Something has changed drastically for the worse at this location. I have been going to this Applebee's for close to a decade now and this was by far the worst experience I have ever had. For starters the restaurant was much emptier than usual (perhaps that could have been a warning sign). Once we arrived we requested two booster seats for our children from the host, who immediately forgot about them as soon as we were shown to our table. Our drink orders were eventually taken, but didn't arrive until long after our appetizer did. The appetizer arrived with no plates or silverware. We had to "flag" down a server to ask for utensils and the status of our drinks. We were told the bartender hadn't prepared for the evening yet and had to "set up her bar stand". Once my margarita arrived it tasted awful. The kids meals arrived long before our entrees and the kids cheeseburger looked and tasted horrible. Eventually we were given our check to sign with no pen and had to flag down the server yet again to ask for one. Meanwhile, the restaurant is no longer a family friendly place, the clientele there has shifted to customers spewing unnecessary vulgarities left and right. It's a shame really.