The food was cold and the table was sticky dirty. Need I say more? I was so disappointed as Applebee’s was once a good place to take clients and friends for a casual lunch. I cannot say how bad this was.
Mike A.
Place rating: 1 Lake Oswego, OR
The food quality is really not that good. Fried everything. Looking for low calorie is really no better and having eaten one of those dishes, I felt overloaded for hours afterward. No way their Whiskey Chicken clocks in at under 700 calories. Likely this is resembles VW pollution testing — the numbers are rigged — as my gut told me different. The mashed potatoes were heavy, cool and solidified when the plate hit the table. My fault that I was dumb enough to eat them. Service is friendly and prompt. But what a dreadful dish.
Mikhail H.
Place rating: 2 Beaverton, OR
A friend wanted to meet here for lunch and I found myself wondering why people eat here… especially when there are far better options nearby. The service, I will say, was great — our waiter was super friendly and very helpful but the food… just wow… Hardly any menu options looked good to start with. Basically I was either faced with eating something covered in grease or cheese or else the plainest thing ever. I went for plain… salmon with steamed zucchini, spinach and red potatoes. It was hardly seasoned and just meh. And this was $ 20…seriously…$ 20 for fish and some veggies. Go next door to any place and get something decent.
Yaeko M.
Place rating: 5 Chicago, IL
We got in 10min before the closing time. They still welcome us and we had a good food, beer and time. The service was excellent!
Mollie W.
Place rating: 2 Portland, OR
So disappointed. I came in for a to go order and asked for the nachos. I didn’t want the meat so I asked if I could get extra of the queso instead. The bartender let me know that was no problem. I got my food, went home and to my disappointment I got no queso, and the entire nacho was loaded with lettuce. I am totally fine if you want to out lettuce on nachos but at least state that in the menu so I can request it not be put on there. No where in the description does it state there is lettuce. It ruined it for me and with no queso cheese, they were basically dry chips with jalapeños and loaded with lettuce. It’s just disappointing that I sent $ 10+ on something just to have to get in my car and go buy a different meal somewhere else.
Brent M.
Place rating: 5 Lake Oswego, OR
i love it here. come after 9pm and get half off apps. request shanna she is the best!!! so nice
Rose E.
Place rating: 3 Portland, OR
I have to add a star back on because they have added my favorite item back on to the menu. Thanks Bees! We went for dinner tonight and I was surprised that they were not busy. Food and service was fine. I could tell our server was new but nothing wrong with that.
John M.
Place rating: 2 Portland, OR
One thing I find so rude about some restaurants is employees and managers having work and personal discussions in front of customers. At this location the end of the bar seems to be the meeting point. Want to complain about your schedule or customers, go there. Want to talk to an employee about work issued, go there. I go there because it’s close. These conversations happen almost every time. The place needs a manager who concentrates on the customer experience. Take the management and personal talks to the back of the house.
Maya H.
Place rating: 4 Portland, OR
good service. I liked the Lemon Chicken with quinoa. it’s a low calorie meal but you wouldn’t know it by the taste. It’s my go to meal.
ALICIA W.
Place rating: 1 San Francisco, CA
Not sure why Applebee’s continue to stay afloat. Do people just like bad food? Ordered the salmon to go and the food was 1) soggy, tasteless, smooshed together and honestly just a waste of money. Never again even if it’s the only restaurant open yuk midnight near the hotel.
Steven S.
Place rating: 2 Bellevue, WA
Only one at the bar when I arrived. Employees at the other side of bar socializing, served fairly quickly. Ordered sirloin medium rare, came while drink empty so had to wait. The steak was chewy and fatty and burned on the surface. Inside varied between medium well and rare. Garlic mashed very bland. Veggies soggy. Manager walked by 3X and bartender came by 3X — not once asked how things were. Ate 2⁄3 of steak, ½ of cold mashers and 1⁄8 of veggies. Took plate without asking why so much was left. At this point the socializing is at a high pace at 9:30 with employees just getting off work. All this time I am thinking I should have paid more and went to Staffords. Stay at a local hotel, choose other option.
Carmen J.
Place rating: 5 Portland, OR
Great Food! Fun time with family and friends! Came in at 2pm, the place was not busy, we had great service. $ 110 for 4 people, we drank 2 ice teas, 2 diet sodas, ate appetizers– beer bread sticks, boneless chicken wings, cheese sticks. Had lunch, 2 for $ 25 steak dinner, and a Asian crispy chicken salad, All American classic burger, and 4 dessert ice cream shooters. We had a great time! Great music! Great service!
Diquattro G.
