We had the pleasure of being served by Maria. From start to finish, Maria made our dining experience a pleasure. She was very knowledgeable about the menu. She got our drinks very fast. We come here very often and haven't had such a good Waitress such as Maria. She definitely gets a two thumbs up and is one of the better waitresses that you have. I cannot say that I have one complaint she made my Valentine's Day very special considering other times that we come there we have to wait. Have to ask for the waiter to come back. They never check on us. Never bring us A1 sauce but this trip Maria made sure everything was perfect and we thank her. read more

do not order the skillet OM Cheese Burger. burger was sitting on top of melted overly salted cheese stuck to a skillet with salted fries. stick with the regular cheeseburger. it should be taken off the 2 for 25 menu. if the regular cheeseburger was an option, it was not offered. read more

All you can eat is bullshit !!! Second order took 20 min to get and was 3 burnt tenders,next i ordered ribs another tiny portion 25 min,inwas still hungry but had been there 2 hrs after waiting 20 min just to be seated ,not enough help,wait staff lazy as hell couldnt even get. Refill of drink read more

I was immediately noticed and greeted by a busy waiter that saw us arrive. We were seated shortly after to a booth . Our server was attentive and very personable. Burgers and Mac and cheese were good. They have a wide variety of local brewery beers that are incredible. The manager is very attentive to the guests and what they would like to be served. Glad to see a nice crowd this afternoon. read more

Beyond amazing service here! Had the pleasure of eating in with Cindy as my server on a Wednesday afternoon, she was so sweet and attentive, as well as considerate! She allowed me to sit wherever I was comfortable and had me in and out with in 20 minutes! Food was fantastic and the ambiance was great! Will be back soon! read more

Came with my brother-in-law to catch up and grab a bite to eat. Service was good and the server was very friendly. Food has probably gotten a little better over the years and there is no real sticker shock when you get your bill. Not a bad spot to catch a bite and get some decent quality food for your money. Location is convenient and only minutes away from Toms River or Manchester. Parking is ok and although the area has a lot of traffic, it wasn't too bad to park. For sure I would visit again. read more

Always a pleasure to eat at Applebees as the food selection, as well as the service is quality plus

horrible service. not only were they rude and improfetional they were cursing at eachother yelling at eachother and saying slurs. they were blasting rap music volger music in the kitchen while yelling the lyrics with explicit language. they also yelled at us after we did not add a tip becase of their horrible service. they waitress came up to us and said "nice tip" sense when were tips mandatory? I don't understand how the manager can sit there and indoulge with them and follow along with it. read more

Pretty much your standard Applebee's, with high school paraphernalia on the walls and sticky tables paired with vinyl bench seats. The food really isn't all that exciting and leaves much to be desired. The real draw to this location is the fact that there isn't much else around. If you're in the mood for a standard night at Applebee's, give it a go. Otherwise, I think I'll pass on stopping by again. read more

It's been forever since I've had quality bro time at Applebee's so today I was greatly excited to give it another go. First off, the set up on the outdoor patio is so enjoyable. There was a warm heater to keep us satisfied and Flat screen TV's to set a cool vibe. Tables were socially distanced throughout the restaurant to accommodate everybody's safety. We all picked on The classic combo, which is a big sharing platter of boneless wings, mozzarella sticks, spinach and artichoke dip, and chicken quesadillas. The mozzarella sticks were hot, stringy, and very cheesy. And the dip in the marinara sauce was out of this world! The spinach and artichoke dip was also so cheesy, hot and fresh. A perfect dip for the perfect chip. Unfortunately, the boneless wings didn't really do it for me. They were very plain, not crunchy and was my least favorite thing on the platter. But the chicken quesadillas clutched with their amazing flavor and cheese pull that just blew me away. Overall on the appetizers, it was an excellent option for everyone to pick and enjoy themselves. Now for that juicy, crunchy, and delicious whisky bacon burger. An all beef patty topped with two slices of pepper jack cheese, crispy onions, two strips of applewood-smoked bacon and fireball whisky-infused steak sauce. Topped with lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickles on a brioche bun. It was everything I could have ever asked for. And those French fries with ketchup on the side is the best side to go with your burger. The fries were salted to a marvelous taste and fried to a significant texture. The satisfaction on everybody's food made it a great night as we laughed and savored it! One last thing I wanted to mention was Cindy, our pleasurable server that I know had a big smile under her mask as she was hardworking and on the job. She took care of everything and everyone with such joy and delight. It was such a fun night out and Applebee's made the night even better!!! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Manchester, New Jersey

