Dale H.
Yelp
"While I am not a big fan of chain restaurants, Applebee's is fairly consistent in its mediocrity ... if you know what to order. Most often I will order a salad because, really, how badly can one mess up a salad?"
This is a direct quote from my last review ... and I am here to tell you that YES ... It is possible to mess up a salad.
We got off to a bad start when we were seated at a wobbly table by the tattooed and bleached blond biker-chick hostess. How can they not be aware that the table wobbles? Isn't anyone there smart enough to figure out how to fix that? Yeah, I could have asked for another table but I shouldn't have to, that's the point. If the business was being run properly someone would have fixed it.
My friend ordered a side Caesar salad and a bowl of French onion soup. I ordered a full size Caesar salad with strips of grilled chicken.
A proper Caesar salad is made with romaine lettuce and croutons dressed with parmesan cheese, lemon juice, olive oil, egg, Worcestershire sauce, anchovies, garlic, and black pepper. Applebees has apparently added sugar to the mix, and eliminated the Worcestershire sauce, anchovies, garlic, and black pepper.
It was -way- too sweet. Even the croutons were sweet. And the chicken was dry and flavorless.
Seriously. Applebees screwed up a salad.
And the Bobble-Head that serviced our table wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. I watched her screw up an order at a nearby booth and overheard her apologize and say (repeatedly) "I guess I just have a one track mind!" I had to fight the urge to pull her aside and tell her that that phrase did not mean what she thinks it means.
After noticing that I'd finished perhaps a quarter of my drink she told me no less than four times that she'd bring me another Lemonade. I didn't necessarily want or need another one, but she mentioned it each time she breezed by. She finally brought one on her fifth trip by us. Did she have to have a manager pour it for her? Couldn't she figure it out for herself? Better yet, how about asking me if I want one first before bothering me with threats of lemonade?
I wanted to check out using the tabletop mini tablet thing but the Bobble-Head forgot to put our drinks on the check. Guess what she said when I told her ....
"I guess I just have a one track mind!" Seriously. SMH!
TL:DR? Biker Chick / Wobbly Table / Bobble-Head / Candy Salad / Lemonade Threats / Incompetence / "One Track Mind"
I'm done!