Place rating: 1 Portland, OR
There was no way to give a zero rating. Normally my family orders the oriental salad, boneless wing, mozzarella sticks, and a couple sirloins and calls it a meal. Nothing to write home about. After tonight we decided never to go to any Applebees again. Manager seemed over medicated/apathetic to his surroundings. We would of made a scene if we had not have food prepared at home that was edible… Imagine if we werent so lucky. I haven’t even explained how bad the food was, don’t want to waste any more energy. Please think at least twice before going to this brick/mortar trap.
Lanay B.
Place rating: 1 Aurora, OR
Where do i start? Let’s put it this way… I have officially given up on all Applebee’s. Normally it’s shitty food or shitty service. Tonight it was shitty food AND service. My husband and i came in around 9pm three hours before closing on a monday night. We were seated and had the waitress in under a minute. We ask for water and she brought it. After that she was no where to be found. There were around 6 other tables seated but were being covered by a male staff. We noticed the little ipad on the table and thought oh maybe we just order here. We got some boneless wings and pressed send when our waitress appeared asking if we wanted appetizers. We said we odered off the pad and then she huffed and said oh well are you ready to order… we said no since we just ordered apps. Well that was the last of her for a while… about 10 minutes go by and we hit the call your waiter button on the ipad. She comes fake smile and all. We order and our app comes out. Taste great, not dry(I’ve never had a problem with the wings) now comes the food… i ordered the mac and cheese with honey chicken. I got over cooked noodles, «cheese sauce» that had clearly been sitting in a pot all day on a warmer. 2 dry old pieces of chicken with no sauce and some chunks of fatty bacon. Oh and dont forget tons of half ass chopped parsley… everyone loves dry chunks of parsley sticking to dry overcooked pasta right? Well i myself don’t believe in sending food back. So i gave it my best. I moved the parsley over… mostly. Took a bite. I still have parsley stuck on the roof of my mouth. I ate about 5 more bites and couldn’t take it even though i was starving. My husband got a dry bacon burger with nothing that he asked for on it. Since he was pretty hungry he ate most of it. After he was done i had to use the ipad to get the waitress. I asked to have my meal taken off the bill. Before i could say why she walked off saying she’ll get the manager. 5 minutes go by before she comes over gets very close to my face and asked whats wrong with it. After i told her all she could say was is that it? And took it away sayi g she would take it off. About 15 minutes go by before our waitress comes back and we had to ask for the check. We paid for a dry burger and an ovaltine shake(oreo milk shake) As we left our waitress said«have a nice night«sounding a lot more like«fuck off ass holes, i hate my fucking job» so with allllll of this said i solomly swear to never go to Applebee’s again.
Gloria F.
Place rating: 2 Puyallup, WA
This Applebee’s is not great. The customer service was«blah», granted I was with a group of picky eaters but you don’t make it seem like we are a bother. One of the people in the group had to send her salmon back because it was still raw in the middle, the manager came out take care of the situation & he was very nice about it. We had to ask for refills on water every time as well too. The food is always just okay, the menu doesn’t change much. But the service here definitely isn’t great. When we are in the area, we won’t be going back.
Jonathan J.
Place rating: 4 Lake Oswego, OR
I halved a beef brisquet enchilada dish which was very good. Not sure if the constant drag racing/dirt bike racing is necessary on TV. Put something better on TV, and you’ll get 5 stars.
Tina M.
Place rating: 1 Portland, OR
Soooo disappointed with tonights meal. Steak was so fatty I ate three bites. Asked for broccoli to just be steamed and got it full of butter that started to solidify over it. Normally the husband and I hVe enjoyed our meals, but tonight was an epic fail.
James S.
Place rating: 3 Tacoma, WA
It’s an Applebee’s. The food is mostly okay, probably a little expensive for the quality, and the experience is about as simulacral as you would expect for a major chain. The senses are bombarded at all sides by cultural memorabilia and televised sports, and you should expect little to no genuine, non-alienated human interaction among such a pastiche of capitalist nihilism. That said, the happy hour menu is not a bad deal. I didn’t really poke around the area when coming here, but I would imagine that this is by far the easiest place to get drunk at in within at least a mile or two. The $ 3.50 Long Islands are a great way to temporarily remove you from your drift across the desert of the real. Important fyi: they no longer offer $ 1 Jell-O shots, which is devastating.
Eric R.
Place rating: 2 Ventura, CA
Well, it’s Applebees. Standard American food. Not lots of veggie friendly options. But it is consistent. I go on occasion for lunch because it is near my office, but I probably wouldn’t go otherwise.
Portland N.
Place rating: 5 Portland, OR
I hated my steak but the manager came and replaced the whole meal! The new one was amazing. I had no idea they would go to such trouble to help :-) I got rib eye with garlic mashed potatoes and vegetables. I’d say get the rare one. Rick the waiter has allot of energy and great personality