Nicely decorated. They have all you can eat specials Monday through Wednesday. Amen there are no children at this location. Food was good and they kept bringing refills. read more

They have good food at aplebee's. Sometimes the wait is a little too much. The service is usually good there. It close for us, 1/2 mile away. read more

terrible management. 20 people waiting 1 hour with 12 tables that remained empty . supposedly not enough staff. one bartender now serving dinners at bar and clearing dishes as I waited 15 minutes for a drink while manager stood watching and did nothing to help. two young matrade's who could not speak loud enough for any customer waiting to hear the name! Most poorly run Applebees I have ever seen. This was the second chance never again read more

As long as you have dividers up on your bar, I will not come in. Utterly ridiculous! I frequent bars to eat dinner and socialize. I will patronize only bars that are fully open with no BS rules. Cut the crap already!! read more

if you have been to one Applebee's, you have been to All of them. No different than any other AB besides the people that may go there on a regular... example, different parts of town, schools etc. Half Price Apps after 9 or 10pm every night.. yumm yumm read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Manchester, New Jersey

This Applebee's is so nice , friendly staff , fast, ans them wonton tacos are to dieeeee for !

Average Applebee's, it's everything you'd expect from a chain restaurant. The food is decent and the service is good. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Manchester, New Jersey

Told 20 minute wait. Gave them name & cell number. Went to Car and returned 35 later. Watched people AFTER us being seated. Told Us they Called the cell. Show ed them my phone NO CALLS. No apologies, just seated us in a booth where we had trouble reaching up to the Table! Waitress took Our Appetizer order & asked for Our Main Course, promising NOT to put it in Until appetizers were at Our table. Appetizers came followed 1 minute later with 1 of Our main courses. Waitress told that was not mine. Same course eventually was brought out Ice Cold !! I should have known better than to come here. ( BTW, typing this while WAITING for the check !! read more

We've been coming here fairly frequently for the past year ; it's clean, friendly, and usually more than you would expect. I ordered a steak Black & Blue/ Pittsburgh which I've done here before and found acceptable except for tonight. The steak I got was well done and obviously a "re-do" ; I did something I rarely do and sent it back and thru the very capable barmaid, who was reprimanded by the manager who seemed to blame the poor barmaid. I asked to talk to manager and who actually "pushed back" - we don't do Pittsburgh; I said I don't do shoe-leather. Very disappointed in a place we "like". I eventually got a rare acceptable steak with my old sides. It's actually a shame; the bottom line mean everything to "corporate" and the the employee means little and not much better for the customer. Warning "all glory is fleeting", but I don't thInk they really care; as I said, it's a shame.. read more

Love love love Applebee's! always great specials going on, prices are reasonable and of course my favorites, 3 cheese penne pasta and chicken tenders are my stand-by greats! They don't give you water as most places do and the booths need more padding as you sink so low, you feel like a little kid reaching up to eat. Wish they would look at that as many I know are "booth" sitters. read more

We had a great dinner at Applebees tonight.we sat at the bar and besides having a great dinner, our server/bartender was courteous, knowledgeable and professional and enjoyable. On our next trip to Applebees we will be sure to ask for Rehada so that we can sit in her section. Sorry about the spelling of her name; but she was fenomable. read more

