Server was rushed because of having to be bartender and waitress. I hate that ! The food was pitiful thrown together and tasted terrible. Had to ask for cheese on my Mac and cheese yeah that bad. Also had to ask to turn on the royals playoff game! Get it together Applebee's read more

Food is average fare, but expensive. Music is good! Manager looks like reject from DuckDynasty. How many restaurants do you know run out of napkins on the weekend, and have bathroom towels on the tables? So low class! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - How many restaurants run out of napkins on a weekend and use bathroom towels on their tables? Low class! - Sports Bars Near Me - Paola, Kansas

EXPENSIVE!!! $21.00 for one meal of the blackened shrimp Alfredo. I couldn't believe it! Waitresses are nice but obviously overwhelmed and stressed. Booths were put together improperly and if you weigh over 85 lbs you won't fit in some of them. read more

Do not order car to go from here or carry out. I probably just wouldn't visit at all! They are unsafely understaffed! After waiting 20 minutes in the car past my arrival time I went inside. The host goes up to the bartender to ask for my order and she literally says "I don't have time for this right now" Most subpar service I have ever seen in my life! If it wasn't for the cook maybe I would've had to wait another 30 minutes for my food and it was just sitting there getting cold! read more

I wish I could give no stars to this establishment went there the other night wasn't too crowded went inside got a table and then was totally ignored I don't know maybe it was because I was in the wheelchair and they figured I didn't have a big tip for them. Waited 20 minutes was not acknowledged in any shape form of the word no menus no nothing they had staff standing around talking to other customers talking amongst themselves. So I'm just putting it out there if you want a terrible experience with no service and like the waste your time then this is the restaurant for you. It's a shame because we go to other Applebee's and wait it on with respect and a quick service but this one should be shut down tore down and replaced with a McDonald's read more

First visit to Paola, KS location. NOT IMPRESSED! Wrong appetizer delivered but ate anyway due to the time it took. Ordered 2 sirloins both tough and overcooked. Served with sour broccoli (yuck), and mediocre mashed potatoes. Not planning to return. Crapplebees definitely applies. read more

This place just gets worse. Went on a Saturday at around 1:00. Nobody else waiting in line, and restaurant only about half full, but the host (who was oddly wearing a fishing hat, ) told us it would be a 20 min wait. Ummm why? there is no one waiting and a ton of open tables. We asked if we could go to the "bar". Sat down at the "bar" and were finally given water but no menu. After finding our own menus, we began to take notice of our very dirty surroundings. Did I mention the place is dirty? Dirty floors, dirty counter, just a general feeling of grime ya know??? There was one cook working. Lets just say he did not look happy to be there and leave it at that. We decided to leave. Ive had their food, not great, but it was always ordered takeout. After seeing the inside, I shudder that I ever ate there at all, won't be going back ever. read more

this place literally SUCKS...I ordered one singular thing && they somehow managed to mess it up DO. BETTERRR . read more

My family and I went here to eat. We hardly go to Applebees just because of the prices. But tonight, people who walked in at least 25min after us got their food first, they gave us our daughters food 20ish minutes before we even got our own food so by the time we got our own she was done with hers and ready to go. I got the wrong order and sent it back because if you're gonna take almost an hour to get a burger out it should be what I ordered and not what you think I should have especially if I'm paying for it. Once the waitress came back and apologized I asked for it to be in a To-go box and we got our check and left. Once we got home, I looked and my burger not only had no cheese, it was completely RAW! I am pregnant so I should not be eating anything even close to raw. I also after cooking my burger throughly, was eating the fries and one of the fries I ate tasted like pure MOLD! I ended up tossing my dinner and crying. I am very frustrated with my service and don't think I'll be going back anytime soon. read more

This review is to give the staff a positive review. We came in with over 20 in our group late Tuesday evening of July 26th, and the staff served us with a great attitude, very prompt with refills, and the food came out as we orders. read more

Lot of staff standing around, unorganized, can't get take out orders right now more than 3 times in a row. Food selection has gone downhill. Bye bye read more

i love this place, the environment is so comfortable and you can tell they're all real people working not just cogs in the machine

Thumbs way down. The food and service is consistently poor. I ordered a chicken fajita wrap that came to the table with no chicken. Store cleanliness is also extremely poor. We have given this place second, third, and fourth chances. We've finally learned our lesson. read more

Very clean quiet good food snow always have a good time here whether it's friends family are with work read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Granddaughter and son - Sports Bars Near Me - Paola, Kansas

Very good food. The menu has some new fresh flavors. Bartender always seems to do a good job!

