Applebee’s

A staple of any highschoolers life on the island applebees is a fun and affordable place to eat. This mostly stems from half apps. They messed up halfapps though by drastically cutting portions. There are also more middle school kids now.

I come here at least once a week
I love it
The people are always so nice and the food is always so good

I know this is a casual dining restaurant, but I have to write a review and explain my experience this evening.
I have a food allergy and our waitress Laury D. and the manager, Darren were truly exceptional. They brought out a food allergy menu and reviewed everything with me. They were genuinely concerned and went above and beyond what I would have ever expected.
My food of course was really good. Honestly my wife and I just got some burgers but they were really good. And I have to say for the price I was truly surprised. For a little more than the cost of fast food we had a tasty meal.
For the money I am impressed with Applebee’s and we will certainly return.

I am very disappointed as this used to be a great place to hang out get good food and a few beers and hang out with friends. However the lack of quality check really bothers me. The food and service is not on par and sad because it used to be when they first opened this location. The wait staff is running ragged to bring everything out while they also have to clean and prepare the tables and wait for a bartender to make the drinks. Which brings me to another major problem the drinks are really a disappointment. They are micro managed to marks on the bottle and auto stop on half a shot for most of the mixed drinks. If they let bartenders be bartenders would totally improve the quality of what they serve. Hopefully next visit will be better

The worst Applebee’s I’ve been to. The staff is rude, we sat there for 15 minutes at least and still no service. I didn’t leave without speaking to the manager first whom I will say was very apologetic. Hopefully they will make changes soon and try to make this location a hospitable place.

My favorite restaurant in the Patchogue /​Brookhaven area! The service here is great; there seems to be very little turnover. I usually sit in the bar area. They’ve had the same regular bartenders for a while, and I hope this doesn’t change. Casey, Sam, Ashley, Kevin, Theia and company are great! And so is the management. This is a well run place. 9 times out of 10 everything is perfect. They do a great job especially with the regulars such as myself. The food is always as ordered, and the server usually knows what my favorites are, and what to recommend if I’m in the mood for something different. Keep up the great work!
Any of the steaks are going to be great, and they have some great apps. Go during late night or happy hour and get twofers and half-​off apps!
Yes, there are going to be times that it’s busy. It’s busy because it’s good. — Jeff

What happened!!! I’m usually a big fan of Applebee’s, but tonight… I don’t know. 30 — 40 minute wait, but that’s a given. All of these restaurants in this area are like this and that’s not my complaint. We finally sat down and the waiter took our order for drinks and entrées. The food came out in a timely manner, but guess what? No utensils! As a matter of fact no tables in out area had utensils! Lol. And our dishes were far from being finger food.
My wife ordered a steak dinner and asked for it medium raw. It came out well done and hard to chew. It was kind of hard to get my waiter to complain about her dish but after a while it was taken away for a proper steak. I had to eat in front of her, in which I really don’t like to do but I was really hungry and I didn’t want it to go cold.
My dish? I ordered a shrimp scampi linguini. I was expecting a shrimp scampi linguini. My dish came out with a splash of red sauce in it which changed the whole taste of the dish entirely. When the manager came with my wife’s proper steak he asked me about my dish. I complained like I said above. He showed me in the menu about the sauce that I complained about. Some big fancy name. I’m not a chef, so I don’t know these big fancy words, but if your main title says «shrimp scampi linguini» that’s what your expecting! I’m not buying the story that was given to me.
I’m not knocking the waiter because none of this was his fault, but I noticed that all of the waiters seems tired and overworked and still running around like crazy.
The drinks were good and I would still go again. I just probably picked a bad night.

The wait was minimal. The steak was made to perfection. The waiter Craig r was awesome. Will be back again…

Descent food for a chain. Service ok portions pathetic!
Got a burger with fries. I counted them there was 14 fries.

Harry was awesome, we had a whole bunch of apps during half off app night and he got out all our food and drinks perfectly. I’ve been to other Applebee’s and even in san diego where the weather is nice and people are happy we didn’t get as great of service. My younger cousin sat with us after we were all seated and Harry had him a water in seconds. Awesome, just awesome!
Thanks Harry!

food is always over cooked and all they have is excuses

We have a habit of coming here as a last resort when out of food or in need of a late-​night fix. It’s progressively gotten worse over the years.
For starters at least twice in the past 6 months we’ve gone in with just the two of us and been met with an hour-​long wait due to the entire restaurant shutting down for UFC fights.
Once, we even placed a reservation and they didn’t hold it, with the excuse of ‘People are watching the fight, we can’t hold tables.’ despite telling us earlier in the day they could.
The food itself is teeming with sodium, and this is coming from someone who puts table salt on everything. No joke, every time we go here, we end up absurdly thirsty for the next 24 hours. I dunno why they heap salt onto everything (once we literally saw small piles of salt on our nachos!) but it’s overkill and not really necessary since the food doesn’t taste BAD per se.
If you like long waits and crowds of teenagers, look no further! We wouldn’t even recommend coming here at night even if it were the last place open in town. If you go during the day, it’s marginally better.

