Did lunch at Applebee's in The Villages, arrived on a Thursday just after noon and were promptly seated. Our server (Julian) was constantly rushing all over his station. When he had a moment, we commented on the rushing and he said there were only 2 servers on at that time. Julian was a star and did a great job of taking care of our table. They're running some meal specials at 9.99 and I would have chosen one but I wanted coleslaw instead of fries and was told no substitutions on the specials. I could order the same dish from regular price menu (14.99) and do substitutions. A bit stupid to me so I ordered something else. Room felt dark and dingy, especially the ceiling tiles - ugh. read more

It was getting late, I was hungry, I knew the reputation for this place, but went in anyway, that's on me. Was not too busy, except at bar, it was hopping. Had to track someone down to get a table. They went through the mechanics of being a waitress , I ended up with a burger with mushrooms and onions with waffle fries (with up-charge)... waffle fries overcooked in questionable grease, moved on from them. You can have your burger "pink" or "not pink", that's it, felt like a was 10. Anyway if greasy burger I expected. Waitress got busy again, I left cash on table and high tailed it out of there, never to be seen again. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Inside from booth - American Near Me - The Villages, Florida

You can start by hiring a GM that knows when the beer kegs are in need of ordering!! No Miller/Coors lite or Mic Ultra!!! Had to settle for something else which was GROSS! When ordering, Broccoli was not available!!!! What's going on!!?? The waitress seemed pissed when we were not ready to order!!! Never will I bring my family there again!! Others that I've spoken to, also agree. Disgusting and tasteless food as well! Stop using so much salt! read more

Finding a decent place to eat around here is difficult. Seems like every place is short-staffed and does not care. This one is the same. Food was just edible. Two burgers ordered the same were cooked completely differently. Problem is if you go somewhere else you get the same so the motto seems to be, "Get what you get and don't get upset." Hopefully neither will your belly. read more

My local Applebee's is great. The food is consistently good. The service is always on point. The ambiance is friendly and upbeat. I frequent this place often. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Fried Shrimp. - American Near Me - The Villages, Florida

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It's a classic neighborhood bar & grill offering just what you'd expect...lunch specials, happy hour and friendly staff serving good food. Our server, Ally, was so great...attentive, quick & on point. I ordered the new Limited Time Only...O-M-Cheeseburger-a juicy all beef burger topped with melted American Cheese, slices of applewood smoked bacon, all slathered with spicy honey mustard nestled in a sizzling skillet of molten queso & a blend of cheddar cheeses. It doesn't get any meltier than that. Oh, and it comes with a heaping side of salty fresh, piping hot classic French Fries. Eatin' Good in the Neighborhood. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - NEW O-M-Cheese Burger - American Near Me - The Villages, Florida

7:55pm (4/11/26) Delivery order:Nachos , soup & salad (French soup & side salad) and brownie with ice cream. Nachos soggy with crunched, leftover stale chips, French Onion, (horrible taste) NO SALAD (MISSING) . All $33.67 was tossed in trash!!! ...exception the $3.79 Brownie with Ice Cream, ended up being dinner! They added some cheesy soup.. I didn't dare to try!! My meal was an expensive $33 prepackaged BROWNIE! read more

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Customer beware last night I got the prime rib dipper it was burned like leather. Manager said it was the way they serve it period. Terrible I said pull this meat. I held one side he refused I said it is not edible it was leather. No apology at all rather rude will never go back. I have pictures to prove it. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - This is what it is suppose to look like?? A little pink not nlack??! - American Near Me - The Villages, Florida

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First time visiting there and will never go back. There was a 30 minute wait which was no big deal and expected on a Friday night, however once we got seated we waited 45 minutes for our appetizer for it to be served cold (mozzarella sticks). Then another 45 minutes without being served our main meals. When we finally asked after waiting an hour and half how much longer it would be we were told they didn't know exactly and it would be out shortly. I watched 3 tables that were seated after ours come and go before we ended up leaving after and hour and half waiting. Not to mention in that hour and a half at the table there was no communication from the server as to what was going on and we were only given 1 refill. read more

