No service people when you come in . Super dirty location. The restaurant needs to be cleaned and the bathrooms have black mold~ it's unfortunate we love Apple Bee's. Dirty smell all over restaurant. The food is good but makes you wonder what the kitchen looks like. Disappointed read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Rowlett, Texas

Great opinion and the food was great and the trio better opinion on your favorite apps

Good food. A little pricey but good service. This is for the one at I30 in Mesquite Tx.

Kasey is amazing and keeps the place super clean after every customer !!! Everything came on time and atmosphere was perfe!!!

Absolutely disgusting amount of grease on a simple burger.......they should be out of business!! Bar was busy, mostly 50+, but no diners at diner time! Will never return......how does a place like this stay in business??? read more

Had lunch here on Saturday, Nov 1. We waited about 5-7 minutes before someone came to seat us. Once seated, the server took our order within 5 minutes. It took about 10 minutes to get our food. The salad and food we ordered was very good. The server was tentative. However my husband had to track him down to get our ticket to pay. But all in all, it was good. We will return soon. read more

We arrived for a meal Monday and had the worst experience. We arrived at 7:29 PM and ordered 2 appetizers (salad and mozzarella sticks), 2 waters, and a frozen drink. After 10 minutes, we still had no drinks so my husband had to remind the server. He brought the waters but forgot the frozen drink and walked away before we could tell him. We waited over an HOUR with no food, no appetizers, and still no frozen drink. We walked out at 8:30 PM without eating anything. Completely unacceptable service and wait time. read more

Had burger and fries, was freshly made and very good. Service was great. I was there around 5:00 pm.

Not sure about all these negative reviews. We were there for lunch on Monday and I didn't see any of this nonsense served up by the previous reviewers. We were greeted warmly by our server and received our drinks within a few minutes. There were people coming in all the time for their lunch too. We had chicken penne, a quesadilla burger and onion soup/w grilled cheese sandwich. We also had warm brownie/w with vanilla ice cream and a pecan blonde brownie/ w ice cream. The total was $56. Compared to a regular fast food place we got more for our money. I suggest you stop by at the Applebee's for lunch one day! (one of the guys has a walnut allergy walnuts on top of the brownie). Remember to tell that to the waitress. When she found out she took it away and brought him a dish of vanilla ice cream that was thoughtful) read more

We used to go to Applebee's and we had stopped. It was 2 years or 2.5 years.. it was disgusting.. well me and my wife we went there again.. the menu is new entrees. I had the chicken and shrimp.. it was very good.. we will be back again.. read more

There couple of weeks ago and waiter was more interested in holding up the wall than waiting tables. Had to wait to order. Wait for food longer than usual. Had to ask him a couple of times for lemons for our tea. Etc. went back today service was slow. Again had to ask for lemons twice. Ordered hamburger and fries. Fries were cold and tuff so asked for fresh ones. Seems like this place lately is going in the wrong direction! We use to like going but may need to change restaurants!! read more

I've tried to give this location a chance multiple times. This was the last straw. The service is always slow drinks are weird and food is lukewarm at best. I used to work here and this is not the standard I was expecting to return to. Will never be back again read more

This Applebee's is one of the busiest locations in the entire North Texas area- that's a really impressive feat and should show how popular they are in the area. They have a great reputation with friendly staff and consistent service. Out of all the locations I've ever been to, they have the best food for an Applebees. But what they are really known for is their drinks/night life more than their food. My all time favorite thing on their menu is the Chicken Wanton Tacos: tangy grilled chicken, sweet Asian chile sauce & dumpling sauce stuffed into crispy wonton shell. I'm not sure if it's still on the menu but it definitely should be. I love the sweet and tangy taste of these wantons. Their bread sticks are actually pretty good and tasty! CLASSIC BROCCOLI BLACKENED SHRIMP ALFREDO ($14.99) This was pretty good! Blackened Shrimp is served warm on a bed of fettuccine pasta tossed with broccoli and rich Alfredo sauce topped with Parmesan cheese. Served with a golden brown signature breadstick brushed with a buttery blend of garlic and parsley. THREE CHEESE CHICKEN PENNE ($13.99)bHard pass. Not that good. Asiago, Parmesan and white Cheddar are mixed with penne in a rich Parmesan cream sauce then topped with grilled chicken breast and bruschetta tomatoes. Served with a golden brown signature breadstick brushed with a buttery blend of garlic and parsley. Oh, and it's hard to pass up the triple chocolate meltdown. Yum! read more

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My family and I have been coming here for the last two years and I've always had good experiences! Yes the are short staffed and the wait can be long but please be patient!! We have always been treated kindly by the staff and their food has always been delicious. I don't have a single bad thing to say about this place!!!! read more

Ok place. Ok service. Expect way more from a national chain. Bar is loud. There you have it.

