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    Applebee's Grill + Bar

    2.6 (53 reviews)
    Open 11:00 am - 12:00 AM (Next day)

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    Good for groups
    Good for kids
    Good for dancing

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    Kevin C.

    Food quality has greatly improved - hadn't been here in 5 years due to declining food quality. One negative, they tried to charge me 2.99 for playing a game on the electronic device on the table. No notice or anything that there was a charge. I was going to give a one star - but that wouldn't have been fair to the better quality of food served.

    Kaylie A.

    Not the best Applebee's I've been to, but overall it was a nice spot to get some appetizers. Me and my boyfriend got the sampler with wonton tacos added on. They didn't give enough chips for how much dip they gave us and it really wasn't as filling as I thought it would be. I would recommend the wonton tacos though! They were good. It was pretty packed on a Friday night but that's expected in a local Applebees. We sat at the bar and had to wave down the bartender to order and get drinks. Overall, it wasn't my favorite experience at an Applebees but wasn't expecting a 5 star restaurant service either.

    Salina M.

    3 stars for trying to make things right. Placed an order with door dash and had a large order close to $100 Almost half the items were missing. I was told initially that the door dash employee was responsible for making sure things weren't missing. In order to get my replacement food I had to go pick it up, which was fine. The manager did replace what was missing and upgraded my Caesar salad to a large and gave 3 deserts as an apology. She was very nice and apologetic. After getting home and having what we needed we finally were able to eat. My sister bit into her burger and it wasn't fully cooked. The lemonade drinks did not taste right and the there was a lack of sauce on the wings and burger. We did call the manager to let her know about the uncooked burger and she did ask what could be done, however we were over the situation. I'm new here to forest lake and hope this isn't a reoccurring issue as there isn't much places to eat here.

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    Not sure what COVID has to do with Quality of meat and seasoning of meat ordered two steaks Both were poor quality and tasteless

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    Sometimes the food is average and sometimes the food is horrendous. This place is way too inconsistent for me to recommend to anyone.

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    11 years ago

    Had a wonderful waitress and very good food. The best applebees meal I have had. I would return. Try the double crunch shrimp!

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