It's Applebee's so you pretty much know what you are getting into food-wise. This particular one is located in the "Senior-area" of Manchester, so expect a large crowd in the late afternoon and try and be patient with the other customers, as many are elderly. The staff is friendly, and the food isn't terrible. Great pit stop with the kids, as it's pretty quiet and out of the way. read more

Honestly the managers are extremely rude and every time I ordered my shrimp not blackened it had to be sent back cause it was blackened. The entire place is filled with incompetent losers except for like 3 servers. read more

Came here on a friday night. the localmhigh school seemed to just have a game because the place was packed with teenagers in football and cheerleading uniforms. Drinks were watered down. Don't waste your time on drinks get water. The food was disgusting , but I don't expect much from Applebee's. Had no other option that night. read more

Server rushed through the ordering process despite our asking her to come back when she had more time to discuss the menu. Manager sided with waitress saying he receives lots of compliments on her. We felt unwelcome and left. read more

Applebee's claims to offer a senior discount, however they make it contingent on how much you spend. Apparently they do not offer a senior discount on their two for twenty meal but do not post that vital piece of information on their menu. Applebee's has a responsibility to make you aware of that. It isn't until you get your bill and ask for the senior discount that you're told about this. Apparently they have a Golden Apple card their Golden Apple that they don't tell you about either, and it is on this card that they disclose this information.. They either have a senior discount or they don't. When I tried to give the manager my feedback he seemed to want to argue the point. Especially when I told him that I was a big Yelp person. I don't like bait and switch and I don't like surprises, and I especially don't like being treated like an idiot. read more

I stopped on a sunday night to watch the Cavs Warriors game two and immediately was confronted as a confortational guest. I don't understand as a bar that represents itself as a neutral bar is throwing me out because I'm a confrontational Cavs fan. read more

A disaster. The worst Applebee's I've been to. My family and myself went there 9/15. Food was not appetizing. We ordered sirloin steaks. Couldn't cut thru mine..all fat. My mother ordered French onion soup. The top of the soup was so burned it was black. I was served my food 1st and sat there waiting 25 min until my family's food got brought out. I had to get up from my table to speak to a Mgr because our waiter disappeared. Mrg did not comp us for bad service/food. I wrote a letter to guest services at their main office in MO. Please don't eat here. They need to re-train their kitchen staff to serve appetizing food and re-train their wait staff and mgt on how to treat their customers. I've learned my lesson. read more

First time visit, was not pleased with the rack of ribs. Manager caught wind of me not being happy, after I had eaten half the dinner hoping it would get better, he insisted the meal was taken off the bill with no further discussion. This is not my practice, however, if no one says what is wrong, the cook will never know what to look out for. Bottom line, I will be going back weekly only because of his actions that night. If it were a different manager with a different attitude, business might be effected by their decision. Go to this place, look for a short, stocky, maybe Italian guy wearing a manager badge, shake his hand and show him this, he will remember. Halloween night 6pm. read more

We go to this location several times a month for the past few years because the food is really good. Great burgers and love the sweet potato fries! The only complaint I have is that the "take out" / "get it to go" service/food is not that great, you usually get it home and the portions are smaller that when you eat inside and usually cold. But if you sit down and eat there, then it's good. The staff is alright and the décor is that of a sports bar/pub, always clean. read more

IT'S NICKNAMED CRAPPLEBEES FOR A REASON! My boyfriend and I stopped in for a quick dinner before shopping. We ordered the special because the bartender said it was a big hit. Chicken shrimp and potatoes. I asked for mine without mushroom and onions. We were served and mine was loaded with mushrooms and onions....fail #1. They "sent it back to make a new one"....which I'm sure they just removed the unwanted veggies. 20 minutes post dinner my boyfriend and I became violently ill for the next 6 hours with food poisoning. It was all we ate that day and we had the same dish.....thanks for nothing but a bad time Applebees of manchester. #gross. #neveragain read more

