I had lunch at Applebee's in my hometown today. I ordered the new grilled cheese cheeseburger. It comes with a mini tomato soup and fries! It was very delicious! I highly recommend it! 2 of us had the perfect Margarita. You get Free chips and salsa With this drink. We got the chips and salsa 20 minutes after our drinks Came. If the chips had come sooner , I think it would have helped us fill in the gap of waiting out the food order. We had our son and his little daughters with us. We ordered from the kids' menus. They were not busy at all and It was pretty slow for having to entertain toddlers. We decided against dessert because we didn't want to wait any longer with the kids. The management was very nice. The server was very kind. I would not take my grandkids here again For lunch. It Was a lot more work than fun being we had to keep the kids entertained while waiting for their food to come. However, The food was very good! read more

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Good Applebee's, nice people, efficient service. First time eating in a restaurant this trip. Mostly eating food we've brought or getting takeout. Food is decent - nothing bad but nothing so amazing to make it memorable or make me drive past other places to get here. Would eat here again, but we're only here overnight this trip. read more

Huge shoutout to the bartender Allison. We were here last October to lay my deceased wife to rest. She was GREAT then and actually remembered not only me but my family as well. She remembered the reason we were there.. I came back to town to visit my wife's resting place. Please pass on a BIG THANK YOU for her hospitality and kindness. read more

Friendly staff. Pick up was easy. Packaging made food soggy. The $25 promo deal didn't make much sense there are up charges for EVERYTHING. We had a gift card to spend and decided to go with the burger meal (sandwich, fries, and drink) couldn't leave without an appetizer. If we didn't have a gift card we probably wouldn't have eaten here. We love 328 GRILL in St. Paul Park. read more

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Had I not had an Applebee's gift card, I probably wouldn't have gone here...but I did. I really like Applebee's food, but have not had great luck at this location. Our party of four, two of which were in their mid-nineties, were all in awe at how disastrous this place was. There was one server, who was also tending bar, and that's it. We received our beverages and proceeded to wait 36 minutes for our order to be taken. 36. It appeared that a few people clocked in and one of them brought us our food. The french fries and boneless wings were cold. Like, REALLY cold. The two orders of wonton tacos were okay temperature wise and covered in cilantro...so I thought. It was actually parsley. Decorative parsley is fine, but it threw off the whole taste of the tacos. Gross. Side note: While waiting for our food order to be taken, I actually pressed the "call server" button on the tiny kiosk because I honestly thought they'd forgotten about us. I would normally not do that, but that's how bad it was. The ENTIRE time we were there (post-button pushing), the red light was blinking on the table topped machine. It remained on even after we paid our bill. This restaurant had two tables of patrons and two people sitting at the bar. Being busy isn't an excuse. If Applebees's is looking for a location to shut down, I'd suggest they start with this one. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Cottage Grove, Minnesota

If I would have wrote a review a couple of years ago, would not give them more than a star or two but last couple of visits have been really pleasant recently and while conversing with the manager it is because the menu is not overly expansive anymore so the focus is more on quality of food and not quantity. The service both the times were good where the server was attentive and food was brought out quickly including the drinks. The food actually tasted good vs the cardboard/microwave quality from years past. There is always parking available for this location either right in-front or next to it at the shared parking lot. They decorate by the occasion so went around thanksgiving and then in December so always enjoy them switching the decor up. Fyi - this location has pull tabs. read more

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I ordered from Applebees for delivery through Grub Hub and NEVER again! I ordered a $27 combo and the bill came out over $40 (even with free delivery through Amazon??) the delivery took 1-1/2 hours and the food was cold and mostly inedible. The lettuce and the burger bun were slimy, the waffle fries were all mushy and stuck together in a clump, the cole slaw had no taste. The ribs were cold and there was very little sauce on them. Obviously the food was made when I placed the order and was ruined 1-1/2hours later when delivered. What a rip off!!! read more

