Took the nephews by Applebees after seeing Masters of the Universe at The Grand, or whatever the place is called these days. It took forever to have a server approach the table. When they did finally come to the table, it then took forever to get our drinks. We placed our order, and waited, and waited, and waited even though there was hardly no one in the restaurant except around the bar and those people appeared to be drinking and not eating a lot. The food was medium temperature when it came out. My nephew's chicken tenders were harder than I would have liked them. The price seemed to have increased from the past, but the food hasn't gotten hotter. I didn't see management one time at all during our visit. Maybe they just weren't there, who knows. Plenty of other places to visit and eat in Winston-Salem, so my recommendation is try one of those next visit after taking in a movie. read more

Hadn't been to your store for several years so when my wife and some friends went and were very happy with everything I decided to do a return. Sunday we went to your restaurant to see for myself. We arrived at approximately 2: 30 on a Sunday afternoon. Place was about 1/3 full so no line. The greeter was sweeping up her area and did not say a word or greet us in any way. I even commented to my wife, is this a seat yourself or do they seat you. No response. We are both handicap with my wife using a cane and I on a walker. Greeter had yet to say a word or welcome us. About a minute later, still not saying a word, she put her broom down and picked up 2 menus and we just followed her to an empty booth. She set the menus down and walked away. Our server followed just a few seconds after we sat down and did greet us and ask about drinks. Our waitress did a bang up job and deserves everything you are paying her. I ordered sweet tea and I think the color wasn't much darker than the water. Weak would be an overstatement. We placed our order and started eating the onion rings which were very good. When our order came out again everything was A+. My wife and I had trouble with the salt shakers and would prefer regular salt shakers rather than the twist and get gravel type provided but that's just us old folks. We enjoyed our meals and I went to the power room only to find the handicap grab rail falling off the wall. Now I am around 300 lb and had to figure a different way to get off the throne. The rest of the meal went well until time to leave. As we were departing I noticed trash and food laying on the floor and the greeter sitting on a chair looking at her phone. No good bye, Kiss my A--, hurry back, nothing. At this point, it will be a while before I try again. Greeting and departing- F; service A+, food B. read more

I came in for lunch with a few friends. It has been quite a while since I've been to any Applebees. Penny was our server, and she was quite nice and available for us just the right amount. We ordered an appetizer trio, mini tacos, pickle fries, quesadilla. All were good. I really liked the fried pickle fries. I ordered a bourbon mushroom swiss burger... It was juicy and covered with a bourbon sauce, cheese and grilled onions. Very nice flavor. I would order this again. I also ordered onion rings and they were decent, middle of the road. The inside of the restaurant was clean and not too busy. Same kind of decor I saw last time, which is good. Based on this visit, I'd return to this location. read more

We came here on a Saturday before going to our movie. We sat at the bar and the bartender Mikey was wonderful. I tried the quesadilla burger and it was such a unique concept that tasted so great. My husband also enjoyed his burger and we loved the ranch. read more

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This place has really stepped up its game!! Drinks are on point and food is delicious. The only complaint is anywhere near the door you absolutely freeze to death. Ask for a table away from it. Thank me for this later!!! read more

Everything was on point but what brings me back is the bartender Mikey! His service goes above and beyond! Always so friendly and always gives the best service! read more

