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Applebee's Grill + Bar

2.5 (65 reviews)
Open 11:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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Steve C.

Great food, great service! We don't have an Applebees nearby so, this was a special treat. Heather took good care of us as well! Highly recommended!

Bourbon Street Chicken & Shrimp.  It was good but underwhelming compared to the menu photo.
Robert S.

We enjoyed our visit so much that we wrote a note to the corporate office about how much we appreciated the service from Carrie F. The appetizer, entrees and desserts were flavorful. The drinks flowed, and we never had to wait long for food.

Michael M.

Sometimes the familiar is everything and like most mid sized towns most restaurants close shop early on Wednesdays. I was craving a steak and truth be told I really like Applebees steaks. Given a choice between an Applebees steak and a steak from one the chain steakhouses, I'll take Applebees. Ironically the Applebees in Bloomington is located right next to one of those chain steakhouses. The parking lots were both pretty empty but I knew what I wanted. Sign on the door said "Santa appearing from 5-9pm. A quick look at my phone said it was after nine. I didn't need to deal with Santa or any god damn beard comparisons. Look at my photo. I get it all the time. Walking in my eyes were immediately drawn to the bar, more specifically the bartender, dressed in Christmas garb. She was absolutely gorgeous. Stunningly beautiful. I caught myself, forcing myself to focus on the menu and not here. I ordered my usual Diet Coke. I also got the steak and shrimp parmesan, 4 cheese mac n cheese and loaded mashed potatoes. The steak was cooked perfectly, a nice medium rare. If you order steak any way other then medium rare, just as Jesus intended, I question your decision making abilities in general because this something seriously wrong with you. Everything else was just as it should be and all delicious, including the bartender who I cannot get out of my head. Damn ! Bill paid I walked outside, lit a 100 and headed back to the hotel, alone and in love with an Applebee's bartender. I woke up naked, in the fetal position on top on the covers of the king size bed in my suite. One pillow between my legs, one clutched to my chest and two under my head. The lights are all on, CNN is on the TV. There are voices coming from the bathroom, muffled but clearly voices, likely male which terrified me. Did something happen with the midget wrestling team I ran into last night? Am I being robbed? Is Nova pulling some sick practical joke on me involving the midgets? Am I even awake? Why am I obsessed with these little people. Maybe it's that my wife was 4'9" or the dwarfs from the 79 movie Phantasm who still haunt me. Wandering into the bathroom, I see the source of the voices. It's my iPad playing Supermensh on repeat. I have a current obsession with Shep Gordon and have been watching and reading everything I can get my hands on about this guy. A little disappointed that it wasn't the midgets or the incredibly beautiful bartender from Applebee's last night but alas probably for the best. I have important business to attend to, starting with the tumbler of bloody mary in the mini fridge and the booger sugar the midgets shared with me last night. Applebees never disappoints. 3 stars. If she is behind the bar, 5 stars

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We go about once a week! Always delicious! We love this place. My favorite is the Bourbon Street Chicken and Shrimp.

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Our server was Heather both times, and she was so friendly and gave such great service; just a great experience all around.

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