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| - We generally try to eat out in Madison at non chain restaurants, however, here and there it makes sense as they typically offer a varied menu or are convenient went looking for a bite to eat.
6 months ago my boyfriend and I went to Applebees on a Saturday (early afternoon/evening). I have no idea what are motivation was for going there, but we did. We were seated up to the right of the hostess stand as soon as we walked in. Waited 10 minutes, and no service. A server walked by the table and we thought they'd just let us know that they were behind and would be right with us. Nope. I'm not sure how much more time passed maybe 5 or 10 more minutes, but it was significant enough for me to convince my boyfriend that we should leave. And so we did. We got up, walked out and nobody said a word or noticed.
Fast forward to today, where again we were in the area, looking for a late lunch, and decided we'd give them another shot. We were seated in the exact same area, and there were other patrons seated there as well. The restaurant itself I would say was busier than what I expected (I was thinking it would be completely dead) but by no means crazy busy or filled to the max with customers. We waited a little bit, browsed the menu, decided what we were getting and still nobody checked in with us. The hostess even sat a few people after us in the same section.
So, again we decided it wasn't worth it to stay and eat and got up and left only to find another restaurant in the area to eat at.
It seems from other reviews there are a lot of issues with this location. We gave it two shots recently and it didn't meet our expectations. We are pretty patient people and very easy going, so leaving a restaurant after being seated is not the norm for us. I would avoid coming here.
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