After a full day of traveling my sister's and I ordered takeout from this Applebee's restaurant in Topeka. I have to compliment those serving us, though only for a pickup. Addy met us at the food and was very cordial, happily directing us to the place for pickup orders. Our order was completed by Dakota who met us at the pickup spot. There were a few issues with our order but Dakota handled everything very kindly with a smile and very politely. Our interaction with these two team members was outstanding. I know of I were in Topeka, again, I'd stop by because of the service of these two. I really didn't stop much to look at the condition restaurant but everything appeared to be in order. I know I'd have noticed if things were a mess. It was nice that the restaurant wasn't exceptionally loud like so many these days. Thank you, again, to Dakota and Addy for a nice experience for weary travelers. read more

Food was good had the chicken and andouille sausage with Cajun cheese sauce. For me it needed more sausage as the chicken Jess the bartender was great and was spot on for checking on everyone in the bar area. The biggest issue I had was the bar and its stools. They are about 6" too short or the bar is too tall. Just felt strange and several in read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Chicken and NEW Bourbon Street Chicken & Andouille Sausage Penne - Sports Bars Near Me - Topeka, Kansas

Oriental chicken salad used to be a sure thing, always really good. Things have changed .... Portion size is 1/2 what it used to be. The chicken was a frozen chicken finger instead of a real breast. More breading than chicken & tough. Probably our last visit read more

I read that Applebees was chosen on a regional level with the best Chicken Wings. Wings are one of my favorite. But, I entered the facility and was seated and never got a staffer and I was there about 20 minutes and never got served. I noticed that they had plenty of staff but they would gather back near the restrooms and chat and check the kitchen periodically. I gave up. Last week, I decided to check it out again. I got a new treatment. I waited at the door to be seated and no one came to the lobby part so I went and sat at the bar. I was going to eat there just to have the wings. Problem was there was one more person at the bar and he had his food but the bar waitress never even acknowledge me, and after being at the bar a few minutes she went to the kitchen and never returned. This was the second time I attempt to eat their "regional wings". I won't give them another chance. I had to give them one star because it is the only way I could complete this draft read more

Bekka was great at the bar then it went downhill from there. I was served a skillet meant for someone else. Although it was the same skillet he ended up waiting longer but he ordered first. The skillet I was served had rubbery shrimp well overcooked chicken that had no juice left in it, the mash potatoes were cold and the mushrooms and onions were over salted. Family oriented with plenty of parking. Place was clean and had plenty of bar and table seating. read more

Food was very good, service was good , ambiance was good, however this place has gone thru some personnel changes in the last month. They lost some long time people that made that place go, now they are training newbies, so growing pains is present. Bartender needs to learn how to make a premium drink correctly, customers pay that price for it to be correct! 6/5/26 5:30pm. read more

Worst food I had ever eaten. The chicken I ordered was 100 times to much salt and it was as hard as a leather catchers glove, actually the catchers glove was more tender. The only way food is this bad is if management didn't give a shit read more

Sad to find out that Applebees changed up their Happy Hour. No more 1/2 Price apps 3-6, just drinks 3-7pm Mon-Fri & 10om-Close Sunday All Day. Apps are half price Sun-Fri 10pm-Close Applebees use to be my Go To Spot for HH! read more

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my boyfriend and I came in and were sat. we had put in our drink and food order. it took them almost half an hour to do anything. we sat and waited for them to bring us anything. we ended up telling them to cancel our order because we had waited so long. if they had just brought out our drink order we would have been okay. I will not recommend to anyone. read more

While the food was good & the service was adequate, their handicapped accessibility left something to be desired. As a family of 5 it should be no problem seating us with a wheelchair. After they whispered back & forth that asked if we could stick the wheelchair at the end of the table; sticking out into the walkway. I asked if they didn't have handicapped seating & they said only for parties of 4 or less. This is less than handicapped accessible; it's doing the bare minimum to call themselves accessible. We will likely not be returning as this was pretty uncomfortable seating. read more

Awful experience! I was staying across the street at the Residence Inn and noticed Applebee's. We placed a to go order over the phone. We were told that the 2 entrees and appetizer would be ready in 20 minutes. I arrived 15-18 minutes later. After standing between the to go area and the bar for 12+ minutes a server asked me if I needed anything. I told him that I had a to go order waiting. He handed me the credit card machine and walked to the kitchen. I paid the bill, adding a 20% tip. The server returned with only the spinach dip. I explained that I also ordered 2 entretrees. He returned to the kitchen. When he returned, I was told he couldn't find my order, but they were working on it... I waited 10+ more minutes and wasn't having a great feeling about this place. I asked to speak to the manager. He didn't come. I asked for a refund from the server. He said he would speak to the manager. While the server was gone, I asked another server if I could speak to the manager. My server finally returned and told me he was refunding my money. He gave me the receipt. The manager finally showed...lol I told him that I received a refund and no longer needed to speak to him. He offered 0 apologies and 0 reasons for this complete waist of time! I won't give this place a 2nd chance! read more

The Food was very good. We were visiting Topeka from KCMO. We stopped in for a bite to eat. The place was clean. The food, service and atmosphere were great. Teresa (Mngr), Maddy (Server) and Ethan (Greeter) were fantastic. read more

Best food ever! Shout out to Duncan for the best waiter with our experience. Coming back soon!!!