Visit on Monday night. Experience was very very basic. I get that it is a basic restaurant but I could have microwaved better frozen chicken nuggets. The bartender never came and checked on us and I had one beer for my entire meal because she never came back and checked on us and everything needed we had to grab her attention. Although she was very cute and young, she needs training on keeping an eye on all patrons and chatter to a minimum in order to watch out for the needs of everyone at the bar area. Food is not her fault and I will definitely not be going back due to the food was terrible! I had the sampler appetizers and not one thing tasted fresh. The dip did not taste anything like it should, the cheese sticks tasted like they've been in the fridge for years, the quesadillas tasted like they had been made for someone else earlier that day and reheated for me. read more

Waitress was horrible. Made us close our tab so she could go home early (we were there for about 15 minutes by then). Would've mentioned her name if she visited our table more than twice. Then spilled our drink on the table and used our silverware rolled in a napkin to wipe it then left without replacing it. read more

Grateful we were got gift cards, but not for Applebee's, unless we could find a 5 Star-rated location. Really. Nothing but bad luck with A-B's. Always the most non-motivated workers I have seen. Heavy rain cut short our search, we pulled in at this location. We stand for a while, no staff on the entire floor, 4 diners in whole place. Where is staff? We get seated in empty booth section, waitress takes off. This booth is soaking wet from recent wipe-down. We use up our napkins trying to deal with it. Even the menus are wet. Waitress returns, I ask we just move to next booth. Okay, good to go. Our meals arrive, I am missing a side, but don't complain. Let's eat. Another couple arrives, and waitress seats them in the booth directly behind us? Sure enough, this dude keeps leaning back, tilting the booth back over our way. What are the odds? Well, from now-on, Zero. Hasta La Vista! read more

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Avoid this place. Worst dining experience we have had in years. It's obvious they microwave the majority of their food. The kids pizza was inedible, rock hard and gross as were their breadsticks. The salad was a pile of iceberg lettuce with some cheese and tomatoes, and microwaved chicken on top. The wings were fine, burgers okay, nothing was worth the price. Go anywhere else in Rowlett for a better dining experience. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Rowlett, Texas

Food was average to ok, dirty bathrooms, dead roaches everywhere, decent service, still will not return.

Carry out/curb side pickup is constantly wrong. Check your orders before leaving. Simple side substitutions seem to be the hardest for them. When I went in to pay at the bar, as told to do, I just stood there. After about five minutes I asked the bartender if I could pay. She never even asked if she could help me or what I needed. Go to the Rockwall location instead read more

So tonight I took my mom out for her birthday! Our family planned a trip to Applebee's as we have not been here for several years. Parking lot is very well lit and clean, we came on a Saturday evening after 7 PM and were served and seated immediately. The restaurant was very clean and had a great atmosphere. We all order our drinks and decided that the table we were at was not going to work for us due to handicap reasons with my mom. We asked our waitress if we could move to a different table and pointed one out. She agreed and said it was totally fine! She then comes back to serves us drinks and takes our food order. Everyone is having a great time until this sorry joke of a manager shows up. He comes out and in front of our family and several other guest begins to belittle and insult our waitress along with other staff members! it was completely uncalled for! She was clearly shaken by the way he treated her. I don't feel you should pay to eat somewhere and feel sorry for someone dude to witnessing them get in trouble for allowing us to move. So we were there about an hour and I witnessed this manager be a little and insult the same two waitresses 3 to 4 times during our visit. Given he didn't treat everyone like this as I also saw him smile and laugh and have a conversation with the hostess during our stay. it's weird because I don't know how to write a proper review for this business because usually it's scored based on my experience and things that happened to me. However watching this unfold while I was there made it very difficult to focus on spending time with my family. I know I wasn't the only person to see this as other guests around us began to talk about what they saw as well. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - This is the joke of a manager that ruined our evening! - American Near Me - Rowlett, Texas

beacuase I had an out of state license they would not serve me a drink.. wtf can they really not scan or swipe it? Dumb people work here