A nice place to eat. We came here during a power outage, and so did everyone else who was affected, so it was very busy. However, the servers made sure to do what they could, even though they were short-staffed. Our food was great and it wasn't very loud despite every seat taken. read more

I've never been to an Applebee's before but Niki gave me an awesome first experience!! They were so charming and offered outstanding service, and kindness! Appreciated the honest recommendations and will be back for the Triple Chocolate Meltdown! I had a bacon cheeseburger with onion rings and broccoli, all which were great! Definitely priced well. I wasn't paying attention to where I was going and almost ran into a different server that was balancing 3 drinks, and she was super understanding even when I could've knocked her over! That was impressive! Relatively quiet homey environment. I definitely felt welcomed to the neighborhood. Thank you NIKI!!!! So nice to meet you :) read more

We brought in a wedding party of 9 people and our bartender (Josephine) was absolutely incredible! She was so attentive and sweet. She deserves a raise! Ryan, however, was the rudest, most disrespectful "manager" our group has encountered. Multiple people felt disrespected and he is the sole reason we closed our tabs and left for another establishment. Ryan (manager on 11/18 at 11pm) said we were loud, (which is fair for a manager to deal with loud customers), but then he made and inappropriate reference to mental illness and was severely lacking any and all social skills as well as his ability to pick up on social queues. A classic case of a man being in a role that they are severely unqualified for. Unprofessional doesn't begin to describe Ryan's behavior. Anyone who is involved in hiring should question their caliber of candidate validation. I can't reinforce how great Josephine was. I am sorry she and all other employees have to work for Ryan. read more

food was good and my sever Mel was great she was very on top of it and came to check on if everything was good after the food came out

We both ordered blackened salmon. It was delicious! Came with broccoli that was steamed just right and fabulous red potatoes mashed. Yum! Kasarah was a great server - attentive and fast. Excellent choice for lunch today!! read more

Cottage Grove MN. 1. Smells weird. Like cleaning is 4th priority 2. Table of 6 got their food except one person. Took 12 min for us to realize they had no idea. Asked for food, and then they brought it to our table. COLD 3. Zero refills or follow up 4. Charged TWICE for this device on my bill (2 charges of 39.87). 5. There were approx 5 dinners total read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Double charged - American Near Me - Cottage Grove, Minnesota

I used to love Applebees but stopped going there a while back, but since I was living in a hotel on a business trip I went into the Applebees in the hotel parking lot. The picture of that 12 oz Ribeye steak looked fantastic. I love steaks. Ummmm What a disappointment. I read that Applebees is trying to get customers back into their restaurants. Don't the owners eat there? My 12 oz Ribeye steak was 3/8" of an inch thick at the thickest part. 3/8" !!! You are not going to get steak eaters in there to eat a 3/8" thick steak. BTW - my waitress and other personnel there were fantastic. read more

This place sucks came from a group photoshoot and everyone who got pasta wanted to throw up but the guy working there was nice and tried to fix it only good thing was dessert ! ty nice guy give him a raise and fire kitchen staff read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Cottage Grove, Minnesota

Typical Apple bees, their perfect margaritas is fire. If it was my restaurant I'd break away from the same ol same ol menu though.

I remember now why I don't like this chain at all - was hoping perhaps this one would change my mind - but it only cemented my displeasure! I don't know why, but out of all the places I eat at - this chain continues to over salt everything. You do this for one of three reasons! 1) Your food is flavorless, old or simple bad and the salt can cover it up! 2) The folks in the kitchen have no idea what the heck they are doing! 3) You are deliberately trying to kill me! read more