DO NOT GO TO THIS APPLEBEES GO TO ANY OTHER APPLEBEES BEFORE THIS ONE!!! If I could give this place 0 stars I would that how terrible they are. I just moved here and started going to this Applebees back in August of 2024 and had my first issue with them when I ordered a burger and as soon as I took it out of the bag before even opening it, I could see some long thick black hair going completely across my burger touching it. Wasn't my hair because I'm blonde and wasn't my bf's he doesn't have long black hair. It was so disgusting I couldn't even eat it I had to throw it away. I contacted Applebees and the manager reached out to me and sent me out a meal pass to make up for it. So I obviously continued going there to eat and it seemed like after complaining this one time, the cook and workers there had it out for me. It didn't matter how much money I spent there or how many times I went there to their specific Applebees no matter what, my order was messed up and it started to look intentional. The manager Jason emailed me profusely apologizing and saying I wanna make it up to you I can send you another meal pass in the mail for you and I never ended up receiving it. So, I went to order there again to speak with him there about not receiving it and he ended up speaking to me at my car in person once again apologizing and saying "it must of gotten lost in the mail" and that he will leave out a meal pass with my name on it next time I order again.. My stupid ass believed him again and ordered ANOTHER time for the carside worker to tell me there's no meal pass left out for me at all and even confirmed she heard the manager Jason say he would leave it out for me and didn't. Ever since then, I have not gotten ahold of Jason the manager no matter how many times I email or go there and the very last most recent time I ordered, I ordered a 6oz steak and the steak literally looked like a rib patty it was so thick and when I cut into it it was completely raw pink I had to throw the entire meal away and drive all the way back to the Applebees and wait for my order to be remade. While I was there waiting for my order inside, another worker there tried even making jokes about my bad order and said "you should keep the other meal and heat it up later to eat" HOW THE HELL CAN I EAT A THICK UNCOOKED RAW PINK STEAK???? I will never go back here again, I have never had this many issues going to a restaurant EVER!! And the fact that I am consistently getting ignored no matter how much money I spend there or how many times I try and get ahold of Jason the manager i get treated so disrespectfully and ignored. Shows that they could care less about their customers and making everyone happy. Am thinking about even contacting corporate about this place because they need to know how terrible this Applebees is and should be closed down because as I can see, I'm not the only one that feels this way. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Thick, long black hair going across my burger. - American Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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all around bad experience. -food was terrible. -service was below average. i don't think the air was working as when we stepped inside the stale humid air about the place was uncomfortable. won't be back. it's sad, this used to be a good spot. read more

Very bad bartender, not a good experience. The place was dirty Bad service Didn't eat just have a beer read more

I'm not sure why this place has bad reviews. Since Applebees revised their menu, it's been amazing. Michael, the bartender, was fantastic and the food was super good. We got the 2-$32 with the chicken and sirloin. Worth every penny. The steak was cooked perfect and the chicken was tender and flavored well. I would have given it 5 stars but the liquor, beer , and local beer selection is really lacking compared to their competitors. Still a great place to eat. read more

I was there couples days ago and I had a bad experience with this place.. The server never ask if we need something or what we can get because we get there after 10 pm .. I'm order couple more beers and finally just we get one more beer after 11:45 pm ... I'm not recommended this place .. poor server ... read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - My total - American Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

The food, the service and ambiance were all excellent. I will definitely be back. My server Michael N did an excellent job taking care of me, he got my order right and he delivered the food to my table in a timely manner and the food and my dessert were both hot and delicious. read more

Food was not good. Service was even worse. But the main reason I was writing this is timing. I placed an order at 3:30, got a text saying my food would at 3:45, an e-mail saying 3:50. So I headed down there got there about 3:40 and there are signs saying not to get out of your car so I didn't. I didn't interact with an employee til about 4:15 and only received my order partially missing my desserts. That took another 20 minutes. Don't know what is going on the inside but it's broken. read more

Great place and good service. Morgan was so attentive and helpful, we ordered the 2 for $23 - two meals with an appetizer. We started with boneless wings, Fiesta lime chicken and the oriental chicken salad. All were delicious for sure read more

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I came here on 11/12/20 for lunch with friend/co worker. It was about 2pm. It was not busy at all. Maybe 2 other tables filled. Masks were worn by staff. The provide hand sanitizer at the door. They are enforcing social distancing by having every other table closed. We were seated promptly. Our waitress was Amber. Amber was attentive and friendly. I got the shrimp n' Parmesan sirloin with green beans and broccoli. This was an expensive lunch, but it was sooooo good!! I'm doing keto, and this is a good choice. Only 3-4 net carbs for the shrimp and sirloin, About 7 net carbs for the green beans, and about 3 carbs for the broccoli. I would definitely get this again. I maybe double up on broccoli next time to save some carbs. Lol. We got A1 sauce too, but I didn't eat it. For me, I didn't need it. The restaurant was clean as well. No complaints at all. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Shrimp N' Parmesan Sirloin with Broccoli and Green Beans - American Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Me and my family are from out of town, and currently staying at the hotel nearby. Last night (10/29) we stopped by and it was IMPOSSIBLE to get good service. The host was busy running around cleaning the restaurant, looked like no one was helping them. The restaurant looked awful by the way, someone needs to do a better job at keeping that place up. You could tell the host was frazzled. We didn't even get spoken to or anything, so we left. Today (10/30) my children wanted to come, so I had no choice, but to come back.(I'm glad we gave it a second chance! come during the DAY if you want good service!) Traci was our server! She was the only one helping at the door, and running the bar as well. You could tell she's a strong employee, so this place needs to give her a raise or do something to recognize her hard work! We had the monthly sippers, zombie drink and the new chicken quesadilla salad(Traci's recommendation) I'm very taken back by the service we got today, some places just don't hire friendly people no more, so I'm glad our server turned our bad experience last night, until a good one today! read more