My local Applebee's is really great. The food is consistently good. The service is always on point. The ambiance is friendly and upbeat. I frequent this establishment often. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Fried Shrimp. - American Near Me - The Villages, Florida

We enjoy this Applebee's from time to time. We always play Walker Hayes "Fancy Like" on the Touch Tunes and have a very enjoyable visit. The bar area is generally full of regulars and the servers couldn't be nicer. The menu is large and has a veggie burger, which is great to pair with their garlic mashed potatoes and broccoli. I'm not sure why anyone would give this place bad reviews. It's solid. read more

There should be a negative rating choice. My hubby and I came in yesterday for lunch and both of our O-M-Cheese-adilla burger were burnt, I wouldn't eat mine. We tried to talk to the server, wouldn't remake it, says that's how it comes. Asked for a manager, she got snotty. So then manager came out, he was a real jerk wouldn't remake it, look it's BURNT. He said he could take $10 off the bill. My hubby's was burnt too, looked at it, went 'eh' that's how it comes. Didn't care. More arguing. We will NEVER go back to this sticky place. read more

Our waitress, I believe her name was Katie. Was so rude and just completely unprofessional. We could hear her huffing every time she walked by our table. The table behind us asked her for a box, and she told them" it's going to be a couple mins because I need to pee". And before that, they were motioning for her so they could grab their check, she made a comment to our table," this lady better be asking for her check or I am going to pee in front of her". Just completely rude and disrespectful. We couldn't vent enjoy our meal after that. read more

Ordered the all you can shrimp and ribs. Waitress brought only ribs. Later a few shrimp. Ribs were not very good but the shrimp were decent. Never was asked for more food. Very understaffed and poor service. My last visit. read more

Horrible food not hot food pre packaged everything and sirloin gross and charred hard not medium never coming back again

Applebee's will always have a place in my heart. Not because I used to work there in my college days or anything lol. Layla was our server during our late night happy hour with my sister. She was friendly. It was a busy night. She was attentive. My sister and I had just got back from Disney so stopped by. We sat down at our table. Checked out the happy hour menu while watching the NBA playoffs. The food was good. The margarita was huge and good. Plenty of parking. It's a great choice for anything late night as they open late for the town. The music was perfect sound. Clean location. Ordered chicken wonton, spinach dip, boneless wings, chicken quesadillas and the margarita. All was super yummy and a great price since they were half priced. And just because the food is half priced, tip your server accordingly as if you were paying full price. Just a friendly reminder . read more

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The food was amplified by the ambulance and friendly efficient Service. We will return. We always Applebee's. Truly, Treadeill Holden read more

I had the won ton taco appetizer which was great as usual. My friend had that new grilled cheese burger with a " savory bacon jam" sauce on the side. Her burger was dry and tasteless. The bread was also dry. Not sourdough as advertised. I tried the " bacon jam" sauce. It tasted like soy sauce with something tomato in it. The worst sauce I've ever tasted. Her tomato soup wasn't hot. They heated it up . The beer was very cold and good. She brought the sandwich home for the dogs and ate only the soup and a couple won ton tacos. We don't think we'll be back, although I used to really like Applebee's and the fun atmosphere. What a disappointment. read more

Food was good but the service was deplorable. Never saw our waiter after he took our order. Had to ask someone else to send him over to get our check. The table across from us had the same complaint. Ceiling tiles were gross and a/c ducts were filled with dust. read more

The Food was cold and hard. Food took a long time to be served. And the dining area was discusting.

