Wish there was a way to rate this with no stars after my last experience at this Applebee's.
My wife and I had seen the new TV ads for the 2 for $20 and specifically the cajun-ish entrees that were included in this promotion, so we decided this past weekend to go there for a late lunch (around 3:30 PM) and try them out.
It was probably a really bad omen right from the get-go because when we entered, because when the hostess was walking to seat us, noticed another employee walking in the opposite direction, handed him the menus and told him to seat us. He brought us back to the front and seated us in a different area that the original employee was going to. The booth that he put us in hadn't been cleaned since the last people sitting there had left, so we moved to a table straight across from the booth.
We were the only people in the place, with the exception of two other tables of two people that had already eaten, paid for their meals and were just kibitzing before leaving. So, even though this was in between traditional lunch and dinner services and I'd expect there to be a smaller staff wait staff on hand, no one came to take an order (drink or meal) after sitting there for 20-minutes. I'm a pretty patient person, but that's ridiculous.
So, my wife and I just got up and left. When we were walking out the door, the host said thanks for coming in and I responded, "we didn't even have anything to eat..." and then cut myself off and walked out in fear my verbal filter would not work.
After all that, we decided to go to Famous Dave's at San Tan and had a FANTASTIC experience. Was waited on right away and the food was great, which usually is the case there.