Horrible service. The hostess was rude and told us only a 20 minute wait. We have waited 45 minutes and ask the waiter to please sit us. She would not apologize and was mad because she said we should've just waited. Very disrespectful read more

Terrible service and daughter/her boyfriend got food poisoning. Only gave 1 star because 0 isn't a choice. Save your money, time, and tummy.

The food is okay. The service is terrible. The music is way too loud. You can't have a dinner conversation or even think straight. I think the store manager must think he's running a night club. read more

Applebee's at 4616 Lakeview Pkwy Rowlett, TX 75088 Phone (972) 412-2630 has put up 30.06 no carry conceal weapon signs. If you are a Veteran like me, do not visit this place of business anymore. This was a good and safe place for Veterans and others until now. Went to pick up my to go order, pulled in indicated on the order site that I was in the spot for delivery. 30 mins pass and not order...went inside where the to go pick-up is and no one would help me. Had to stop a young man clocking in for his shift. The food was sitting there on the shelf and as always..apologies were all over the place...but tooo darn late. read more

We went to Applebee and the grub was great. The server was awesome.. I would say 4... read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Chicken & Shrinp - American Near Me - Rowlett, Texas

Oh dear ... there's not much good I can say about this place except the service was just wonderful and the wait staff friendly! THAT was the only thing that kept us there .... besides the fact that there was nowhere else to go for Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving special was .... pretty bad. The turkey was like tasteless sliced lunchmeat, the greenbeans were super rubbery, the stuffing was pretty does. The mashed potatoes and the pumpkin pie were pretty good though. I have lived in this community for over 30 yrs and and I know this restaurant has not had any measurable accolades, but, wow, this was not good. Still I am a firm believer of, instead of eating, not saying anything and not coming back, this is how our community fails business- wise. I hope they will push to do better . Keep our money in our community. It's all up to the businesses to take the first step. read more

Me and my girlfriend walked in and sat at the bar. There was no greeter. There was no waitress . There was no bartender to even take our order. We sat there, the only two at the bar, for a whole five minutes and during this time a elderly Caucasian lady with glasses and hair in a ponytail poked her head out from behind the back twice, but did not help us. So, finally I got up walked towards the back to ask who was working in the bar. No surprise, what looked to be the manager, pointed at the elderly Caucasian lady who poked her head behind the wall twice. This lady was leaning up against the wall talking and smiling with the group. They pointed at her and said she'll be right there. I went back to my seat and we waited a few more minute before getting up to leave. On the way out she peaked her head around the back and saw us leaving and didn't say one word. TERRIBLE SERVICE AND MANAGEMENT. I was excited when I pulled up because there were about 3 cars in the parking lot and I immediately thought "quick service"...Boy was I wrong. There was nobody there I imagine because of the service. Usually at this location in Rowlett they are sub par but Applebees has good prices on their top shelf liquor so you can look over the service. Today Friday November 17th @ 4:20pm the service was terrible. read more

I ordered the Oriental Chicken Salad and the lettuce was old and brown. The lettuce did not taste fresh. This is the second time I have ordered this salad in 2 weeks with the same results. I gave them a 2nd chance and got the same old stale salad. When paying $15.00 for a salad, I expect the lettuce to be fresh. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Wilted old brown lettuce. - American Near Me - Rowlett, Texas

Question of the day. Since when is it necessary to have I.D to sit outside? We walked in and were greeted by a lovely employee who asked us if we wanted to sit outside, at a table, or at a booth. We decided on outside because it was a lovely night. We waited at the table for nearly 15 minutes without being visited only to have a server by the name of Crystal who was extremely rude come and ask us for I.D. Myself and my friends are all over 21 and we all look it pretty easily as well. Also, only one of us was going to drink and he had his I.D to do so. Miss Crystal walked up without an actual greeting and just asked "do you have your I.D's". No hello or anything at all. Her tone and attitude immediately came off as confrontational and continued to be so when we asked her why we needed identification to sit outside even if we weren't drinking. Her response was "I'm sorry" to every question we asked and she eventually just said "i'm sorry" one last time and walked away just leaving us at the table. All of us that were there tonight have worked as servers and would never treat a customer in this dismissive manner. read more