I had not been to Applebee's in a while and I decided to try their new lunch 999 menu. I got the fried chicken sandwich and it was absolutely terrible. It was completely tasteless even though I had mayonnaise on it lettuce and tomato. My coworker had told me that she didn't think the chicken sandwich was good, but I could not imagine how you could mess up a piece of chicken at a restaurant butIt was absolutely horrible now I do know that a lot of Applebee's items are very good, but I do not recommend anyone getting the chicken sandwich. It is just tasteless. read more

Well, Applebee's has always been a 1st choice for a family friendly dine in experience. Though, this location questioned our coming back. The service and menu choices were the same. The reason for the 3 stars is because of the maintenance of the building and cleanliness. There are bricks falling apart and trash outside the restaurant. I wish I would've had taken a picture. It looks like a tripping hazard not only outside but inside was dirty as well. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - It's a desert kind of night! - American Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

It's sad to say I'd rather go to McDonald's for a burger and fries. We picked up takeout here and the lettuce was not only heaped on in too large of a quantity, but it was drenched in water. I suppose they washed it and threw it right on the bun, resulting in a not so appetizing soggy burger. I couldn't even eat the bottom bun. Also the fries are probably the worst I've had in a food chain industry. They just have a weird taste to them read more

I deliberately ordered the parmesan sirloin medium rare to get it delivered edible. It arrived beyond chewable with a rancid tasting and smelling sauce on top. It felt personal. If they could do that to me, they'll definitely do that to you. The cook staff should be evaluated and disciplined for serving inedible and possibly bad coded food. This is after I spit the bites I did take. I just threw the whole thing away. The only thing edible was the shrimp and mash potatoes to be honest. I was just disgusted. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Parmesan Shrimp & sirlon - American Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Applebee's are never good. But you can at least count on a limited selection of beers on draft. Not here folks! They have 10 draft handles at the bar, and no draft beer. read more

I read a lot of negative reviews however the service was great, and the food was fresh and delicious.

An overall bad visit! Got there & was seated. Waitress spilled two full cups of water which ended up getting on my two sons clothes, my face, my feet etc; anywho okay people make mistakes i get it! After that, we got our drinks, waited about 35 mins to get straws, food came out the quality of the food was TERRIBLE! My son's chicken tenders were beyond burnt & i was still charged full price for his kids meal. I will NEVER be back! This is our 3rd bad visit and the sad part is we usually wait about a year to "retry" this Applebee's and everytime it is just an awful experience. We have officially washed our hands with this place! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - My son's burnt chicken tenders! - American Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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This is the WORST Applebee's I've been to. I believe getting trench foot would be a better experience than dining at this shart of an establishment. If there was a restaurant embodiment of an enema, it would be this one. If you plan on tackling this crappy mess of a restaurant, strap on some boots and prepare yourself. Before we sat, we went to the bathroom and the toilets were spraying me, almost as if the building itself had a mind of its own and was trying to save me from the employees and food. Host: 1/5 Food: 1/5 Service: 1/5 read more

So we decided to do lunch on Saturday Feb 11. The food was good, normal Applebees fare. We tried the Cheetos wings as an appetizer and they were surprisingly good. What really impressed me was our server. She was working the bar, waiting tables and doing hostess duties and she never missed a beat. She also never stopped moving. Yes, there were others working but no one came close to working as hard as she did. I wish I had gotten her name but don't remember it. Overall I would give her 5+ stars and the food 4. The manager of that store needs to give that young lady a large raise, she was that good. read more