Good atmosphere and decent food. The staff that works there is great. Sometimes, the service can be a bit slow. I definitely like going there with friends and family. Great for special occasional events as well. read more

Food is absolutely horrible. We keep going back because its local and we'll never go again. Ordered the Brewhouse chicken last time and it was like rubber, basically chicken flavored chewing gum. I didn't complain because last time we went we complained about a bloody burger we asked for well done for my daughter. It was the same manager didn't wanna seem like we're looking for free food. Highly do not recommend. Also don't sit people by the bar with kids we don't wanna expose them to the loud drunks that were there thanks. read more

service was terrible, bartender got 2 of my friends orders completely wrong, like not even the right menu item wrong... beer seemed flat as well only reason I'm giving a second star is because my food was correct and tasted ok.. read more

I really wish yelp would allow you to give 0 stars because not only does this place deserve 0 stars, its like -10 in my book. They changed the menu so now you have to look for about 10 minutes to find anything even remotely good to order. But that's not my major issue with this garbage restaurant. My wife and I went there last month to have a nice dinner and some drinks to unwind from the long day we both had at work.... HUGE MISTAKE. We couldnt even get a table for 2, so we decided to sit in the outside area which was enclosed so it wasnt cold or anything but we were literally the only customers out there for a good half hour before other customers started coming out there. Thats still not my major issue. My issue with this place is the SERVICE. I mean I have literally never had such shitty service in my entire life. We werent given any silverware or napkins, GOOD LUCK getting another drink because the waitress was too busy looking at her phone at the bar to be concerned about us (real nice). She didnt even bring out our food, it was another waitress. She never ONCE came by to see if we needed a refill on our drinks or how our food came out, NOTHING. It was so bad that I had to ask for the manager to get another beer because this chick was too busy on her phone. Who do you think brings me my beer? The shitty waitress.. who gave me and my wife the WORST excuse ever... "Im so sorry were really busy tonight"..... bitch we wouldnt be having this conversation if you werent on your damn phone and actually paid attention to your tables! Not only that, even if the place was jam packed, youre a waitress!! Its your job to take care of your customers, and this place fails MISERABLY in that department. Also like I said earlier, they changed the menu and for the worst.. terrible selection of food and not only that the quality is garbage. I got a steak with mashed potatoes and broccoli and im pretty sure my 11 year old nephew could have cooked it better. Needless to say whenever my wife and I do decide to eat out at a chain restaurant like this, we go to Fridays where we always get fast and friendly service, good deals on food and drinks, and the food is MUCH MUCH better. Save yourself the headache and the money.. NEVER go to this place.. that is if you enjoy shitty food and shitty service. read more

The waiter didn't give me the right food. It made me quite angry and it wasn't not cooked th way I asked it to be. All in all a bad experience. read more

Absolutely horrible!! My parents and I will never go to any Applebees ever again. First of all they changed menus, which was a mistake. This was the only time that I ever had trouble finding something that I wanted to eat on a menu. It took me, and my Father, a good 10 minutes to find something on the menu. Second of all my uncle and my Father ordered hamburgers. They both wanted the burgers medium. My uncle got his and it was raw on the inside. My Dad got his and it was so well done that it was almost burned. Third of all my Mom and I got the 2 for $20. We got the onion rings for appetizers and we got the same thing. I forgot what it's called but it's basically big, long elbow noodles in a cream sauce that was horrible. It made my Mothers and my stomach upset. The waitress was great. Unfortunately the only good thing that all 4 of us ate was the onion rings. I used to love Applebees, but with this new menu everything was disgusting. Never again. read more

if i could give 0 stars i would. we made reservations for a fundraiser and then when all of us showed up at 7:30 a cook informed us that we weren't on the calendar even though we reserved this months ago! we have our confirmation and everything but they cancelled on us. over all worst service ever received even though we didn't even receive service. read more