Soooo disappointing... gave them 4/5* on last visit. Sat at the bar - and waited! NO idea where the bartender was but she finally showed up (from the kitchen). Took our drink order and gave us menus. A party of 6 sat in the bar several mins after us... she went to take their drink order (totally understand) brought the drinks out AND proceeded to take their order. WHAT? Seated after a 2-top and you're taking a 6 person order. Ordered the usual - Asian chix salad and prime rib sandwich. I do have to say the food was pretty good - EXCEPT for the slimy/gross lettuce. I think when you $15-$18 lettuce -- it should not be brown and slimy. The bartender was nice - but she was never around. I would see her coming from the kitchen area. Obviously there was something more important than the 10'ish people in the bar??? Sorry, I understand why you're rated 2.5 stars. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Disgusting lettuce... - American Near Me - The Villages, Florida

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Great food for a great price. And with the service by my server Ali. A wonderful experience overall for sure. I'll be back ! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Delicious and for a great price and great service by Ali ! I'll be back !! - American Near Me - The Villages, Florida

Haven't been in an Applebee's in a hot minute.. we were not expecting much but we're pleasantly surprised. Service was good and quick. I had the oriental chicken salad.. it was as good as I remembered and my husband had a burger which he enjoyed. We had forgotten how good their fries are... we will put this in our rotation! read more

Our server was super friendly, but it took forever to get our food and food refills on all you can eat. Our beverages also went dry. The food was really good, the riblets were really meaty -but the fries were a bit cold. The atmosphere was clean and pleasant -but the floors were EXTREMELY slippery -not wet, but some kind of wax. read more

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We came in as a party of 4 not to busy it took a while for our server to greet us we sat over 5 minutes once she arrived she just asked if we were ready to order we were not so we gave her our drink order which were all fountain drinks that took another 5-10 minutes once she came back to the table we put our order in she never returned to the table to refill our drinks the only time she came back was to deliver the food,once she dropped of the food we asked for refills she didn't offer so we waited again we didn't have ketchup so I had to get up and get it from another table our fries were cold by the time she came back with drinks we had almost finished our meals so I asked for the checks overall the service was terrible the food was mediocre I don't think we will be returning so if your looking for a mediocre place to eat this place is perfect! read more

There were 4 in our party. #1 (me) had fish & chips. The fries were cold not warm but cold. The fish tasted like Gordon's grocery freezer fish. Cole slaw was good and french onion soup was just ok. #2 Ayce ribs were very meaty & good. Friends were cold. #3 Ayce boneless wings were just ok and again cold fries #4 ayce shrimp and cold fries. The shrimp was very good surprisingly. The reason for a 2 star review is ; Cold fries! The service was very slow. We waited a very long time to get the first foods. The refills were more timely. Our server was polite but we had to chase him down for refills on the all you can eat but also on drinks. No refills on fries were ever brought. read more

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I wanted to give a big shout out to this Applebee's and mention Allie as a wonderful server! She was very accommodating and pleasant! I treated a friend to a late lunch on Saturday 12-22-24 on our way to Apopka. We both ordered the grilled chicken plate. The food was amazing! The chicken was cooked to perfection and the vegetables were as green and fresh as possible!! The appetizer pretzels with the beer cheese and honey mustard was super good! Kudis to the kitchen staff! We both were very satisfied and enjoyed our experience there. I will be back! I went up to Allan the manager on duty and let him know all that I have put in this review. He was very humble and appreciative of my compliments. Thank you, Applebee's staff for a nice dining experience! read more

We had a bit of a wait but once seated the service was great! Friendly, spot on, and the food was very good. We ordered chicken wontons and boy were they delicious! read more

food was mid but that's not the point of leaving this review i feel bad for the servers working there because the manager which is the tall white guy with grey hair and beard is just dumb like just stupid to the point i lost my appetite i got a chicken sandwich and there was like no sauce and i asked the manager if it looked good to him and that was a good amount for that size sandwich and he said yes. holy airhead and he's the manager that's crazy unfortunate. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - NEW Spicy Honey Mustard Chicken Sandwich - American Near Me - The Villages, Florida

