Disappointing experience, especially during the holidays. From the moment we arrived, we were made to feel like an inconvenience because our party included 4 adults and a two-year-old. The hostess was passive-aggressive, and that attitude carried over to our server (lip tattoo on his neck), who seemed annoyed we were dining during a slower period (before churches let out). Despite leaving generous tips, he didn't say thank you and instead grabbed the receipts and items from the table. He and his coworkers then talked negatively about us within earshot, which was extremely unprofessional. The food didn't help--served warm instead of hot, and the pasta was watery. Overall, we felt unwelcome and won't be returning. read more

Honestly I would ahve only given it two stars for the food but the third star was for the efforts of the serving staff who were trying very hard to hustle around and get people served, some even helped in the kitchen to get foo prepared. Sadly, everything was, well sort of bad. The ranch dressing I ordered was good but but the bacon cheese burger was burnt, over cooked, on a hard rubbery bun and the bacon tasted old like it had been cooked hours earlier and sat around waiting to be used. I used to think Applebees competed head to head with Chili's but Chilis is far better and sadly is better staffed adding to the disapointment with Applebees, because the staff is really trying but the quality just isn't there. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Classic Bacon Cheeseburger with fries - Sports Bars Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

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My two favorite things here are the blackened chicken and shrimp and the Cajun shrimp, chicken and sausage pasta! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Cajun shrimp, chicken and sausage pasta! Yum - Sports Bars Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

Great food and great service, we are never disappointed when we go here,...............

We just ate lunch in Joplin mo. I ordered no salt on French fries twice and never received French fries with no salt. I was never received any. I only got one glass of water.never was asked if I wanted any more. There was more bones than meat on the ribs oh and the French fries I received was the ends and pieces. Obviously I didn't like the experience and service wasn't much better. read more

Friendly staff, it was busy and the server was awesome and took such great care of us.

Stopped in for a burger yesterday and a couple of things struck us as wrong. First, a server should NEVER sweep a carpet with a broom AND NEVER EVER where customers are seated. Just yuck!! And then walking out, thought the vestibule smelled like cat pee. The service and the food were alright though. read more

The Fiesta Lime Chicken was great. The rice was over done and over seasoned though. As for the Alfredo. The broccoli was not steamed and the linguine was over cooked and under cooked. I had hard pieces of linguine along with really slimy linguine. Spent my time eating the chicken and not the pasta. Our Server, Bryan, spent his time tending to his costumers at the bar and checked on us once. Every other time he was at our table was to give us our order and without any words exchanged. Every time we did need something it took fifteen minutes to get it. He was not attentive either. I say this because I got the wrong drink. Definitely room to improve. If your looking for a good apple bees... Don't go here. read more

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The food was excellent. I ordered a Bourbon Shrimp and Chicken dinner. It comes with red mashed potato. This arrived on a cast iron fajita pan sizzling hot. The flavor was amazing. The chicken was tender like you read about. The only thing that was amiss was the shrimp which showed up tepid in temperature. I was able to remedy this by relocating the shrimp to touch the blazing hot pan which corrected the temperature instantly. The waitress was very skilled and her execution was spot on. read more

Worst meal ever!!! It was over an hour before we finally got our food. Everything was cold. My steak was cold and extra rare when it was meant to be medium well. It was the equivalent of me buying meat at the grocery store rare. Sent it back. Still raw AF. Not only did they use a press to brown the outside but still raw raw in the middle. When they returned it my plate with sides was swimming in butter and oil. The manager came to the table and he looked like he hasn't bathed/showered in days! Never will I step foot in that nasty establishment. read more

Angie and Bryan are absolutely the best bartenders by far!! 1/2 off apps and $6 mega drinks is a win for me!

I adore the Joplin Applebee's. Consistently excellent, no matter what time you roll on in. Obviously monthly $5 drink specials, but check out their online menu for ideas how you could expand that a bit, winky face. Staff is busy, but not frantic. Helpful, but not annoying. Prompt, but not obtrusive. Their website says they dropped prices. Wow, COVID sucks. A restaurant THIS great shouldn't be struggling! Go help 'em out, Joplin. You gotta eat. Might as well eat here! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Sports Bars Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

I had never been to this Applebees before and I was blown away. I have always considered Applebees to be a low end chain restaurant but this place was 5 star today. Ricky the cook made me the best sirloin steak I have ever eaten in a restaurant in my entire life. Our waitress was amazing. She was attentive without being annoying and had a smile and pleasant disposition. She made sure we were happy with everything. The place was clean and reasonably quiet. There were a few people enjoying drinks at the bar and quite a few other people eating throughout the restaurant. I'm also happy to report that the perfect margaritas are in fact, perfect! I know because I had two of them! Wonderful experience. I would go back in a heartbeat. read more

