Waitress was very good. Food was very good. The tortilla chips were a bit greasy, but edible. The fries were crispy (a first for Applebee's).But when they started the vacuum cleaner within 8 feet of our booth, we both lost interest in the food. Nothing like the atmosphere of dirty socks to turn your stomach. She started cleaning about 10 feet closer than the picture shows.
Nicole Knudson
The only place without a wait and now I know why! We were seated by a window after the host told us he had to rotate customers between servers (not our business) and I was freezing! Our server was nice but that's about it. Not out going at all! Didn't wait too long for our food which is surprising because the pasta was so overcooked. The meal was mediocre AT BEST! 3/4 of the way through our meal, all we can hear is yelling from the kitchen! But the best part... THE HOST VACUUMED RIGHT NEXT TO US WHEN WE WERE EATING! That was it for me! Manager should have heard that vacuum and stopped it immediately! New management isn't doing that place any better!
Shanika K
Hello everyone ! I am Shanika the new general manager here at the Sheboygan location. I feel confident when I say myself and my team has put in a lot of hard work to rebuild our reputation and become one of your favorite neighborhood bar and grills again. We are happy to announce that starting June 1st we will be open late night hours. 11am-11pm on Sundays through Thursday and 11am-Midnight on Friday and Saturday’s. We have a lot of tasty drinks we would love for you to try, come check out what’s new on our menu. See you soon!
Jake A
The staff here are very friendly, Applebees has come a long way from where it’s been for awhile and are making a strong comeback
Mary Siders
When our party of 3 had to wait a good while to be seated at 2:45pm on a Thursday with no other customers waiting, that should have been our first clue. When we were finally seated, it took another 10 minutes to get spoken to by the waitress and her trainee. This doesn't bode well for the promptness of future waitresses. We finally ordered and then had to ask if we would get our appetizer before our meal before we finally got it....spinach artichoke dip and tortilla chips, not something I would take 20 minutes to prepare. I made the poor decision to go to the restroom while I waited. The floors were so sticky that each step was proclaimed with the loud peeling and ripping sound. One toilet had overflowed, one I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole, the third I precariously took my chances with, not knowing how much longer this "quick late lunch" might take. Our meal finally arrived at 4:12pm, just in time for an early dinner! The bourbon mushroom and Swiss burger and garlic green beans were delicious, lucky me. My two dining companions didn't fare as well with the clumpy rice pilaf, heaping pile of tortilla ribbons and tiny tequila lime chicken, or the salt with some fries added and ribletts in search of a meal. They did say that the chicken and ribs were prety good. We were pretty hungry by the time we received our meal, so I shared my burger and they ate what was edible. We were finally checked on by the servers who brought our check by 5pm. Yes, you read that correctly. In case math isn't your thing, that would be 2 hours and 15 minutes from start to finish. We didn't order alcoholic beverages, there weren't many other customers, there were, however, several other people in Applebee's uniforms milling about. I'm not sure what's going on here, but I will say this...if you have a lot of time on your hands, like mediocre food, aren't too hung up on cleanliness, and have the patience of Mother Theresa, then this is the place for you!
