Applebee's Grill + Bar

Decided to stop by randomly, we had remembered a decent meal a year or so ago, and thought about coming back. Sat at the bar, and ordered the Bourbon Steak, prepared medium rare. Bartender was friendly, and when we asked her about the steak, she said it was really good. The picture on the menu showed a large steak, piled on top of onions and mushrooms with a creamy garlic sauce and a huge fluffy pile of mashed potatoes. It looked great....Our attention was caught when two loud, sizzling plates came out, but it was met with immediate disappointment when we saw the hockey puck sized steaks which were obviously burnt, overly greasy flimsy onions and barely any mushrooms, and two dinky scoops of mashed potatoes. Steak was most definitely not medium rare as we asked, but overly well done, and completely burnt. The creamy garlic sauce was nowhere to be seen on top. I noticed some small bits of garlic and clear melted butter or oil, but it had no flavor. The steak was nearly inedible for me, as the texture was pretty tough due to it being cooked incorrectly, and it tasted awful..steak sauce helped mask it some.... The mashed potatoes had ZERO flavor, and were luke-warm at best. No salt or pepper near by. I was disappointed and annoyed..and left hungry... It simply tasted like food costs were an issue, and care or attention was not put into making the food. I saw someone eating mozzarella sticks when I came in, they looked better than the steak dinner I had. Strawberry lemonade was really good, and the service was good, but for 50 dollars, I probably wont come back.