Never eat here. I think our waiter was on something. It took 45 minutes to just get my APPETIZER, which was the mozzarella sticks. They were pretty good but obviously pre-packaged and just heated up. It took another 20 to 30 minutes to get our food. I ordered the Mac and cheese with chicken tenders. The chicken was actually really good, but the pasta tasted like nothing and was just kinda thrown on the plate. We were never once asked if we needed refills, extra napkins, etc. There was a spider on the table next to us that the waiter had to kill. The floor is covered in dropped food and everything is just kind of sticky and dirty. Tables around us were leaving and refusing to pay. Some never got their food. We were lucky I guess. 1 star. Shut it down. It's never really been great, but every time I'm there it's worse. read more

Not sure why i keep coming back here. Service is mediocre but in this day and age it's hard to knock them on that. No one can seem to keep workers. Our waiter came by once to fill drinks. Food was warm but not hot. Think it had been sitting under the heat lamp for a bit. The for cheese macaroni and cheese was more like noodles with chicken steps on top. Barely any cheese and very minimal sauce on the chicken. The beef nachos were mostly chips a tablespoon or two of beef and then lots of melted shredded cheese. Few jalapeños and lots of green onions. Just have better options in the area than Applebee's read more

I have never been denied military discount like I have today from this Applebees even when showing my military ID I got denied because I am a spouse of a service member that's active stationed overseas. Was told management is "picky" on discounts now... kinda a punch in the gut cause I may not be the one active but I am part of the service. How can you "support" military but deny a military spouse?!? My husband who is active military & I will not return to this location because this has NEVER been an issue anywhere else. read more

Before I get started, I must confess that I initially am not a fan of this restaurant chain, I'm of the opinion that one does not simply walk into applebees for gourmet. I don't mind so much the quality concerning the price, but they're constantly updating their menu to "keep up with the times." My question is what makes them unique? I ordered the bourbon street chicken and shrimp. Maybe this is just me, but I couldn't taste the pesto flavour in the sauce. My friend who ordered the same plate barely got any pesto sauce. The potatoes were pretty decent though, they had a nice crisp and were seasoned just right! The service was good. The food didn't take too long to get to us, our drinks were never empty, & the waiter had a pleasantness about her! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Sports Bars Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

1. We ordered a bourbon burger & prime rib dip. The prime rib on my sandwich was charred. Both orders of fries were cold when they were served to us (by another employee). We were the only table in the bar area. Our waitress appeared to have no other customers. Our bill was 49.62 read more

Don't order a steak. It isn't a ribeye. It probably isn't even beef. Get a Banguet salisbury steak frozen dinner, wash off the slime and slurry and you've got what they call a "12oz Ribeye. Horrifying. Ordered medium rare and came out with grill marks painted on top, purple inside and grey and slimy on the bottom. Worst frigging steak anyone has ever served me. Sent it back and comes out well done. So I was done lol. And the first baked potato I couldn't eat no matter how much butter and sour cream I slathered it in. Just a horrifying meal. Chips and artichoke dip from a can appetizer. And a table that kept wobbling til it drove us all to wanna throw it across the place. I mean our waiter was great and comped my hog slop "meal", but come the hell on.... Close this hell-hole down. read more

I absolutely love apple bees!! There so clean and all the staff is always so helpful with the menu and know what there talking about, apple bees is a normal for us, honestly every once and awhile I try to go to chilis which is like the same type of food and there always so busy or something going on so we end up going to apple bees anyways, never a long wait either, love you guys!! read more

Great Chicken Caesar Salad and EXCEPTIONALLY GREAT Onion Rings: very crisp and not even a little bit greasy! Good service, too!

Terrible service - attitude and good ! Rude ! Can't begin to tell all of it ! We won't be going back - EVER ! !!

Asked for medium rare steak, they brought it to me fully cooked, very disappointed and killed my mood. Steak was dry, garlic green beans were boiled and didn't look like the one they had in the picture. They did ask if I wanted a new steak but I don't have time for it so yep. Manager did take off the steak off of my receipt. Only thing that was good was the desert. Very disappointed and not coming back!!!!!!!!! #MediumRare4Life read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Asked for medium rare and they brought it to be well done. Hella dry!!!! #MediumRare4Life - Sports Bars Near Me - Joplin, Missouri

Me and my family ordered 4 items and drinks we got shrimp and chicken and steak and chicken then pasta the first 8oz steak was going to be medium rare and it came out well done we sent it back and it came out good but it was a 6 oz the steak and shrimp didn't have shrimp so that came out after we were done eating only the 8oz stake was refunded terrible service wouldn't go again read more