Jas2112 Ayee
Let's start off with saying, this resturant was alright, not the worst, not the best. It was alright, the waiter I had was definitely awesome. The service was good, the food on the other hand was not fully worth the price nor the taste, the appetizers were alright, the drinks were normal as any other place would be. I ordered a whiskey burger the onion rings on top were very small lightly battered, disappointing how the picture looked compared to how it actually was and came out to be.. The burger also was supposed to have more sauce, but had low amount of sauce, it tasted like a normal unseasonably burger, if you get this in the future, definitely ask for more sauce on the side! Would I come back for this burger? No. The onionrings on the top looked like French onions and tasted like it, definitely was a big let down, also the burger had low seasoning added, tasted like a bland burger with toppings added onto it to hide the bland taste, even the sauce was less than a teaspoon added onto the top of it. Definitely needed more sauce, probably should have had the lettuce on the bottom, with the sauce above the lettuce, to enhance the flavors, but was added ontop, and the lettuce was under the sauce... Sadly, but hopefully they will change how it is made.Also, The fries were alright, bit drier than most places, some was hard too, and the chicken wings are somewhat alright, but would recommend the ranch with any you choose. The onion rings you get for an appetizer is much much bigger than the ones on the burgers, do not forget this! There is more batter, but it's more flavor, just keep this in mind.Also yes, the prices for everything was too much for the food given, I went with my family, came out to $3 for a fountain drink, there was 4 of us, that's $12 right there, which is kinda a rip but it's how restaurants are, the overall price was $80 for 2 for $30And another 2 for $30.Would I come back?Probably to try other things besides the burgers, the pasta I never liked cause it tastes like frozen made for some of the things and not full good taste, in my opinion.Overall It's an alright place, mainly for drinkers and listening to the music
Abby B
Haven't been here in years due to past bad experiences, only went today due to having a gift card. Sad to see only one waitresses working 6+ tables, waited a while for service, but that's not her fault. Ordered drinks, boyfriend's glass had lipstick on it, very gross. But waitresses brought a new one, and I saw her checking the other glasses before use. Thank you to her for being diligent after being informed. Food was alright, but my chicken was a little rubbery; better than raw or super dry I guess. Also my boyfriend's burger was well done, eventhough he asked for "pink". Whatever, we probably won't be back. It was only hard to leave due to the tables being so sticky. ?
Linda Jolitz
Food was serviced cold. Mashed potatoes were so cold it did not melt butter. It took over an hour to cook a small steak and shrimp dinner. My daughter ordered a hamburger well done. It was also cold. All this unbeatable food was 44.00 dollars.
Amy Berg
When we walked in the host looked at us like he had better things to do than seat us. We were seated in a 2 person booth by the window. It was so cold. Our server was ok. The table was sticky all around the edges. When we got our food you could tell it was sitting in the kitchen for a while. It was sloppy on the plate. My son ordered the flaming hot chicken wings and they were over cooked. My steak had good flavor but it was cold. We had not gone here for a while due to the service last time. Again we were disappointed. Do better Applebee's!!!
John M.
awful service, came alone took about 30 minutes just to sit me down. I was just standing there waiting and waiting not to mention it really wasn't busy. They finally Acknowledge me and sat me down, 15 minutes later I made my order for them to come back 30 minutes later and tell me they ran out of that order. So I just decided to pay for my drinks and wait no longer. Lack of team work, customer service, and lazy workers is what this applebees represents.
They closed the restaurant early because they were short staffed. The drinks were ok! We ordered French onion soup which was good, we also ordered artichoke dip which was not good, and Cheetos cheese balls were just so bad and drenched in oil! I will never go back! Let's not forget how the cooks were playing inappropriate music in the background!
P J Erickson
So short staffed, service was terribly rude, didn't even get drinks until 35min after arriving, giving us plenty of time to see how dirty & in disrepair the place is. After 75min, food was cold when it should've been hot and warm when it should've been cold. When we complained, the manager couldn't even come out to talk to us because she was the only one cooking. Won't be back.
Mark
Took us an 30 min after being seated to even place our order, mind you there was only about 6 other families/groups there. An hour after arriving we finally got our food, appetizers and drinks still hadn't arrived. Drinks took another 10 minutes and appetizers didn't show up until the check arrived (about an hour and 45 min after arriving).Waiter only came over to our table about 3 times in total and was not keeping up with any of her other tables.Absolutely terrible service experience. We drove 30 min to eat here, next time we'll just go to the one in Manitowoc.
Eric Bogenschuetz
Ordered food for my son who has a lot of allergies. They made the food wrong a couple times and still gave it to us with items on that he couldn't have. We ended up taking it off and leaving with the food. But for the amount of wait that we had, number of times they remade it, It should have been correct. Our server was great and not a fault but the kitchen staff did not do their job.
Colleen Tarver
It was time to get off the interstate and let the sun finish setting. Applebee's was the easiest to get to so that's where we went even though we have often been disappointed when we lived in MS. This Applebee's was great.I had the southwest lime chicken and he had the chicken and shrimp scampi skillet. Both meals were plated beautifully and tasted fantastic. Service was a little bit slow but that is because there was just 1 waitress at 4ish on Black Friday. I blame management for that.
