Applebee's

PureandEasy

I went to Applebee’s for the first time in probably 15 years the other day. You know their big thing is their 2 for $20 meals (one appetizer, two entrée’s for $20). It was early and we only wanted something light so we went for that.
Well, I open the menu and the waitress shows me the options for the 2 for $20 deal, and there is a orange notation on a few of the entrees (one says 1$ more, others $2 more).
The one I wanted was the 7oz sirloin and it said for a $1 more. I said what do I get if I want to pay the $1 more, do I get more veggies? She said, no, nothing, it’s just a dollar more.
I said, what do you mean?

She points to the sirloin entrée and said, if you get this, and then points to another entrée, and you get that, it’s $21.00, not $20. :nono:

How is that 2 for $20 then?

It’s not the money, it’s the fucking principle of it and the fact that it’s false advertising!

So fuck Applebee’s, I will never go there again and I’m passing it on to anyone who wants to join me.

The Juggler

ahhhh, the ol' bait and switch

81

i see the real problem...you went to applebee's. :puke:

mysticweed

several years ago we decided
no more applebee's
then we gave them another chance
joke on us
no more applebee's
ever

JK_Livin

Appleballs. I haven't been there in a while but when I did go it was for my kids.

The Juggler

i hate how every applebees has all these pictures of local landmarks like they are actually a local restaurant owned by local people.

the jigs up applebees :x

RKCNDY

their fries are gross...I don't trust any restaurant if their fries suck.

PureandEasy

Yeah I'll be honest with you, the meal wasn't good either

but stuff like this just infuriates me, that ad is ALL OVER TV. Applebee's 2 for $20

but it's a flat out LIE

neilybabes86

now they have the under 550 calories meals...
or something like that
no fucking way anything that comes out of that kitchen is under 550 calories

PureandEasy

I’ll be honest, I was surprised because it had been so many years since I was there, but this one was actually very nice.

I kind of feel bad too because we gave the waitress a hard time about it and it’s not her fault. But I was just stunned by the blatancy of it. I asked if they participate in the 2 for $20 and she said yes, that menu is on the back page.

She didn’t say anything about it all being a lie.

Fighting Hellfish

their slogan should be: Fresh from the freezer to your plate, with a quick detour thru the microwave

RKCNDY

Fighting Hellfish wrote:

their slogan should be: Fresh from the freezer to your plate, with a quick detour thru the microwave

most chain restaurants are that way now.

rick1zoo2

"let's go get kicked out of the Applebee's!"

SatansFuton

I'm far from being a food snob, I'll down a McRib or a package of Top Ramen with the best of 'em. But DON'T GO TO APPLEBEE'S. I've noticed a lot of hate for Applebee's around here, and I thought it was just people being food snobs. But I recently went to Applebee's because I had been given a gift card, and got the worst ribs in my life. They were so dry and chewy that I complained, and I'm not usually the type to do that because I don't like eating or drinking spit. After that visit I realized that even though I had only been to Applebee's a handful of times, I never got a good meal there. I remember being in high school, being high, and going to Applebee's with a friend, I forget what I ordered but I only ate about 1/4 of it before I gave up and told the waitress to take it away. If a teenage boy with the munchies (possibly the most hungry a human being can get without starving them half to death) won't eat Applebee's, I'm not sure who would.

There has to be SOMETHING on their menu that is good and keeps them open. Otherwise I would think they would have gone out of business. But whatever that menu item is, I've never ordered it.

JTH

Y'know how you always hear people say that everything tastes better with bacon in it? Applebee's has disproved this hypothesis because I'm pretty sure they put bacon in everything. Or at least they've done so with everything my wife (who is a vegetarian) has ever ordered.

LloydXmas

RKCNDY wrote:

their fries are gross...I don't trust any restaurant if their fries suck.

Fact

PureandEasy

JTH wrote:

Y'know how you always hear people say that everything tastes better with bacon in it? Applebee's has disproved this hypothesis because I'm pretty sure they put bacon in everything. Or at least they've done so with everything my wife (who is a vegetarian) has ever ordered.

You must be right because there was a couple of woman sitting at the bar and they were eating some kind of salads and immediately, the one woman said, this has pork in it (bacon I assume) and I can't eat pork, so they had to make a whole new salad for her. Apparently, bacon wasn't listed as one of the ingredients on the menu.

Well, I'm actually getting a lot of satisfaction out of this thread, because what I really wanted was to get the news out that Applebee's is a fraud but apparently all of you already have your qualms with them and that suits me just fine.

SatansFuton

PureandEasy wrote:

Well, I'm actually getting a lot of satisfaction out of this thread, because what I really wanted was to get the news out that Applebee's is a fraud but apparently all of you already have your qualms with them and that suits me just fine.

I've noticed they've been kind of a punching bag around here for a while, and for pretty good reason. They have several mentions in the "Most Hated Foods" thread.

It's amazing they stay in business to be honest. I think they just have pretty good marketing. Their commercials try to give the impression of being part of your neighborhood and family, sort of like Cheers, everybody knows your name, etc. As if they weren't a corporate chain. I remember a commercial they used to air a lot, where the local football team just lost the "big game" and pulled up to Applebee's to drown their sorrows in bacon. But to their disappointment Applebee's is closed and they walk away looking completely depressed, because even though their hard work hadn't paid off and they lost the big game, a quesadilla burger could have made life worth living again. Luckily the kindly manager of the restaurant flips the sign to open and lets them in and feeds them. A lot of people go to the local Applebee's as more of a bar than a restaurant, and a guy I knew left his jacket in there one night, he went back about 20 minutes after closing. They would not let him in, and after they unsuccessfully tried to look for it themselves he tried get let in to look for himself, but they refused to let him in the door and said to come back the next day. He never saw that jacket again. I'm not saying they stole it, it was just as likely another bar patron, but the point is that friendly neighborhood restaurant thing is a bunch of bullshit. They won't let you in for 2 minutes to grab your jacket, much less cook a meal for an entire football team.

Lizard

arms aloft over applebeeeeeees

DewieCox

I've had some pretty decent burgers there, but that's pretty hard to fuck up. Usually get a salad to go with it and that again is pretty hard to fuckup. But a few times I've ordered something besides a burger and I've never had anything memorable and it's usually disappointing.

LloydXmas

Eating good in the neighborhood my ass