Ridiculous! Really?? Three of us went for dinner tonight, I ordered an appetizer: the Brisket Quesadillas, and a Caesar Salad. See photo** Since the quesadillas looked extremely thin when they arrived I opened them up and was amazed that the kitchen would send out such an insulting dish. So little meat or even any filling that I just laughed. The waiter came by and asked if everything was ok and I just shrugged and showed him the plate of opened quesadillas. He agreed they were not adequate and offered to send them back to add more meat. I said I had taken a photo and would do a Yelp review but finally agreed to send them back. Then the manager came by and said she understood I wasn't happy with my meal. She said she would take the charge off our bill and would send the dish back for "a double". I said, "a double"??, as in you really think the first dish was an adequate portion of filling? Fine. Bring it on please. Second try came out but my family was already finished so I got a togo box. Check came and we WERE CHARGED for it. My review is my frustration in words for you to see. Do not go there!! P.S.: as we were leaving Applebee's my husband said his all his food was cold and he just didn't eat it. Argh! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Brisket Quesadillas - American Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

This oriental salad was great!!! Just like I remember it, so yummy n the Mozzarella sticks where on point, my sister had the rib n fries. Every bits was delicious. Their Margarita drinks are usually to sweet for me. Joelle our server talk to the bartender to make the drink not so sweet, very happy about that n the food was everything I expected to be n more. Give me what I want n the tips will come read more

Worst nanagement ever. Winston Salem NC on Patterson Ave. We communicated to the waitress that we came for the $1 shrimp with a steak purchase. She said ok. We had seen the advertisement and the menu said $1 for 12 Shrimp with the purchase of any Steak entrée. I ordered steak and my husband said ok I will not order a different entrée since you got a steak and I will be getting the shrimpbshrimp. The waitress ask how we wanted the shrimp cooked. We said fried and when our order came out there was no shrimp. We ask the greeter where is the shrimp? She went to get it came back and ask how you want it cooked? She later came back and said they said you can't get it with the 2 for 30. I spoke with the Manager who stated they had to account for every shrimp and it was impossible to ring up now. We could have made different choices and he could have ordered a shrimp entrée. 1. A good manager would have informed the staff 2. She would have honored it after we had ordered our food and was waiting on the shrimp while thinking we were still getting the shrimp and we were misinformed. Twice we were ask how we wanted the shrimp. 3. I would never say I had to account for every piece of shrimp. 4. The special should not say with ANY Steak entrée and then make exceptions. Well to sum it up she was rude and refused to make any consession like getting the shrimp. . Due to this, Applebee's has lost 2 customers for life. She should have met with the waitresses, Post something for the servers but don't flip the switch on the customer's when you are a sorry Manager that didn't inform your staff. None of the staff knew. Wow. They choose to lose good customers for $1 Shrimp. Bad Management I say. See Ad below. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Applebee's has changed a lot. The food doesn't seem to be as good as it used to be. We stopped going to Applebee's because the music was too loud. We were there for lunch the other day and the music was okay. Our waitress took good care of us. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - American Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Nothing bad but nothing memorable. They do offer some good daily drink specials however. I think the free meals for veterans promotion on Veteran's day is so nice- I wish more restaurants would take part. read more

I've been to a lot of Applebee's restaurants, this one has the friendliest wait staff and manager! An old friend and I stopped by for dessert after a day of shopping and had a blast! I was so surprised and the smiles and helpfulness of this location. By the way, the pretzel bites are FANTASTIC! read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Triple Chocolate Meltdown! - American Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

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Nothing really special with the food, It was hot and flavorful. But this review is more for the service provided by our waitress Rhonda, ( her name tag said Rodzilla) which was apt because she was a service beast! She was more than upbeat and positive. She looked after my brother and was the same way with every table I heard her attending. She is an asset to the restaurant. read more

Applebee's Grill + Bar - Standard Applebee's fare - American Near Me - Winston-Salem, North Carolina

