This was single handedly the worst food I have ever had to pay for. I have had fresher, better tasting foods at fast food joints. Why 2 stars? Only because service was mediocre and no where near as nauseating as the food.
I ordered the salmon, the only thing that sounded anyhow attractive. Salmon came on a bed of spinach that looked like it was microwaved in the folds of a morbidly obese guy. No, wait, that might actually taste better than what it was. I am not exaggerating when I say that the nasty rubbery taste of that spinach stayed in my mouth for 2 days. My husband's steak was on a bed of the same disgusting spinach. I don't know if they keep buckets of that crap in the back, but seems like it oozes out of every dish they bring out. The salmon was dry a dry plank of fish that could not possibly been prepared only once. If I didn't know any better I would say it was stale to begin with and microwaved twice over the course of a week, the grill marks were drawn on with a brown sharpie and then set gently in front of me for food.
Applebees, I gave up all hope. I used to love your food, it used to be good, but after a factory packaged, cold chocolate cake you gave me to go a year ago, paired with the above mentioned recent fiasco, I have to break up with you. Publicly. FOREVER.