Applebee’s is Applebee’s, let’s be real. You get what you pay for, and for the most part, it’s pretty much the same no matter what location you visit. With that being said, the service is something on which I can comment, and this Applebee’s does not exactly excel in this department.
I came here with my sister and my cousin for a night of food and a much needed catch-​up. We were seated at a table by the bar, which should’ve been convenient when it came to expedited service. Wrong.
Our drinks took a bit of time to come to us (like, really?), as did the food. The typical «How is everything?» that one receives from their waiter or waitress never happened, and when our waiter did eventually show up with check, it took him forever to process the payment.
I gave it three stars for it’s easygoing atmosphere and edible food, but they need to pick up their game in service.

I can’t believe there aren’t more reviews for this place, especially since the newest one is from like 2012. Well, I guess I’ll be the «update»
This is my local Applebee’s, and I visit it somewhat regularly… particularly for half off appetizers and twofers. I’m giving it 4 stars almost for nostalgic reasons, but also because I almost always have a good meal here… and with a chain restaurant like this, that’s hard to do.
Our last visit, I got some sliders for half off, and they were actually pink in the middle. SLIDERS. At a CHAIN restaurant. Needless to say I was impressed they didn’t hockey puck the thing.
I think that’s the key to enjoying chains like this. It’s a chain, have low standards! They’re mega cheap, have tons of deals, and generally have the same level of quality (which can range to damn good if you hit the right day).
This place has gotten more and more popular over the years, and multiple times I’ve come in here late night just to have to wait 20 minutes for a table.
If you’re going to Applebees, I doubt a review on Unilocal is going to make or break it for you, I mean chances are you probably already know what you’re getting into, but this specific restaurant gets Scott E’s restaurant chain of approval, and you can rest easy you at least won’t get horrible food.

Good service, food was mediocre…
This was not the first time I was here but wanted to give it another visit before I wrote something. The wait service is good and the reason for two stars.
Add a star if you are going just for the bar and bar food or just a hamburger. This location seems to do well with a lively bar. They must be doing something right.
My husband and I shared an appetizer, the Wonton Tacos Chicken, spicy taco with chicken and Asian flavors. Best thing we ate.
My mistake was reading the calorie counts on the menu. It’s great that you can see the calories but it prevented me from ordering the calorie-​rich foods that may have tasted better. I ordered a shrimp dish that was probably one of the lowest calorie items. The Sizzling Asian Shrimp & Broccoli had broccoli, red peppers and a spicy sauce. When the dish arrived, I though they brought me a Lean Cuisine frozen dinner. It looked nothing like the picture in the menu. It was small, the shrimp were small and it tasted like a pre-​packaged dinner. It was overly spiced which did not improve the meal and an insult for $ 14.99.
My husband also ordered a shrimp dish, the Bourbon Street Chicken & Shrimp, and could not believe the size of the shrimp. No need to cut the shrimp. Just pop them into your mouth.
We ordered dessert which defeated the purpose of ordering the low calorie dinner, but we felt we needed something else after those entrees. And we were sharing, so that helped. We had the Triple Chocolate Meltdown which was good, but how can you ruin chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream?
So I wouldn’t run back there, or recommend this place to anyone who likes good food. It’s fine for the bar, bar appetizers and desserts. If you’re meeting some friends for a drink, well then it’s not about the food, so it would be fine.
Hope that helps!

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After visiting this Applebees again, I figured out why this privacy wall is behind the urinals. Once the restroom door is open, there is a clear view of the urinals so this wall actually prevents the servers from seeing a bunch of guys making the shake motion as manhandle themselves and negotiate their member back in the fly. Bump back up to 3 stars.

This is located in the same building as the old Okey Dokey restaurant. Basically this is the same restaurant with a different name. I mean, once you’re in the door it’s all the same. Striped shirt wearing waiters and nostalgia all over the walls. Bennigans, Houlihans, Applebees… all the same.
Anyway, when I went here it was early in the day so not that crowded. They have a massive waiting area to the left when you walk in, so I don’t know if that means they get mobbed or if they’re thinking big and hoping for it. The waiter we had was regular, did his stuff. yada yada yada. I ended up getting the «Cowboy» hamburger. Cheese, onion ring, BBQ sauce. Good stuff… but I am a sucker for a good burger.
Can’t say anything bad about this place, I do like the food here. SImple and great tasting.