My daddy recommended this place for its famous jumbo dogs. I said "Daddy, why do you swallow so many jumbo wieners? You won't chomp anyone else's wiener. You won't swallow Nathan's meat, So why slob on Applebee's knob? Why do you like the meat tubes daddy, why?" He said "Son, get out im on a work call." "But daddy, you promised we'd go Outside and play ball! You can't just lock yourself in your office all day and guzzle Applebees wieners like some savage. You have a life, Daddy. You have a family!" I exclaimed. "Son, your spoiling my lunch. Go down to the basement and sleep in a crate like the dog you are." "But, daddy, I need a father figure! I need to be raised, I have questions, questions, about my changing my body, about women, about what really happened to JonBenet, daddy! I need a man to teach me the facts of life, to teach me how to shave, to give me advice and tips!" I begged. "You want a tip son? Try Applebee's hotdogs, you can't beat their beef." And that was the last time I ever saw my father. The hotdog was incredible, mouthwatering, slid down my throat with ease, can't get enough of a meaty rod sliding down my throat. read more

Terrible service and experience. The waiter we had was some young blond dude with a buzz cut. idk if he didn't hear us or didn't care but we told him point blank that we wanted SEPERATE bills. But nope he put everything on one bill. Trying to steal from a group home with autistic people. That was differently not on my 2026 bingo card but seems Applebee's has hit a new low for a quick buck. Yes let's rip off the disabled adults who live in group homes and are learning how money works and such. Such a good idea teach your employee's how to be thieves. Good Job AB's you have lost my respect. I'll take a dump in your name. read more

Got the ultimate trio which I picked buffalo chicken, mozzarella sticks and chicken wonton tacos which everything was pretty good. The cookie dough skillet was pretty good too. Waitress was good too read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - NEW Ultimate Trio - American Near Me - Toms River, New Jersey

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We had shrimp and a fish and chips dinner on Saturday.. shrimp didn't taste fully cooked and F&C was very greasy dripping... The combo appetizer was ok should have ordered just that ...The waitress was very nice not her fault ..it's a shame we go to Manchester Applebees usually ok but with so many other places around we're done with Applebees ... read more

ordered through uber eats . did not get my whole order. which is not ubers fault . they just pick up the bag. called applebees and manager said not her problem... i needed to call uber eats. nice customer service. never again. read more

I ordered the grilled chicken with garlic mashed potatoes and broccoli. For takeout. They said they were out of broccoli and had been out of broccoli for 2 weeks! How is that possible?! Also when I got the food home there was no garlic mashed potatoes! If you like vegetables this is not the place to go! Two read more

Arrived at this restaurant at 4 pm. There was a party ahead of us which took a few minutes to seat them. We were next in line. There were 4 servers standing there doing something with a tablet. Not one of them even acknowledged that we were standing there. We walked out. I guess they didn't need our business. If even one of them acknowledged us we would have waited. Terrible. I don't think we will go back. read more

I've given this place three tries & now I'm done w/ them, it's disgusting, disappointing & disrespectful. Ordered 10 boneless wings & only received 8 & no ranch dip either. Undercooked chicken had a freezer taste. The dip was just a thin coating on bottom of cup. Why bother selling it. Requested plastic ware, wasn't in the bag & person who checked me out was expecting a tip, for handing me a bag? Never going back. This mall needs to do better. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - 1/2 container of dip @ $10 - American Near Me - Toms River, New Jersey

