Applebee's

Such a bad experience. :(. There was a 25min wait when I arrived. Totally normal for 7 pm on a Friday night at such a restaurant in this town although there were empty tables on every side of the establishment my entire wait.  I told the hostess I would be at the bar. 40 min later I went to check in my table. They had called my name 20 min earlier they said. There was no buzzer given and no intercom system so I  sure I missed hearing several names. However I saw the host walk to the bar and gather other patrons and honestly never heard my name even though I was seated no more than 15 feet from the host station.  
The hostess Abigail was very apologetic for the mistake and sat us right away. Our server came promptly. She was helpful with my questions and prompt to take our orders and refill drinks.  I ordered a salad as did my friend. Food came out quickly but it was not as we ordered. We both asked for our dressing on the side. Apparently here that means they still put dressing on your salad and give you some more on the side. Since I am on a strict diet I had to send mine back. I had to get a food runner to help because our server didn't come back to the table for quite some time. When the corrected salad was returned by the manager with an apology, I got about four bites in and ran into candied nuts that were not supposed to be on the salad, and again a big no no with my diet.
I had to flag down the waitress and she was very short with me and took my plate away. They did comp the salad off my check but the manager didn't even come to the table to apologize for the mistake. Empty drinks for the last part of out meal and the waitress was just not kind.
With all the great places to eat around Chattanooga I have no reason or desire to ever go back to this Applebee's. :(

Ok food, bad service but the good thing is its never really that packed so you can always find a seat.