I've been eating at this franchise across the country for as long as they've been in business. Today was unfortunately the worst experience I've had. My wife, daughter, and I stopped in for dinner. My wife and daughter got the 2 for $22 Chicken tenders baskets which were fine and my daughters onion rings appetizer was also fine. My wife's salad was literally frozen. She started expelling the froze parts as to not complain but the further down she got the more she realized the entire salad was frozen. She put everything back in the bowl and told the server. She took the salad back and brought back the same one that was now thawed?!? Needless to say, it didn't get touched. I ordered a 8oz sirloin as that was the only steak option and ordered it medium with mashed potatoes and steam broccoli. Steak was well done, mashed potatoes were like soup but the broccoli was good. Then on top of that, every beer my wife ordered sat at the bar for 10-15 minutes before being served... I don't know about you but we enjoy COLD beer... sorry to say I won't visit this location again and it's sad because it's near home. read more

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The service is wonderful. Unfortunately the salt-laden food is not. The chicken wrap had no chicken, and the salad had no lettuce! I was left with a pile of sticks that could garnish 5 oriental chicken salads. read more

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Waitress was rude. They forgot sauce on my burger . My fiancé's Alfredo didn't have much Alfredo on it. They give us sauce instead of remaking it correctly. read more

I really enjoy the food. I tend to get appetizers more often so I can get a little of everything. Service is usually good.

So, let me start on this shit show by saying that I waited for my margarita for a solid 30 minutes. My family and I have been waiting for our food for about an hour or more, and then when I got my steak it was super rubbery and gross, our waiter was super slow I can understand why this place is going out of business. Oh not to mention, we had one knife for a table of 6. Disgusting. read more

We were there on a Monday at 11 a.m.. First customers of the day. Our table was set, but filthy. That screen that sits on the table was coated with grimy fingerprints, as was the table. Additionally, there were crumbs all over the table. We asked to get the table wiped while the men who were with us went to use the restroom. When they came back, they were all grossed out having just seen one of the employees use the restroom & then leave without washing his hands. We left. read more

Meh, I guess no matter where you are, Applebee's is no good. The service was great, although the hostess was awkward... She didn't know if she could sit us in a booth or not. There were two booths by the windows to the left of the door! The food its self is typical cheap bar food. We both got the Bourbon Street Chicken and Shrimp with salads. My son got the kids corn dog and strawberries with yogurt. My chicken had little pesto on it while my friend's looked like it had plenty. We just stopped for a quick bite before leaving Joplin. Next time we'll go else where. read more

Good food and fantastic service!! Our server Shaniah B was amazing! She was a bright star on our sea to shining sea RoadTrip. She took the initiative to help me order with my extensive food allergies. read more

I ordered a red beer using bloody mary mix..is that so hard? What i got charged was full price for a Titos bloody mary that was added to my Mich Ultra beer...so $4 for 16 oz beer....75 for bloody mary mix...5.50 FOR BLOODY MARY. and a 1.25 upcharge for Titos vodka. The alfredo bowl was good...but wholly sh_t... read more

NO WAY! Seriously I would rather not eat. Soggy salad. Oil soaked "steamed" veggies and overall gross everything else read more

30 minutes to get chips which were greasy and cold. Dried food chunks on silverware. 2nd order of chips were better. Ribs were good. Overall experience not so good. read more

Good food, great service, large portions. Mom's friend wanted to eat here, so we had dinner here one night. It was very busy, and, unlike California, smoking is still allowed in restaurants here, so it was a 'different" experience for me. I need to find a local Applebees. read more

Yeah hell hole. Food was absolutely terrible. The mushroom dish we got hardly had mushrooms and looked like someone's leftovers. We'll go to 4th meal over this if we get that desperate. read more

I would give 0 stars if it would let me. I ordered the "pepper crusted steak and grains" as the photo in the menu made it look appealing. The food was presented in front of me quicker than a Hyundai can hit 0-60 and the presentation made it look like it was just rolled out of a bag, the kitchen didn't even attempt to spread it around the plate. The plate was hotter than the surface of the Sun, leading me to the conclusion that the entire dish was just simply microwaved. Trust me, you're better off buying a TV dinner from your local grocery store. :( read more

Don't go here unless you don't care if what you order is not what is brought to your table, or you enjoy watching you beer set on the bar for 5 minutes while your server disappears in the kitchen. Long time Applebee's customer here. This one sucks!!! read more

Against my wishes I was dragged to this place. I ordered the zesty chicken sandwich. The picture online showed it had lettuce tomatoes and onion. It was served with a bun only. My dinner companions chicken was hard and old. Friend was celebrating a birthday and her birthday desert was a mini spoonful of ice cream with some chocolate syrup. I could've got better food at McDonald's. read more