My expectations are not very high when going chain restaurants like this but I was surprised today. Tatiana was very personable and didn't act she couldn't wait to get to the next table. Even with her "expecting ", she still did an awesome job. The food came out exactly as we ordered. Nothing tasted pre-made like it had been sitting under a heat lamp. She came back to check on us several times. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Chicken Wonton Tacos - American Near Me - McDonough, Georgia

I redownloaded this app just to tell you guys how TERRIBLE this dining experience was. 5 mile per hour gridlock traffic in Atlanta is faster than the service at this establishment. I do not blame it on the servers but rather the cooks in the kitchen that I heard arguing for over 40 minutes as we sat on the opposite side of the restaurant. Although, we did not receive napkins and only got 1 refill after being sat at the table for over 2 hours. As far as ambiance, there were maybe 15 people in the restaurant, all chatting away, which was unsurprising due to the lack of food on any of the tables. When we GOT our food, it was overcooked and NOT worth the money. And to top it all off we had to ask for the check TWICE and had to wait 25 minutes to even see it. I urge you to AVOID THIS RESTAURANT AT ALL COSTS!!! Please, do yourself a favor and stay as far away from this place as humanly possible. read more

We were hesitant about going there based on the reviews. As we were walking from our hotel to go to a different restaurant, a couple stopped us and asked if we were going to Applebees. The woman said it was the best time she had there. So we changed our mind and went. We decided to sit at the bar, between the barmaid and other patrons, we had a great time. We ordered dinner the 2 for meals, great bargain. My husband got the sirloin steak and I got the fiesta lime chicken. Food was delicious, cooked perfectly. We even got a discount for staying at the hotel. We ended up going there again on our way home, ordered the same food, just as good as the first time, same great customer service. Big shout out to Tina & Haley, for good drinks and conversation. This place is definitely worth eating and drinking at. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Sirloin steak, mashed potatoes and broccoli - American Near Me - McDonough, Georgia

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I was traveling and stopped for the night at a hotel near this Applebees. I enjoyed a few dollaritas and spinach dip before ordering the southwest chicken bowl for my entree. The meal was good but I felt like it was missing something, like it needed some sauce or something. I probably wouldn't order it again. The service was good. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Southwest Chicken Bowl - American Near Me - McDonough, Georgia

My food was terrible, rib tips was dry tough I did a mobile order , I should have check my order before I left , but a big business like that I expected better. First my mobile was not ready when they say it was. The atmosphere was terrible, you walk in to pick up the food , all the waitresses seems like they were unhappy no greet when you enter. Never again read more

So I haven't eaten here since before 9/11. But today we were passing through the area on the way home from a trip and I thought it would be funny to eat here, since I haven't been to McDonough much since leaving after high school. The joke was on me, unfortunately. This restaurant was very dirty, and all one has to do if they don't believe me is to look up at the ceiling. I didn't notice this until after or order had been placed, so we were stuck. Our waitress was polite enough, I guess but our food took a while to come out, on a slow Sunday afternoon. The sandwich was piping hot but the fries tasted like they were made yesterday. To her credit, our waitress brought out fresh ones almost right away, and that's what got this Applebees location 2 stars. I'm pretty sure not all Applebees locations are as bad as this one, but just trust me when I say the nostalgia isn't worth your time and money. read more

New staff is excellent The new management has upgraded the Grovetown Ga location tremendously. Food was hot, the young lady Selina or sabrina checked on us. The bartendar and server Bre was very helpful and made excellent drinks. We will definitely return to this location. By the way the table next to us got the same attention but they were really rude to our server. Just goes to show some people are never satisfied Great job guys and gals!!! read more

Wow! It wasn't until we were seated that I discovered how unclean this place was. One look at the ceiling tells most of the story but, the floors were sticky, as well. The business should issue hazmat suits to its workers, who have to endure this disgusting location. Clearly, the owners are not investing cleanliness or restoration. If corporate saw this, they would shut it down. Do health inspectors look up? Service was slow, but pleasant. Food was average, or below your regular Applebees. The hotel next door should stop recommending it. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Restaurant ceiling vent. - American Near Me - McDonough, Georgia

