It's been some time since we've been to an Applebee's. Decided to go-as they'd sent me a Birthday Special. A BOGO deal.
Came in Saturday evening 12/ 9 and sat at the bar. Andrew was our server & bartender. Very pleasant & accommodating.
I'm going to give this place the benefit of the doubt after seeing many of the negative reviews. I think some are honest and a few others not so much!
I can say we had issues with utensil cleanliness. Prior to our meal we had to asked for another set of forks.
Wings came out not as requested, kitchen error and it was resolved in a very professional manner.
Those were tasty! Double Crunch, never a bad thing when it comes to crispy chicken & sauce!
Ordered the Sirloin Steaks (Butchers Reserve). *Keep in mind for later * that again it's suppose to be the "Buy one, get one : of equal or lesser value FREE"! Steak Meals were $18.99 each. We ordered 1 medium and the other medium rare. Medium rare my husband felt was over cooked. However, it was a 12 oz "uneven" butcher cut, so the thicker piece was medium rare and thinner piece was medium well. My cut was more balanced and cook perfectly.
Can order two sides. Both of us had the garlic green beans which are good. I had the baked potato and was asked if I wanted it loaded. "Sure"! It's $2.99 additional for adding bacon & green onion. When it arrived it had 3 very small pieces of bacon and no green onion? *See Pic* I requested a side of both: since I was paying for it! That request was met with no complaints. My husband had the garlic mashed potatoes & they were good.
Both meals we just ok.
My son came in a little later with his girlfriend, so we added the sampler platter to our bill that they shared. $13.99
Drinks were pricey $8.50 for vodka tonics (grey goose) NOT a double! LOL Beers weren't at Happy Hour Price even with getting there at just before 6PM. The bartender made reference to that when he served us our first set of drinks.
At the end of service when we presented the coupon, the bartender took off the sampler platter? They didn't read their own fine print nor honor the coupon the way it was supposed to be offered. I told my husband it should have been one of our steak meals comp'ed?! He wasn't going to bring it up after the charge had gone through. We still paid over $100!
Applebee's has really deteriorated over the years.
From management to staff it just is average in my opinion. A fast food chain that use to be very successful , but over the years has declined. I don't think we will be back anytime soon to dine.