
Applebee's Grill + Bar
1301 N Davis Rd, Salinas, CA 93907
About Applebee's Grill + Bar - steak house in Salinas, California
Full-service chain bar & grill providing hearty American eats in an informal setting.
Customer Review Summary
Review summaries for Applebee's Grill + Bar indicate inconsistent service and food experiences. Several patrons experienced issues with missing ingredients in meals, and long wait times for drinks, particularly milkshakes and pizzas. Customer service complaints were frequent, with servers being described as rude and inattentive. Some guests noted friendly service from specific staff, like Jacqueline, offset by general dissatisfaction with management and cleanliness practices. Curbside pickup was problematic for multiple customers, involving long waits and the need to go inside to retrieve orders, sometimes receiving cold food and insufficient utensils. On a positive note, some diners found the food delicious and met their expectations regarding quality.
Key Features
Service options
- Curbside pickup
- Delivery
- Drive-through
- Takeout
- Dine-in
Highlights
- Fast service
- Great beer selection
- Great cocktails
- Great dessert
- Great wine list
- Sports
Popular for
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Solo dining
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible entrance
- Wheelchair accessible parking lot
- Wheelchair accessible restroom
- Wheelchair accessible seating
Offerings
- Alcohol
- Beer
- Cocktails
- Coffee
- Comfort food
- Happy hour drinks
- Happy hour food
- Hard liquor
- Healthy options
- Late-night food
- Quick bite
- Small plates
- Vegetarian options
- Wine
Dining options
- Breakfast
- Brunch
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Catering
- Dessert
- Seating
Amenities
- Bar onsite
- Restroom
Atmosphere
- Casual
- Cozy
- Trendy
Crowd
- College students
- Family-friendly
- Groups
- LGBTQ+ friendly
- Tourists
- Transgender safespace
Planning
- Accepts reservations
Payments
- Credit cards
- Debit cards
- NFC mobile payments
Children
- Good for kids
- High chairs
- Kids' menu
Parking
- Free parking lot
- Free street parking
Customer Reviews
Rating Distribution
SilentKali Smoker
changed rating slightly. Went during what seemed like a slow time and while it's not a huge deal my wife and my meals were missing a simple ingredient that we were expecting, cheese. Waitress didn't tell us they were out of cheese, so we were a little bummed when there wasn't cheese on the meal. Also, the milkshake for my wife and the smoothie for our little one took a long time to make and bring out. Again, it wasn't that busy and was a Monday evening. And men's restroom door was missing the handle on the inside so you could get out. Almost got stuck in there with strangers for a while.
yami m
Horrible service. Our server was not very kind. Completely ignored us it confused us because she was very nice to the other tables. I wasn't able to catch her name as she never introduced herself but rudely asked what we wanted instead. She served us the wrong drink and seemed annoyed when we pointed it out and after this she proceeded to ignore us for the rest of the night and we couldn’t get her attention as she was too busy talking to her other table.
Vik M
TL;DR: I have never been to Applebees and maybe it was because we were hungry but I was surprised. The food was delicious. The food met expectations in the other categories of richness, quality, etc. Specific Foods: The Classic Combo: 7.3/10 Four-Cheese Mac & Cheese with Honey Pepper Chicken Tenders: 9/10 General Wait Time for 1/2 dishes: 20-30 min General Comments: Server was super friendly.
christine Livitski
Food and service was good as expected. Jacqueline was wonderful. Sat at the bar got to hear them washing dishes in the back also which I don’t understand why people come inside a restaurant and decide to put their phone on speaker so everybody at the table can hear the conversation, what is the manager doing? I saw him standing around. Maybe he was in the back, washing the dishes because he doesn’t have enough help? Is he making sure that his customers are happy. I think not it’s just a job. I understand if you don’t take pride in your job why are you there? And I’m hard of hearing.
Erinn D
Ordered to pick up at curbside. Sat there 20 minutes then had to call the resteraunt and all they could say is the screen is broke. Well fix it or better yet have someone watching the pick up spots and go out to the cars and ask who they are picking up for. Our food was cold by the time we got it too!
Joey E
We ordered immediately and they brought out both my wife and I's food then said our 3 year old pizza is coming soon. 40 minutes later no pizza. Then as we're about to leave they bring the pizza and no sides with no reason other than "they didn't put the sides out and we took it off your bill". Absolutely insane.
Annette Borunda
Wow I was amazing the last couple cost was horrible but today it was something different and amazing. The food was amazing the service was wonderful. Thank you for this amazing experience let bring back a better experience in the day and also the night
California001
Really bad service here!! This is the second time that i order curbside pick up and i have to go inside to pick up my order! Plus they make me wait another 30min because the order is not ready, All the employees look so unhappy so upset so mad working! I was ignored by 2 employees they just kept saying i will check but never came back to let me know anything until i had to ask again after 30min they the guy that was there gave me this attitude and went back and grabbed my order like dam really??! Why they have curbside pick up if they have you go inside plus they ignore you give you attitude and have you wait 30-45min more! So ridiculous! And to top it off they didn't give me any utensils no napkins no anything like i guess they said use your fingers as fork & spoon! Sheeesh! Management seriously needs too get on their feet about the service its so pathetic.. do not waste your money or time here.
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