I am not usually a fan of Apple Bees just because over the years it has really declined in professionalism, cleanliness, and menu variety. However, I gave it a try as it was close to the hotel. My experience left much to be desired. We were sat at a table promptly, however our server did not know he was our server. He had to ask if "we had been helped " yet. This was only after he walked past us like 4 times. Yes I would have left, but I gathered that they were having some issues with staff. More so, having issues with being under staffed. The gentleman that assisted us was great! As I knew the staff situation was not his responsibility. He was very kind and attentive. The food on the other hand was VERY disappointing. The silverware was not clean, the ice was dirty so it appeared to be floaties in my child's drink. Veggies were not chopped correctly, food was not very hot, and it took a significant amount of time for my child's order to arrive. Only to appear over cooked and a bit old. The tortilla strips on the fiesta lime chicken were burnt and the chicken looked a little tough. Overall, I will NOT be returning this establishment. It needs a massive upgrade. There were dirty tables everywhere and they were still dirty when we left. Now I wish I would have taken pictures. read more

We stopped by at 2:30 PM on a Saturday afternoon and stood at the hostess station for about five minutes before someone came and told us that there would be a 10-15 minute wait, and a longer wait if we wanted a booth. Yikes. We looked around the restaurant and there were plenty of empty tables - a few four tops, and and least four two seaters down the main row to the right. Not sure why there was such a long wait for a table, but we gave our name and had a seat. We struck up a conversation with the couple who had already been waiting there and asked them how long they'd been waiting, and they indicated it had already been 15 minutes for them. Well, we had gift cards that we had to use up, so we decided to wait it out. Not long after the couple in front of us were seated, we got a booth shortly after that. Our waitress came and took our drink and appetizer order. Our drinks were delivered and shortly after our appetizers arrived, but no cutlery or napkins were given to us. It took us a few minutes for her to come back around to check on us, and she quickly brought us napkins, plates, and silverware. The food was good, but cold - the chicken wonton tacos were my fave, and husby got the mozzarella sticks. Our entrees were brought out not too longer after the appys arrived which was fine with us - we wanted to be done and out of there as quickly as possible. I got the brunch burger but it was missing the bacon. I didn't want to extend our visit, so I ate it as-is. Husby got the steak and shrimp parmesean - a little too salty, but the shrimp and the steak were well cooked. He got the bacon mac and cheese as a side (would get again) and the garlicky green beans (stay away from this one unless you like mushy beans). I was perplexed by the green beans - they were a vibrant green, but they were extremely mushy. Yuck. We paid our bill and left as soon as we could. The inside appears run down and dated, and I guess they had plenty of empty tables and not enough servers. We saw a table behind us that was piled high with un-bussed half-eaten plates. The whole thing was not appealing and we will definitely not be back. If we are given gift cards to Applebees again, we'll definitely re-gift these so someone else can have the pleasure of visiting this location. read more

I visited this Restaurant today ordered the half rack of baby back rib and onion rings. It was a takeout order I got it home it was awful! the ribs were hard and drie out I could barely chew them and my onion rings were overcooked! I'll never go back here again Awful read more

My daughter and I decided to have lunch here today,big mistake. I ordered tge five cheese pasta with chicken. When our meals arrived the pasta had NO cheese with some chicken laid on top!!!! The chicken was great tge pasta was dry,stuck to the bottom of the plate,tasteless and no cheese. The service was good I paid 50.00 for 2 meals one was awful.If you are going to price food at a high price then fix it right! read more

This is one of the worst experiences I've ever had here. I love coming here and spending time with family while eating. My dad and I got seated by the bar and right away all these men were screaming and yelling and carrying on way to loud. I couldn't even hear my dad and he was sitting straight across from me. On top of that the service sucked. I honestly don't think I will be returning. read more

Order a club sandwich the bacon, tasted like a ballon. Never go there again!!!!!!!!

I took my family to dinner last night. The waitress was great. She had a lot of tables and worked hard to keep our glasses full. The food was NOT good. Cream-based sauces tasted like they came from a jar. "Spicy chicken sauce" tasted like maple pancake syrup with red pepper added. The steak was flavorless and very thin. The burger was good, not great, but good. All in all, not a good value in any way. read more

Always busy but doesn't ever seem to have enough waiters/waitresses. They don't like to answer the phone. Drinks are good and food is alright. read more