Waitress was very good. Food was very good. The tortilla chips were a bit greasy, but edible. The fries were crispy (a first for Applebee's).But when they started the vacuum cleaner within 8 feet of our booth, we both lost interest in the food. Nothing like the atmosphere of dirty socks to turn your stomach. She started cleaning about 10 feet closer than the picture shows.
The only place without a wait and now I know why! We were seated by a window after the host told us he had to rotate customers between servers (not our business) and I was freezing! Our server was nice but that's about it. Not out going at all! Didn't wait too long for our food which is surprising because the pasta was so overcooked. The meal was mediocre AT BEST! 3/4 of the way through our meal, all we can hear is yelling from the kitchen! But the best part... THE HOST VACUUMED RIGHT NEXT TO US WHEN WE WERE EATING! That was it for me! Manager should have heard that vacuum and stopped it immediately! New management isn't doing that place any better!
Hello everyone ! I am Shanika the new general manager here at the Sheboygan location. I feel confident when I say myself and my team has put in a lot of hard work to rebuild our reputation and become one of your favorite neighborhood bar and grills again. We are happy to announce that starting June 1st we will be open late night hours. 11am-11pm on Sundays through Thursday and 11am-Midnight on Friday and Saturday’s. We have a lot of tasty drinks we would love for you to try, come check out what’s new on our menu. See you soon!
The staff here are very friendly, Applebees has come a long way from where it’s been for awhile and are making a strong comeback
When our party of 3 had to wait a good while to be seated at 2:45pm on a Thursday with no other customers waiting, that should have been our first clue. When we were finally seated, it took another 10 minutes to get spoken to by the waitress and her trainee. This doesn't bode well for the promptness of future waitresses. We finally ordered and then had to ask if we would get our appetizer before our meal before we finally got it....spinach artichoke dip and tortilla chips, not something I would take 20 minutes to prepare. I made the poor decision to go to the restroom while I waited. The floors were so sticky that each step was proclaimed with the loud peeling and ripping sound. One toilet had overflowed, one I wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole, the third I precariously took my chances with, not knowing how much longer this "quick late lunch" might take. Our meal finally arrived at 4:12pm, just in time for an early dinner! The bourbon mushroom and Swiss burger and garlic green beans were delicious, lucky me. My two dining companions didn't fare as well with the clumpy rice pilaf, heaping pile of tortilla ribbons and tiny tequila lime chicken, or the salt with some fries added and ribletts in search of a meal. They did say that the chicken and ribs were prety good. We were pretty hungry by the time we received our meal, so I shared my burger and they ate what was edible. We were finally checked on by the servers who brought our check by 5pm. Yes, you read that correctly. In case math isn't your thing, that would be 2 hours and 15 minutes from start to finish. We didn't order alcoholic beverages, there weren't many other customers, there were, however, several other people in Applebee's uniforms milling about. I'm not sure what's going on here, but I will say this...if you have a lot of time on your hands, like mediocre food, aren't too hung up on cleanliness, and have the patience of Mother Theresa, then this is the place for you!
