Applebee's Grill + Bar

Met a congregant for lunch and can honestly say I haven't been in an Applebee's in 10 plus years. I definitely stereotype this place and it usually goes against my foodie values but I got their chicken fried salad and the meal was actually good .

There was no one in the place in the Brooklyn Park location which was strange and surprising. The staff was kind and offered options for lunch and my salad was actually delicious.

The vibe is tired, they have giveaways at the front desk is why I rated it so low

The two for $22 dinners are really a good deal for couples. It includes an appetizer for two and an individual dinner entree of your choice. I had the oriental chicken salad, one of my favorites. It was good. My wife had a steak and was disappointed when it came medium well and tough. She ordered it medium rare. We will return, but not sure if we will order a steak again.

Global chains have their advantages. You can go into a global chain anywhere in the world and more or less get the same meal. Applebee's is no different, they are consistent. Consitantly disappointing.

Our intent was to go to a local chain restaurant, however their 40 min wait and our young family was incompatible at the time, so to save our suffering, and the suffering of everyone else in the restaurant, we opted for the chain restaurant with no wait, Applebee's

The decor of the place was refreshingly local, the restaurant was clean, and the staff was friendly... Thats more or less where the positive experience of the restaurant ends.

Lets start with the alcohol. The draft beer selection was nothing but a massive disappointment. Applebee's had Macrobrewery "light" beer on tap mainly with some of the macrobreweries attempts to pan handle a massed produced swill as a micro. I don't consider Sam Adams a microbrewery any longer. MN has so many great microbreweries with kegging capability, why not display some of the talents of local brewers to match the local nature of the restaurants decor? My wife had a long island lce tea which I have found to be over iced, underpoured, and missing some the clear liquors a proper long island ice tea should have.

For dinner we did to the 2 for $20/25. My wife had the Fiesta Lime Chicken. This item has been on Applebee's menu for more than 20 years with a name change or two along the way, its also one of the few items worth ordering again in my opinion. While the chicken was tasty, the rice, as usual left a lot to be desired.

I decided to venture away from the well worn path of Fiesta Lime chicken and tried what turned out to be a bland, calorie bomb that is the 4 cheese mac and cheese with "honey pepper" chicken. Initial presentation was sad at best. Missing was the creamy four cheese blend I was expecting. The small shriveled, fried chicken tenders were greasy mostly breading, apparently tossed in what turned out to be the oily "honey pepper" sauce. The whole mess then had bacon sprinkled on top. Bacon should have been this dish's saving grace. Bacon is a little like sex, even when it's bad, it's still pretty good, but this bacon must have had all of bacon's goodness tortured out, not unlike Theon Greyjoy from the Game of Thrones, having been tortured until he broke.

At first bite the mac and cheese was bland in both flavor at texture. There was a sweet flavor that must have been the honey pepper sauce but the honey and pepper flavors were notable missing in action in this culinary genocide. The four cheeses? Where's the cheese? Even stale cold kraft mac and cheese had more cheese than this dish.

Salt and pepper shakers should be used to slightly adjust a meal to the consumers liking, in this case they were used in combination with copious quantities of tabasco in the attempt to bring life back into whatever this dish was supposed to be.

While the food left a lot to be desired, the staff was friendly and attentive. While it will likely be a few years, I am sure I will return to applebees one day to be disappointed again.

This Applebee's in Rogers has had a major improvement in food and service over the past 2 years or so. We are never disappointed and you can beat the price and value ratio. The 2 for's dinner (either $22 or $27) are a great deal. My wife and I enjoy the 2 small steaks with salads and 2 sides for $22 bucks! Come on! That's a deal for just the right amount if you're not starving. Keep up the good work.

Service was good however the bartender kept pushing me to leave and be done after my third beer well once i ordered my fifth beer he decided to tell me that there is a three beer maximum which i find very odd as i visit applebee's all across the country and never heard of something like this on an acerage month i will spend 2-500 dollars at applebees but i will not spend another dollar at this location BTW im still sitting at the bar writing this!!!!!

Why does this place continue to provide such poor service. The food is decent but management clearly has no control over this place. Consistently we don't ever see our server to even greet us for 5+ minutes. Got seated next to Applebee's employees that just got done with their shift and it was a party between workers clocked in and out, very unprofessional. Not surprised there was an article online that they are closing 100+ stores.

Way over cooked food. I ate there twice.
The first was salmon, it was disgraceful!
The second was bourbon chicken, when it came out you could smell the burn!
Just awful, I will never return to this Applebees.

Came here yesterday night with my girl and baby....pretty nice for late night dinner. got seated right away and got our drinks riggt away before we even got settled down which was good. we decieded to go with the 2 for 25$ special and got some appitizer for half off which you could never go wrong with... appitizers came out really fast and nice and hot same as with the entrees.... great service even though there was only one server for the whole restraunt ....but the guy was pretty fast and trying to please everyone running from table to table.... i give him props for that

Surprised by customers on a Friday at 6pm! Not enough staff to handle average crowd. We were seated right away then waited 20 minutes for water and an hour for salads and chicken strips. Salads were warm and chicken cold. Bar back was training new bartender, waiting tables and monitoring host staff. Many empty tables but people waiting 30 min for a seat. Caesar salads had corn bread croutons and some sort of watery mayo dressing NOT a Caesar salad and some weird cheese. I think a chef in training in kitchen. With all the other choices nearby I would pass on this location.

I am back as a fan of Applebee's. My wife and I ordered the All-day Brunch Burger. It is a burger with hash browns and topped with over easy egg. It was delicious! Definitely we will be back. Service was fast. Food was fresh and hot! Fries a little salty but very good.