Let's start with the fact that no restaurant on this entire planet is perfect. However, this Applebee's is perfect for me. Whether I go to this Applebee's specifically or if I go to one out of town, I know what I am getting myself into. A chain establishment all with 99% similar menu choices and roughly the same design and layouts. That's just how it is. Growing up in Cottage Grove, I've had my fair share of events in my life that were celebrated at this particular location. Some good, some bad. I have also had spectacular experiences through the food and the staff at this location. On the contrary, I've also had some times where I had qualms about my time being there. Again, nowhere on this planet is perfect. Then again, this one is perfect for me. It is the only place (as of June 17th, 2018) that serves food till midnight and the bar is open until 1am here in this town. The entire staff has been far more personal, generous, and entertaining than any other Applebee's I've ever been to. After all, living in this town for my whole life, you get to know bartenders, regulars, managers, and the wait staff quite well. I cannot begin to put into words how much I appreciate the entire group of individuals that are on payroll here. Yes, it's a chain restaurant. No, there is no such thing as a quintessentially perfect restaurant. The Cottage Grove, Minnesota Applebee's is perfect for me. read more

Why do the to go portions seem less then if you're at the resturant. It's like everytimhing just gets quickly thrown in the containers. Fiesta lime chicken in the resturant vs To go is very different and the portion size is smaller. read more

Do NOT eat here. Unfortunately, this restaurant is not what it used to be. Once, Applebee's was a Family restaurant where you could come and enjoy a great meal with family. My parents loved it. I chose to go there with them for my birthday. Before, this meant you would get some kind of dessert or something for your birthday. Though it's a small thing and of no value it was the thought that separated Applebee's from others. Now, after my father told the service staff we had a birthday in our party but the server chose to ignore that. We did get our bill though, of course. In short, there's much better restaurants with better food and service. Applebee's is a relic of the past and a shell of it's former self. Our server was R.P. Perhaps they were out of desserts or they have canceled the policy regarding birthdays. That's too bad--practically all other sit down restaurants have a birthday policy for patrons. Seems like Applebee's is in a cost-cutting mode and likely indicative of a larger service quality issue. Maybe Applebee's is on the way out--again. read more

Got the wrong drinks twice! Didn't get any dressing with the salad and the wrong one when we finally did...asked for the correct one and never got it! The waiter (Shawn) dropped an entire thing of marinara sauce on me. This was our third time at this location and each time was worse then the last. Needless to say we will not be going back! The only positive thing I could say is when we finally got our entrees the were hot. read more

This isn't your typical slow, snotty service. These guys take slow to a new level. Beware of the bottomless beverages - we have been cut off at 3 on multiple occasions. The food is great, if you like microwaved or deep fried meals, but that is always expected. My nachos took 45 minutes to arrive and were soggy, this has happened before. They replaced them but forgot jalapeños and the sauce I requested. Three stars only because the manager fixed our bill, deduct one for the combative server. Cliff notes: With the plethora of offers at competing businesses, why bother with this place? read more

We came here only because I had to pick up Ci from her Haunted House Gig on Hwy. 61. Its your typical Applebees, Menu is the same as any other Applebees. Our server was super nice considering I had to leave and run and get Ci before our food came, so she kept it hot in the kitchen for us. Despite it being incredibly packed, she was super attentive. I doubt we will be back here only because we have no reason to ever go to Cottage Grove again once the Haunted House gig is over but nothing should stop you from stopping here for dinner or Happy Hour. read more

We just ordered car side to go and our food was the best we have ever had from them, and the staff was just slammed with cars picking up orders and they did an amazing job, keep up the great work. read more

Amazing staff and management. Great food and amazing perfect margaritas too

I will never return here again. Chain restaurants, especially this one have gone downhill the last several years. You get about 7 fries with a meal. The portion size is for a kid. Thanks for the 3 pieces of broccoli! And the ranch dressing tastes like fat free. Disgusting! read more

What has happened to this place? It is now gross! The service is horrible and the food is average at best.