Food was spot on as it always is! Ambiance was warm and welcoming! AMIYA C was our server, she tried real hard, great personality, great smile, very kind but my wife and I are used to Applebee's servers being on their game all the time. We are assuming she was new, not to mention she was the only young lady on the floor waiting on every table by herself. I had to ask for a spoon to stir my coffee, we had to ask for small plates to share our shareable appetizer, we had to ask for silverware to eat our entrees when they came, but she did everything that was ask of her with a smile and an apology every time we ask for something! My wife and I travel a lot around the United States, and Applebee's is our go-to spot wherever we are because the quality of the food never changes, it is great, prices are fair and service is great! Amiya C will get there, her personality supersedes remembering every little detail and again, she was the ONLY person on the floor when we were there at 5:16 PM. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - McDonough, Georgia

I had a great experience as my first time there. my server Kaila was very nice. Had great energy and made sure my first time dining here was wonderfu. I plan on being back soon. read more

Terrible customer service!!! Visited on 8.6.2025 and sat for over 15 minutes with no service. Waitresses were serving the tables in front and behind us and they never acknowledged us. We decided to go somewhere else due to lack of customer service. Dave n' Buster's in McDonough has top tier customer service... I recommend you go visit Dave n busters first. I would give them a zero but that is not an option. read more

Our waitress was excellent. However, the cleanliness of the location was horrible! A roach crawled out from under the table. When I brought it to the attention of an attendant, she stomped on it and then left it on the floor. Another table got a manager to address it. The food was decent but we've had better. Before we left, i visited the ladies bathroom. Two of the stalls were filthy and the only one that was clean had a door that didn't lock. Let's just say I've been to outhouses in foreign countries that were cleaner. It will be awhile before we return. read more

OK so any decent night at this Applebee's is dependent upon who's working. We tend to sit at the bar so the service is more consistent and the bartenders seem hardworking. The rest of the staff minus a server or two can come across as lazy. I see alot of standing around and hanging out near the back by the bar. Meanwhile the bathrooms will be dirty, customers will need help and food will need runners. If I managed here I'd have to be in house more often to observe and enforce more working and less socializing. The food and drinks are decent though, so the cooks and bartenders are doing their part. All in all I went mid with 3 stars based on food and drinks alone. read more

Had not been to Applebees in a year. Was very disappointed. The service was good, took a long time to get food and was shocked when it came out. I had a mushroom burger and side salad. The salad was borderline, wilted and turning yellow. Burger was slapped on a plate with no garnish or anything, a brown blob. The burger tasted like a dirty grill and had black residue on it. It was greasy and tasteless. My friend had the same with tomato basil soup. The soup was lukewarm warm and tasted like gambles right out of the can. It was so bad we ate just a couple bites and left a gift card to Applebees as part of tip because I won't be back read more

This is what happened; We walked in, and got seated at a table. Our waitress was really nice, but she was very forgetful. My dad asked for a sweet tea, and instead received a Coke. He didn't mind though (he likes coke). Then, when we ordered our food, we were told that my meal was BURNT. Excuse me? Then, when my food finally came out, I got regular French fries when I CLEARLY asked for waffle fries. On top of that, she took FOREVER to bring us our dessert, to-go boxes, AND check. It's a Friday night and not even THAT busy! read more

Tenders hard, drink salty, 5$ drink was even salty manager explained it's premade and that's the flavor. Nothing to brag about here just wanted to post photos. read more

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i would never go here ever again first off the menu options are horrible and the service is terrible. I had to ask for refills but was sitting at the bar so I'm not sure how she couldn't see our drinks empty when she never moved from the bar then our food wasn't even cooked all the way and was overall disgusting and now me and my husband woke up today sick with food poisoning. So if you were looking to go out and eat somewhere I think McDonalds would be better than this. read more

Jayla and Zariah best server and host they have there definitely need to make them have ah higher pay rate or at least manager positions great service good communication best ones I've seen in ah long time read more