The food was fine, but the environment could use some improvement. The urinal in the men's bathroom seriously needs to be replaced. It has excessive staining that appeared to be permanent. Also, one of the workers was asked to clean the windows around the restaurant during lunch hour, and they complained to diners while doing it. I know work can suck, but please save the complaints for your friends and coworkers. read more

I have been here multiple times. Today I was waiting for a table/to be seated and I had a direct view of the kitchen. I saw/heard a worker girl in a yellow shirt say "shit will you dip these chicken tenders in Buffalo sauce for me" as she grabs them with her DIRTY just rubbed her nose/no glove hands and man handles them and acts like nothing happen. Then comes to our table and asks us what we want to eat...we then left. GROSS!!! read more

Hailey was incredibly, as well as, the entire staff!! We had our entire baseball team come in too eat lunch with numerous other teams. They got hammered, but Hailey the bartender and the entire staff killed it!! Thank you read more

***Update*** Now under new management and is MUCH IMPROVED! Since my first review and probably the last time I would spend any of my money at this Applebee's much has changed. Meals are so much better! Worthy of 3.5*-4*. The quality of this small town Applebee's is 20x better than what it was. I've eaten there twice now. The food is much better prepared. The honey chicken and shrimp was really good. Loved the fresh green beans that came with it! The friends we ate with also enjoyed their meals. Props to the new management and staff! Nice work! read more

Worst dining experience ever at an Applebee's. I wasn't planning on writing a review of this place because it's just a chain restaurant but here I am. Stopped by here with a coworker and ended up spending our entire lunch break plus some with no food. It was a Sunday evening. It wasn't that crowded but for some reason their entire staff was in the weeds. No management present and when I went to check on what was taking so long I could see rows of food under the warmers. No one was expediting the orders and the servers just seemed to be standing around. People were getting up and leaving. Several tables around us had their food comped. When the food arrived it was luke warm. We couldn't say anything at the time we just paid the bill and left. Needless to say, but the tip wasn't that great and we would have been a lot happier just going to McDonalds or Subway. read more

To review or not to review, Not a big fan of Applebee's but got a gift card for Christmas so here we are. I have eaten at this location several times because its close to home. Every time I eat here, something is always screwed up. This time my Salad came after my burger was served only because I asked where it was after I got my Burger. And the burger, came with no condiments, no lettuce, no onions, no tomato, no pickle, no mustard, no ketchup, no mayo. Just a burger, some bacon and a bun. Oh yes, fries too. Menu looks better with a larger variety of choices but the prices are higher too. Now the last 2 times I was in they did make good on their mistakes. This time I did not have to ask to be comped read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Sports Bars Near Me - Paola, Kansas

This is by far the worst Applebee's out of all the ones in Kansas. Every time I go there they have some major problem, service is always bad and food is always bad. Last time I went there the food scalded the hole inside of my mouth because it was so hot. Normally they don't serve the food hot at all. The food I ordered had no flavor, paid too much for what I got and I was still hungry after I finished the meal. The waitress couldn't keep our orders straight and had to ask for silverware and refills. It's worth driving to olathe to eat. Sorry to say Paola doesn't have any good restaurants read more

Really good. You cant go wrong with boneless wings or spinach artichoke dip. Fast service and always friendly servers.

Food was good but service far below expectations. Ordered drink from bar but waitress never brought to table so had to go get it. Part of meal wasn't served as they said mix up in kitchen, no refill offered on drinks then took over 20 minutes to pay as kiosk wasn't working and had to wait for waitress Definitely would NOT visit this location again read more

This Applebee's is just a few doors away from the Walmart on Baptiste Dr. in Paola, KS (take Hwy 169 south from Olathe, approx 21 miles - bottom of offramp, turn RIGHT -west- 400 yds or so and it is on your right side; go around to the 'back' of bldg for the parking entry. The food is good, the prices are proper, the wait-staff ers are quite friendly. The dining area and environs are kept clean quite well. A very pleasant place to grab a meal and yak a bit over a drink. Go, do, be, yeah! read more

Appetizers, drinks and desserts are fine, but depending on who is cooking, the entrees will be SMOTHERED in salt. So much salt as to be inedible. If you luck out and do get a good cook, the food is great. But I don't order entrees there anymore. Also they need new carpet or to clean the existing carpet because it's gross. read more

this place is an absolute joke. there is extremely loud "trap" music coming from the kitchen. the cook screamed from the kitchen vulgar language. there's maybe 3 tables and our drink order took forever, food to a lot longer than should have. needs work. read more

Great staff. Standard Applebee's food that is well prepared. The management goes out of their way to support the local community.

Unimpressed. I guess for a chain restaurant in a reasonably small town mediocre food is to be expected. Maybe it's just the Applebee's selections and quality in general that I hate. Unless this is your only option go with one of the locally owned cafes. Plus, for the quality, the prices are much higher than they should be. read more

Put our name in at the front desk. Skipped over three times. Looked on sign in sheet and we were marked off the list. Moved on to another location. Probably for the best. The restaurant smelled like a foot locker. read more

I eat here regularly when I'm in Paola. They were fair to poor a couple years back but now they have greatly improved. They even have been working there temps for stakes. Clearly they up to par for an Applebee's and better than some in Kansas City. read more