Service was fine. My lunch was the half rack of baby back ribs. Terrible. Dried out and stringy. I will never try that out again. Not the first time. We got the sense that this store has gone downhill somewhat from years ago. Still not a bad place. We have had many good meals there.
Steve W.
Place rating: 1 Mission, KS
Updating the interior doesn’t matter when the food is uninspired and service is clueless… I went off the rails and tried, tried to order a version steak frites. I ordered the peppercorn steak, medium rare, sautéed spinach, and fries, just that nothing else. After my companion received her entrée the waiter apparently forgot to place mine. I finally received the closest version of what I ordered 10 min. later. The steak was medium of course, fries were cold… I should have complained but I was hungry… Never again and never at Applebee’s again. Ugh.
Stephanie P.
Place rating: 4 Kansas City, KS
Solid Applebee’s! Good service. Food always comes out hot and quick. Nice and attentive servers. They have great happy hour specials on both drinks and food. Some are before 4PM and some are after 9PM. I love their new Salsa Verde Nachos and usually get them. This location is no exception when it comes to a lot of food on the plate. Yum!
Misty L.
Place rating: 1 Overland Park, KS
Been here a few times in hopes it would get better. Nope! Never has! Sat for at least 10 minutes before our waitress even came by to take our drink order. When she did we were ready to order as well. The kids got the 2 for 20 with wings as an appetizer. my bf and I got appetizers for our meal since they were half price. Food took forever. Then my bf had to go find our waitress hiding in a corner playing on her cell phone to get a refill for our drinks. So done with this location!
Kevin W.
Place rating: 1 Mission, KS
Another disappointing experience. The staff is subpar and clueless about the menu and waiting tables. The restaurant has a worn out dirty feel to it. I was seated at a table that hadn’t been properly cleaned and had to ask for the table to be wiped off. The food was ok… nothing special. I tried one of their new chicken sandwiches with house chips.
Nichole P.
Place rating: 5 Roeland Park, KS
The most amazing service! Dawn’s attention to detail and interaction no one compares! We always know we will be taken care of when we see Dawn coming our way!
Jason O.
Place rating: 4 Prairie Village, KS
Neighborhood frequent. Food is decent. Typical pub food. I’ve had up and down service but recently service is on the up and up. Eric brings a fun service character that entertains as well as top notch attention. Jumps behind the bar to pitch in. Never standing still. Always smiling and hustling. Stop in, ask for Eric. You won’t be disappointed.
Matt U.
Place rating: 1 Kansas City, KS
Sat at the table for 20 minutes without any service. Terrible service every time. Done with you Applebees… We walked out…
Monica M.
Place rating: 5 Shawnee, KS
We only go to this location for the best waitress on earth, Dawn. The other staff is just fine, we have no complaints. Their food is always good. The service time(for food) is always good. The restaurant is always clean. The atmosphere is always. Parking could be better but hey what can you do lol.
Nick M.
Place rating: 1 Kansas City, KS
I got raw boneless chicken wings and I’ve been sick already once. I’m just glad I was able to stop my daughter and neice from eating any. We left because the raw chicken already was making me sick. Thanks Applebee’s!
Dan M.
Place rating: 1 Hanford, CA
Worst place I have ever been. So why did the waitress write down our order? Heck I think the kitchen ordered for me. I ordered a sirloin MEDIUM with a loaded baked potato. What I got after about an hour wait was a extremely well done peice of something and mashed potatoes. The place was not packed, when they finally brought our food they didn’t even know who ordered what. Really? I didn’t eat one bite and will never go back to any Applebees again. What a waste of my time.
Rachel R.
Place rating: 1 Lancaster, PA
Nearly Everything that came out had something wrong with it. Our party of 4 didn’t eat anything at the same time — we got the 2 for $ 20 meals that included an appetizer. Two meals came out cold and another the steak was undercooked. We told the waitress and the manager told us she would make it right(meaning the food and bill). We received 3 hot meals to replace the cold ones, but the meat was cold in the middle on one dish. Told our waitress and she made sure it was cooked right the 3rd time. Our waitress was really nice, but had only been there 2 weeks and had too many tables to wait on. In the end we didn’t have to pay for dinner, but I wouldn’t recommend going here.
Beau E.