Last weekend, some friends and I ordered Carside to Go lunch for 5 people. As the title would suggest, we never had to leave our car (a major plus in frigid MN). The food was ready to be picked up in less than 15 minutes, and it was nice and hot. We had a few special requests, and everything was prepared perfectly to order. All dipping sauces, dressings, etc were included and securely contained--they even included ketchup for the fries (unrequested). It was a very fast, stress-free experience...just the way it should be :) read more

This place is absolutely awful. We came in after a wedding, and the the sign said they were open until 1am. It certainly didn't feel like we were welcome. They weren't serving food which was very disappointing, and they were very selective in who they served. They wouldn't serve one friend in our group, but wouldn't explain why (she had been drinking, but no where near being cutoff). The bartender wouldn't serve my friend who's ID had been clipped bc he changed his address, and he's almost 30. When the clock hit one, they literally ripped the drink out of my friends hand. I would think they would want to be friendly and make some tips, but instead they were terribly rude and just wanted to leave. I'm going to also call their corporate office and ask them to evaluate that location. DON'T GO THERE. read more

Been here a few times. Servers are snotty, and slow. Food is disgusting, and microwaved. The only edible food is the stuff that is deep fried. I got the French onion soup and penne pasta with a margarita, the margarita was not blended and after eating I went out for a cigarette and puked! That's right the food got me sick! Disgusting! And everything is grossly over priced. If I want frozen TV dinner I'll go to walmart and save $10. read more

One star is too much! Food was so over salted and soaked in grease from the burgers, that to me anyway was not edible. Go for dinner and leave dehydrated due to over salty. read more

Night bartender is a good guy. Will hook you up. Food tastes the same as every other applebees. Half prices appetizers after 9pm.

We had a party of 6 adults and 3 children took us over 1 hour and 1/2 for a table. Once they told us they had a table and was taking us to seat us and it was not a table for us. When we finally got seated. It took a really long time to get our food. We were celebrating our granddaughters birthday! The two little kids were getting tired of waiting and hungry. Thank god I brought some cracker fish along for them. The food came out and almost everyone's food was cold. The manager came over Branden and was so rude....if I was the owner I sure would fire him in a heart beat! The manager complain that we were a large group of 9 to seat and wait on....really I don't think 6 adults and 3 children is a big group! This will be the last time we all go to that dump! Next time it is Junction 70 in Cottage Grove...they have the best employees and food!!!! read more

Service is either slow, sloppy or downright cheesy. Food is mediocre at best.

Always good food at Applebee's. I like it more than other restaurants like Chili's or Friday's. I recommend it. Typical Applebee's, good location. read more

My boyfriend and I went to Applebee's for a quick dinner. The quality of food was very good compared to other restaurants and even other Applebee's we have gone to. Our food was delicious, we had multiple friendly staff members including managers check on us throughout the meal. Coupled with a good happy hour deal we were absolutely satisfied with our trip.our waitresses name was Rianne and she was excellent she kept our beverages full and was very attentive and awesome!! This Applebee's went above and beyond our expectations. read more

Went for dinner with my wife after an awesome massage at The Healing Place in Cottage Grove (highly recommend). After placing our order and ordering a bottle of wine we watched as all of the tables around us that had came in after us were getting their food. Sheepishly our server came over and notified us that she had forgotten to place our order after we sat there for 40 minutes! She offered us a FREE appetizer which we had already ordered 2 of. Obviously the manager was watching as the server discussed this with us and clearly he saw the displeasure/anger on my face and soon after he came over and informed us that he would be buying our dinner and was putting a rush on it with the kitchen. Dinner took almost 2 hours. I will give them 3 stars because mistakes do happen and they went about it in the correct way. The manager did his job and he was lucky the bottle of wine was very cold which helped me be a bit more understanding than normal........and we had just come from a 90 minute massage. I am sure we will eventually go back. read more

We went for Veterans Day. Service was great, food was ice cold. Could have at least tossed it into the microwave for us!

I thought that the food at applebee's, or crapplebee's as I like to call it was just as mediocre as all of them. I would recommend going anywhere except here. read more

The only good thing I have ever had here is a drink. Everytime I have ate at this specific Bee's, I have gotten sick later. Food is not good and staff is slow. read more