Applebee's Grill - Riverside

The service was slow and somewhat inaccurate due to a shortage of staff. My friend ordered his burger without veggies, but it came with them instead. I didn't mind, though—I ended up with extra veggies! Overall, the food was still tasty. I tried the Quesadilla-Burger, and I was happy with the burger's size and the flavor, which was a nice departure from typical burgers. The staff was very friendly, and I will likely return.

For the main course, my date had the top sirloin steak while I had the bourbon street steak. Unfortunately, both steaks were quite tough, almost too tough to eat, and Mary Rose kindly offered to get the manager, but we declined. Despite the texture, my bourbon street steak still had great flavor; I just had to cut it into small pieces. Our mashed potatoes were a bit runny, and my date mentioned that her broccoli was crunchy. Overall, the food could have been better, but the service was exceptional. Mary Rose was an outstanding waitress—very attentive and always offering us extras.

My personal favorite Applebee's isn't just due to its convenient location; the staff is always friendly, and the food is typically great. It tends to get quite busy on most weeknights and especially on weekends, so having lunch when they first open is the best time to enjoy a meal.

Ive been coming here for years but I?ve been having bad service the past 6 months , the food is great , it took my waitress like 10 mins to give us a refill by then we were done with our food , not once did she stopped to ask if we needed anything , we hadto called her , when they brought me my steak they didn?t even give me utensils I had to ask for them 5 min later , I think theyneed to do better with the customers .

This is the second time dining here in the last two weeks. The first time I had to have my sandwich sent back due to being too cold. Came back hot but the bacon was super chewy after. Second time coming which is where these photos came from it startedwith a Sierra Mist that was flat. Then the hot wings were dry and didn't have sauce all over it. All food was cold i forced thesandwich down. Ate a 1/4 of the fries and couldn't eat more then a wing. My girlfriends pasta was cold and you could see thesauce hardening in the pictures. I had them remake hers being the gentleman I am, it came back with chicken bits when sheoriginally ordered no chicken. Lastly the alcoholic beverage she purchased was wrong as well. They fixed that and sadly the bardrinks were the only positive experience. The manager did remedy the experience by not charging for the food and the waitresswas nice. However, the experience led me to write this. The bill was paid but the night was still ruined.