Applebee's Grill + Bar — Restaurant in Canton

My experience was very disappointing. The food itself…well, it’s mostly just frozen products, I think that’s pretty obvious. It’s a huge chain, and relatively inexpensive, so no real surprise there. My server, while very kind, just wasn’t a very strong server. As a server myself, I feel like I’m usually pretty understanding. It was not a busy evening, and there were perhaps 6 tables worth of people throughout the entire restaurant. I would venture to guess that there were approximately that many servers in the floor at that time, based on what I could see. My server appeared to have two tables, my table and one other. She didn’t pre-bus the table as she went. She let me sit without anything to drink for at least 10 minutes, and I had to ask twice before I actually got my refill. Once we were done, all the plates were stacked at the end of the table, and we just had to wait until she finally came back. She appeared to have disappeared into the back, but I don’t know for sure what she was doing. I’d like to point out, also, that this team of servers don’t know how to work as a team. In the restaurant I work at, no fellow coworker would walk past a table with customers with empty drinks. I can’t tell you how many servers came and went past us, but no one offered to refill them. All of that aside, I just wanted to pay and leave. We had somewhere to be. I was willing to just overlook it all, chalk it up as a bad experience and leave it at that. My bill was $28.61-ish after tax. Despite my bad experience, I still tipped 20%, because I’m a server too and I get it. This is easily the worst tip I’ve ever left, and I don’t have the heart to stiff someone, so I still tipped 20% despite my bad experience. I gave her $34 and told her to keep the change (making it’s approximately $5.40-ish, give or take a few pennies). This is where I draw the line, and will never come back. The server preceded to the bar to, I presume, openly express her discontent with my tip to the bartender. Mind you, I’m still sitting there watching the whole thing. I curious what you expected?!?! For me, a tip starts at 20%, it doesn’t fall below that amount but goes up based on quality of service. If they had been busy AT ALL I would have understood. That was not the case. The quality of service was not there. I don’t appreciate being talked about for leaving a tip that was more than was really deserved, based on your quality of service. I will not be back. Very...

We decided to eat here which was a horrible idea. When we walked in there was no one to greet us, we waited 5 to 10 minutes before we finally met the hostess (can't remember her name because she wasnt wearing a name tag and seemed to hate her job). We were walked to our table, where we waited for about ten minutes when we finally grabbed someone to take our drink order. They sent a gentlemen over that asked if we had been helped, we told him no, he said that was unfortunate and then walked off. Finally our waitress showed up, asked us for our drinks, and grabbed them quickly. We then order our food and wait...................a half hour later our appetizer shows up, immediately followed by our lunch, so no time to really enjoy anything before our table is overloaded with food. Then a situation occurs with the table next to us between the customers, the same waitress, and the manager in training. The head manager got involved, offered to buy the gentleman at the table another round, we had to wait through this to get plates and silverware. Once we are ready to eat my wife asked for some sauces for my daughter and herself, the waitress says ok, then proceeds to go back to the table with the gentleman and talk trash about the manager in training. I finally had to cut her off from bashing another employee on the restaurant floor and tell her she needed to go get what we had asked for. Then the same head manager shows up at our table asking if we were upset about anything, we explained to her what i have explained here, she proceeded to tell us about how six months ago she lost all of her good employees, then offers to give us free dessert, we said no we wanted or check. The worst part is my son never even got his whole meal that we paid for. As a family of four, with two young kids, we dont need the drama. Get your sh@! together. Because honestly at this point, no one could be disappointed,...

Applebee’s isn’t just a restaurant—it’s a way of life. Walk in, and you’re greeted by the warm glow of neon beer signs, the hum of conversation, and the faint scent of ambition sizzling on a grill. It’s the kind of place where deals are closed, first dates happen, and legends like Dan Campbell would totally hang out after biting a kneecap off the competition.

The menu? Let’s talk about it. Where else can you get a Bourbon Street Steak that tastes like it’s been kissed by the gods and a plate of boneless wings so saucy they’d make a choir blush? The Triple Chocolate Meltdown? A dessert so rich it’s basically the Dan Campbell of sweets—bold, unapologetic, and absolutely unstoppable.

Drinks? Oh, you mean the nectar of champions? Dollaritas are the lifeblood of Tuesday nights, and the beer list? Let’s just say it’s as versatile as the Detroit Lions’ playbook. You can sip a Blue Moon while imagining Dan Campbell giving the pregame pep talk of your life: “You’re not just eating here; you’re dominating the culinary field.”

And the people? That’s where the magic happens. From the server who calls you “boss” to the bartender who pours like they’re trying to make your day better, the vibe is always family—but with a competitive edge. I swear, if Dan Campbell ran this joint, the staff would be headbutting kegs and chest-bumping over table turnovers.

Applebee’s isn’t just a restaurant—it’s the Dan Campbell of chain dining: scrappy, full of heart, and ready to go for it on 4th-and-long. You don’t come here to sit quietly in the corner; you come to live, to laugh, and to drown your fries in ranch like it’s the last thing you’ll ever do.

Would I recommend it? Does Dan Campbell recommend grit and perseverance? Same energy. Now pass me those riblets and a cold draft—victory never...