Let's start off with saying, this resturant was alright, not the worst, not the best. It was alright, the waiter I had was definitely awesome. The service was good, the food on the other hand was not fully worth the price nor the taste, the appetizers were alright, the drinks were normal as any other place would be. I ordered a whiskey burger the onion rings on top were very small lightly battered, disappointing how the picture looked compared to how it actually was and came out to be.. The burger also was supposed to have more sauce, but had low amount of sauce, it tasted like a normal unseasonably burger, if you get this in the future, definitely ask for more sauce on the side! Would I come back for this burger? No. The onionrings on the top looked like French onions and tasted like it, definitely was a big let down, also the burger had low seasoning added, tasted like a bland burger with toppings added onto it to hide the bland taste, even the sauce was less than a teaspoon added onto the top of it. Definitely needed more sauce, probably should have had the lettuce on the bottom, with the sauce above the lettuce, to enhance the flavors, but was added ontop, and the lettuce was under the sauce... Sadly, but hopefully they will change how it is made.Also, The fries were alright, bit drier than most places, some was hard too, and the chicken wings are somewhat alright, but would recommend the ranch with any you choose. The onion rings you get for an appetizer is much much bigger than the ones on the burgers, do not forget this! There is more batter, but it's more flavor, just keep this in mind.Also yes, the prices for everything was too much for the food given, I went with my family, came out to $3 for a fountain drink, there was 4 of us, that's $12 right there, which is kinda a rip but it's how restaurants are, the overall price was $80 for 2 for $30And another 2 for $30.Would I come back?Probably to try other things besides the burgers, the pasta I never liked cause it tastes like frozen made for some of the things and not full good taste, in my opinion.Overall It's an alright place, mainly for drinkers and listening to the music
Haven't been here in years due to past bad experiences, only went today due to having a gift card. Sad to see only one waitresses working 6+ tables, waited a while for service, but that's not her fault. Ordered drinks, boyfriend's glass had lipstick on it, very gross. But waitresses brought a new one, and I saw her checking the other glasses before use. Thank you to her for being diligent after being informed. Food was alright, but my chicken was a little rubbery; better than raw or super dry I guess. Also my boyfriend's burger was well done, eventhough he asked for "pink". Whatever, we probably won't be back. It was only hard to leave due to the tables being so sticky. ?
Food was serviced cold. Mashed potatoes were so cold it did not melt butter. It took over an hour to cook a small steak and shrimp dinner. My daughter ordered a hamburger well done. It was also cold. All this unbeatable food was 44.00 dollars.
When we walked in the host looked at us like he had better things to do than seat us. We were seated in a 2 person booth by the window. It was so cold. Our server was ok. The table was sticky all around the edges. When we got our food you could tell it was sitting in the kitchen for a while. It was sloppy on the plate. My son ordered the flaming hot chicken wings and they were over cooked. My steak had good flavor but it was cold. We had not gone here for a while due to the service last time. Again we were disappointed. Do better Applebee's!!!
awful service, came alone took about 30 minutes just to sit me down. I was just standing there waiting and waiting not to mention it really wasn't busy. They finally Acknowledge me and sat me down, 15 minutes later I made my order for them to come back 30 minutes later and tell me they ran out of that order. So I just decided to pay for my drinks and wait no longer. Lack of team work, customer service, and lazy workers is what this applebees represents.
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They closed the restaurant early because they were short staffed. The drinks were ok! We ordered French onion soup which was good, we also ordered artichoke dip which was not good, and Cheetos cheese balls were just so bad and drenched in oil! I will never go back! Let's not forget how the cooks were playing inappropriate music in the background!
So short staffed, service was terribly rude, didn't even get drinks until 35min after arriving, giving us plenty of time to see how dirty & in disrepair the place is. After 75min, food was cold when it should've been hot and warm when it should've been cold. When we complained, the manager couldn't even come out to talk to us because she was the only one cooking. Won't be back.
Took us an 30 min after being seated to even place our order, mind you there was only about 6 other families/groups there. An hour after arriving we finally got our food, appetizers and drinks still hadn't arrived. Drinks took another 10 minutes and appetizers didn't show up until the check arrived (about an hour and 45 min after arriving).Waiter only came over to our table about 3 times in total and was not keeping up with any of her other tables.Absolutely terrible service experience. We drove 30 min to eat here, next time we'll just go to the one in Manitowoc.
Ordered food for my son who has a lot of allergies. They made the food wrong a couple times and still gave it to us with items on that he couldn't have. We ended up taking it off and leaving with the food. But for the amount of wait that we had, number of times they remade it, It should have been correct. Our server was great and not a fault but the kitchen staff did not do their job.
It was time to get off the interstate and let the sun finish setting. Applebee's was the easiest to get to so that's where we went even though we have often been disappointed when we lived in MS. This Applebee's was great.I had the southwest lime chicken and he had the chicken and shrimp scampi skillet. Both meals were plated beautifully and tasted fantastic. Service was a little bit slow but that is because there was just 1 waitress at 4ish on Black Friday. I blame management for that.