food so she sat and waited forever, they finally brought out her out food when we were almost finished. Food was absolutely GROSS!!!! read more

If they could learn to cook a steak, my family and I would eat their more often. Nearly every single time we've ordered steak they drastically over cook it. We've resulted to ordering our steaks rare and hope it comes as medium/medium rare. The hosts are somewhat of a hit and miss. Sometimes they're friendly and welcoming, other times we walk in and sometimes feel like a burden. Aside from that, the servers are pretty good. We have a server we always ask for when she's working. Sheri N. is always a pleasure! In all, if you're looking for affordable food and decent service, definitely worth a visit. read more

I gave this Applebee's a 1 star, which was incredibly generous. This could be, no no no, is the worst Applebee's in the entire universe. Absolutely horrible service. Every time we come, the drinks take at least ten minutes to get to us. It doesn't only stop at alcoholic drinks. If you order a water, be prepared to have the most lukewarm and terrible water this state has to offer. The service is so slow it is ridiculous. One time we had a waitress blowing her freshly smoked cigarette smoke in our faces as she helped us. The only reason we continue to come is because of their half apps, which almost every other time we order them, something is messed up. They do not know how to cook food and take orders, as we regularly have things coming out horribly made and wrong. I thought it would eventually get better, but no. Not even a little bit. This is probably the eighth or ninth time we have been here and it is consistently horrible service. I don't understand who would run such a terrible establishment. I am in utter disbelief of this monstrosity of a business. The only reason it is still running is because of the lack of decent places to eat in the town of Waverly. Please trust me, this will be one of the most frustrating experiences of your life if you go here. But, you will, because of the name Applebee's. This isn't even deserving of the name Applebee's. This is a horrendously ran and worked place to eat that should have no place in the world today especially in the town of Waverly. I wish you good luck if you decide to eat here because it is going to make you want to stab your eyeballs out of your head by the end. Mark. My. Words. This place sucks. read more

I think maybe once out of the 50 times I've ordered food to go, my order was correct. Something is ALWAYS missing.

Slow bus service caused major seating delay. Glasses and silverware were filthy. Manager seemed to not have good control of staff. Table dirty when we were seated . Waitress was pleasant and apologized for delay and issues. read more

I wouldn't even give this place one star, but that's the lowest it would allow me to go. We sat and waited 20 minutes to order our food. As we got our appetizer, we were given no plates to use and we would've asked but NO ONE came to our table. We then got our main dishes and our waiter didn't even take our empty appetizer plate. We finished eating and waited another 20 minutes before I asked for our bill. But what really bothered us is that they messed up a couples order a few tables down and EVERY waiter went to their table to apologize and give them discounts and free food. Very poor service. read more