Place rating: 2 Palm Coast, FL
It was a late night after a big Royals win at The K and Applebee’s is open later than most restaurants. We poppee in and sat at the bar. The bartender threw a long-winded drink specials pitch at us and absolutely nothing she just said was anywhere on the stack of regurgitated corporate menus fanned out in front of us. Fine, water and iced tea it is. A 5 minute wait for water and tea… no lemons… didn’t even ask. We had to distract her from her never ending sidework once again and ask for lemons. We ordered our food. All but 2 of the appetizers are half price during late night, so the value is pretty good. It’s mediocre corporate cookie cutter cardboard, but it beats the drive-thru. As far as the food goes, we got pretty much what we expected. Run in the mill food. We’ve had better, but we’ve had worse. The bartender on the other hand. Blah! It’s a shame how many people out there call themselves bartenders who truly don’t know what they’re doing when it comes to their craft. I ordered the spiciest wings they offered. My drink went dry and stayed dry for 10 minutes if not better. She was too busy gabbing with some dude who was sitting at the corner of the bar. By the time she got around to filling my drink, we were ready for to go boxes. I clearly had a substantial amount of chips and queso blanco dip left to box up. She gives me this tiny rectangle to go box made for a half a sandwich. Why did she do this? Because it was all she had behind the bar and she was too lazy to go into the back and get me what I needed. She sees that my to go container won’t fit the contents I was packing up. What does she do? Hands me another mini-sized box. I finally had to spell it out for her that I’d like the proper boxes. I went to the men’s room while she went to get what I needed from the back. OMG! An explosive terrorist swooped in and bombed the men’s room. Both stalls had been bl-ass-ted and left for dead. The smell and sight about made me hurl. That sealed the end of my visit to Applebee’s this evening. I got the feeling that the staff here really doesn’t care about their guest experience, or the cleanliness of their restaurant. I was prepared for mediocre food, but not for less than mediocre service, and not for the complete disregard for a clean atmosphere. The good value on the food is the only reason for 2 stars. This was a sure fire 1 star experience otherwise.
Joe G.
Place rating: 1 Kansas City, KS
I don’t expect the world when I go to Applebee’s. Just affordable decent food. The service was poor. Had to beg for it. Quesadillas burger was terrible. I asked for medium well, it was medium rare. The inside was soupy and greasy. Will not be going back to this one.
Julio G.
Place rating: 1 Kansas City, KS
Your hostess was extremely rude. I will say that out of a few Applebee’s I go to this experience was truly disappointing. I doubt I’ll ever come back here again. Nor send my family ir friends over to this location. I didnt get her name but she was a Girl with red hair thin about 5 ft 6& Caucasian.
Mike M.
Place rating: 1 Mission, KS
Christina Strait is the worst resturant manager I’ve ever met. My steak was undercooked & she disagreed with me when there was blood coming out of a medium steak. She proceeded to tell me how she liked her steak medium rare and it looked good to her. Flipping the attention to yourself is not in any Management Handbook. I normally don’t take time to do surveys like this but the quality of service by the management was so poor that I thought it was my duty to speak up. Save your money & travel a few more blocks to Chili’s. Much friendlier & better food.
Joe G.
Place rating: 3 Mission, KS
The Applebee’s that I have been to have been OK. Their baby back ribs are tender and pretty good but like most of their food, it’s over priced. It won’t keep me from ever going again but nonetheless for what you get, over priced.
Bobby N.
Place rating: 2 Overland Park, KS
Meh. It’s Applebee’s. I usually have spinach dip and a henny and coke while my daughter has a grilled chicken breast and broccoli. This was my daughter and I’s go-to-sit-down-lunch-place for a while. The service here can be slow at times, but it’s typically very friendly. And the good is as predictable as one would expect from the mostly trucked in and microwaved menu. My daughter enjoys coloring with daddy while we wait for her chicken. And somehow she always eats the broccoli here.
Angela K.
Place rating: 3 Kansas City, MO
We all know Applebee’s is NOT a foodie mecca, so I’m not going to pretend that they offer grand gourmet dishes. It is what it is: a chain with bland, somewhat satisfying, generic meals. And while they don’t offer specific vegetarian options, you can make anything meatless if you just ask. I like the Santa Fe Chicken salad sans chicken. It’s pretty tasty and filling and a good lunch choice. The Florentine Ravioli is also pretty good if you ask them to leave the chicken off. For anyone who cares, they also have an Under 550 Calories menu as well as a Weight Watchers menu. I think it’s pretty cool that they offer dishes that fit into different people’s diets. If only they offered specific vegetarian dishes. I’ve never had anything but great service here. Whoever said they paid for refills was obviously drinking something other than water, tea, or fountain drinks. Because those are always, of course, freely refilled.
Josh M.
Place rating: 1 Kansas City, MO
So. I grew up in the small village of Ottawa, KS. Back in the late nineties some big news came our way– We were going to get an Applebees. For a town with two Dairy Queens and not much else, this was huge. To this day, it still does good numbers and is packed most any night. It’s fine-dining for Ottawa. I liked Applebees as an adolescent but my taste these days are a bit more discerning. I’m a grown-up now, I wear big-boy underwear. Applebees is about the most bland food you can ingest. There is not one thing on their menu that I can eat. I hear their salads have a sort of redeeming quality but I wouldn’t know. Always packed, half-assed service. Over-priced drinks and bad food(if you can even call it that). This is one Kansas City original that I am not proud of. Plus, they completely stole their entire concept from Chappell’s in North Kansas City. Now that is a place that serves great food and is truly orginial. Take the drive and go there!