Meh experience. This is not the first time we ate at this Applebee's, but it was our first on a Saturday. Silly us, what were we thinking?
Our wait time wasn't too bad. 15 minutes and because the weather was fabulous (Arizona winters), we waited on the benches outside. Our host was so to call us in when we were up next.
It was crowded and busy. Our server seemed really scattered and brusque. When she took our order and came by to check on us, she always seemed to be in a hurry. Because of that, she didn't seem to comprehend what we ordering at times. Fortunately, when she repeated our order, we caught her mistake.
She did refill our lemonades and teas (the unsweetened tea with mango and peach syrups was great) frequently. We ordered the unlimited riblets, chicken strips and fries and were sorely disappointed that the riblets were very dry. My daughter couldn't eat it, so she changed to chicken strips which were okay. The fries were decent.
Our Asian chicken salad was smaller that I remembered. It was tasty and the chef remembered to keep the almonds off.
Our chicken wonton tacos were the star of the evening. We had 4 orders of those. The beer cheese and pretzels were okay. The pretzel sticks were not enough to finish the beer cheese and was on the skimpy side. I would have taken a picture, but I forgot to charge my phone. My bad.