Had not been to this location for several years - decided to try it again and glad I did. The service was excellent and the food was very good. Will put it back on my go to list. read more

every time my friend and I come here, we ways get a 10/10 experience. the food, the waiter, all of it is amazing. the place is clean, has nice places to sit and a great view when you're by a window. thanks to dominic, for also being an amazing server when we eat there. read more

Try not to leave bad reviews. I'll start with the waiter was very friendly, food wasn't bad. I wont list all the things that were bad. I'll just say if you don't expect much, this place is just fine. I will likely not return for a long time. read more

Went there the Other night.. my salad was completely rotten. I had it all placed to the side so they could see it. The manager explained that is was Cisco's fault and all their salad has been looking like that! I stated, then you should put a ban on ordering salads for now.. she was like it's a corporate thing, we still have to sell them rotten like that! Ok.. I am not paying for that Glad we saw it read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Rotten salad - Sports Bars Near Me - Topeka, Kansas

We apprehensive about going because of the negative reviews but since it was right across the street from our hotel we decided to give it a go. It ended up being a great decision. There were five of us on this Saturday night. Service and food was very good. Would absolutely go there again read more

To start our night, the hostess (Serena) went to sit us in the bar at hightop tables. I asked if we could be seated at a low table and pointed to the 5 to 6 that were empty. She says "no..." I stopped her there and said "if we can't be seated at a comfortable table we can go to another restaurant." Well she decided we could be seated at a lower (regular) table and grudgingly walked us to a table directly in front of a AC vent so we moved to another table. I figured if they didn't like it we could leave! We spent our time waiting for our food watching others ask her the same...not to sit in bar. I counted 6 others and quit. You'd think she would learn to ask table or booth and then if in the bar was fine! Our server and food was awesome! The little hostess needs to not roll her eyes at the customer!! read more

Food and service on the 2 for 25 deal were great value on a Sunday lunch after church meal. Quiet and efficient was the restaurant, rugby match on the tv's so nobody was screaming at Australian players from Prince Frederick MD. Will be back! read more

Food good to very good. Waiter/cCarter was a doll, even if a little spacey. The kicker is that they charge an extra .50¢ for a smallllllll cup of ranch dressing. Seriously? In this day of Covid, when places are clamoring for business, I don't think this is a good move. read more

We surprised this staff at 3:30pm on a Sat with a group of 15. It was a group of family all from out of town/state to support a national high school sporting event. Four generations of family, including our 98 y/o grandmother. The staff was so positive and accommodating. Everyone was very pleasant and fun throughout the afternoon. Thank you so much to the team at Applebees in Topeka, Kansas. read more

The food was good. Service was excellent. The biggest complaint is the horrific sewer smell in the bathroom (I only know about the women's, not sure if men's smell the same). It is enough to ruin anyone's appetite and/or make you vomit. This has been an ongoing problem but today was something else... read more

Wouldn't recommend the ribs they taste like they were frozen and got submerged in BBQ

Didn't check yelp first. Checked mid meal and the negative reviews go way back to 2014. Should have left after our shoes stuck to the floor by the hostess station. Definitely a first for me having our shoes stick to the carpet at our table. Time to shampoo the carpets Topeka Applebee's owner. Time to find a new job Applebee's manager--talk about a dead end. Food tasted alright. Fingers crossed we don't get food poisoning like an alarming number of previous yelp reviews claim. The staff is a reflection of the apparent poor management. Short, rude & smelly. I could smell the men's room from our table. Nothing like the smell of old urine to get ones appetite up. The "head chef" and servers had a nice long chit chat by our table. Really enjoyed watching the "chef" scratch his fat belly hanging out from under a filthy Applebee's shirt. We tipped 20% out of sympathy after our server Duncan told us he needed us to close out our tab because he needed to get home to his kids birthday party. Duncan needs to shower before work. Worst Applebee's we've ever been to hands down. read more

Will not be coming back to this establishment. We waited for about 20 minutes to get sat, which is not a very long wait, to wait over and hour and half for our food. Our appetizers were brought out separately, i asked for ranch and it never came. The waitress was obviously very stressed out by the number of tables she had and didn't even ask us if we would like refills. I got one glass and that was that. As a waitress myself I understand that tables can be hard to manage but come on. No refills, no ranch, our food brought out separately. Seems like bad service to me. The food was great but I will be asking for another waitress If I ever decide to come back. read more

Nasty filthy. Will never go back. My shoes were sticking to the floor. Had to use our own Lysol wipes to clean the table.

