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| - I was here the other night with my family and we opted for the 2 for $25 deal noted in their menu. This offer comes with two main entrees and one appetizer, which I thought wasn't such a bad deal.
For my main dish, I ordered the Double Crunch Shrimp and my husband ordered the Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger. My parents both ordered the Oriental Chicken Salad. The appetizers we selected were the Spinach and Artichoke Dip and my parents had the Onion Rings.
Let's start with the appetizers: Although I was impressed with the size of the Spinach and Artichoke Dip appetizer, I was not impressed with the flavour! It was quite bland and had more cheese than spinach... and I don't think the artichoke even made an appearance! I'm also not quite sure why it came with a small dish of salsa on the side... seemed like an odd combination. The onion rings, although large and crispy didn't seem to compare in value to the dip (see pictures attached)... but I must say, they did restore my faith after the John Anderson's onion ring debacle (see previous review).
On to the mains: The Double Crunch Shrimp consisted of 12 breaded shrimp, cocktail sauce, fries and coleslaw. I'm not sure what justified the name of 'Double Crunch' though as there wasn't really much crunch to them at all. The fries were so bland that they weren't even worth eating. I think the only saving grace for this dish was the cocktail sauce (to give some flavour to the shrimp) and the coleslaw.
The Bacon Cheddar Cheeseburger came with all the usual condiments and I must say, the bacon was cooked perfectly. Sadly to say, even though the burger was flavourful, it was really dry... and we won't even get back into talking about the fries. The saving grace for this dish was the salsa that came with the Spinach and Artichoke Dip... perhaps this is what added the flavour to the burger...?
On to the Oriental Chicken Salad. This dish left a lot to be desired. The chicken had far too much breading and was extremely dry. The lettuce wasn't even a nice mix of greens, it was just romaine. Romaine! That's it! Are you trying to tell me that there are no other types of lettuce in the orient? C'mon! There was so much more they could have done to this dish... I'm not even sure why it was called 'oriental'. The saving grace for this dish was the dressing. It had a really nice consistency and was quite sweet.
I can't say that I'll be back. Applebee's used to have good quality food for a good price. I feel that the quality of the food has gone down in direct relationship to the rise in prices. There are far better restaurants out there for me to spend my money at.
Last, but not least... the saving grace for the whole evening was the service. Our waitress was pleasant and cheerful. She even presented my Dad with a free dessert for his birthday. Happy Birthday Dad... sorry we picked such a shoddy restaurant.
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