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We have not visited Applebee's for many years, felt the quality of the food was poor. Decided to go back and give it a try, places do change. Well, not only did Applebee's stay consistent, poor-quality food, but the service throughout the dinner was also very poor. We entered the restaurant and had to stand with some other couples, waiting for someone to seat us. Finally, a young woman, that seemed to be mad at the world, gave us a hello and showed us to our table. We sat for a while, hearing people at other tables complaining about waiting for a server. One woman got up and ran after a server pleading to get service, she had been waiting a long time. Finally, a young guy came running by, and I do mean running, dropped off a pile of napkins and dumped silverware on the table and left. I'm guessing we were expected to set the table, which was fine since we had a long wait to be served. Our server came running to our table, he was very nice and asked if we would like something to drink. We gave our drink order and told him we would give our food order also, knowing it would be probably another 15 minutes before he would make it back. The prices for an appetizer are outrageous, some of them were more expensive than a meal. We decided on one of the two for, dinners. I chose Bourbon Street Chicken & Shrimp, with mashed potato's, my wife took the sirloin steak dinner with broccoli and mashed potato's. We took the mozzarella sticks for the appetizer, which is included. To start with the mozzarella sticks were delicious, and also the best part of the meal. It did come with a tomato sauce for dipping, which was overly salted, the sticks were good enough as they were. The meal came, I was warned to be careful the plate was sizzling hot and it was, and the food on it looked totally dried out. I cut into the chicken, it was dry, extremely dry, I'm guessing any moisture in the chicken was driven off by the hot plate. The flavoring on the chicken and shrimp was tasteless, how all of those spices could be void of taste, I have no idea. The shrimp were very small, totally dried out and over cooked, I'm guessing they were sitting in a pan in the kitchen for a while. The mashed potatoes were fine, I'm guessing they were powdered potatoes. My wife asked for medium rear steak, and it was done perfectly. The steak was somewhat tough, and that also lacked flavor. The broccoli and potatoes were fine. We did not take home any of the leftovers, I ate half of the chicken, and my wife ate about a third of her steak. We looked over the dessert menu, are they kidding in those prices? We passed on desserts. Throughout the meal, my wife would comment about the servers, she felt badly for them running around, even the bartender was serving. I explained to her that is not our problem, it's the restaurants problem, they were greatly short staffed. It had been years since we went to Applebee's, and it will even longer before we go again. The place was clean, one of the good points. read more

After this experience I will probably not be returning to Applebee's. I didn't get my fork and napkins. I had to eat my food with my bare hands. The waitress then said to me "Why didn't you tell me earlier?" read more

Applebees, very delicious, I had the lunch. Even considered ordering the dinner, but as I stated earlier, I had the lunch. Very good read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Applebee's Riblets - American Near Me - Toms River, New Jersey

Sometimes reviews come down to basic principles lost on COVID: customer service (not to mention food) -- and Brianna did a nice job handling the bar/food. Good job management. Well-traveled "Yelpers" like myself do pay attention to these things. read more

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

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They made my burger soggy and barley cooked, I don't suggest eating here at apple bees Toms River New Jersey.

We joined the Yelp waitlist on our way to the restaurant (15 min) and we were able to pick a spot without waiting too much. Everything we ordered was very yummy. The environment was good, and we were able to enjoy our time with our kids late night. The waitress was nice and very friendly. Quesadilla was delicious read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Inside - American Near Me - Toms River, New Jersey

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Terrible food. Unlimited food took 1 hour to come out just for first serving. Shrimp was not cooked, pretty sure i am going to wake up with food poisoning. Ridiculous how down hill this place has gone. read more

I love that there are many stores in the Applebee's chain... With that being said...I believe that the menu has lost its vitality...the prices are higher than ever...and the decorum is lacking...use to be one of my favorite places... read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - The front of Applebee's in Ocean County Mall, NJ - American Near Me - Toms River, New Jersey

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Very understaffed. Food took long to arrive. Had to wait for a table although the restaurant was basically empty. Drinks were weak. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - White sangria #wheresthefruit - American Near Me - Toms River, New Jersey

This place was bad me and my friends came here and the food was bad and even tho the wait time wasn't long the waitress here didn't even say anything and was really mean and was under dressed and one the workers here asked me to do this thing for her that would help her in work and I tryid to tell her I didn't know how to do it and then she gave me my food 20 MINUTES AFTER AND IT WAS BAD NVER GO HERE....!!!!! read more