My husband ordered the 6 oz. Top Sirloin* cooked medium. This is what he got. He couldn't even chew or cut into it. Because my husband is unproblematic and doesn't want to speak up- I am. I used to eat at Applebee's all the time and never had an issue. This was gross and you won't be seeing us here. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - 6 oz. Top Sirloin* - American Near Me - McDonough, Georgia

I've been here many times, but stopped going years ago because of their slow service and customer service issues. I decided to give them another try. It was not that crowded for lunch time when we arrived. We were promptly seated and given menus. I place my order, which was a special that was suggested by the server. 15 mins later, the server tells me they are out of the special. I order something else, a simple lunch, which took at least 30 mins. Our drinks came out quickly, but were gone by the time our food finally arrived. The meal was good, not excellent/not bad, but the time it took to get it wasn't. If you like Applebees, choose this location when you have nothing pressing for the rest of your day. read more

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Applebee's is pretty much the same. Same decor and food. What makes bad meal would be staff and service. We had a great experience. Staff was fr I endly and waitress was great. Thumbs up read more

Here's my review for this place: Food-We ordered shrimp, ribs, chicken tenders, a side salad, and mozzarella sticks. For drinks, we ordered an alcoholic beverage, tea, and lemonade. It was delicious! Service-Our server was Kyle. He was a nice guy. He brought us everything we needed. Ambiance- it was good. There was music playing and people enjoying themselves. I give this place 4 stars because my wife's alcoholic beverage was weak. To say the most... read more

We celebrated a coworker's retirement here. We DID have a large party (40+) but DID let them know ahead of time. The food was good, the drinks moderately priced. All in all it was a decent experience but I do not see what sets them apart from their competitors. read more

The 3 cheese mac n cheese was just noodles sitting in milk with no cheese. The sweet honey chicken tenders made the whole dish tooo sweet so the bed of noodles underneath just turned into sweet milk and noodles. Very disgusting and i had stomach problems afterwards. I ate the chicken and tried the noodles. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Four Cheese Mac & Cheese with Honey Pepper Chicken Tenders - American Near Me - McDonough, Georgia

Went here today with my husband, sister in law and niece and nephew. My husband and I had the 2 for $20 . We has two Cesar salads and bourbon chicken and shrimp with mashed potatoes. It was pretty good.The kids got two kids meals and my sister in law got chicken strips and fries. We also had two strawberry lemonade . I sent mine back because it didnt taste right. I ended up getting sweet tea. The service was cool. Our server was very nice and help. We went in around 12ish it was a lot of seats available. read more

If I could, I would give this place zero stars. We waited over an hour for our food that never came. The server told us nothing except that our food was coming. Never again. I have never had such horrible experience in my life. It seemed like it was done on purpose because the people around us that sat down after us got their food and had dessert. Yes, we were still waiting. NEVER AGAIN! read more

Not sure why this is so badly rated on here. It's rated higher on Google and my experience after having lunch and dinner here several times during a stay at the hotel next-door was nothing but good. The food was very good and the service was also good. It's great when you stay at the best Western plus next door and you can walk over and have dinner or lunch. They also give you 10% off for guests staying at the best Western. I had the bacon cheese Burger twice and the fettuccine chicken and broccoli dish twice as well. No complaints. Also love the boneless Buffalo chicken bites. My work colleagues had other dishes, but I don't remember what they were. However they enjoyed them as well. read more

This is my favorite place to eat on my birthday. And of course for the last few years that's been a nada. We live in South Carolina where there is no Applebees. So while visiting family I got my birthday wish.. French onion soup, margarita and the incredible warm blondie topped with delicious hot sauce and ice cream!! It was fantastic! And my husband's awesome hamburger with endless fries hit the spot too! But the best thing way having Jay as our server. He was extremely knowledgeable and polite. He even times my dessert to at the table right on time- with fresh coffee. Thank you McDonough Applebees for making this Carolina girl extremely happy! And thank you Jay!! read more