The food was okay except that the wontons tasted like paint, which mad3 me think they use old grease for fried foods. The bartender was really not there as far as service. We were left sitting alone after we left the bar at a table forever. So I flagged a waitress for the manager. Manager was there but not really seeming to understand the problem. She apologized and said maybe we should come back on other days and times, as if, when that bartender was not working ! Are you kidding me? She did give my friend a coffee, at my suggestion, however I doubt if I will return. Really wanted to try their Fish and Chips, but will not. Not fun. won't return to this location. Ended up Going to Taco Bell lol. read more

Food 0 Service 0 Atmosphere 0 Terrible service We canceled extra food Cold stale chips read more

I was traveling to Disney when we decided to stop off at Applebee's in The Villages for some lunch. Upon entering it was clean and the atmosphere that of any bar and grill. The gentleman at the hostess stand greets us cordially and asked us how many in our party. I said 2 and he asks if we would like a high table. I ask if we could be seated at a table due to my MS and he mumbled that he had 80-year-olds who could sit at the high table. I was taken back but smiled and replied that's great. He told us it would be a 15-minute wait for the table as they just opened. After 20 minutes we were seated with a nice window view. Our waitress came by got our drink order and left. She was polite but not very people friendly. She returned after 15 minutes with drinks took our order and left. Our food arrived in a timely manner and was amazing. The salad was crisp and fresh, soup was hot and delicious. other than delivering food and the check our waitress never came near us to refill our water glasses or to ask us if we needed anything. The good points of this restaurant were good food, a good view and a great atmosphere. Cons waitress was intentive and the host was very rude. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Lunch special soup and salad combo - American Near Me - The Villages, Florida

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I have company and she wanted wings! I told her Applebees has awesome wings! HUGE disappointment! I guess they just throw crap together for take out! We got two orders, one of which was all drums, the other had 3 flats! They were mushy and soggy not double crispy as advertised! Also pricey! I don't mind paying for good food, but this was disgusting! Goodbye Applebees I would give 0 stars read more

Hadn't been to Applebees in a minute. The service was great, the food was ok. Those new pub fries came out super fresh and they were great. Likely will come again. read more

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Facts it's an Applebees, fact the menu rarely changes, fact good place to get two for one drinks and wings. If you want to watch sports then I hope you like golf ball size sun spots on the tvs it's like I was looking through an old movie projector at a silent film. The server we hade was slow and when I asked for a double shot of crown royal she never asked how I wanted it, and she brought it out with ice. Nope. Don't expect much here. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - The Villages, Florida

This won the prize for my worst experience of 2022, congratulations. First, we were seated without menus and told our server would be right over with them, that took 10 minutes. I ordered a salad with grilled chicken. The salad was brought to me and I saw sliced almonds on it and told the server I didn't realize the salad came with almonds. I said I was allergic to almonds. She said "Well we just need to make you another one then" and took it away. When we got our bill we were charged for both salads. Way to give excellent customer service! read more

Wouldn't normally write a review for Applebees but just finished a great meal there with the absolutely best waitress I've seen in a long time. Big shout out to Alicia!!! Look for her if you dine here. read more

We went to Applebees around 230 today .I used your restroom and 4 servers were standing by the back door complaining about their jobs saying they were not going to be left there alone to serve customers .We were the only 4 that had came in at around 230 your hostess seated us.She was fine. We sat there for 5- 10 minutes no service period.I thought someone would like to know how we were treated.Thank you Cindy Watson .352-201-9790 read more

The atmosphere was chaotic the bartender just one and servers were running crazy trying to keep up no time to even have a conversation and enjoy your meal. Food was good . Felt bad for the whole staff. Should have closed off a section so the servers and wait staff to give quality service it would have prevented the unsatisfied customers not sure we would eat there again. read more

The most expensive ($19) and worst top shelf margarita I have ever had. Wrong glass (tall instead of rocks glass), half ounce Petrone and had to ask for Grand Mariner to be added, also half ounce. Inexperienced bartender and complete rip off. read more