The only mediocre thing about this Applebees were the 50 cent wings. The service was nice, our waitress Liz was attentive and very friendly. Ambiance is Applebees,", what you see is what you get. What I did have an issue with and the reason I'm leaving the two star review was because of the "manager" Andrew. One of the employees was cleaning a table and he creepily ran over a table away to verbally berate this young worker about her Apple Watch. He was so loud and you could easily tell she was very embarrassed. There is a way to properly handle that situation and it wasn't in a public setting. Nobody wants to be sitting and eating their food and hearing a dispute between management and an employee. Get a grip Andrew and be nicer. Nobody cares about an employee checking their Apple Watch/phone. It's not that serious. It's Applebees. read more

One of the workers swindled us and when my child was left to pay, the had took the 40$ for the food while the meal costed 27.50 and took extra, it's not about the money but the ambience and the audacity of it, and anyways they were still tipped 20%, even after. Enough said. read more

Dinner for two..complete waste of money! Unfortunately experience with " Tom" ( manager!) Rudely asking for MY cell to show him what promo our server was honoring. Free Artichoke Dip...he argued " online only!" Please SEE Promo still online ( takeout OR visit!!) Rudely insisted I was wrong...I am requesting Corporate callback to me! I paid bill after he rudely said " I'll take it off!! read more

It was a bad experience over all. Only saw the server once. I had to ask for cuttlery and napkins once they served my cold food that took a half hr to get. When it was time for the check I had to wave down another waitress because I couldnt wait another 25 min for pur waitress to come out. I asked for a to go box for two meals and was given one small box so ended up leaving most of the food there. The to go box apparently was not microwavable because it literally melted in the microvave after a min. Never seen anything like it.​​​​​​​​​ read more

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

If they had negative 5 that's what I would give. Waited five minutes for the host to even greet us then another 10 for the waitress to offer a menu another 15 before we got the drink, when the frozen drink came it was like water so just asked for water then got the meal and had to wait for them to bring silverware. They charged our card 3 separate times for three different amount's they initially charged us for the frozen drink we never accepted then two more times in error. Up there with the worse service ever received. The manager had no interest in feedback as I'm sure he gets sooo many complaints. Don't frustrate yourself going here - had a lot of great experiences at other local Applebee's but was so disappointed in this one! read more

i went there for half apps around 10pm on saturday night with my friends! we were seated quickly. we got boneless wings, spinach and artichoke dip, chicken wonton tacos, mozzarella sticks, and the chicken quesadilla. the wings were on par with bww! the spinach and artichoke dip lacked flavor and the chips were too salty. the wonton tacos were so yummy and the coleslaw on top was perfect with it. the mozzarella sticks were exactly what you expect and we're delicious. and last the chicken quesadilla was crispy and tasted good! a total of 9 apps came to about 50$ for 4 ppl which is a great deal and hit the spot for a late night meal. definitely worth coming back for half apps! read more

Just came from there after having a delicious lunch. Our server Nick was great and we couldn't have asked for better service. I had a problem there the last time I went for lunch, told the hostess, who told the server who told the manager and they completely made up for it. In fact, they went above and beyond. The manager came to our table to check that everything was good (twice). If everyone gave the service that we got at this establishment the restaurant business would be thriving. read more

Decent food, but lacking in cleanliness. 2 dirty forks. Service was average. Recommend the bourbon chicken and shrimp. Also recommend you check silverware before using. read more

I think they may need a new dishwasher. My first fork still had old food on it. I asked for a new fork.... the second one also was not clean. The small plates they give didn't look properly cleaned either. Other than that, service wasn't bad. Waiter was friendly and attentive; food was good-- except for skimping on the shrimp for the Parmesan steak and shrimp. Received a whole two pieces of shrimp. read more

