Applebee's Grill + Bar — Restaurant in Burlington

My experience at Applebees was one of the best restaurant experience I have had. From the time that I walked in until I left it was great. The hostess was very enthusiastic and had very positive energy. I understand that it’s apart of the job, but everybody isn’t as positive about their job as they should be, but I have to take into consideration that she didn’t like my sister, yet she stayed positive even though she only had to deal with us for two minutes. I can honestly say if I had to be positive to somebody I dislike I would probably have lost my job, but I guess she put that kill them with kindness into effect. What really made me excited about my trip to applebees was my server. He had me laughing the entire time I was there. He treated me and my sister like we was his friend or something, and I never met this guy before in my life. I went during prom season and he was like “Why would you take your date here, Wouldn’t you want to go to olive garden, red lobster, or arigatos”. He was just hilarious. Then I order the Chicken Penne and he was trying to persuade me to get the blackened chicken pasta even though he made a great case I still stayed with the chicken penne, but I promise him next time I would try the blackened chicken. My sister order one of the sizzler plates with chicken, shrimp and potatoes. Our food came quick and it was nice and hot which is always a plus, but there was only eight other people in there so there wouldn’t have been an excuse if my food did take forever to come. My pasta was well done very tasty and it was very cheesy. My chicken was nice and tender as it should have been. Even though my dish was really good I don’t feel my chicken match the portion of my pasta. I had all this pasta and only a few strips of chicken ,and I don’t feel that I should have to order more chicken it should have automatically came with more. My sister dish smelled very delicious and looked spectacular. I ate one of her potatoes and I thought it was burnt. In my opinion I think the sizzler plate burnt the potatoes so they should have put the potatoes on top of the chicken or something instead directly on the sizzling plate because it over cooked the potatoes. She liked it though so there was no reason for me to complain. When I got the check I seen we wasn’t charged for our drinks and asked him about it and he said that he know. I was very shocked about this,but very appreciative. You would think he liked me or my sister but he was happily gay. Sucks for us because he definitely was cute. Overall I had a great experience there I definitely would recommend this place for people who like to dine cheap and want to go to a nice quiet spot with great service, but this isn’t a place that I would go...

My experience at Applebee’s was very joyful. The atmosphere was very welcoming. When I walked in the hostess is generally nice and friendly, not a whole lot of waiting going on unless it is a crowded night. They usually let us choose where we would like to be seated, gives the menu and says have a nice meal. The restaurant is very spacious. it is very open, and I like that. The booths could easily fit three people, and there is a big rap around seating area. Plenty of room for everyone, not too many people. The bar area is nice, its is quite big as well. The only downside about the space is the bathrooms are small. There are only two stalls and one sink. It can get very cramped in there. For the most part it is a clean place to eat. I didn't see any trash on the ground or in the booths. We wasn't surrounded by garbage from the other customers who had previously come and gone. The dishes we used were clean. There was no food particles floating in or on our dishes. The plates were so clean you could see yourself in them. I really liked how the service is. The waiters are usually nice and helpful. They have manners, and they aren't all rude and eager to send you on your way. They actually have a decent conversation with you. If we had any questions about the menu they was there to help and on top of every dish on the menu. The servers was consistent about keeping our drinks filled up and checking to see if everything was ok. Even though I have ate at this restaurant a dozen times, I had at least one server who sucked. Maybe he was off of his game that particular day. I thought the service was great. I usually order the same thing just about everytime I eat there. My friend and I order the two for 20. It comes with an appetizer which we get the boneless hot wings. Man they are so delicious. Our server brought us out a basket of like 10 wings dripping in mild hot sauce and a side of yummy celery sticks. The wings was so hot I had sweat rolling off of me which is good for people who enjoy spicy foods. They offer other appetizers. I like to get the 7 oz sirloin steak which comes with the boneless wings. My steak was cooked just the way I like it. It was very tender and juicy. As soon as I cut it open the juice ran into my mashed potatoes and broccoli. This whole dish just goes together. The mashed potatoes was very smooth and creamy, and had a little bit of garlic in them. YUMMY. The broccoli was very fresh and had flavor from the steak juice. I don't think i have ever been disappointed in eating at this restaurant. There was a good amount of everything on the plate. I believe you get what you pay for in eating at this restaurant. I would recommend Applebees to anyone. I would...

I wanted to say good things about this visit, but even after sleeping on it, I just can't. There were so many things that should not have been, it's hard to look past them. When we arrived, we waiting at the front door for a few minutes before staff came over to ask how many were in our party, then said she'd be back. After a few more minutes, she had us follow her and we went to the far side of the restaurant, past 4 tables that still had dishes on them from previous guests. 2 of the 4 of us were excited to try the limited time $5 drinks, but were told they had run out of the rum used to make them. Our waitress took our orders, informed us about a $10 off coupon that she would get us for part of our order, then came back with part of our drinks (still waiting on the ones at the bar). After 15 minutes passed, another waitress brought 2 of us salads, and before we could open our mouths, she had taken off. Our waitress was given a handful of tables and was running all of the to-go orders (of which there were a lot). After 10 more minutes, a different waitress emerged from the kitchen with all 4 entrees. (Two of us took advantage of the special of adding 12 shrimp onto our entree for $1), when it came we had 13 shrimp between the both of us. We were able to stop this waitress to ask for utensils. Our waitress was finally able to come back and apologized for not checking on us, she stopped to get the drinks that were ready at the bar, and handed us the bill (which did not include any coupons after all). After all that, I was looking forward to cutting into my steak finally, and was met with a medium well steak after requesting a rare one. Needless to say, we ended up going another place...