4 stars because of service. I've been here before and the food/service was just okay, but today was different. My friends and I came here with a gift card, craving dessert. Our waitress still decided that we deserved water, even though we came just for the dessert. We got the triple chocolate meltdown which definitely satisfied our cravings. It was a good balance between vanilla and chocolate. I loved it! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Triple chocolate meltdown - American Near Me - Rowlett, Texas

Me and my friends refer to this location as "Trapplebees" because of the similar energy that can be found at trap houses. We always go around 1am, and without fail (despite the day of the week) we are met with insane interactions. Most people would classify this as a one star establishment, but the entertainment alone is enough to bring us back. Sure, the servers are rude and inattentive, the food is cold and takes an hour to come out, but where else would you hear My Chemical Romance playing while you find an empty syringe at a table? The vibes are immaculate. read more

2 for 25 is alawyas great. Great service . Also great burgers ! Will come back soon .

terrible service. server was high as can be with glazed eyes and terrible smell. sections were very dirty, dishes came out with food stuck on them from the dishwasher. server charged for drinks that we didn't receive, and weren't on the bill brought to the table originally. (why go back and add drinks after i give my card anyway). assistant manager (black guy) , very unhelpful. main manager , Victor, also very unhelpful and rude. horrible experience, stay far away. read more

They are offering $2 Long Island 's...too bad they have no idea how to make them...not sure what was in the glasses they brought but whatever it was was barely drinkable! Had the mgr try one..he agreed it was bad..so sent another glass of the same thing..duh... Music was so loud you could barely talk. Won't be back..we will go to the good Applebee's in Rockwell! Good food there, friendly staff and they have a bartender that knows what drink is what...and it is good. And Mgr. who wants you to come back! read more

I will preface this review by saying I wasn't there for a full meal, I simply came by after work with some coworkers in search of a drink or two. Our server was nice enough, he told us about the happy hour food specials, which can be summed up by four appetizers on the menu that are half off between 4PM and 6PM marked by a pen tick next to each item in the menu. Their only Happy Hour drink special was a $1 mug of Pabst Blue Ribbon, which was definitely surprising to me. BUT it was only a dollar so I ordered one and I also got Asian Chili boneless wings (because they were half off). The wings were okay, a good mix of sweet and spicy but the casing wasn't crunchy enough to be good. There were about ten of them, so I definitely think the price was worth the amount, but I would want better quality. A friend had to wait twenty minutes for their order of chips and salsa with a reminder to the waiter in the middle, so that was irksome. The bathroom's surfaces were all sticky and when we walked in it was hard to breathe because they didn't have the air on. Management left it like that until a few patrons mentioned how stuffy it was and asked them to turn on the air. I don't plan on returning to this place, honestly. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Asian Chili wings! - American Near Me - Rowlett, Texas

Went to Applebee's in Rowlett as it didn't look too busy for Mother's Day. Was seated fairly quick, with drinks provided equally as quick. A little slower to come take our food order, but they were short-staffed. It happens. Food came: burger under-cooked after being asked how it needed to be; dinner with mashed potatoes arrived, and the potatoes had obviously sat under the heat lamp way too long as they were rubberized and inedible. After several minutes, another server came by and we reported the potato issue, and they brought out a "fresh" dish which was an improvement. No refills offered on our drinks, never saw our initial "waiter" again, and a long wait to have them handle payment of the bill. Slow service, decline in quality of the food, and general lack of customer appreciation means we won't be going back anytime soon. If anything, service and food should be BETTER given the special day, but they either didn't plan ahead with staff or have staff that don't really care. Off the list for us! read more

The service was terrible and the food was nasty. Soggy fries, room temperature burger, and it took 30 minutes just to get are drinks. The manager was really nice and polite but all around it was a terrible experience. I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone. read more