I am new to the area and decided to have dinner at Applebees tonight. Billy was my waiter, he offered me a beverage while I looked at the menu. Billy was very patient while it took me forever to decide what I wanted. everything looked so good!!! I had the pretzel with beer cheese. wow, that was sooooo good. for my main course I had the chicken & shrimp, with garlic mashed potatoes. Applebees garlic mashed potatoes are to die for!!!! He offered me dessert, when I declined he promptly brought my check. it was so nice not having to wait for it. in a time when good service is almost non existent I'm lucky to have found a great waiter at Applebees! thank you Billy for making my night! read more

It was late and we were hungry after a whole day of shopping, the only place open late nearby? Yep, Applebees and that's how I ended up there. I had Applebees a few times in NYC and never was a fan. BUT this Applebees was different the food actually taste good and not cold when it came out. My previous experiences I encounter some bland and tasteless food. We had Applesbees sangria and the white sangria. We ordered the customized sampler, I guess their was a misunderstanding and the waitress brought out 2 samplers and I said I only wanted one sampler and she immediately without hesitation said, she'll take care of it and delete the duplicate. They have really great deals if you come during the right times. The appetizers are huge, we picked the quesadillas, sliders, and buffalo wings. We also had an entree with steak and shrimp it came with a huge side of mash potatoes and vegetables. Everything was so delicious, portions are huge that I had to stuff myself in the end we didn't finish everything. Applebees always have great drinks and appetizers, everyone of them that I went to. But the entrees do vary in taste for some reason. I saw on their menu some new items and I like how they are updating the menu with new options and their wonderful deals. read more

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I really enjoy the fiesta lime chicken and the blackened salmon. The food is always good, and the service is as well. The ambiance is generally pretty calm and relaxing. read more

I had lunch here today and the fish they served me was appalling. Wait time was very long also. I will never frequent this establishment again. If I could give zero stars I would. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Hand-Battered Fish & Chips - American Near Me - Toms River, New Jersey

Not the best Applebee's location, the wait staff are more focused on talking and cleaning so they can leave early than actually paying attention to the customers. I went nearly the whole meal without a drink refill even after trying to flag someone down. The food at this location also seems to be lower quality than other Applebee's, I don't know if this is because they leave things sitting or they just don't follow the warm up instructions but if you can go to a different one than this one, do it read more

At the mall Christmas shopping waiting for delivery on a Christmas gift being made, then I tried to get something quick to eat literally at 9 PM at Applebee's. Empty tables everywhere in the hostess says that the manager will not allow any more seatings. 10 o'clock is bad enough but 9 PM? Get out of here. I call BS. read more

All you can eat special is nothing like they show on tv. Long wait, about 20 minutes in between seconds. Restaurant was empty.

The service here is unexplainable, to put into words, there was none. We were sat down and waited 16 minutes before even asked what we wanted to drink. Once asked we waited another 10 minutes and still no drinks. Needless to say we got up and left after two separate tables were served after we sat down. Restaurant was also empty with 6 waiters walking around. read more

My waitress kaitlyn was awesome although the food wasn't normal Applebee's style she was great my drinks were watered down she handled that excellent customer service only issue mike had a attitude but I get it don't sweat the small stuff.... good book by the way...........all and all wasn't a terrible dining experience.........,,,,, read more

Prior to the pandemic my family frequented this Applebees most weekends when we came to visit in the summer. Staff has always been very friendly and accommodating, food has been fresh and portions larger than we're used to. We actually look forward to coming here for a reasonably priced family dinner. read more

In spite of limited capacity, Applebee's is still going strong without missing a beat, food hit the spot and I was super satisfied, especially because I haven't been in 2 years. But it was a decent wait for the food and it crowded, so 4 stars. read more

My daughter an son. an grandson grandson didn't eat they had steak I had cheeseburger my son an I are are sick feels like food poisoning my daughter who's marry call me 10 mins ago and said she is sick to where going doctor s now it is 4/30/23 and the bill wasnt cheap we all had Pepsi to drink i think. I should get a response from Applebee's in the ocean county Mall in toms river NJ read more

Nick is an awesome server! Food was great, came out really fast! If I ever come back (which I will!) I'll definitely request Nick as a server! Thankyou! read more