So what can I say ... I will start with the positive: they were open on thanksgiving. With that being said why didn't they plan on being busy. You are the only restaurant in the area that is open! The kitchen was backed up which caused use to wait forever to be seated and to get our food. We even waited like forever for a drink and didn't get an apology or anything. So the reason really for the 3 stars is I really like the sauce for the wings we had. Although they didn't put that much sauce on the wings (I got extra sauce). read more

Well let's start on how DIRTY this place is and how unhealthy that is.... The smell in the restaurant is unappetizing and the dirty tables, floors and dirty windows made me feel like I was in the backwoods of America... after a long drive from Minneapolis my husband and I decided to have dinner here, we at in the bar area at a high top table, why?? Because the other tables were dirty and hadn't been bused!! We decided to order drinks, and finally a server came over and asked us for our order, when I told her what I wanted she said they were out of the carafe they serve it in, wait what?? So I can't have the drink because you don't have any of the pitchers you serve it in?? It's ok, I'll just take the drink, no she again said, customers have walked away with them so now we can serve them because we don't have the carafe lol... Makes NO SENSE!! So we ordered other drinks, waited over 20 minutes while seeing our drinks sitting on the bar waiting for the server to pick them up!! The manager happened to walk by sees the drinks and brings them over. I said "thank you" I was ready to get up and get the drinks myself, she said oh ok, and asked to take our order. We gave her the order and I asked if I could get some ranch dressing for the broccoli it came with that they had nothing to exchange it for, she said "sure for 15 cents" I was like really lol...I said that's fine. Well, 45 minutes later we got our food that was tasteless with the broccoli that had no color to it, that I didn't eat anyway lol...Bottom line, dirty nasty restaurant, with employees that forget about their customers, with terrible tasting food!! Thank God we didn't get sick from the food, will never go to any Apple Bees again!! read more

I went to Applebees with my Fiancé this last weekend and I thought it was awesome. The waitress (Brianna) was wonderful. She made recommendations on drinks and food items. The place wasn't too crowded but plenty busy. I thought the entire staff did a wonderful job. Brianna made sure to keep and eye on us to give prompt service. The food was delicious. I had a double burger and my fiancé got the honey pepper chicken strips. I thought both meals were very good. Plenty of TVs with multiple sports on. They also have a touch tunes machine for music during late night which is always a plus! We will definitely be coming back for a date night in the future. read more

I went to Applebee's last night because they're having "Dollaritas" - $1 margaritas till the end of October. I knew Applebee's sucked, but I figured it's just a dollar; how can you go wrong? They went wrong. The workers had obviously been trained to upsell customers on the margs--two of them said verbatim "You should get the $3.50 one because it has more tequila," but I wanted to try the $1 because that was the special. My date bought the larger one for $3.50. Neither of them had any tequila in them whatsoever. They were literally straight margarita mix and were so sweet I would have vomited if it wasn't for buying a $5 tequila shot and pouring that in the drink myself. You're better off buying lime-o-ritas. read more

Want to give this location a thumbs up for the fundraiser work they do in their restaurant. We went to a pancake feed recently for the Bandits girls softball fast pitch team.... and it was really fun. The food Applebee's prepared was very good. Keep up the good work, everyone. read more

We had the fajitas. It was okay. Nothing to write home about. The rice and veggies were not separated so it was difficult to add the veggies to the fajitas. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Steak Fajitas - Sports Bars Near Me - Topeka, Kansas

Don't come here and dine in you'll be waiting forever to get a seat due to the lack of staff!

The Topeka Applebee's employees need to have a idea what is on there menu. We got the new orange chicken last night. We received it with no rice on it and we asked a lady that gave the food to us. She told us she does not look at the menus and went and asked someone. They came back to us and told us it doesn't come with rice. Which I told her then you need to change the picture on the menu then. Later I relooked at the menu paper and sure enough it does come with rice. So once again the staff needs to have a idea of what each dish comes with or go look at the menu if the customer questions it. read more

I usually do the call ahead/take-away. I love the broccoli-chicken alfredo. They have never disappointed me. The young women who bring my order out are cheerful, friendly & helpful, regardless of the weather. I have been a fan of Applebee's for awhile, but honestly, the service and the food lately have been phenomenal. Kudos to the cooks and the staff! read more

Definitely the worst Applebee's I've ever been to. The hostess who seated us was super nice, but our waitress had a horrible attitude from the second she came to our table. Other people seemed to have nice servers, but ours was so rude. My mom would try to ask her how her day was going and have a nice conversation, but the server would respond by rolling her eyes and barely acknowledging my mom. Then, in the middle of our meal they randomly started blasting the radio overhead so we could barely hear each other speak. If you're craving something good to eat and a good experience, I highly recommend you bypass this place and continue driving to the next restaurant. read more

This is the first time I have been here and I was very disappointed in my service tonight. Don't get me wrong the waiter was amazing with a group of 10-12 people. My order was all messed. I got my food after everyone else and they had forgotten to add my appetizer to my 2 for 25$ meal. I was sitting for 2+ hours. The bathroom had smelled badly. It seemed very unorganized. They almost forgot to get my food in. But thank you for a first time. read more

First off I waited 30 minutes just to get a table. Then I'm still wait as I'm typing rn on my food. Like I ain't order it a hour ago. The audacity of this restaurant. I just wanna eat my wings ps. - bathroom smells bad. read more

Horrible service, burnt entree & cold apps manager says...this is just a franchise cannot expect same recipe or quality. NEVER AGAIN!