Review Applebee's - Newark

We chose a quick lunch today at Applebee's and the food was ok but they really need to work on presentation my platter was a mess it was split and wood peeling off I was a taken back by that.Step it up on what you are serving food on!

Applebee's has always been hit and miss for me not really a huge fan. But we went there and it was the same not great I got the macaroni and cheese chicken tender bowl and it wasn't cheesy abs there was some strange syrup on the bottom of the bowl. Our server Nate was awsome though

Am a regular customer wherever I go. But today it was a little different. French onion soup was half portion. Chick and shrimp were dry and smaller than usual. The table was broken and I almost spilled my beer. Not a complaint, the service was great as usual, clean and friendly service. Its just a note the manager or the person in charge to make things better... always 20% tips or more due to very good service. Other than that... would've been straight 5 stars.

Our lunch was very good. Service was a bit slow but not the fault of the staff. Our host was also our server, bartender, bus person and who knows maybe chef. Only 2 people ran the entire front of the house. They should be commended.

We came in with an 8 top (party of 8) and were told that the only seats that would fit us all were the big round table and the hostess (who had an extremely rude attitude) pointed to the table. She said it would be a 30 minute wait. When it hit the 30 minute mark, we were patient because it’s a Friday and more than half of us work in restaurants (3 of us are line cooks and 2 of us are servers). The hostess comes to us and says the table (whom we just witnessed reviewing to go boxes), just for their appetizers (which was a lie). Then a rude manager came up when we were asking if the 2 empty booths that were back to back could be used (as they were previously occupied but then the patrons left) and they refused to allow us to have the booths. We asked then if we can keep waiting and he kept trying to get us to leave by saying he doesn’t want to seat us because he stated we need to “think of the kitchen staff” but if 2 separate parties arrived they would have easily been sat there. It made zero sense. It would be the same thing if it were 2 separate parties because like I stated, some of us in the party are line cooks. If line cooks can’t handle an 8 top, they need new line cooks.. Both booths of us would have paid separately. It felt like they didn’t want to serve us because we are Hispanic. They let larger parties with all white people be seated together. Luckily, we knew the GM of one of the other Applebees who’s guiding us on where to go from here. I can’t express in writing how badly we were treated and as a server and former hostess, I’d never no matter what treat people with such disgusting behavior as if we were second class citizens. It was a birthday dinner too, which makes it even worse. Luckily TGI Fridays near the U of D were able to seat us within 2 minutes, treated us like humans and helped the night turn out better.

Not impressed. We went for lunch and it was pretty pricey for the smallish lunch portions. We were the only people there and it took a good amount of time to get our food and everyone's food was just lukewarm. Also, the stupid gaming system on the table does not warn you that it costs money! My daughter scrolled through it and somehow ended up charging us $2! I know it's a small cost but it was for literally NOTHING. A plus was that the server was very nice.

This is usually a pretty nice place to eat, especially if it's a little later than usual for dinner. Love the atmosphere and the servers are typically pretty good. I walked in just to be looked up and down with a disgusted face. Not greeted by the host, just stared at before I said hello. I was asked if I was doing take out, said no I'm not I am dining in. Continued to be asked if I wanted take out and looked at with a now offended and disgusted look. The host finally said fine I'll seat you and then proceded to talk to the other host and now a guest. Waited a good 5 minutes after the other guest left before leaving the building. Extremely disappointed and upseted by this interaction and will not be coming back anytime soon.

Food was excellent. Wait time, since we were the first ones in when they opened, I thought was too long. They got real busy by the time we were ready to go and took too long to get check. I tried to pay at table on tablet but the bill wasn't uploaded.