Dissent Java good serves have us barely any napkins and gave us blue cheeses instead of blue ranch had only like 3 servers and gave plastic silver whea read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - McDonough, Georgia

I cannot believe the pooranagement of this location. 20 minutes after seating and appetizers on the table and no silverware or napkins. This place was "so busy" that they didn't have any clean utensils. Oh wait, now we have plastic folks and knives. I understand Applebee's is not a table cloth fine dining but come on. I am.glad I was just driving by as I will not ever revisit this location. There should be no excuse that any restaurant would run out of anything - maybe they will run out of food too. This is a huge negative against Applebee's as I certainly did not expect to eat like a caveman. I asked for the manager who said he will look into it but I highly doubt he will ever come back. I hope Applebee's Corporate management sees this post as this is a pure embarrassment especially since other diners seated after us has plates and real knives and folks. I wish I could give zero stars. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - No "silverware" available, only plastic. - American Near Me - McDonough, Georgia

food was good but the fries were coooold! The bartender (older woman) who worked last night... please have Her to serve food and not alcoholic drinks. I had 3 drinks last night 3 hard drinks that tasted like koolaid. She's ripping people off . I walked out of the restaurant walking the same way I walked in.... SOBER read more

We stopped by on our way to Blue Ridge Ga. Restaurant was ok and what I would expect from Applebees. Not terrible or wonderful. Bathrooms weren't the cleanest. read more

I have never been treaded so rude at a restaurant before. Then the manager did not care, and lied.

Almost didn't stop after reading reviews. Started out wirh virtually no hostess greeting abd slow service. Everything pucked up with attentive service and food was actually tasty. Had the chicken and shrimp with crispy potatoes and a side order if steamed broccoli. Food came out extremely hot and I would order again. Overall a solid 3. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Shrimp and Chicken with crispy potatoes and side order if Brock - American Near Me - McDonough, Georgia

I ordered grub hub from here and it was cold when it got here, our CHEESEBURGERS did not have CHEESE on them we asked for broccoli and got green beans and I ordered a bacon burger and got a regular burger no cheese no bacon. Will not be dining with food from here again. And to top it off my son found a small hair in his food. read more

This Applebee's needs to count there days. If I could give negative stars I would. Let's start with the four cheese Mac and cheese that only had bland Alfredo sauce "four cheeses where?" then the audacity to throw chicken tenders on top and add it to the 2 for 32 should be a complete scam. Food was terrible the service was terrible and we spent $96 just to have to still eat somewhere else read more

I've been coming to Texas Roadhouse for year at many other locations and I must say the customer service here was the wasn't exactly the best I've had. We were seated about 20min after walking in on with a Wednesday crowd. Our server "D" was friendly. The drinks were "okay" and there was a 20min wait on bread. The reason we came. Our food took a while which was understandable. Ehhh read more

It's a pretty standard Applebee's. Mix of American style foods - burgers, ribs, chicken, fried seafood. Consistent with any other bar and grill of this type. It won't be the best meal you've ever had, but it is usually good enough for a quick casual dinner out. On this visit, the restaurant was clean, and service was prompt and friendly. It's a little off the main restaurant row, so wait times are usually low (or no wait at all). read more

This Applebee's is terrible. The hostess said the wait was 15 minutes. We waited 45 minutes only to be seated at a booth next to the bathroom. When I asked for better seating we were told we would have to wait longer: mind you they hadn't seated anyone for nearly an hour due to "shift change" therefore there were many empty booths. Next some little girl came and stood next to my table. I asked her "what"? She mumbled "I'm your server" I said so you just gonna stand there? She says "I said hi"! As I got up to walk out the hostess who refused to seat me away from the bathroom was seating others at tables she refused me. I could go on and on. I will never go there again! read more

Me and my 2 pregnant daughters came into the restaurant we waited only 20 minutes to be called which was fast , it took our server 1 and half to get our food to us then she brought wrong stuff out and it was cold and we didn't receive silverware and she lied and said the Caesar salads came with chicken and it didn't . I ask for broccoli never got it . We didn't receive no refills the manager finished serving us we will never eat here again . First time and last time read more